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GUNS N' ROSES fans, we are waiting for you all at this show in TOWER club 1st of November!
The first hundred Early bird tickets costs only 30 euros!The Red Shoes – a show-sensation from Paris
A free adaptation of Andersens famous fairy tale, this enchanting play comes to life on our stage and transports you to a romantic world where love, dance and fame come together in a touching story.Offset, Nothing But Thieves, Jacob Collier and many more added to Positivus festival line-up
Positivus festival has not experienced such diversity in the line-up for a long time, and this summer we can expect a wide range of music genres, the names of current top artists. The line-up of the Positivus festival has been expanded by Migos member Offset, British rock group Nothing But Thieves, delightful Benjamin Clementine, multiple Grammy Award winner and outstanding jazz pianist Jacob Collier - The Djesse Solo Show, Arcade Fire member's project Will Butler & Sisters Squares, Picture Parlor, domestic band Detlef and Ozols. Festival tickets are available at www.positivusfestival.com and bilesuserviss.lv.This summer Matteo Bocelli will perform in Jurmala
This summer, the Italian singer and composer Matteo Bocelli will perform for the first time in Latvia. After the release of His debut album 'Matteo,' the son of the legendary tenor Andrea Bocelli has embarked on an extensive tour of the United States, Europe and Australia, during which He will give a concert on June 14th at the 'Dzintari' concert hall.HAUSER's Sigulda concert is completely sold out half a year before the scheduled date
6 months before the scheduled date - July 10th - the concert of cello virtuoso HAUSER on stage of the picturesque Castle of Sigulda was completely sold out. All seats and standing spaces were sold out within a month and a half. The artist is happily excited by such a great response and is looking forward to his first meeting with the Latvian audience.Jason Derulo one of the main headliners at next year's Positivus festival
Jason Derulo is the first known headliner for next year's Positivus festival who will perform on LMT stage. The artist's concerts are famous for their spectacular dance shows filled with hits, hot rhythms and positive energy.Positivus festival next summer will take place on July 19-20
Next summer Positivus festival will take place on July 19 & 20 in Riga, Lucavsala. Only for 3 days, starting from December 5th, tickets for the festival will be available at the lowest “Early Bird” ticket price. At the request of the public and an essential part of the festival, we are happy to announce that Camping Site will also return to the festival.Sting announces June 2024 show at Tartu Song Festival Grounds
The Cherrytree Music Company and Live Nation announce that the legendary 17-time Grammy Award-winning artist, Sting, will be gracing the stage with a special "My Songs" concert at the Tartu Song Festival Grounds on June 10th, 2024.The only Ed Sheeran show in the Baltic – next August in Kaunas
On August 3rd, 2024 multiple award-winning superstar Ed Sheeran will perform at the recently renovated S.Darius and S. Girenas stadium in Kaunas.Next spring Sparks will perform at Hanzas Perons!
On 6 May 2022, for the first time in Riga a concert of the marvelous Sparks will take place at the “Hanzas Perons” concert hall. One of the world's most stylish pop/electronic music bands will perform in framework of their latest album "A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip".
Along with the several compositions of the new album, it is expected that an impressive row of the best hits gathered over their 50-year career will be brought to the spectators: This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us, Cool Places, When Do I Get To Sing “My Way”, The Number One Song in Heaven, My Baby's Taking Me Home, When I'm With You, etc.
On Wednesday, March 31, starting 11am, presale for “Biļešu serviss” Newsletter recipients will be open bringing an unique opportunity to be the first to buy a ticket!
General sales will be available from 11am on Thursday, April 1st (no joke!).
In over 50 years, the Sparks' career has epitomized what appears to be the longest-running and enduring interaction between the two brothers in entire pop music. The core of the band consists of songwriter and keyboardist Ron Mael and soloist/frontman Russell Mael. In both dress and manners always emphatically serious Ron with his “brand-name” deadpan scowling goes extreme opposite to flamboyant and hyperactively energetic brother Russell. Ron Mael's intricate and rhythmic keyboard playing style and Russell's wide range voice, which easily soars at the height of an operatic falsetto, have become the hallmark of Sparks. And, of course intellectually sophisticated and acerbic lyrics, often about women or Shakespearean literature references.
