If you are a fan of Pink Floyd it is good to know that “The Spirit of Pink Floyd” is coming to Budapest. The tour has received very good feedback, and now it can bee seen in Budapest, as a matter of fact September 28, starting at 20:00 in the Papp Laszlo Budapest Sportarena.
The Spirit of Pink Floyd
September 28, 20:00
Papp Laszlo Budapest Sportarena
Tickets: WorldTicketShop
Demis Roussos Budapest
September 29, 20:00
Budapest Sportarena
Tickets: WorldTicketShop
About Demis Roussos (source: Wikipedia)
Artemios (Demis) Ventouris Roussos (born June 15, 1946) is a Greek singer. He was born in Egypt to ethnic Greek parents George and Olga (Engineer Yorgos Roussos), and raised in Alexandria. His parents lost everything and moved to Greece after the Suez Crisis..
After settling in Greece, Demis participated in a series of musical groups beginning with The Idols when he was 17. After this he joined We Five (not the San Francisco, California folk-rock group), another covers band which had limited success in Greece.
He came to a wider audience in 1968 when he joined progressive rock band Aphrodite’s Child, initially as singer but later also playing bass guitar. His distinctive operatic vocal style helped propel the band to international success, notably on their final album 666, which became something of a cult classic.
September 6 Anastacia will visit Budapest, not because she wants to see the Castle (though she might want to) – but because she wants to have a concert showing her talent to all her Hungarian and international fans. The concert starts at 20.00 and will be held in the SYMA Hall, close to the Puskas Ferenc Stadium and the Budapest Sportarena.
Anastacia Budapest
September 6, 20:00
SYMA Hall
Tickets: WorldTicketShop
About Anastacia (source: Wikipedia)
Anastacia (born Anastacia Lyn Newkirk on September 17, 1968) is an American singer-songwriter. Anastacia has been highly successful in Europe, Asia, Oceania, South Africa and South America but has not had as much success in her native United States. In 2005 she was recognized for worldwide sales of over 20 million albums. Anastacia is world renowned for her edgy, soulful voice and is famous for her ability to hit powerful notes (C3 – C6/D6) in a full voice range well into soprano tessituras. Her small stature (160 cm or 5’3″) has also led to her being nicknamed “The Little Lady with The Big Voice”. She was also known for her trademark glasses (often darkly tinted), but she had surgery to correct her vision permanently in August 2005.
She made headlines when diagnosed in 2003 with breast cancer. On April 21, 2007 she married her bodyguard of three years, Wayne Newton, in Mexico.
The Depeche Mode concert this summer has not yet been held, and a new Depeche Mode concert has already been announced in Budapest. Depeche Mode is coming back in 2010, January 11. This summer they will perform at the Puskas Ferenc Stadium, but in January that will probably be quite cold and uncomfortable, so they will move a few meters and perform in the Papp Laszlo Budapest Sportarena instead. This is much smaller, so the tickets will probably fly away for this concert as well.
For more information about the summer concert, go to Depeche Mode Budapest summer 2009.
For tickets to the Depeche Mode concert January 11, 2010, visit WorldTicketShop. The press release tells us that they will not perform the same concert during both Budapest concerts. The stage will be made differently and different songs will be played, so for the biggest fans it might be worth visiting both the concerts.
The concert will start at 20:00.
Yesterday evening was the night when Beyonce entered the stage in Papp Laszlo Budapest Sportarena, and already YouTube is being filled up with videos from happy fans who speak of the concert of their life! Below this little text you can find two vidoes already up there! For information on the rest of the Beyonce tour in Europe check out WorldConcerts.org
Other concerts and events in Budapest
George Benson is coming to Budapest in 2009, and he will perform in Papp Laszlo Budapest Sportarena. The concert will be held July 22, 19:30.
George Benson Budapest
Papp Laszlo Budapest Sportarena
July 22, 19:30
Tickets available from Eventim
Concerts and events in Budapest
About George Benson (Source: Eventim)
Appreciated as both musician and performer by millions, George Benson has always had the duel personae of expert improviser and vibrant entertainer. He has always placed his keenly discerning art in the service of a rousing good time. Rounding out his singular approach with sly, seductive rhythm and blues, he’s earned himself an impeccable reputation as one of music’s most enterprising and engaging stars.
Few might have predicted that striking level of stardom some forty years ago, when Benson was a fledgling guitarist working the corner pubs of his native Pittsburgh. That’s where his yen to please a crowd was born. “I was an entertainer first,” he says proudly “As a kid I sang, danced and played the ukelele in a nightclub. As my career has progressed, I’ve had the pleasure of playing with the baddest jazz cats on the planet. But that doesn’t change my desire to entertain folks. That’s really who I am.”
