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Fortress Round My Heart (album)
Out August 4th. Pre-order it now at Amazon.co.uk
Queen Of The World (single)
Out May 12th. Pre-order it now on CD | 7 inch | iTunes
Stella (single)
Buy it now on CD | 7 inch | Limited Bundle | iTunes
Ida Elsewhere
Live Dates
19 May, 2008
UK Tour: The Cockpit, Leeds
20 May, 2008
UK Tour: Jericho Tavern, Oxford
24 May, 2008
Dot-To-Dot Festival, Nottingham
25 May, 2008
Dot-To-Dot Festival, Birmingham
27 May, 2008
UK Tour: Glee Club, Birmingham
29 May, 2008
UK Tour: Fuzz Club @ The Foundry (University) , Sheffield
31 May, 2008
UK Tour: Academy 3, Manchester
01 Jun, 2008
UK Tour: King Tuts, Glasgow, Scotland
02 Jun, 2008
UK Tour: King's College, London
05 Jun, 2008
Lunde Sluseamfi, Lunde
06 Jun, 2008
Rjukan Rock Festival, Rjukan
07 Jun, 2008
Climate Concert 08, Sarpsborg, Østfold
14 Jun, 2008
Isle Of Wight Festival, Seaclose Park, Newport, Isle of Wight
06 Jul, 2008
ZOO8, Port Lympne Wild Animal Park, Lympne, Nr Ashford, Kent
12 Jul, 2008
Oxegen Festival, Punchestown Racecourse, Naas, Co Kildare, Ireland
13 Jul, 2008
T In The Park, Balado, Kinross-shire
22 Jul, 2008
UK Tour: Cluny, Newcastle
06 Aug, 2008
Øyafestivalen/Oya Festival, Oslo
16 Aug, 2008
Steinkjerfestivalen, Steinkjer, Sør-Trøndelag
06 Sep, 2008
Bestival, Robin Hill Country Park, Isle of Wight
Latest News
12 May, 2008
'Queen Of The World' out today!
Ida's new single hits shops and download stores
Ida's new single, 'Queen Of The World', is now available in all good record shops and download stores. To buy it from iTunes, click here. Or, to get the CD or 7-inch, click here. Finally, to read a rather nice review of the track, click here.
08 May, 2008
King's College date moved
Ida Maria has had to postpone her 21st May gig at London's King's College because of a clash with the Champions League Final.
The gig has been rescheduled for Monday 2nd June, original tickets remain valid. A limited number of tickets are also still available here.
Consequently, the Newcastle Cluny gig, originally scheduled for 2nd June, has also now been moved - to 22nd July.
02 May, 2008
Making of 'Queen Of The World' video
Check out the video behind the video
Click here to check out a short film showing the making of the video for Ida's new single, 'Queen Of The World', which is out on May 12th. It features singing, dancing and Ida giving her make-up gal a massage.
28 Apr, 2008
"I've seen at least 30 pairs of silicon boobs"
Ida blogs from Los Angeles
Click here to check out Ida's brand new blog, written on the band's current trip to the US of A to play a few shows.
21 Apr, 2008
Win UK tour tickets
See Ida live, for free...
To celebrate the announcement of Ida's new tour, we're giving away a pair of tickets to every night of the tour. Click here to enter the draw to win a pair of tickets to the venue closest to you!
18 Apr, 2008
Festival Fever
Check out Ida's Festival Schedule for Summer 2008!
In addition to her UK Tour, Ida Maria is now set to play at
Isle Of Wight – 14th June www.isleofwightfestival.co.uk
ZOO8 – 6th July www.zoothousand.com
Oxegen – 12th July www.oxegen.ie
T in the Park – 13th July www.tinthepark.com
Bestival – 6th September www.bestival.net
See you there!
10 Apr, 2008
"Out On A Trip, Never Grumpy..."
Check out Ida Maria's new video blog on her Official YouTube Channel!
Click here to check out Ida's terrific new video blog, filmed when she and the band went on a day-trip to the wilds of the North York Moors.
It features, among other things, caves, helmets and ducks. We think you'll like it.
03 Apr, 2008
Hot Off The Press
More Ida pieces in the press!
