Celebrity Wallpapers, Biographies Information Dido

Dido Armstrong (pronounced Die-Dough) was born on Christmas Day - thats December 25th 1971. Dido was named after an African Warrior Queen, by her Mother and Publisher Father. The Armstrongs lived in London throughout Dido s childhood, and it is still her hometown.

Without the influence of a television at home, Dido found music to be her entertainment - her talent emerged rapidly and she enrolled at London s Guildhall School of Music at the age of 6. Starting on that favourite schoolday instrument - the recorder - she soon became competent in all the available pieces, and graduated onto Violin and Piano. This led to her first touring experiences as a member of a Classical Ensemble.

Teenage years were influenced by brother Rollo s music collection - Dido names such legends of the early 80 s as The Clash and Duran Duran - together with Ella Fitzgerald. School unfortunately leads to getting a real job , and Dido fell back on her love of reading, getting a job as a literary agent whilst simultaneously studying at Law School. Music still played a large part in her life, and she sang with a number of bands in the London area.

One such project was her brother s band Faithless. This can now be seen as a great move for Dido, as it introduced her to the nation and the industry. Faithless launched with their debut album Reverence with Dido providing some backing vocals and lead on Flowerstand Man .

5 Million albums were sold, Faithless became known, and Dido had sown the seeds that were to take her into the big time.