But most importantly, despite such a long career, the brothers' tandem is still all-round productive, continuing to create innovative and at the same time relevant musical material, keeping the bar high for intellectual and stylish pop music.
The history of Sparks (then called Halfnelson) began in 1968 when the brothers studied film and theater arts at the University of California. Four years later, the band was renamed to Sparks and released 2 albums.
Having failed to achieve the expected success in their native USA, the brothers moved to the UK, which turned out to be a positive moment in the band's career. With the album "Kimono My House" (1974) they swiftly became one of the brightest stars on glam rock's sky, alongside such names as David Bowie and "Roxy Music". The single from this album This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us reached # 2 in the UK charts, which still remains the band's highest official achievement and an inalienable part of their further playlist.
During this "British period" the band released 3 albums total, which comprise their most significant success in the field of glam rock. In addition, the lack of recognition in his native United States, as opposite to success in Europe, henceforth determines that Sparks is considered to be our continent's band.
The next important, or even cardinal, turning point was the acquaintance with the producer Giorgio Moroder. Called the "father" of disco and electronic music, Moroder produced the 1979's Sparks album “Nr. 1 in Heaven ”, leaving a very strong impression on the brothers. Although in the future the band will still experiment with different styles, including sometimes returning to rock, synthesizer becomes irreversible basis of their music. From now on, Sparks will be called one of the pioneers of synth-pop.
The 1983 album "In Outer Space" with the hits Cool Places (50th and highest success in the US top), All You Ever Think About Is Sex and Popularity somehow got into the Latvian music rotation of that time, which finally allowed a larger number of the listeners to discover and fall in love with this act. In general, 80's appear to be very productive for Sparks allowing them to release 7 albums.
However, in the 90s, the brothers find themselves in a kind of creative crossroads, and as a result, only two albums were released during the entire decade. 1994 was marked by the sensational album "Gratuitous Sax & Senseless Violins", which was brought to us by When Do I Get to Sing "My Way" - another mega-hit, without which the setlist of Sparks is simply unimaginable now. And "Plagiarism" (1997) - an album of cover versions of their own songs, created in collaboration with "Faith No More", "Erasure" and Jimmy Somerville.
After a creative search in the 90's, in this century seems the tandem of brothers have found their path again and now confidently followed it.
In 2002 they presented the stylistically amazing album "Lil' Beethoven", in which the synthesizer simulates the sound of a string orchestra and choir, and it is complemented by rhythmic and verbal experiments. Their other creative facet is marked by the musical "Seduction of Ingmar Bergman" (2009) commissioned by Swedish radio. And then in 2015 the music world was introduced with the fruit of the collaboration between Sparks and Scottish alternative rockers “Franz Ferdinand” - the supergroup “FFS” - who released self-titled album and gave a series of well-sold concerts on both sides of the Atlantic.
While all that mentioned above, Sparks managed to cerate and release also several well-received studio albums: “Hello Young Lovers” (2006), “Hippopotamus” (2017) and last year's “A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip”.
In total, Sparks have recorded 24 studio albums, 1 live and 1 album in collaboration with "Franz Ferdinand" (as FFS).
Spectators to the Riga concert will have the opportunity to enjoy the Sparks performance with full band. And you will be amazed how attractive and elegant Russell and Ron Maels still are!
More info
allsparks.com
https://www.facebook.com/ltipsagency
Videos
Popularity https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHBdvgO1Wx8&list=RDRHBdvgO1Wx8&start_radio=1
When Do I Get To Sing 'My Way' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8dqCQ2MHfQ
This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ztSKDbDRXc
Along with the several compositions of the new album, it is expected that an impressive row of the best hits gathered over their 50-year career will be brought to the spectators: This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us, Cool Places, When Do I Get To Sing “My Way”, The Number One Song in Heaven, My Baby's Taking Me Home, When I'm With You, etc.
On Wednesday, March 31, starting 11am, presale for “Biļešu serviss” Newsletter recipients will be open bringing an unique opportunity to be the first to buy a ticket!
General sales will be available from 11am on Thursday, April 1st (no joke!).