Ida is fast becoming the undisputed darling of the UK music press, with glowing features appearing in the current issues of The Fly, Q and Clash magazines. You can also read the Manchester Evening News' revealing Q&A with Ida by clicking here
02 Apr, 2008
UK Tour Dates Announced
To coincide with the release of 'Queen Of The World', Ida and the band will be climbing back into their van and criss-crossing the UK's motorway system to play a whole bunch of live shows.
The full list of confirmed gigs is as
follows:
18 Apr - Camden Crawl 2008, London
19 Apr - Camden Crawl 2008, London
9 May - Brick Yard, Carlisle (headline)
10 May - Metropolis @ The Empire, Middlesbrough (headline)
11 May - The Tunnels, Aberdeen (headline)
15 May - The Great Escape Festival, Brighton
16 May - The Great Escape Festival, Brighton
19 May - The Cockpit, Leeds (headline)
20 May - Jericho Tavern, Oxford (headline)
21 May - Kings College, London (headline)
24 May - Dot-To-Dot Festival, Bristol
25 May - Dot-To-Dot Festival, Nottingham
27 May - Glee Club, Birmingham (headline)
29 May - Fuzz Club @ The Foundry (University), Sheffield (headline)
31 May - Academy 3, Manchester (headline)
1 Jun - King Tuts, Glasgow
2 Jun - Cluny, Newcastle
29 Mar, 2008
Queen Of The World - New Single
We're pleased to announce that Ida's next single will be the supremely catchy live favourite 'Queen of the World'on May 12th.
The song is all about getting drunk and feeling like you're the best at everything ever. It's out on Waterfall/RCA on May 12th and you can check out Ida's Later performance of the track by clicking here.
16 Mar, 2008
Anyone know how to prepare an ostrich egg?
Ida requests your cooking tips in her new blog.
Head over to Ida's MySpace to check out her brand new blog, in which she discusses a super-hectic few weeks and asks for some culinary assistance.
14 Mar, 2008
Ida Interviews Herself
New video interview on Channel4.com.
Click here to check out a brand new video interview on Channel 4's website where Ida Maria interviews herself about moustaches and squirrels...
10 Mar, 2008
'Stella' Out Today!
Ida's new single hits the shops!
Ida's new single, 'Stella', is available in all good stores - online and on the High Street - as of this morning. You can buy the CD or 7-inch by clicking here. At that same link, you can order both formats, plus a limited badge set, for just £4. Everyone loves badges.
07 Mar, 2008
Independent Ida
New interview in today's Independent
Ida was interviewed for today's Indepedent newspaper. Our favourite quote is, "I didn't want to make depressing music because I didn't want to make people sad. I want to make people happy." Quite right too. Click here to read the full piece.
06 Mar, 2008
EarwigTV Love Ida
We loved when Ida Meet Lamacq and so does MySpace.
Click here to check out a new Earwig TV video featuring Ida chatting to Radio 1's Steve Lamacq about growing up in Norway, how she got her band together and writing 'Stella', all interspersed with footage of Ida and the guys blasting through that song at London's Borderline.
29 Feb, 2008
Isle of Wight slot announced
Ida to play festival's Big Top!
We're pleased to announce that Ida has also been confirmed to play in the Big Top at this year's Isle of Wight festival. We'll let you know which day as soon as it's announced.
27 Feb, 2008
A bloody good show!
Ida's Astoria gig leads to nasty injury...
Check out Ida's latest MySpace blog here to see pictures of the gory injury she sustained at last night's gig. As she puts it, "Astoria got the best of me knee".
26 Feb, 2008
'Stella' video online!
Check out the video for the new single 'Stella' !
The video for Ida's next single, Stella, has just been posted onto her official YouTube channel www.youtube.com/idamaria.
It features snow, an old man with a beard, a prostitute and Ida in a rather fetching woolly hat. Also, listen out for the single on 6 Music, Radio 1 and Xfm, who've all been playing it.
24 Feb, 2008
Sunday Times Interview
Find Ida in today's Culture section of The Sunday Times.
Click here to check out an excellent interview with Ida in today's Sunday Times Culture section. She's "a breath of fresh air for pop" they say - and who are we to argue?
11 Feb, 2008
Hanging With Jools
Check out Ida's chat online now!
Last week, Ida made her debut appearance on Later with Jools Holland, on a show also featuring Morrissey. Click here to check out an interview she filmed on set.