It was Wes Montgomery, one of jazz’s most creative players, who came across Benson early on; the vet complimented the young guitarist, urging him to continue his already impressive work. In the early 1960s, Benson apprenticed with organist Brother Jack McDuff; he found the organist’s gritty swing a fertile ground for the sly, confident and adventurous guitar lines which earned him an early rep as a master.
“Jack turned me on to a lot of stuff,” muses Benson. “A lot of the jazz tunes we played together were danceable, and that furthered my understanding of what people wanted. When jazz was danceable, it was king. The intellectual stuff that came later on – Charlie Parker and all that – turned toward a brainier sound. That was good, and I dug it. But I really like when people kick up their heels and go crazy.”
Montgomery had called one of his best records Boss Guitar. Benson had both the conviction and chops to nip at his hero’s heels; his 1964 debut was released as The New Boss Guitar. It lived up to its title. Benson’s tone was juicy, and his blues solos sparkled with a carefully honed logic. A jaunty funk and swing aesthetic prevailed. By the time legendary talent scout John Hammond signed Benson to Columbia, the guitarist’s name was bubbling throughout the industry. His work for the label proved Hammond’s hunch to be on-target: brains and flash were in perfect synch.
“I’d sat down with a great blind pianist from San Francisco name Freddy Gambrel,” recalls Benson. “He turned me onto some wonderful ways to get in and out of chord changes and weld harmonies together. Of course I still wanted to be like Charlie Christian, Django Reinhardt, and Hank Garland – my heroes. I’ve always liked the hot guitar guys.”
Playing the combination won Benson access to all sorts of arenas. His work was boundless: in the late ’60s he sat in on heady Miles Davis sessions, and also put a personal spin on the tunes from the Beatles’ Abbey Road. Hooking up with the CTI label in 1970, he was united with many of jazz’s finest instrumentalists, including Stanley Turrentine, Ron Carter, and Freddie Hubbard. His visibility and prestige grew even further. Classic albums, such as Beyond the Blue Horizon, abounded. But after a while different ideas began to flow from Benson’s muse. And the environment didn’t seem right for growth.
“I’d been screaming about my guitar sound for years, and they didn’t want to hear about it. I wanted to use my band in the studio, just get comfortable and test out some stuff. But it was like pulling teeth. The first time I tried to sing along with my guitar, everybody in the studio booed. They all said that it wouldn’t work. When I got with Tommy LiPuma all that changed. He said ‘Sure, let’s go with some vocals, see where we get.’ And you know what happened after that.” What happened was Breezin’, the first jazz record to attain platinum sales. The 1976 blockbuster, his first in a long association with Warner Bros. Records, brought the instrumental title track to jazz radio. And Benson’s soulful update of Leon Russell’s “This Masquerade,” which featured the guitarist scatting along with his solo break, was a pop smash. He followed up with a sultry version of “On Broadway,” and the irresistible “Give Me The Night,” which thrilled many a dancer. Benson was a superstar.
Some old fans were miffed about this new pop success. “I guess that’s the biggest crime I’ve made as far as jazz lovers go,” offers Benson. “They don’t always like to see you play for the general public. They want to be catered to. But I’ve tried that approach and it doesn’t work for me. Nobody can stay one way for 30 years. I’ve always tried to let my experience show itself. You learn, you change. The door opened and I walked through it.” Throughout the 1980s Warner Bros. and LiPuma followed their smash success with several terrific Benson records. Individually, they blended grooves and guitar work, proving that R&B was a natural part of Benson’s profile. Collectively, they cemented his global renowned. The guitarist has won eight Grammies, played around the world, and thrilled many crowds with his playing.
In the mid-’90s Benson followed LiPuma to the GRP label. Their association had proven artistically and commercially fertile; both wanted to sustain it. Together they cut the 1996 gem That’s Right. It offered a modern version of contemporary jazz that reminded its listeners Benson was one of the genre’s forefathers. These days Benson’s interests are many. He’s often spotted out at Manhattan jazz clubs, checking the action of fledgling guitarists. The most impressive of the lot are sometimes invited back to Benson HQ for jam sessions and stylistic powwows. The guitarist is resolute about keeping the sparkle in his playing.
“The younger cats awaken something in me from the early days. I love listening and playing with guys like Joshua Redman, Roy Hargrove, and Christian McBride. When they tell me I’ve still got the chops, I feel great.” Benson’s latest GRP disc is Standing Together. It not only assures that his chops are sharper than ever, but suggests that his studio savvy is continuing to grow. This time around, he uses elements of hip hop and Caribbean rhythms to keep his personalized R&B on the edgy side.
