Concerts, a very familiar words to people.. But do you know a
few FUN FACTS of concert? Let’s explore it J
- · Elvis Presley- a very well know singer- His film was never been nominated for Oscar, but his gospel recording helped him winning three times in Grammy Award.
- · A famous singer in late 80’s – Bruce Springsteen- His song’s “Born in the USA” was the first CD pressed in the USA
- · Every singer, composer, dancer has his own style to calm himself before doing things – same goes to the famous and influential composer- Beethoven was once dipped his head in a cold water before composing any piece
- · Do you guys know that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart had composed his first piece from the age of five and performed before European Royalty?
- · John Lennon final concert appearance was at Madison Square Garden , just before his death in 1980
- · GANGNAM STYLE- a very familiar and outstanding video music was written in Guinness World Record as the most ‘liked’ video
- · Taylor Swift had said about an indie pop band FUN –“When you call your band fun with a period at the end of the sentence, you set a very high standard for yourself and for fun itself,"
- · All-girl singing groups were mainly acting weird by singing nonsense songs in silly voices during the Music Hall/Vaudeville era.
- · Many K-pop fans travel overseas to get the chance to see Korean bands. Tours from Japan and China bring fans to see K-pop concerts. A K-pop group tour from Japan had more than 7000 fans fly to Seoul to meet boy band JYJ. During JYJ's concert in Barcelona, fans from many parts of the world camped overnight to gain entrance
- · Vanessa Hudgens-known as Gabrielle Montez in the High School Musical, had a cold in one of the tours, resulting in her sounding flat and off-key in some sections of the concert album and DVD
- · The Irish soprano Catherine Hayes (1818–1861), the Hibernian prima donna, was the first Irish woman to sing at La Scala in Milan. She learned Kathleen Mavourneen while training in Dublin. It became her signature tune during concerts and in fact, Catherine Hayes sang it for Queen Victoria and over 500 royal guests during a concert performed at Buckingham Palace in June 1849.
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