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Regina Spektor is playing the White House & other dates

Regina Spektor @ Tonic in 2005 (more)
Regina Spektor

“On Thursday May 27th, Sire / Warner Bros. Recording artist Regina Spektor will perform at The White House for the first ever White House reception in honor of Jewish American Heritage Month.

Spektor is thrilled to join President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama to celebrate the range and depth of the Jewish American heritage and contributions to American culture.

“Having moved to America from Soviet Russia as a child with my family, we dreamed of reconnecting with our religious traditions and of making America our home” says Spektor. “Having lived here for over twenty years, it is an unimaginable honor to be invited to the White House by President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama, to an event celebrating Jewish Americans, and to be counted among them. Nothing in the world could make us feel more accepted and at home!”

The celebration will take place in The White House with guests representing the many walks of life that have helped weave the fabric of American history. Invitees include a range of community leaders and prominent Jewish Americans from Olympians and professional athletes to members of Congress, business leaders, authors and military veterans.”

Nice! Regina heads to Europe in July. Those dates are below….

Regina Spektor – 2010 Tour Dates
Jul 1 – Cooljazz Festival Cascais, PT, PORTUGAL
Jul 3 – Heineken Opener Festival Gdynia, PL
Jul 7 – Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland Montreux, CH
Jul 9 – Cactus Festival Bruges, BE
Jul 11 – RuisRock Festival Turku, FI
Jul 13 – Vega Copenhagen, DK
Jul 15 – Arvika Festival Arvika, SE
Jul 18 – Colours of Ostrava Festival Ostrava, CZ
Jul 20 – The Sage Gateshead, UK
Jul 21 – Leeds Academy Leeds, GB Find Tickets
Jul 22 – Corn Exchange Cambridge, UK