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Nana Mouskouri bids farewell with Athens concert

Nana Mouskouri has bid adieu to a remarkable half-century in music with a farewell concert in her native Greece at the foot of the Acropolis in Athens.

Fans filled the ancient Odeon of Herodes Atticus on Wednesday evening to hear the 73-year-old songstress -- one of the best-selling recording artists of all time -- perform from her wide repertoire.

Hours earlier, the city of Athens bestowed its gold medal on Mouskouri, who has been on a worldwide farewell tour since she announced her plans to retire three years ago.

Born on the island of Crete, the bespectacled Mouskouri has sold more than 300 million records in French, English, Germany, Greek, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Hebrew and Japanese, her record company Universal says.

She was also engaged in humanitarian work, serving as a UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) ambassador, and served as a Greek member of the European Parliament in the 1990s.


photo: Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP
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Dima Bilan didn't sing with Nelly Furtado

The scheduled duet didn't take place anymore as the Nelly Furtado's plane arrived too late in Moscow, so Bilan and Furtado didn’t have time for the rehearsals.

Dima Bilan sang four songs alone, just before Nelly’s concert.

Tonight Dima Bilan special guest at Nelly Furtado’s concert

Tonight, at the Olimpisky Stadium - Moscow, Dima Bilan will open Nelly Furtado’s concert performing four songs.

In an exclusive premiere Dima will sing with Nelly Furtado the song "Can you get to heaven", produced by Timbaland.

Serebro at Muz Tv 2008

Serebro didn't win the Award they were nominated for, but they still provide one of the best performances of the evening, singing live their latest success Opium.

Serebro - Opium Muz TV 2008




Serebro Arrival at Muz TV 2008

New Zealand's Church groups protest Lordi performance

Jenny Ling of Stuff.co.nz reports:

A crusade is looming as church groups prepare to take on heavy metal heavyweights poised to play in Wellington over Easter.

Wellington pentecostal church Lifepoint says the lineup of bands - including former bat-biter Ozzy Osbourne and Kiss - are "not appropriate" and will have "negative influences" on the city during the two-day Rock2Wgtn festival on March 22 and 23.

"It's not appropriate from our angle of things," said pastor Karen Crawshaw.

The condemnation follows confirmation that another hellish rock act, Finnish heavy metal band Lordi, has been booked to appear at the Wellington event.

The band, whose five members dress in elaborate costumes as monsters and demons, won the Eurovision song contest last year.

The winning song, Hard Rock Hallelujah, includes the lyrics "I got horns on my head, my fangs are sharp and my eyes are red" - and prompted Finland's religious leaders to warn that the band could inspire devil worship.

Read full article HERE

Nana Mouskouri performed in London

To mark 45 years on stage the internationally-acclaimed star had initiated a four-year World Fairwell tour.

Her next stop was London where the star had performed to a sold-out crowd at the Royal Albert Hall on Monday 29 October.

The other dates:

01/11 Glasgow / Royal Concert Hall
03/11 Birmingham / Symphony Hall
15/11 Saarbrücken / Saarlandhalle (Germany)
17/11 Liège / Le forum (Belgium)
18/11 Esch / Rockhal (Luxembourg)
20/11 Geneva / Arena (Switzerland)
24/11 Paris / Opera Garnier (France)

Nana Mouskouri has sold more than 300 million records internationally, recording about 1,500 songs in 15 languages on 450 albums.

source:lgr.co.uk

Anna Vissi in London charity concert on Saturday 3 November

Cypriot pop goddess will visit London on Saturday 3 November for a sold-out performance at the Covent Garden Hall.

Anna Vissi is set to perform at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden at the invitation of the Oinoussian Association and the Life Action.

The Cyprus diva is to be accompanied by the London Philarmonic Orchestra - the 35-piece orchestra will perform with Anna Vissi in the first segment of the show. The final segment will see the solo section - Anna Vissi performing her greatest hits to date.

The singer had visited Amsterdam (October 5), Brussels (October 7), and in Johannesburg at the Emperors Palace (October 13) where she guided the audience through her greatest hits to date.

She surprised the audience by singing John Elton's 'Sorry seems to be the hardest word' - "a song I love singing from when I was a child - well actually not a child" in a jibe to the crowd.

Anna had spoken of Greek communities abroad as an extension of "the other Greece" and wanted her tour to "seduce the non-Greeks with the Greek sound and make them feel Greek during the concert" .

The fans were whipped into a veritable frenzy as a result of Anna's charismatic fervour. Her concerts in Belgium and Netherlands saw people come from England, Germany, Greece and Cyprus - with at least half of those non-Greeks. Those performances were intended to honour the victims which followed Greece's wild fires.

