ABC AND LILITH ANNOUNCE SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT, SINGER/SONGWRITER MARIE DIGBY, FOR THE 2010 LILITH TOUR

May 17, 2010 by J!-ENT 

Digby to Play an Intimate Acoustic Set Each Night of the Tour
From the ABC Music Lounge Tent

ABC, ABC Music Lounge and Lilith are excited to announce singer/songwriter Marie Digby as their special touring correspondent for the 2010 Lilith Tour. Digby will be traveling and reporting from across the country as she follows the Lilith Tour. Fans will be able to experience Lilith through Digby’s home videos from the road, as well as her interaction with fans and artists. In addition, She will perform a special acoustic set each night of the tour from the ABC Music Lounge.

The 27-year-old Los Angeles native vaulted to the forefront of emerging artists after a homemade video of her performing an acoustic version of Rihanna’s hit single, “Umbrella,” made her a YouTube phenom (still a fan favorite, the video has garnered more than 15 million views to date). Digby continues to be a viral sensation, with her homemade YouTube videos garnering a staggering 80 million views to date and counting. She is currently ranked the #20 most subscribed musician channel on YouTube.

As quickly as you can say “viral video,” Digby was in heavy rotation on LA’s STAR 98.7 and made her national TV debut on “Last Call with Carson Daly,” setting the stage for wider national exposure to come. She has been featured in magazines such as Esquire, ELLE, Lucky, Marie Claire and People Magazine, who gave Digby’s album, “Breathing Underwater,” a 3-star review. Her music has been featured in a string of TV shows including “ER,” “Greek,” “One Tree Hill,” “90210″ and “Lincoln Heights.” The MTV reality show “The Hills” also featured “Umbrella” on the Season Three premiere. The first week’s digital sales were almost 17,000 in true viral and organic form.

Digby’s newest cover song, “Building a Mystery,” is a tribute to Lilith founder Sarah McLachlan. The video is available now on ABC Music Lounge http://abc.go.com/music-lounge/lilith, as well as Digby’s youtube page, www.youtube.com/MarieDigby.

The U.S. Lilith Tour kicks off on Friday, July 2 and ends on Monday, August 16. There will be 11 artists on each date, with only two consistencies per show: the Lilith Local Talent Search Ourstage.com winner who starts the day and headliner Sarah McLachlan. Visit LilithFair.com for more information.

ABC is the official media sponsor of The 2010 Lilith Tour. The Lilith Tour will be strongly represented across ABC television shows and online at ABC.com via the ABC Music Lounge. This includes but is not limited to Lilith artists and the touring festival itself being worked into various ABC programs, as well as the ABC Music Lounge physically joining the tour for the long haul, bringing exclusive coverage and behind-the-scenes action to viewers across the country at ABC.com.
ABC Music Lounge, which launched in May 2009 on ABC.com, provides users with an interactive online music experience that is uniquely ABC. Reflective of the network’s commitment to using digital platforms to deepen its relationship with viewers, the ABC Music Lounge showcases

everything about the music and artists featured on ABC’s popular primetime schedule, offering a deep catalog of music-related content. The site features a streaming radio station programmed with over 12 hours of music featured on such ABC series as “Brothers & Sisters,” “Castle,” “Desperate Housewives,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Private Practice,” “Scrubs” and “Ugly Betty,” among others. Visitors to the site can get a glimpse of ABC’s music future as the radio station also showcases new music picked by series producers, music supervisors and others involved in the music selection process for shows that have previously seen tremendous success. Listeners can also stream music from a variety of Lilith artists on the Lilith live streaming music player at www.abcmusiclounge.com.

In addition to a streaming radio station, the ABC Music Lounge is home to music videos, exclusive performance footage, photos and behind-the-scenes interviews with artists, series producers and music supervisors on topics such as “why certain songs were chosen for specific scenes” and “how having their music featured within a show affected their careers.”