Event Description : La Roux's second single "In for the Kill" was released on 16 March, 2009, and prominent dubstep producer Skream has created a remix of the track as well as one being made by Lifelike. "In for the Kill" debuted at number 11 in the UK Singles Chart on 22 March 2009, peaking at number 2 to date. "Bulletproof" was released on the 22 June 2009 and debuted at number 1 in the UK Singles Chart. Polydor released La Roux's debut album in the week following La Roux's success in the British music charts.
In order to promote La Roux, the band were the supporting act on Lily Allen's UK tour of March 2009. La Roux will headline the Samsung NME Radar Tour 2009 and play alongside Magistrates, Heartbreak and The Chapman Family. They are also scheduled to perform at the Glastonbury , Reading, Oxegen and Leeds festivals as well as the Scala, Southend Chinnerys and Coventry Kasbah venues. From 22 July through the 7 August La Roux will tour North America. The eight city tour will include performances at the QC Osheaga Festival, All Points West Festival, and the Lollapalooza event.[13] November will see the duo embark on an 11 date United Kingdom and Ireland tour. La Roux gained fifth position on the BBC's Sound of 2009 poll. The Guardian website featured La Roux on their new band of the day column. The Guardian also featured La Roux as one of the "Best New Acts of 2009" in the January of that year. Band member Elly Jackson has been linked to a pop music trend that features androgynous twenty-something women with a strong individualistic attitude. She has cited musicians David Bowie, Annie Lennox, Prince and actress Molly Ringwald as her influences. She co-designs her own clothing with a friend. Jackson is unhappy with what she perceives as a "normality" fashion trend among a majority of today's musical acts.
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