posted by Alex on Feb 29
Linda Eder who has tasted success from different live performances and concerts she does all over the world, had enthralled the audience who had gathered at the Rosemount Theater on February 23 with her soulful country music along with the Chicago land Pops orchestra. The country singer, who has just finished recording her 10th album, “Be Myself”, is a versatile and dedicated singer who talks with her music and this explains the increase in the fan following she gets. Eder got a rapturous support from the fans after she finished her first song “Almost like Being in Love”.
Eder launched a few songs from her latest album, “Be Myself” and the applause she received will augur well for the album. Eder sang some of the songs like “Don’t Rain on My Parade”, “If I Could” and “Man of La Mancha” of other artists and sang these songs with utmost passion as if they were her songs. Eder, known commonly as the Broadway legend, has performed in more than 900 shows with the Broadway team and her song “Someone like You” is the one that talks about the immense talent in this singer. Eder closed the concert with a soul stirring but powerful number “Somewhere over the Rainbow” that captured the minds and hearts of the entire audience.
posted by Alex on Feb 27
The pop diva and the sultry actress, Jennifer Lopez, has given birth to twins, a girl followed by a boy, last Friday and the kids as well as the mother are doing fine. A friend of Jennifer Lopez said that the couple, Marc Anthony and Lopez are pretty pleased to have twins and Lopez is very happy to be the proud mother of the twins. The couple is over the moon on the arrival of their babies and Marc Anthony is pretty pleased to first get the girl of his dreams and now to have children through her.
Her friend has quoted that it is a dream come true for Jennifer Lopez as she was longing to be a mother for a long time. This incident is considered to be a turning point in Lopez’s career and is now peaceful and delightful. Lopez burst out in tears after receiving a charm with Momma written on it, at her shower last month. Lopez was quoted as saying that she really enjoyed the pregnancy days and had done a lot of resting which is unusual to her. Mac and Lopez are twice blessed and nothing in their life could bring in more joy than the birth of these two lovely twins.
posted by Alex on Feb 25
The Ariel String Quartet has been scheduled to perform at the Kennedy center for the Fortas Chamber Music Concert to be held on April 21st of 2008 and the running time of the show is 100 minutes. The Ariel String Quartet was formed in the year 1998 in Jerusalem. Their debut performance was in the year 2000 at the Jerusalem Music Centre. In 2003 they won the 1st prize in “Franz Schubert And The Music Of Modernity” competition in Austria. The current members of this group are Alexandra Kazovsky, Amit Even-Tov, Gershon Gerchikov and Sergy Tarashchansky.
Ariel String Quartets are planning to perform the favorites by Beethoven, Haydn and Kurtag. Music lovers and Ariel fans are expecting a spectacular performance from this Israeli band that uses string instruments like Violin, Cello and Viola. Their music has a delightful mode which makes it extraordinary as well as wonderful. They are now the popular ensemble at the conservatory of music in New England. The quartet has won many music competitions and one of the most popular among this is the Grand Prize for the competition conducted at the Fischoff National Chamber. The other artists who are going to perform at the Kennedy center this year include “Eighth Black Bird”, Jonathan Bliss and Miriam Fried, Trio mediaeval and Cantus etc.
posted by Alex on Feb 22
To the surprise of many WWE superstar wrestlers and divas, Lindsay Lohan, the 21 year old top actress and singer, paid a visit to the Honda Center just before the Monday Night Raw. The visit by the Georgia Rule actress came as a surprise to the kids of the Canadian Sunshine Foundation, who had assembled there to meet a few superstars of the WWE, courtesy of their foundation. The Sunshine Foundation is a foundation that helps children with physical disabilities or life taking diseases and had arranged for a surprise visit for the 14 year old Brandon to meet his favorite WWE stars, John Cena and Jeff Hardy.
Brandon was doubly delighted to meet the hot Hollywood actress Lindsay Lohan at the Raw event and he and his sister enjoyed the night chatting and taking photos with the actress. The Sunshine Foundation spokesperson said that they were extremely grateful to Lohan for taking time out to meet Brandon and said that it was the foundation’s first acquaintance with the actress. Lindsay Lohan also took time out to chat and click photos with some of the WWE superstars like JBL, John Cena, Floyd Mayweather and Rey Mysterio. She later said that she loved being in the company of children and appreciated the WWE for all the good deeds that they are showering on these children.
posted by Alex on Feb 20
Enrique Iglesias the Spanish singer has added a golden feather to his crown as his song “Donde Estan Corazon” reaches the number1 position on the Billboards hot Latin songs.
This song is apart of his new album”95/08” which is a compilation of his Spanish number one hits. This is the 18th song of Enrique that has reached the numero uno position. The new album of this international pop star, “95/08” will be released internationally on March 25th of 2008 and this album mainly focuses on the songs which became popular in his 13 year Career as an artist.
