Tibi Puiu[tag]Live Earth[/tag] officials have added, on the last stretch, the ninth and last concert in the series of events set to promote the global awareness to global warming. This last gig will take place in the US capital Washington DC in the National Mall, positioned in very close proximity to the US Capitol. The headliners for this Live Earth leg are country stars Garth Brooks and Tricia Yearwood. DC will join London, Sydney, Rio de…
Concert for Diana
Yesterday, 1st of July, a memorial concert for the late Wales Princess Diana took place at the fabulous Wembley Stadium, where international stars paid tribute to the diva by performing live in front of over 63.000 people. The show was kicked off by pop icon [tag]Elton John[/tag], who performed “Your Song” in front of giant black-white photographs of Diana taken by Mario Testino . After which Duran Duran, Diana’s all time favorite band began their…
Artmania 2007 1 background and last year
Andrei Mihai
This is a relatively unknown festival in [tag]Sibiu[/tag]. Sibiu is an European cultural capital in Romania. [tag]Transylvania[/tag] is close to the city; this influences the architecture which has a medieval genuine style. It is very goth like city and for those of you who have not visited it yet the city would probably be a pleasant surprise. The festival started in 2006 when H.I.M., Amorphis, Silentium made the crowd wild. There were also some great…
Artmania 2007 2 with local acts and Anathema
So this gets us to this year. The bands were Anathema, Within Temptation, My Dying Bride, The Gathering and other local bands. The local bands were not bad. It was nice to notice that people who were foreign liked them. Maybe romanian rock has a chance; this is a step in that way and quality music is welcome. The first day began with Anathema and local bands like Cargo, Celelalte Cuvinte, Altar. The crows was…
Artmania 2007 3 with My Dying Bride, The Gathering, Tarot
The day after that there were more people. There were some clouds but that was not a problem. The bands finished their soundcheck and at 19.00 the crowd went into the citadel in which the bands played and there was a lot of noise. The hour was 19.30 when Tarot went up the stage. They were not upset to be the opening band and they were relaxed and enjoyed themselves. That is obvious when you…
Artmania 2007 4 the headline
Everybody was waiting for the headliners. Within Temptation was about to sing. But at first there was a wait; people waited for the set to be ready. Very crowded set and it is hard to describe it so let the pictures talk. Statues and lights and things like that. That is way over the top you could say. That is you could say without having watched them. When they sing and the set plays the…