Anna will conclude her tour in March with further visits to Germany, Switzerland, Sweden and many other European destinations.

The long-awaited album is set for release prior to the advent of Christmas.

source:London Greek Radio

Marija Serifovic and Mihai Traistariu together at Love aid concert

esctoday.com reports:

The winner of this year's Eurovision Song Contest, Marija Serifovic, will give a concert this winter under the title Love aid and Mihai Traistariu will be her special guest. The concert will take place around Christmas in Belgrade or Novi Sad. The show will start with an anthem dedicated to love which will be sung by all the participants of the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest.

The song will be titled Keep it on your mind and it will accompanied by a video clip in “all stars” style. This special song will also be performed during the opening of the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 in Belgrade next year.

Marija’s decision to invite Mihai to this show was taken due to the success that Tornerò had in Serbia. The song stayed four months at the at the top of the Radio Ogostar Top50, five weeks in on top of the of Radio Fm Top40 and three weeks at the top of the Radio Belgrade airplay charts. Besides this success, National Radio PTC had Tornerò on it’s playlist for almost one year.

Anna Vissi set for UK date in November

London Greek Radio reports:

The singer had visited Amsterdam (October 5), Brussels (October 7), where she performed Eurovision entrant 'Everything' in a rendition to her greatest hits to date.

The Cyprus diva surprised the audience by singing John Elton's 'Sorry seems to be the hardest word' - "a song I love singing from when I was a child - well actually not a child" , in a jibe to the crowd.

Anna had spoken of Greek communities abroad as an extension of "the other Greece" and wanted her tour to "seduce the non-Greeks with the Greek sound and make them feel Greek during the concert" .

The fans were whipped into a veritable frenzy from Anna's sheer excitement and charismatic fervour. Her concerts in Belgium and Netherlands saw people come from England, Germany, Greece and Cyprus - with at least half of those non-Greeks. Those performances were intended to honour the victims which followed Greece's wild fires.

Her next concert will be in Johannesburg (Emperors Palace, October 13), accompanying her will be newcomer Nikos Oikonomopoulos.

London performance - 2007 Oinoussian Gala

Anna Vissi is set to perform for the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Hall on Saturday 3 November, at the invitation of the Oinoussian Association and the Life Action. Event will be under the direction of Mrs. Chrysanthi Pan. Lemos.

The class act will be accompanied by the London Philarmonic Orchestra.

Read more at London Greek Radio

Helena Paparizou in free Athens concert

esctoday.com reports:

Helena Paparizou, the winner of the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest, is about to give a free concert at the Athinon arena club in Athens on the 13th of October while the on next day will appear in the French TV show "Vivement Dimanche".

Helena will perform her latest single To fili tis zois (Kiss of life) while the song that will close her concert is up to the fans to decide though live digital voting.

The next day, Helena will fly to France to appear in the French TV Show "Vivement Dimanche" as Nana Mouscouri's guest. Helena will talk about the strong friendship she has with Nana Mouscouri and she will performe on of her latest songs.

Read more on esctoday.com

Marija Serifovic and Magdi Ruzsa in Sweden

On 13 October the winner of Eurovision Song Contest 2007, Marija Serifovic, will be performing at the "Konserthus" in Stockholm.

The concert will take place in the famous hall, where the Nobel prize ceremony takes place every year.

A special guest of the concert will be Madgi Ruzsa, the Hungarian representative at the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest.

source:marijaserifovic.net

Magdi Ruzsa on tour

Magdi Ruzsa, who placed ninth in this year's Eurovision Song Contest, will be touring Hungary throughout the rest of August and September. She will also be making two appearances in Slovakia and Serbia.

Magdi's full tour schedule is as follows:

19th of August - Siófok(Hungary)
20th of August - Mezőkövesd(Hungary)
25th of August - Miskolc(Hungary)
26th of August - Kisudvarnok(Slovakia)
30th of August - ARC kiállítás(Hungary)
2nd of September - Létavértes(Hungary)
8th of September - Mátészalka(Hungary)
10th of September - Zenta(Serbia)
14th of September - Orosháza(Hungary)
15th of September - Nyiregyháza(Hungary)
21st of September - Gyomaendrőd(Hungary)
29th of September - Győr(Hungary)
30th of September - Budapest(Hungary)

source: http://www.ruzsamagdi.eu/

Dulce Pontes in concert in Spain

esctoday.com reports:

The town of Jerez de la Frontera, situated in Andalusia (Southern Spain), is to host a concert in which Dulce Pontes will present her new album. The Portuguese representative in Eurovision 1991 will show her excellent vocal skills on August 23rd.

O Coração Tem Três Portas is the name of the brand new album of Dulce Pontes. The Portuguese artist returns to fado and traditional folklore in her latest CD, after having explored other musical genres in the meantime.

