AUSSIES OVERSEAS

Missy Higgins is off to a great start in the United States. This week her song Where I Stood cracked the Top 10 on the American AC radio charts and is Top 20 with a bullet on the equally influential HOT AC charts. Recent days have also seen an impressive jump on U.S. iTunes for both the single and her album On A Clear Night taking her total international downloads to well over the half million mark. Her MySpace page has just gone past 10 million plays and the national music channel, VH1 has Where I Stood in their top 20 most requested videos.

It’s been a long slow build for Missy overseas – built largely on nearly 200 performances in North America through 2008. However it seems that her music is now really connecting with a growing U.S. audience in a genuine way.

In February/March she will undertake her largest ever Stateside tour, headlining the 3000 capacity venue Terminal 5 in New York City, the 2000 Capacity Orpheum in Los Angeles and the legendary Filmore in San Francisco. She’ll be joined by Canadian singer/songwriter Justin Nozuka with her Australian friend Lenka opening the shows.

Missy will be heading back to Australia for her first Australian shows in almost 18 months when she hits up Bluesfest on Monday April 13, and WA’s West Coast Blues ‘n’ Roots Festival on Saturday April 18 at Fremantle Esplanade

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