The road to pop stardom is getting increasingly odd. Take the case of one Christina Perri, a piano-playing chanteuse who was minding her own business as a songwriter wannabe last year—taking some classes here, working an espresso stand there—when one of her tunes, “Jar of Hearts,” was used on the TV show “So You Think You Can Dance.” Just like that, viewers started downloading the tune in droves, more than 200,000 times in three weeks, and Perri soon found herself performing on the show and landing a deal with Atlantic Records. Nearly a year later, the 24-year-old is touring behind her debut album, lovestrong, and being hailed in some quarters as a “tougher Fiona Apple.” Cameron Rafati is also on the bill for her Utah show. Avalon Theater, 3605 S. State, 7 p.m., $13
Date: May 1, 2011
Time: 7 p.m.
Address: 3605 S. State Street, Salt Lake City, 84112
Where: Avalon Theater
Date: May 1, 2011
Time: 7 p.m.
Address: 3605 S. State Street, Salt Lake City, 84112
Where: Avalon Theater
