2012 TOUR REVIEW THREAD-PLEASE SHARE YOUR 2012 MB CONCERT ADVENTURES WITH US HERE!!!!

HELLO EVERYONE, Since the 2011 Tour Review Thread is not playing nice and throwing us all back to the beginning lately, Gail asked if I would go ahead and start the 2012 thread. So here it is.. We can all share our excitement for Michael's upcoming touring and events in 2012 and chat and have fun here till the shows start in 2012.

Everyone is welcome to post and share their stories and pictures, videos from concerts and trips to see Michael do what he does best-SING!!! Michael will be touring in 2012 starting so far with some shows the end of January. There could be other events sooner too so if anyone attends a great Bolton event/concert, feel free to share your experience here. I hope to have a review after the Chester, PA show on January 28th along with some other fans that have gotten tickets for that show and the Atlantic City, NJ show on January 27th as well! After that there are shows in Australia so far listed for 2012. Following those shows we have the Concert for MBC and Traveler's Golf Event in June, 2012 and later on the MBC Gala in Sept.. We already have some exciting events to look forward to next year and I know there will be much more to come.

I am looking forward to another fun year of posts and sharing by the best Michael Bolton fans in the world on this forum.. I will post events to keep the thread moving along as the concerts come up as before.

Welcome everyone!!!!!

Robin in Maryland USA :)

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Permalink Reply by 0pwxwvug15cbo on October 31, 2012 at 10:18pm

Hi Sylvia,

Thanks for the most current info you have. Joy sent me a PM before the hurricane and I think she expected to be without power for several days. Jersey as we know was hit very hard so just so hoping she and her family are okay and as I know we all do, hope for good news from everyone when they are able to get with us. Glad your friends are okay in Mass. and Jersey, Sylvia. Hoping for word from MB on his people as well.

Hugs,

Kathy T. :-)

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Permalink Reply by Kathy Rosario on November 2, 2012 at 2:08am

Ahhhh..the male species!!! LOL Thanks Olga :)))) I was waiting for them to bust out Gangnam Style...lol

Kathy and LAFD Bob

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Permalink Reply by sylvia doughty on October 31, 2012 at 10:17pm

Below is article I have found about the Beijing Music Festival which includes the two shows Michael is doing in China.

"Music Special: Beijing Music Festival builds bridge between East, West

Updated: 2012-10-27 07:54

By Chen Jia (China Daily)

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Music will help to form a bond between China and the West at a time when the country is attaching greater importance to art education and the cultivation of new talent, said a senior executive of Credit Suisse, a founding sponsor of the Beijing Music Festival.

This is the 14th year that the Swiss financial institution Credit Suisse has supported the Beijing Music Festival, one of Asia's leading platforms for lovers of classical music as the major founding sponsor.

Head of Credit Suisse's Corporate and Institutional Clients Business in Asia, Urs Buchmann, notes: "I am excited to see it become a more diverse music festival, now that we are attracting a wider gathering of leading international performers to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the festival with new and returning audiences."

Under this year's main theme "Music for You," a program combining a wide choice of musical styles and genres will respond to the diverse tastes of Beijing's and China's audiences.

During the festival's 15th session there will be a total of 26 performances within a 25 days' period ending on Nov 2.

These will include opera, orchestral, chamber music and choral concerts. In addition to classical favorites, such as the Hall Orchestra and the London Sinfonietta, popular musicians, including US singer Michael Bolton and Chinese rock pioneer Cui Jian, will also take to the stage.

"Every year the Beijing Music Festival injects new aspects of classical music, either by introducing compositions not or rarely performed in China and Asia or by presenting masterworks by major authors scarcely encountered within the standard repertoire.

The festival thus succeeds in significantly broadening the public's interests. This forms one of the key reasons for Credit Suisse to support this key event within China's musical scene," Buchmann emphasizes.