The lyrics of the song “Donte Estan Corazon” is by Iglesias and Coti Sorokin and is all about memories of the lost love presented in a melancholic manner. The video of the song is directed by Paul Mino rand is received well by the Enrique fans. This album includes songs like”Experiencia Religiosa”, “Hereo or Dimelo”, “Enamorado Por Primera Vez” and the famous “Bailamos”. The new album will be available in CD regular Version with 12 hit songs from earlier albums and2 songs, which are not released previously and in CD+ DVD Deluxe Edition, which contains 17 hit songs and the 2 unreleased songs. The DVD contains 8 videos and a special interview with the singer.
posted by Alex on Feb 18
The hotel heiress, Paris Hilton, better known as a party animal and a glamour doll, was awarded the “Woman of the year” Award by Harvard Lampoon at the Harvard University on February 6th, 2008. The students of the Harvard University had to wait for more than an hour in chilling rain to listen to the acceptance speech of this millionaire blonde. The 26 year old reality TV star said that she had never ever dreamt of being at Harvard’s, let alone receiving the Woman of the Year Award. She also said that the students in the University are hot and was very thrilled to be at the Harvard.
The co-president of Lampoon said that the award has been bestowed on popular figurews like Michael Jordon, Benjamin Franklin, Winston Churchill, Zach Braff, The Founding Fathers etc and it is an honor for Paris Hilton to be placed amongst these greats. The sexy blonde is the first recipient of the Harvard Lampoon “Woman of the Year” award and fans of Paris Hilton at the Harvard University were more than pleased to see their star performer live accepting the award and waving at them. Paris Hilton shot to fame in 2003 when an amateur sex video of her did it rounds over the internet.
posted by Alex on Feb 15
The world renowned singer Jon Bon Jovi is touring the world with his concert series in order to raise funds for the research of Lung Cancer. He has already done a concert in New York and said that it is a tribute to his father who died of Lung Cancer in 2007. The cause became all the more personnel to the Rockers from New Jersey when one of the bandmate lost his father to the same disease. The concert at the Hammerstein Ballroom in Manhattan on Feb 12th was dedicated to the Guitarist Richie Sambora’s father, Adam Sambora and was specifically aimed at helping lung cancer victims. The band was planning to start their “Lost High Way World Tour” when the incident happened.
It has been announced that the money collected through, this year long concert tour will be donated to the Memorial SIoan- Kettering Cancer Center where Adam Sambora Received treatment for cancer. A non – profit group called Stand Up for Cure has organized this concert series and will feature other artists like Andrea Bocelli and Jerry Sein feld. Stand Up for a Cause has also commissioned three cancer mobile care centers in New York City and these centers will be named after the guitarist’s parents Adam and Joan.
posted by Alex on Feb 13
Award giving ceremonies are becoming common nowadays but the Pollstar awards for the concert industry are much different from its counterparts as it is entirely an unrehearsed program. The show is usually very attractive with very pleasant and entertaining presenters and emotional acceptance of the awards by the winners. This year’s show was even more fabulous as it was held in the famous Nokia Theater in L.A. on the 7th of February. Very warm welcomes was given to the Guests by the AEG staff and were served Champagne. Seating arrangements were done on the lobby of the four floors.
The show was started by the punch lines of the Smother Brothers. Peter and Gordon stunned the audience with the performance of their hit number “world with out Love” and also together presented awards to the winners. The presentation made by Nuno Betttencourt of the Extreme’s was even spicier with his gimmicks to attract the audience. The Artist Development Award was presented by Yankovic to Leeds. The program was all star studded and the crowd Enjoyed each and every minute of the program and the party that followed. The party also saw some major surprise guests moving around.
posted by Alex on Feb 11
For the first time in the history of Jamaica, the Reggae Legend Bob Marley’s birthday will be officially celebrated with the launch of the documentary produced by Marley foundation. The venue for the “Africa Unite concert” in Caribbean islands will be at James Bond beach in St Mary in Jamaica on the 23rd of February 2008. Various reggae artists from different parts of the world as well as members of the Marley family are expected to perform on this day at Jamaica and the list of performing artists includes Ziggy Marley, Julian Marley, The I-threes, The Melody Makers etc.
Activities and celebrations which will last for more than a month are planned by the Jamaican Government, to express their tribute to the legendary singer as well as the social reformer who worked for uniting the African countries. Programs like symposium about Africa Unite, exhibition of photographs of Bob Marley, creative expression competition for school students, a friendly football match competition and many other activities are in store. The most important attraction will be the rendition of Bob Marley hits by the various artists. Every year “Tribute to the Reggae Legend” concert is performed in different parts of U.S to pay tribute to the music legend Bob Marley.
posted by Alex on Feb 9
Jay-Z and Mary J. Blige will be having a 25-date North American tour that will start on March 22 at the American Airlines Arena in Miami. The concert tour will be called ‘Mary J. Blige & Jay-Z: Heart of the City.’ It is said that a co-headlined national tour featuring African American artists who are both big in the music industry has not happened in a long time, and this one is actually the first to happen in 15 years. The last tour of this kind was during the Luther Vandross and Anita Baker tour years ago. The concert tour will reach Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Boston, then go through New Orleans, Las Vegas, Houston, and Oakland in California. The first batch will end on April 16, but there will be more tour dates to be announced soon. Tickets will be on sale starting February 15. The ‘Heart of the City’ concert tour will be Jan-Z’s first extensive tour to promote his 2006 comeback album ‘Kingdom Come’ and the 2007 follow-up album ‘American Gangster.’ According to Jay-Z, they will be playing songs that are like the soundtrack to people’s lives. Both he and Mary J. Blige have spent many nights working on these songs, and they are excited to go onstage with them.
