Santogold Announces Headlining Tour

Santogold is now bigger than ever and finally heading out on her own headlining tour after dates with Coldplay.

She's taking a full band on the road plus a live DJ...and I am sure her two Wayfarer girls as well!

Here are the dates:

New York, NY The Fillmore at Irving Plaza – September 19
Boston, MA, Paradise Rock Club – 20
Philadelphia, PA, Theatre of Living Arts – 23
Toronto, ON, Phoenix Concert Theatre – 24
Cleveland, OH, House Of Blues - 25
Detroit, MI, St. Andrews Hall – 27
Chicago, IL, House Of Blues – 28
Lawrence, KS, Liberty Hall – 30
Denver, CO, Gothic Theatre – October 1
Seattle, WA, Showbox – 4
Portland, OR, Crystal Ballroom – 5
San Francisco, CA, Fillmore – 7
San Diego, CA, House Of Blues – 10
Las Vegas, NV, House Of Blues – 11
Anaheim, CA, House Of Blues – 13
Los Angeles, CA, The Wiltern - 14

Likely Looks: Santogold - Lights Out

Santogold is currently unstoppable! With a new single for "Lights Out", Santi gets crafty with patterns as she performs with her famous girl sidekicks.

It seems like a fabric store blew up and the trio had some fun with it...

Santogold To Support Coldplay On Their U.S. Tour

Santogold continues her 2008 takeover of the U.S., being announced as the opening act for several of Coldplay's stops on their "Vida La Vida" tour.

She's also got a couple of live dates on her own...so if you want to skip the big arena you've got a few other options.

Here are the dates:

July
20 New York, NY Central Park SummerStage (headlining)
23 Chicago, IL United Center (supporting Coldplay)
25 Philadelphia, PA Wachovia Center (supporting Coldplay)
29 Montreal, Bell Center (supporting Coldplay)
30 Toronto Air Canada Center (supporting Coldplay)

August
2 Hartford, CT XL Center (supporting Coldplay)
3 Washington DC Verizon Center (supporting Coldplay)
4 Boston, MA TB Banknorth Garden (supporting Coldplay)

Pharrell, Santogold and Julian Casablancas Create My Drive Thru

What an unlikely team! Santogold, Pharrell Williams and Julian Casablancas teamed up to record a song for Converse called My Drive Thru. Its actually quite good and definitely a combination of styles between all 3 artists.

Converse has gotten in on the downloading game so you can get the track at www.converse.com

Santogold Takes Us Behind The Scenes

Santogold's video for L.E.S. Artistes as we all know is absolutely wicked. Yet, how the hell did they come up with that concept?

Well, you wondered...Santogold answered! Check out the clip and find out the explanations!

Likely Looks: Santogold - L.E.S. Artistes

Music videos seem to be a bit boring these days...but an unlikely candidate might be here to save the day. Enter Santogold and their amazing video for "L.E.S. Artistes".

You'll just have to watch for yourself...



Is it me or does the beginning remind you a bit of that photo shoot Madonna did with the horses in W Magazine a few years back?