In other words, Dido is playing a sneaky game of deception with her listeners.
Acts confirmed include rock bands such as The Darkness and Stereophonics, as well as Dido.
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Other highlights include a production of Marlowe's Dido and new works England People Very Nice, and The Observer.
To put you in the right frame of mind, listen to some Dido while you look at this.
The neatly printed "Dido" is an 18th century volume that's one of the oldest surviving manuscripts of Purcell's opera.
Ironically, the way in which Aeneas abandons Dido in favour of his preordained fate is characteristic of Carthaginian treachery.
Dido calls it "my bleakest song ever", written about "a really bad" experience that she couldn't "make sense of".
Acts on stage also included The White Stripes, the Black Eyed Peas, Sean Paul, Dido, The Darkness and Missy Elliott.
Works in the Juilliard Manuscript Collection range from the 1680s Purcell's opera "Dido and Aeneas" to Schnittke compositions of the 1990s.
British singer Dido and her brother, Rollo Armstrong, get a best song nod for If I Rise, a track featured in 127 Hours.
Only three other U.K. acts are in the latest top 50 -- rock veterans Sting and Eric Clapton and rookie female singer Dido.
Dido spent the next 18 months going through the same things as every other parent - sleepless nights, acid reflux, and a thorough grounding in CBeebies.
Showcasing the new songs at a low-key London gig last month, Dido apologised to her record label for "taking so long" - but the truth is that she needs time away from the limelight to develop and nurture her ideas.
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