LA ROUX SAYS SORRY TO ADELAIDE

La Roux has apologised to Adelaide via Rip It Up Digital for dropping out of the local Parklife event in October after she succumbed to illness. Elly Jackson, the bequiffed ginger electro goddess at the helm of the breakthrough UK act, spoke exclusively to Rip It Up Digital last night in preparation for her Australian tour next March and voiced her regret at the festival blow out.

“I’m so sorry,” Jackson stated from her London home. “I’m so sorry Adelaide. I still don’t feel 100 percent.”

The 22-year-old Londoner, who has risen to fame this year on the back of an acclaimed self-titled debut and a host of hit singles including Quicksand and Bulletproof, blamed her sickness on the heavy workload that comes with being one of 2009’s hottest tipped music acts.

“I think it was just tiredness building up from the year and then flying to Japan and Australia and doing seven flights in the space of two weeks really just did me in. I still feel like I need a rest, but I’m definitely much better now. I flew straight home after I cancelled Adelaide. Not only had we been playing Parklife, we’d also performed two shows in Sydney and Melbourne when most other people at the festival had two days off in Perth. It just sort of tired me out a bit too much, but I’m fine now.”

Check out more of this exclusive interview with La Roux in our magazines soon.

La Roux plays Thebarton Theatre on Tue Mar 23.

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