In over 50 years, the Sparks' career has epitomized what appears to be the longest-running and enduring interaction between the two brothers in entire pop music. The core of the band consists of songwriter and keyboardist Ron Mael and soloist/frontman Russell Mael. In both dress and manners always emphatically serious Ron with his “brand-name” deadpan scowling goes extreme opposite to flamboyant and hyperactively energetic brother Russell. Ron Mael's intricate and rhythmic keyboard playing style and Russell's wide range voice, which easily soars at the height of an operatic falsetto, have become the hallmark of Sparks. And, of course intellectually sophisticated and acerbic lyrics, often about women or Shakespearean literature references.
But most importantly, despite such a long career, the brothers' tandem is still all-round productive, continuing to create innovative and at the same time relevant musical material, keeping the bar high for intellectual and stylish pop music.
The history of Sparks (then called Halfnelson) began in 1968 when the brothers studied film and theater arts at the University of California. Four years later, the band was renamed to Sparks and released 2 albums.
Having failed to achieve the expected success in their native USA, the brothers moved to the UK, which turned out to be a positive moment in the band's career. With the album "Kimono My House" (1974) they swiftly became one of the brightest stars on glam rock's sky, alongside such names as David Bowie and "Roxy Music". The single from this album This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us reached # 2 in the UK charts, which still remains the band's highest official achievement and an inalienable part of their further playlist.
During this "British period" the band released 3 albums total, which comprise their most significant success in the field of glam rock. In addition, the lack of recognition in his native United States, as opposite to success in Europe, henceforth determines that Sparks is considered to be our continent's band.
The next important, or even cardinal, turning point was the acquaintance with the producer Giorgio Moroder. Called the "father" of disco and electronic music, Moroder produced the 1979's Sparks album “Nr. 1 in Heaven ”, leaving a very strong impression on the brothers. Although in the future the band will still experiment with different styles, including sometimes returning to rock, synthesizer becomes irreversible basis of their music. From now on, Sparks will be called one of the pioneers of synth-pop.
The 1983 album "In Outer Space" with the hits Cool Places (50th and highest success in the US top), All You Ever Think About Is Sex and Popularity somehow got into the Latvian music rotation of that time, which finally allowed a larger number of the listeners to discover and fall in love with this act. In general, 80's appear to be very productive for Sparks allowing them to release 7 albums.
However, in the 90s, the brothers find themselves in a kind of creative crossroads, and as a result, only two albums were released during the entire decade. 1994 was marked by the sensational album "Gratuitous Sax & Senseless Violins", which was brought to us by When Do I Get to Sing "My Way" - another mega-hit, without which the setlist of Sparks is simply unimaginable now. And "Plagiarism" (1997) - an album of cover versions of their own songs, created in collaboration with "Faith No More", "Erasure" and Jimmy Somerville.
After a creative search in the 90's, in this century seems the tandem of brothers have found their path again and now confidently followed it.
In 2002 they presented the stylistically amazing album "Lil' Beethoven", in which the synthesizer simulates the sound of a string orchestra and choir, and it is complemented by rhythmic and verbal experiments. Their other creative facet is marked by the musical "Seduction of Ingmar Bergman" (2009) commissioned by Swedish radio. And then in 2015 the music world was introduced with the fruit of the collaboration between Sparks and Scottish alternative rockers “Franz Ferdinand” - the supergroup “FFS” - who released self-titled album and gave a series of well-sold concerts on both sides of the Atlantic.
While all that mentioned above, Sparks managed to cerate and release also several well-received studio albums: “Hello Young Lovers” (2006), “Hippopotamus” (2017) and last year's “A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip”.
In total, Sparks have recorded 24 studio albums, 1 live and 1 album in collaboration with "Franz Ferdinand" (as FFS).
Spectators to the Riga concert will have the opportunity to enjoy the Sparks performance with full band. And you will be amazed how attractive and elegant Russell and Ron Maels still are!
More info
allsparks.com
https://www.facebook.com/ltipsagency
Videos
Popularity https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHBdvgO1Wx8&list=RDRHBdvgO1Wx8&start_radio=1
This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ztSKDbDRXc
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