Years active 2010–present | Website Scarlet Fever | |
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Past members Danielle Haim
Chloe Pappas
JinJoo Lee Origin Los Angeles, California, United States People also search for Méchant, Imagine Dragons, Cowboy Mouth Genres Soul music, Pop music, Funk, Neo soul Associated acts Sharon Aguilar, Brittany Brooks, Regina Zernay Roberts, JinJoo Lee Members Sharon Aguilar, DANiiVORY, Brittany Brooks, Regina Zernay Roberts | ||
Scarlet Fever is an all-female backing band that toured with Cee Lo Green during 2010 and 2011. Originally formed for promotional tour events, the popularity of the "Fuck You" single and The Lady Killer album led to multiple television appearances reaching an audience of millions in Europe and North America. With Green, they performed full length concerts and as an opening act for other major performers.
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Origin
Scarlet Fever was formed in May, 2010, for the Cee Lo Green promotional tour of "What Part of Forever" (from The Twilight Saga: Eclipse soundtrack). Auditions were held at the Musicians Institute located in Hollywood, California. This group was televised on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (June 14, 2010), and Lopez Tonight (June 30, 2010).
Additional auditions for keyboardist were held in August, 2010, and DANiiVORY née Theresa Flaminio joined the core group. Their first tour, performing singles from The Lady Killer album, began in Paris, France, with a televised appearance on Taratata. Other radio and satellite television appearances were taped for later broadcast on LeMouve, and Album de la semaine (Album of the week).
Their first concert performance at the Reeperbahn Festival trod the trail blazed by The Beatles in Hamburg, Germany. Their second concert appearance was a "surprise" addition to BBC 1Xtra Live from Wembley Arena in London, England.
During multiple tours of Europe and North America, further radio and television performances followed on popular shows for BBC, Late Show with David Letterman, The Colbert Report, Saturday Night Live, the Jimmy Kimmel Live! special show following the Academy Awards, and many other venues.
Personnel
Additional performers
Live performances
Widely distributed performances that introduce a new album, single (or its variant wording), or significant phase of the tour.
The Lady Killer promotional tour
2011 concert tours
The 2011 schedule included full length concerts and opening acts for other major performers, interspersed with continued album promotion. Their public concert at American University was followed the next day by a Saturday Night Live appearance promoting the singles "Bright Lights Bigger City" and "Forget You" to a broad American audience. They opened for Prince at Madison Square Garden, gave charity performances for Woman's Day Red Dress awards(Lincoln Center) and the Women’s Cancer Research Fund (Regent Beverly Wilshire), had a joint concert with Big Boi and Goodie Mob at Club Nokia, then appeared the next week during the NBA All-Star Weekend Slam Dunk Contest at Staples Center.
They returned to Europe for Shockwaves NME Awards Big Gig opening for Foo Fighters at Wembley Arena, and the charity Let's Dance for Comic Relief. Then the next day, they all flew back halfway around the world for a late night Jimmy Kimmel Live! special show following the Academy Awards.
The March–April European concert tour began in Glasgow, Manchester, Birmingham, and then London, England at the historic Shepherd's Bush Empire. Crossing the Channel, they played in Paris, Antwerp, Amsterdam, Zurich, and Luxembourg. Finally, they returned for a televised appearance on Later... with Jools Holland, then finished the tour with the twice rescheduled concert in Bristol, England.
The April–May American concert tour began at the Coachella Festival, where Cee Lo arrived a half hour late after a delayed flight and heavy traffic into the site. Organizers cut short the performance for only the second time in Coachella history, causing consternation for both audience and musicians. Performances received more favorable reviews at St. Louis, Missouri, Morgantown, West Virginia, SunFest in West Palm Beach, Florida, the Schaeffer Eye Center Crawfish Boil in Birmingham, Alabama, the Beale Street Music Festival in Memphis, Tennessee, and the Extravaganza Music Festival in Santa Barbara, California. Scheduling problems reprised at the Hangout Music Festival in Gulf Shores, Alabama. After playing in New York City earlier the same day, their flight was delayed. This time, police escorted them through traffic. Meanwhile, the Foo Fighters graciously played during the delay. Serendipitously, Cee Lo arrived as the Foo Fighters covered Prince's Darling Nikki, a song they'd performed together (above). He joined them on stage and transitioned to Scarlet Fever for the remainder of the set. Sharon Aguilar reminisced, “Plugged [my guitar] right into the amp; no time for a pedalboard… no fancy in-ear monitors or anything like that… More energy… it ended up being probably my favorite live show that we’ve ever done.”
The band also taped television performances for VH1 Storytellers and FUSE TV Talking to Strangers. They performed live on The Today Show.