duffy has performed at concerts and festival gigs around the world. her first american performances took place at the sxsw conference, and the coachella valley music and arts festival was her first festival gig. to coincide with the release of "rockferry", duffy performed at the apollo theater in new york city. duffy received the honour of performing at the royal variety performance 2008. in 2008, duffy played many festivals in europe. this included visits to french, swedish and irish summer festivals, amongst others. in the united kingdom, duffy played venues such as glastonbury and the evolution festival. she also toured the american summer festivals in 2008, including a visit to lollapalooza in chicago. she toured the united kingdom and ireland during november and december 2008. to promote "rockferry", duffy made many visits to american television, including "late night with conan o'brien", and "saturday night live". duffy played a fourteen-city north american tour. plans had called for her to open for coldplay on six of the dates. during a concert in cleveland, duffy accidentally set the left side of her hair on fire. in new york, duffy was left apologising to an audience after briefly bursting into tears. she explained to the audience that this happens in one out of every 15 of her shows when she feels exposed for reasons she does not fully understand. duffy also made a recording for british broadcaster bbc, performing at the lso st. luke's. the performance was televised in 2009 on the british television station bbc one.