Dido surrounds herself with friends on tour

updated 12:04 p.m. ET June 1, 2004

When Dido goes out on the road, she likes to surround herself with people she’s certain she’ll get along with. And for the London-born pop star, that just so happens to be an easy task.

With four tour buses in tow — and at least a half-dozen people bunking on her bus alone — the petite singer has just enough people to keep her company, and keep things interesting.

“We’re polite for about three days — if we make it that long,” she told The Associated Press. “I wouldn’t have anyone on tour I don’t get on with.”

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Dido, whose recent album “Life For Rent” has sold over 1.7 million copies in the United States, will visit more than a dozen U.S. cities this summer. And the singer-songwriter, whose career skyrocketed when rapper Eminem sampled her song “Thank You,” for his hit “Stan,” is no stranger to being the subject of on-the-road folly.

At a recent show in San Diego, she recalls her most embarrassing on-tour moment when she took a tumble off the stage. “I’m clumsy,” she said. “I went back one step too far, and went flying. I just got up and laughed and carried on going.”

It’s a good thing she always remembers to pack her sense of humor.

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