Talking about her desire to be famous.
For some reason I was quite ashamed of the idea of fame, even though my whole life I felt like I was an artist. I want to be famous but for being extrodinary. I think in the begining because we had gone through this era of reality stars & people being fame hungry for no reason I was like, I wana shy away from that, I don’t want to be associated with that, but you know, it’s really silly to lead your life like that & I’m really enjoying what I have now.

On The Second Album
I think I am very ready for it, I feel like this second album, I just have this feeling. I just feel really ready where as the first album I had all these hangups.

On Touring With Katy Perry
I’m so excited, nothing but pure excitement about this, it’s a really big gig for me & it feels like the beginning of something new. Katy has been great to me & I would like to be really great to her, from what I can learn from her, I am going to be studying her production. I am just excited to see her show 11 times, let alone performing.

Marina recently sat down with Andrew Freund and spoke about everything from her musical influences, style inspiration & touring this year. Watch the interview above or you can read a rough draft of it below.

Andrew : Tell me a little about your fashion sense, you are known for being a great show-man. Where does all this inspiration come from?

Marina : I really don’t know, It’s very instinctive. Sometimes I have a stylist, sometimes I don’t. I haven’t had one for about six months actually. It usually depends on where I am going so at the moment I’m iving on Hollywood. I look like I’ve come out of a fancy dress shop. I really love vintage, at the moment I’m really into very 70′s vintage. I don’t know, I just like this. I like knitwear with plastic.

Andrew : That’s cool. It’s kind of Gagaesque, she likes the vinyl.

Marina : Darling, I think this was out before gaga was born. I think this was made in the 70s.

Andrew : You are a younger artist coming on the scene, who are some of your influences?

Marina : Eminem, Madonna, a writer called Dorothy Parker, a feminist called Simone de Beauvoir, Daniel Johnston a DIY artist, Britney Spears..

Andrew : Now question! Britney Spears.. She always lip syncs her songs, so as an artist, what do you make of other artists that don’t perform live?

Marina : Well, I can’t really relate that to my love for Britney because for her everyone knows that it was the whole package, she was the really sweet person, looks amazing, played with the innocent imagery and people connected with that. I know she can sing, if you look at vintage videos of her when she was younger, she had a massive voice. So it’s slightly disappointing and if you go to see a show and they don’t sing, personally I don’t think I would go to that show. You know, Britney is and was a star and she’s been an incredible performer all her life. My love will never die for Britney.

Andrew : When fans go to see a Marina And The Diamonds show what can they expect to see?

Marina : It’s quite rough around the edges, It’s very theatrical and very in your face. My voice is very good live, it’s actually better than the record. I wasn’t really a trained singer when I recorded my album and now, yeah, I have a much better voice.
It’s kinda like pop art fused with grunge. I love to play with the idea of squeaky clean pop but really I don’t fit into that at all. That’s kind of what The Burger Queen Tour encapsulated.

Andrew : So tell me a little bit about, you’re gonna go on tour with Katy Perry, mega monsterous star, are you excited? nervous?

Marina : Yeah I think I will be nervous, I think because it’s the biggest gigs I’ve done. I’m opening up for someone else which means it’s not necessarily playing to my own fans so you’re worked much harder as an entertainer and that’s why I’m doing it. Obviously because I really like her but the main reason was because I want to elevate myself as a performer before I go on to this next album.

Andrew : Tell me a little about the next album, how are fans going to feel when they hear the next album as opposed to the first one.

Marina : Hopefully they will love me even more. That’s what I want, so that’s what going to happen. I think they are really gonna like it. I’ve changed a lot as a person, my views have changed quite a lot as well and I’m very unapologetic about things now where as for The Family Jewels I was like “Hi I’m Marina And The Diamonds”.

Andrew : Like a young Britney Spears perhaps

Marina : Haha, whatever. Now I’m like… You’ll see.

Designer / friend of Marina’s, Hayley Scanlan recently updated her official website with a blog about Marina. She mentions Marina wearing her dress at the Glammy Awards last week and even better she says she is designing outfits for when Marina joins Katy Perry on The California Dreams Tour this summer. Visit her site here as she posts regularly and hopefully we will hear something more about Marina’s wardrobe in the future.

Above is a photo of the very beautiful & super talented Miss Marina Diamandis performing on stage at The Glammy Awards (German Glamour Magazine) in Munich last thursday wearing a dress I made for her! Im totally thrilled to be designing for Marina and even more excited to begin work on her tour wardrobe for her support on Katy Perry’s California Dreams tour this summer! Marina is an absolute BABE, with a brillant style and I’m so flattered that she wants to wear my clothes! Hopefully get some more pictures of her in this dress to show it in it’s full glory.

HayleyScanlan.blogspot.com

Last night in a much-hyped Katy Perry Facebook announcement she revealed her plans to tour America this summer. She is going to kick the tour off on June 7th in Atlanta and wrap it up in her home town of Santa Barbara on August 14th.
That isn’t even the best part. Amongst a lot of other important things Katy spoke about, including who looks after her cats, she also announced who would be supporting her on her tour. Katy will be joined by the incredible Robyn and… Marina And The Diamonds! The two girls are set to join her across America on selected dates which have still to be announced, so stick with us for any updates.

Katy joked during the webcast “It’s going to be super girl power. If you come to the tour, you’ll probably start menstruating.”

A list if the dates are below. Will you be going to any shows near you?

June 7— Atlanta, Arena at Gwinnett Center
June 9 — Orlando, UCF Arena
June 10 — Tampa, St. Pete Times Forum
June 11 — Ft. Lauderdale, Bank Atlantic Center
June 14 — Raleigh, RBC Center
June 15 — Columbia, Merriweather Post Pavilion
June 17 — Uniondale, Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
June 18 — Boston, TD Garden
June 19 — Newark, Prudential Center
June 22 — Uncasville, Mohegan Sun Arena
June 23 — Pittsburgh, Petersen Events Center
June 24 — Philadelphia, Wells Fargo Center
June 28 — Detroit, Palace of Auburn Hills
June 30 — Toronto, Air Canada Centre
July 2 — Montreal, Bell Centre
July 3 — Ottawa, ScotiaBank Place
July 5 — Cleveland, Quicken Loans Arena
July 7 — Milwaukee, Marcus Amphitheater – Milwaukee Summerfest
July 8 — Chicago, Allstate Arena
July 9 — St. Paul, Xcel Energy Center
July 13 — Regina, Brandt Centre
July 14 — Winnipeg, MTS Centre
July 16 — Calgary, Scotiabank Saddledome – Calgary Stampede
July 17 — Edmonton, Rexall Place
July 19 — Vancouver, Rogers Arena
July 20 — Seattle, KeyArena at Seattle Center
July 22 — Portland, Rose Garden Arena
July 23 — Boise, Taco Bell Arena
July 25 — Salt Lake City, Energy Solutions Arena
July 26 — Denver, 1stBank Center
July 28 — Dallas, Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie
July 29 — Houston, Toyota Center
July 30 — Austin, Frank Erwin Center
Aug. 3 — Phoenix, Comerica Theatre
Aug. 5 — Los Angeles, Nokia Theatre, LA Live
Aug. 12 — San Jose, HP Pavilion
Aug. 13 & 14 — Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Bowl

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Update : Marina tweeted about the tour including what dates she would join the tour. [Bolded above]

American diamonds: NEWS! This summer, I’ll be supporting Katy Perry on her California Dreams tour from 22nd June – 9th July. . . !!! – @MarinasDiamonds