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Lana Del Rey / May 2013 UK/Irish Tour

Lana Del Rey will be putting the H&M swag aside for a May 2013 tour of the UK and Ireland. Previously announced dates have sold out, so additional gigs have been announced to keep up with demand; the new dates are on sale now.

Sunday 12th May 2013 – Birmingham O2 Academy (sold out)
Monday 13th May 2013 – Birmingham O2 Academy
Wednesday 15th May 2013 – Glasgow O2 Academy (sold out)
Thursday 16th May 2013 – Glasgow O2 Academy
Sunday 19th May 2013 – London Hammersmith Apollo (sold out)
Monday 20th May 2013 – London Hammersmith Apollo
Thursday 23rd May 2013 – Manchester O2 Apollo (sold out)
Saturday 25th May 2013 – Manchester O2 Apollo
Sunday 26th May 2013 – Dublin Vicar Street (sold out)
Monday 27th May 2013 – Dublin Vicar Street

Live Gig Video: Lana Del Rey covers pop standard ‘Blue Velvet’ in an H&M advert

When it was announced a while ago that Lana Del Rey had been contracted to be the new face for H&M, I thought maybe we’d been granted a reprieve: she’s quit music! Not exactly. She performed ‘Blue Velvet’, a song I was subjected far too much to in my younger years because of my mother’s love for Bobby Vinton. While this video is mostly showing off H&M’s new wares, there is a snippet of Del Rey singing in her usual style – and moving her arms in the same way she always does. Watch it below.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVT-hviksXg[/youtube]

Video of the Moment #893: Lana Del Rey

Just when you thought Lana Del Rey wanted out of the music business, out pops the promo for ‘Summertime Sadness’. More grainy images, but instead this one is about a lesbian couple and a tragic end. Like we need more Lana Del Rey drama… This is pretty disturbing.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zt3N_65Y8g[/youtube]

Video of the Moment #866: Lana Del Rey

Even when she’s whinging about people dissing her, you can’t help not groan at news related to Lana Del Rey; it’s like watching a train wreck. She has a new video for ‘National Anthem’, purposely filmed in a lo-fi fashion and as a nod to Marilyn Monroe, Jackie O and JFK (played by rapper ASAP Rocky, Vanity Fair, interracial coupling *and* inappropriate PDA. (I guess?) Watch it below, because I can’t.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60cvtxwlJr8[/youtube]

MP3(s) of the Day #529: Pulled Apart by Horses

Fancy a four-pack of tracks from Pulled Apart by Horses? Go to this app on Facebook to grab the following free EP:

1. ‘Blue Jeans’ (Lana Del Rey cover)
2. ‘Wolf Hand’ (live)
3. ‘Everything Dipped in Gold’ (live)
4. ‘Night of the Living (I’m Scared of People)’ (live)

‘Wolf Hand’ was released as a single on Monday; watch the promo video here.

Video of the Moment #744: Lana Del Rey

I honestly could not bear to post this on a weekday. But I suppose if you’re up early in your jammies, eating your brekky, this new Lana Del Rey video for ‘Blue Jeans’ could be entertaining on a Saturday morning. Tattoos, half-naked people and compromising positions: are we sensing a theme in her videos, folks?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRWox-i6aAk[/youtube]