Background and Personal Life
Tina Dico was born in Aabyhøj in Aarhus. At a very young age, her father who owned a big Hi-Fi stereo system in their basement introduced her to music. Tina's interest in playing music started in 8th grade on Åby skole,(or in English, Åby school) where she played in the cover-band 'Mel' who among other songs did a lot of Jimi Hendrix. This passion for music made her attend a boarding school called Sejergaardens Musikefterskole in 10th grade. When she started in high school she helped form the cover-band Fester Kester, who played at high school parties. At the age of 20 she got a part in the slightly erotic TV-show Karrusel, where she played opposite the 41-year old Peter Steen and Michael Falch. The show was on Danish TV in 1998. After playing the part, she had a lot of offers for other roles, but since she did not like being typecast as a naïve girl from Jutland, she rejected them all. After high school in 1997 she began at Aarhus University, where she studied comparative religion. But music was her passion, and she soon quit the university to study at The Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus. Which she eventually also quit to pursue her dream as a professional singer/songwriter.
In 1998, Tina introduced the other members of the band 'Fester Kester' to a song of her own, and their enthusiasm led them to enter, and win, two talent contests the same year: "Talentspot" on Danish TV2, and "Vi har scenen, har I musikken?" (We've got the stage, do you have the music?) in Aarhus. The band 'Tina Dickow and Sheriff' was formed in 1998, and later that year the single "Your Waste of Time" was released. It was picked as "Song of the Week" on Danish National Radio, DR P3, and led to some degree of fame.
After all this success, quite a lot of correspondences with different big record-companies began, and the rest of 1999 went with endless negotiations without results. The band had an acoustic tour around Denmark and a few concerts with full band in Copenhagen and Aarhus. A single with ”26 Friends” and ”Different” was recorded as a prelude to the Venue-tour. In 2000 the band was a part of the Venue-tour. They were paired with American singer Sandy Dillon and played concerts in Vega, Copenhagen, and Norway and Sweden.
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