Lesley Roy’s debut album, Unbeautiful, is in stores and available on iTunes today. The Irish rocker has become an MTV favorite with her first single “I’m Gone, I’m Going” as the theme song for Exiled and her second single, “Unbeautiful,” featured on last night’s episode of The Hills. Roy worked with Max Martin (P!nk, NSYNC) on her debut effort as well as Katy Perry, Desmond Child (Bon Jovi, Aerosmith) and Dr. Luke (Kelly Clarkson, Sugababes). Check out a track by track video commentary from Lesley about each song on the album.
Lesley Roy is gearing up for her September 30th release of Unbeautiful and hitting the road with Kate Voegele on tour next month. Roy’s single, “I’m Gone, I’m Going” was featured on the season premiere of The Hills last night and will be the theme song to MTV’s new hit show “Exiled” starting next week! The rocking video for the track was directed by Jesse Terrero (Leona Lewis “Bleeding Love”) and premiered on FN MTV. Check out tour dates below:
Date Venue City, State
Sept 16th Bluebird Theatre Denver, Colorado
Sep 18th Fubar St. Louis, Missouri
Sept 19th Music Mill Indianapolis, Indiana
Sept 20th Rex Theatre Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Sept 21st The Crofoot Pontiac, Michigan
Sept 23rd El Mocambo Toronto, Ontario
Sept 24th The Club @ Water Street Rochester, New York
Sept 25th The Fillmore @ Irving Plaza New York, New York
Sept 26th Somerville Theatre Somerville, Massachusetts
Sept 27th Toad’s Place New Haven, Connecticut
Sept 28th School of Rock Hackensack, New Jersey
Oct 1st The State Theater Falls Church, Virginia
According to AOL Music’s PopEater, Lesley Roy is “About to Pop!” The 21-year-old singer/songwriter/guitarist from Ireland is blowing up in the US with her explosive debut single “I’m Gone, I’m Going.” Roy recently premiered the video on FN MTV, and she is set to release her debut album, Unbeautiful, on September 30th through Jive Records. Unbeautiful was produced by Max Martin (NSYNC, Kelly Clarkson) and boasts songwriting credits from the likes of Katy Perry and Desmond Child (Bon Jovi, Aerosmith).
Check out the PopEater article in full at http://www.popeater.com/2008/07/28/about-to-pop-lesley-roy/ where the Irish rocker talks about her favorite song on the record and the inspiration behind her lyrics.
“I’m Gone, I’m Going” video:
Lesley Roy’s debut video is here! Roy premiered her rocking video for “I’m Gone, I’m Going” this past Friday on Pete Wentz’s FN MTV. This is the first single off of Unbeautiful, which is slated for release on September 30th and features songwriting credits from Katy Perry, Desmond Child (Aerosmith, Bon Jovi) and Max Martin (NSYNC, Kelly Clarkson).