Archive for September 6th, 2007
Bruce Springsteen tickets sold out in 5mins
Bruce Springsteen tickets went on sale this morning at 9am and sold out in 5 minutes with over 20% of sales in the South of Ireland. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band first full scale tour of the US and Europe since 2002-03, starting in Hartford, CT on October 2, the release date for the new Springsteen album 'Magic.' The E Street Band's [...]
David Sylvian brings his dreamworld to Dublin
David Sylvian's European tour in September/October first time in 4 years. On his reason for touring now, Sylvian writes: “This tour is in part a means of putting earlier chapters of my working life behind me. Of embracing the work that was done and, with a sense of finality, cutting the ties that bind me to it as a body, an entity. In the [...]
Belfast Festival at Queen’s ‘A Dream Ticket’
A Shakespearean classic performed in a former gaol, a troupe of incredible circus fleas and new work from Kylie Minogue's choreographer are just some of the attractions on offer at Ireland's biggest international arts festival, the Belfast Festival at Queen's, which runs from 19th October to 4th November. Over 16 packed festival days and [...]
The great Luciano Pavarotti has left us
"I think a life in music is a life beautifully spent and this is what I devoted my life to". Luciano Pavarotti (1935 - 2007) Luciano Pavarotti, the most beloved and celebrated tenor since Caruso and one of the few opera singers to crossover fame as a popular superstar, died this morning in his hometown Modena. He was 71. His fellow tenor, [...]
Nightwish date in Mandela Hall
The idea of Nightwish was "born" in July 1996 at midnight when Tuomas was spending a night with his friends around a campfire. The first three songs, which were acoustic mood music, were recorded between October and December 1996. At that time, the band had three members: Tuomas, Tarja and Emppu. The band wanted to see what the music would [...]