Anna Vissi: New album and more concerts

The following months will be very busy ones for Anna Vissi. A new best of album is expected to be released in September 10th.

The collection "The Essential Anna Vissi" contains some of her very best hits, from her early years in Sony, like "Dodeka" and "Den thelo na kseris", until her Eurovision ballad "Everything" and "Who cares about love", which came third in the Greek Finals 2006. Other songs include "Call me" (the song that topped the Billboard Charts in 2005) and "Is it safe".

Anna's fans in Europe will have the chance to see her live, starting from next October, while an Australian tour is also in the plans for the next year, with shows in Melbourne and Sydney.

Anna will also be the special guest in this year's Oinoussian Gala, which will take place at London's famous Covent Garden Hall, London, UK. Anna will be accompanied by the London Philharmonic Orchestra. The prince of Wales, Charles, who's also invited, might attend the event.

Her upcoming shows are:

October 5th, 2007 08:00 PM - The Max (Melkweg) -Amsterdam

October 7th, 2007 08:30 PM - Cirque Royal - Brussels

October 8th, 2007 08:00 PM - Le Grand Rex - Paris

November 11th, 2007 - Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Hall

2008 - Gammabar, Melbourne, Australia

sources:oikotimes.com; eurovision-cyprus.ueuo.com

Marija in concert in Herceg Novi (Montenegro)

MarijaSerifovic.net reports:

In the course of the promotional campaign of the new mobile phone operator in Montenegro - "Mtel", Marija gave a solo concert in the city square in Herzeg Novi in front of more than ten thousand people.

During the concert which lasted nearly two hours Marija created a fantastically excited atmosphere in the audience by her powerful way of singing.

Although she arrived to Montenegro the same day Marija had not a lack of energy.

Due to her huge positive energy Marija made a perfect contact to the audience from the first beats of the song "Molitva" which she powerfully maintained for the entire time of the concert till the end.

At the same time this was a gratitude concert for all citizens of Montenegro who gave Marija 12 points at the Eurovision Song Contest.

Marija Serifovic_Nije Mi Prvi Put in Vitebsk

source and photo:Marija Serifovic Website

Anna Vissi & Tereza in Paris

esctoday.com reports:

Next Autumn, Paris will host two concerts given by former Eurovision Song Contest artists. On October 10th, Anna Vissi (Greece 80, Cyprus 82 and Greece 06) is performing at "Le Grand Rex", a famous music hall of the capital-city. On the day before, she will sing in Brussels (Belgium), at "Le Cirque royal".

On November 16th, another Euro-veteran, and twice contender for the Eurovision Song Contest crown, is expected at L'Olympia, the most famous Parisian concert hall. Tereza Kesovija (Monaco 66 and Yugoslavia 72) will be accompanied by the Great orchestra of Croatia.

This is not the first time that the Croatian artist has given concerts in France. She recorded a number of records in France, from the mid-60's to the early 80's, including a French version of her 1972 Yugoslavian entry, under the title "La musique et toi". Another interesting fact is that she published a vocal version of the "Te deum" of Marc-Antoine Charpentier, the Eurovision Song Contest hymn.

More information and possibility to buy tickets on fnac.com ("Spectacles" section) here or on www.terezakesovija.org

Sarbel in Australia - Photos

Sarbel concludes concerts in Australia

oikotimes.com reports:

Greece's 2007 representative Sarbel's Australian tour, the tour in Australia has now reached an end. Sarbel and Natasa put on four excellent shows for fans and the large Greek-Australian community, who responded greatly to their appearances. Their four shows in Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide were described as 'spectacular' and 'brilliant' by Greek fans who can not wait for future shows from the megastars.

Also, rumors have surfaced that another Eurovision star, Anna Vissi, who put on concerts January 2007 in Australia, will once return to Australia for more concerts in 2008.

However, Eurovision Megastar Sakis Rouvas will be the next Greek singer to definitely come to Australia's shores next April with another famous Greek singer Antonis Remos.

Marija Serifovic gives concerts in Serbia

Eurovision Cyprus reports:

Marija Serifovic, the winner of the 52nd Eurovision Song Contest, where take place in Finland, start's tour on Serbia.

Marija it is going to give 3 concert's on 21, 22 and 23.

On 22 it is going to give a concert in the Belgade Arena ( the Arena for the 53rd Eurovision) for the opening for the EyOF.

The Grand EYOF opening ceremony, basketball semi-final and final, as well as the closing ceremony, are going to be held at the Belgrade Arena.Marija it is going to sing it the opening ceremony.

Source: Eurovision Cyprus

Photo: Marija Serifovsourcec Official Website