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"I&amp;#39;ve got a lot of affection for Ms. Christina Perri. Like many of you, I was first introduced to her perfectly devastating love song &amp;quot;Jar of Hearts&amp;quot; watching one of my all-time favorite shows, So You Think You Can Dance. She&amp;#39;s had the awesomest Hollywood story&amp;#8212;she was working as a Beverly Hills caf\u00E9 manager when she was asked to be on the show, and that performance quickly catapulted her to indie-pop princess status. Her album, lovestrong is chock full of poignant ditties and includes a great tune, &amp;quot;Distance&amp;quot; featuring Jason Mraz, who she is supporting on the US leg of his Tour is a Four Letter Word tour.\nAnd this just in&amp;#8212;they made us an exclusive video. Shot backstage in Jason&amp;#39;s dressing (yep, I said that!) a week ago on the Dallas stop of their tour and directed by Jeff Coffman, it features Jason, Christina, one guitar, a derby hat (natch), a gym ball, and a damn good song.\nAnd lucky us, we got to talk to Christina while she was on tour about her packing essentials, her favorite food, and why she loves Philly!\nGlamour: What cities are you most excited about visiting on your tour? Why?\nCP: I am most excited about playing my hometown of Philadelphia and seeing my 70 family members at the show!!! Also, New York and LA are always good ones. The shows are filled with all the people who I work with and love... so those are my top three, but I really love seeing the whole world. I am lucky to be where I am every day!\nGlamour: How do you decide what you are going to wear on tour? How many suitcases of clothes do you travel with?\nCP: I always decide on-the-spot right before the show. I travel with two big suitcases full of dresses, one medium suitcase filled with miscellaneous stuff like throat steamers and vitamins, one little caboodle filled with all my toiletries, one backpack with my electronics, books, and journals, and one penguin pillow. That is my whole life right there!\nGlamour: What are your staple items that you can&amp;#39;t live without on tour?\nCP: My penguin pillow and my white custom piano.\nGlamour: What are your favorite cities for good eats? What restaurants are on your must-eat list?\nCP: In Philadelphia, I never miss a cheesesteak from Steve&amp;#39;s in the northeast, New York City has the best street hot dogs, and LA has the best tacos! I&amp;#39;m always up for trying everything local, too. I just love food.\nGlamour: Favorite cities for shopping? Any favorite stores?\nCP: Topshop is my all-time favorite store and lucky me, they&amp;#39;re popping up all over the states now--NYC, Chicago, now Vegas, and almost LA! Otherwise I love a local Urban Outfitters, too!\nGlamour: What&amp;#39;s the weirdest or craziest tour moment you&amp;#39;ve ever had?\nCP: Oh, there are too many to recount. Every day something weird and crazy happens... I think the weirdest and hardest was playing in Oslo, Norway in the pouring rain and fog. I was freezing and couldn&amp;#39;t see a thing, but the show went on and it went great!\nGlamour: What are you listening to while you&amp;#39;re on the road?\nCP: All my favorites. Being out on the road can get hard, so I always fill my head and bus and dressing room with my favorite songs to feel home... like Coldplay, The Beatles, Dean Martin, Susanne Sundfor, Otis Redding, Melody Gardot, Honey Honey, Adele, Iron and Wine, The Belle Brigade, Jason Mraz... the list goes on...\nGlamour: Planes, trains, or automobiles? How are you traveling on tour?\nCP: All three! All the time!!! We fly to the city, bus around the country, drive back and forth to hotels... I am officially a traveling gypsy, and I love it.\nPerri is currently working on a holiday EP, which will come out this fall, appropriately titled A Very Merry Perri Christmas. The Tour is a Four Letter Word US tour continues now through October&amp;#8212;click here for a full schedule and to purchase tickets.\nWhat did you think of the video? Amazing, right?\nMore music we love...\nMorning Jam: Ciara&amp;#39;s &amp;quot;Livin&amp;#39; It Up&amp;quot;\nThe 26 Catchiest Songs You Can&amp;#39;t Unhear\n13 Movie Singing Scenes Life Wouldn&amp;#39;t Be the Same Without"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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