(Billboard.com) Amy Winehouse
is set to play her first official shows in two years. The U.K. singer
today announced a "one-off tour," scheduled for early next
year in Brazil, on her website. Winehouse
will play three dates for Brazil's Summer Soul Festival -- Jan. 8 in
Florianopolis, Jan. 13 in Recife and Jan. 15 in Sao Paulo -- with a Jan.
11 gig at the Arena HSBC in Rio de Janerio in between. Last week, The Sun had reported that the singer was booked for six dates in Brazil and one in Russia.
Amy Winehouse's
first new recording in four years has hit the web: "It's My Party," a
cover of Lesley Gore's 1963 original that will appear on Quincy Jones
soon-to-be released compilation album "Q: Soul Bossa Nostra." Produced by Winehouse's go-to collaborator Mark Ronson,
"It's My Party" is the U.K. singer/songwriter's first studio recording
since her 2006 breakthrough album "Back to Black," which won five Grammy
awards in 2008. The original "It's My Party," which was produced by Jones, spent two weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1963. "She was amazing," Jones tells Billboard.com of Winehouse. "Sweet as she could be...we bonded." "Q: Soul Bossa Nostra," out next Tuesday (Nov. 9), also features appearances by Mary J. Blige, Usher, Jennifer Hudson, Wyclef Jean and Ludacris, among others.
The original: Leslie Gore: (It's My Party songfacts)
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