Now that we've had some time to watch Lana Del Rey's "Blue Jeans" video from the comfort of our computers, it's time to prepare to see the songbird live in concert.
Del Rey announced Tuesday (March 20) that over the first 10 days in June, she will be playing a series of concerts in New York and L.A. Tickets for the three New York shows go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. ET, and tickets for the trio of L.A. concerts go on sale Saturday at 10 a.m. PT. Del Rey will play the El Rey Theater in Los Angeles June 3-5 and will set up shop in New York from June 7-9 at Irving Plaza.
The "Video Games" singer's recent rise to fame has been fraught with soap-opera-esque plotlines. First there was the hype about her Born to Die album, then there was an equally hyped performance on "Saturday Night Live," the fallout from which resulted in a particularly negative wave of publicity from her very vocal detractors. That led to a cooling-off period that included rumors that Del Rey's management had to postpone a scheduled tour.
Now it seems as though the singer is back on track with promoting her old-school, sultry sound, as demonstrated in the retro theme of the just-released black-and-white clip for "Blue Jeans." Del Rey's residency announcement reflects the very specific touring plans she teased to MTV News back in February.
"I'm capping every venue at 900 [capacity], because I don't want to perform for more [people] than that," she said. "So what I want to do is three nights in New York, like at Irving Plaza, and then three nights at the El Rey in L.A. and then, in between, do 15 cities, and cap it at 900 venues. And everybody is onboard, so that's what we're going to do."
Will you check out Lana's L.A. or New York shows? Let us know in the comments!