1/9/2008

Welsh rock singer and song writer Duffy is to appear on The Late Show with David Letterman in the USA on Thursday and the all-star Fashion Rocks concert at Radio City Music Hall on Friday to kick off New York's Fashion Week.

The 24-year-old from Nefyn is set to open for Coldplay on her first major tour of North America this autumn and will headline a handful of US shows in support of her debut album Rockferry.

The tour starts with a headlining gig in San Diego on October 9. She is also set to headline in San Diego, Los Angeles, Vancouver, Seattle and Chicago before joining Coldplay for gigs in Cleveland, New Jersey, Boston, Washington DC and Philadelphia.

Duffy rounds off her breakthrough year with a winter tour beginning on November 24 at The Olympia, Dublin. Then she goes to Belfast, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle, Wolverhampton and Newport, rounding off the tour with two nights at London's Brixton Academy.