The Ottawa Bluesfest is ranked as one of the most successful music events in North America. TORONTO - The synth-pop songbird known as Lights has etched so much ink across her tiny frame, she can only shrug when asked to point to her latest tattoo. While the personable year-old insists she can't remember, she happily directs attention to a freshly carved piece on her right forearm.
It's an imposing sword she identifies as the Twinblade of the Phoenix from the massively popular computer game, "World of Warcraft. It's an appropriate piece given that the singer -- whose career began with a charmed run that included a gold-selling debut and a Juno statuette -- has had to go to battle over the content of her second record, "Siberia," released this week.
The gritty CD represents a departure for the Timmins, Ont. Her U. I had to shed all those expectations of the way that I -- and other people -- wanted it to sound.
And, of course, fiddling with that formula was so scary primarily because the old mixture seemed to be working. Lights -- nee Valerie Anne Poxleitner, but she changed her legal name to reflect her luminescent handle -- began making a name for herself years ago in her adopted home of Toronto, combining her fluttering voice and slick keyboards for a series of radio-ready, feather-weight pop ditties. She won the Juno Award for best new artist before she'd released her first full-length record, a harbinger of the success she would have later in when her debut album, "The Listening," finally did hit shelves.
It was a hit in Canada, peaking at No. Critical reaction was more mixed. Fitzpatrick Racing Automobile Driver. Graham Verchere TV Actor. Emanuel Sandhu Dancer. Sonya Erasmus Athlete. Melissa Adams Curler. Famous Birthdays April Xu Jiamin Chinese footballer.
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A comic book series drawn by the singer accompanied the release of the record, with the first edition published in July New music was released with each edition on a monthly basis until the album was released in full.
On June 8, she released a snippet of the song, and revealed the title, "Giants", on June The song peaked at number eighteen on the Billboard Adult Top 40 chart. On July 14, Lights released a promotional single from the album, titled "Skydiving". The album was made available for pre-orders on August 11, , and was released on September 22, In January , Lights embarked on the tour across North America, where she played 46 shows, in support of the album.
She joined Young the Giant's fall tour in October as the supporting act. In the artist continued touring extensively in venues such as Old National Centre in Indianapolis in support of the album. That year she began work on an EP titled "Midnight Machines".
The album was released on September 23 in the US and Canada. It debuted at number five in Canada. In September the music video for "Up We Go" was released. This video was filmed all in one take and currently has more than 3. In October, Lights parted ways with her long-time manager Jian Ghomeshi. They have been always supportive of their daughter and it is through their help that the music star is where she is now. They also homeschooled their children believig that it is at home where enough and comprehensive education is obtained.
Eric and Virginia are the parents of two daughters, thus, Lights has a sister named Jess Poxleitner who is slightly older than her.
Unlike her sister, Jess prefers to lead a low key life making it difficult to determine her whereabouts. Poxleitner is married to Beau Bokan. The couple tied the knot on May 12, , in the United States and together they have one daughter named Rocket Wild Bokan. They then got engaged in September To commemorate their wedding, the singers received matching tattoos. Beau Bokan is an American musician and singer best recognized as the lead vocalist of Blessthefall metalcore band.
Beau Bokan is 39 years old as of He celebrates his birthday on every 30th of November. The brand was launched in March and is still active dealing in all kinds of body wear including t-shirts, hoodies, caps, socks among other merchandise.
Beau and Lights took to social media on November 4, , to announce that they were expecting their first child.
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