Imogen Heap
When Sarah and I bought tickets to see Tori Amos at the end of August, we were especially exicted because, at that time, Imogen Heap was going to be the opening act. Imogen used to be half of the duo Frou Frou, whose excellent album Details is well worth picking up if you like, say, Zero 7, Thievery Corporation, or The Postal Service. Her new single, “Hide and Seek,” was recently featured in the season finale of season 2 of Fox’s hit prime-time soap “The O.C.”, and has since been consistently high on both the U.S. and U.K. iTunes charts. Her new album, “Speak For Yourself”, was just released in the U.K.
However, I recently got notice that Imogen will no longer be opening for Tori. The reason? Well, in Immi’s own words:
Ok…you know that Tori tour…well…erm…it’s not happening. I’m really sorry for anyone who’s already bought tickets in the hope of catching me play. Some of you know I STILL haven’t signed a licensing deal for the states yet (my goodness these things take time!) and it’s now only 3 weeks until it would have kicked off. Also due to the exchange rate it’s almost twice as expensive for a US label to fly me out as ususal and at the start of the album US campaign that is a lot of money gone…
Despite her obvious commercial appeal and amazing success on iTunes, Imogen can’t find a U.S. label to even distribute her new CD, much less pay for a tour. Any U.S. label not leaping at the chance to get this wonderful, talented artist on board is a complete moron. The sales to fans of “The O.C.” alone will be huge. Imogen Heap is an artist to watch, and I’m deeply disappointed that I won’t get to see her perform live.