“I’m not against ear candy,” he chuckles, “but I like mine to be significant, not just noises in the record. Some of those backing tracks on the new record are cool. They give me little tidbits of sound to bounce my guitar lines off of.” Said like a open-minded creative type, which is exactly who Benson is. Unfazed by the constrictions of predictability, he’s built a career on sniffing out what people enjoy hearing, and what he enjoys playing. “I had to break a couple rules along the way,” he reflects. “There was an unwritten law: be cool, don’t get too raunchy. But jazz was once hanging-out music. And the easiest way to involve people is by getting ’em tapping their feet. When they’re tapping a bit, they’ll go your way. That’s when I can float any kind of jazz line into the music. Once the audience knows I respect them, they let me be whatever I want to be. I hope – no, I firmly believe – that will always be the case.”
U2 is out touring Europe in June, July and August 2009, but unfortunately Budapest is not on the list of cities U2 will appear in. In fact there are several big concert cities that will not be visited, but today I read that TicketPro will help hungarian fans to get tickets to the U2 concerts in Zagreb (Croatia) and in Chorzow (Poland).
The tickets on salfe from TicketPro can be bought from here. For those of us who would rather stay in Budapest, it is better to take a look at our list of concerts taking place in Budapest in 2009, which can be found here.
Kaiser Chiefs is coming to Budapest in 2009 and they will perform in Papp Laszlo Budapest Sportarena June 19, 20:00.
Kaiser Chiefs Budapest
Papp Laszlo Budapest Sportarena
June 19-2009, 20:00
Tickets: Eventim
About Kaiser Chiefs (source: Wikipedia)
Kaiser Chiefs are an English indie rock band who formed in 1997. Hailing from Leeds, the group consists of vocalist Ricky Wilson, guitarist Andrew ‘Whitey’ White, bassist Simon Rix, keyboardist Nick ‘Peanut’ Baines, and drummer Nick Hodgson. They were named after the South African football club Kaizer Chiefs, a team which former Leeds United defender Lucas Radebe played for.
The group’s debut album, Employment, was released in 2005. It was primarily inspired by new wave and punk rock music of late 1970s, and enjoyed international success with sales of over three million. In 2005, the album was shortlisted for the Mercury Prize. Kaiser Chiefs’ second album, Yours Truly, Angry Mob (2007), yielded “Ruby”, a number one single in the United Kingdom.
Eros Ramazotti is coming to Budapest in 2009, and the concert will be held in the Papp Laszló Budapest Sportarena November 3rd, 19:30. So if you would like to watch Eros Luciano Walter Ramazotti (which is his full name) live, you got the chance now.
Tickets:
WorldTicketShop
EROS RAMAZZOTTI
Thursday, November 3, 19:30
Papp László Budapest Sportaréna, Budapest, Hungary
Eros Ramazotti (source: Wikipedia)
Eros Luciano Walter Ramazzotti (born on October 28, 1963), known simply as Eros Ramazzotti, is an Italian singer and songwriter. Ramazzotti, who is one of the most popular artists in Italy is well known not only in most non English-speaking European countries but also in most of the Spanish-speaking world as he has released most of his albums in both Italian and Spanish. Since 1984, he has released nine studio albums, one EP, two compilation albums, two live albums as well as 34 singles, all of which have charted noticeably high in many European countries as well as in South and Central America. Ramazzotti has sold over 40 million records in his 23 years of career. The Italian star has done duets with several prestigious artists such as Cher, Tina Turner, Andrea Bocelli, Patsy Kensit, Anastacia, Joe Cocker, Luciano Pavarotti, Laura Pausini, and Ricky Martin Ramazzotti first gained international success in 1993, after the release of his Tutte storie, with which he managed to occupy the top five in every country wherein he had his previous albums released. After amassing six million in album sales of Tutte storie, in 1994, he got a record contract with BMG International. His success greatly lies beneath his unique voice which could be described as somewhat nasal but yet a bit aggressive at the same time and he always delivers catchy, melodic tunes throughout the refrains of his songs which are passionate autobiographical ballads often rich in soft-rock influence.
In exactly 24 hours the tickets for the Madonna concert in Budapest will be available (February 20, 10:00 (10 AM). The main ticketseller is TicketPro (LiveNation), and they are counting down on their webpage. I guess it will be a storm of people trying to buy tickets tomorrow, so I guess their servers will slow down. But, for those very interested you can also consider visiting their ticket office in Károly Körüt 9 in the seventh district of Budapest tomorrow!
The cheapest ticket costs 15.000 forints, and then follows the silver ticket (22,500 forints) and the gold tickets (30,000 forints). There are also some VIP tickets available!
For more information about the Madonna concert, go here.
Other concerts in Budapest.