The Swiss financial institution is also a sponsor of children's concerts and has supported art education for Chinese youth since 2007. By introducing Western culture, Credit Suisse values music as a bridge facilitating a comprehensive dialogue with its Chinese partners.

The medium thus helps in developing banking ties in the world's largest emerging market. The festival provides an important platform for the country's audiences to get close to Western and Chinese musicians.

It includes a complete cycle of Beethoven's 32 sonatas by Austrian pianist Rudolf Buchbinder, which takes place over seven consecutive nights.

There is also be a new opera production of Savage Land by Chinese playwright Cao Yu as well as an event titled A Dialogue Among Festival Friends, which includes musicians Cui Jian, Lo Ta-yu, Tan Dun and Yu Long.

The festival softens the borders between classical and modern music, according to organizers. Former soloist at the Deutsche Opera Warren Mok, Pavarotti protg Dai Yuqiang and acclaimed Chinese singer Wei Song will share the stage with Bolton and the Chinese Philharmonic Orchestra.

"Featuring important cross-over elements, the Beijing Music Festival is particularly dynamic this year, and I believe that the spark of art is enchanting the audience," Buchmann explains.

In addition to being a banker, Buchmann is a musician himself. He has played piano since age 5 and continues to perform widely throughout Europe and Asia both as soloist as well as in chamber formations. Buchmann says his ongoing encounter with music constitutes an important part of his life. "Playing the piano while pursuing a banking career feels like walking on two legs" Buchmann maintains, who perceives music as a complement to his career that provides for critical balance in daily life.

"Music helps my creativity, memory and reaction," he says. "To prepare for a concert requires a long-term approach and practising step by step. Ideally, you commence three years before first performing a work in public."

"It is just like doing business, especially large projects with far reaching strategic objectives, which require the discipline to work in a structured and concentrated way."

After being involved with the company's long-time sponsorship of the Beijing Music Festival, Buchmann has found that the festival can help Credit Suisse's business to better approach Chinese clients, and he says it brings great happiness to the aficionados.

"Any businessman wanting to be successful in a specific country, requires to be strongly integrated into the local society first. Such integration is being critically helped by the musical idiom, as we can feel that there is natural interest by the Chinese society, especially within the middle class, to learn more about Western classical music."

Born in Switzerland Buchmann has worked in China and Asia for 25 years. He joined the Credit Suisse AG Beijing Representative Office in 1987.

"I am fascinated by Beijing as it becomes an increasingly attractive global city and an important musical centre," he says.

"What I like about the Beijing Music Festival is the enthusiastic atmosphere within the concert going audience. Chinese classical music enthusiasts are on average much younger than their peers in Western countries. Moreover and very importantly they tend to be more open to new developments."

Buchmann thinks it is very impressive that music education is developing "incredibly fast" in China.

"An increasing number of Chinese parents are encouraging their children to learn instruments. However, in tendency education should as much comprise the nurturing of personality as the development of technical skills in order to provide for a balanced childhood and adolescence."

He strongly believes in making music a part of global communication between different cultures. "Chinese society has discovered the relevance of music presumably much earlier than Western societies.

As Confucius says, "If you want to educate a person, you should begin with poems, emphasize ceremonies and end with music," Buchmann hopes to encourage Chinese musicians, especially younger talent to perform internationally and to communicate through the universal medium of classical music as well as Chinese folk and popular music.

"Music is the universal language that builds bridges across the cultures," maintains Buchmann.

Credit Suisse has a long tradition of being dedicated to cultural activities.

Besides the Beijing Music Festival, the bank also sponsors events with the Shanghai Museum and the Beijing Today's Art Museum. As far as China is concerned Credit Suisse also hosts a series of chamber concerts in spring as well as its own New Year's concert.".

Sylvia. Your wee Scottish friend.

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Permalink Reply by helen alicia anderson on November 1, 2012 at 1:15am

dont know if this has been posted ,but if not grab a drink for its 21 mins long

michael at the medan concert

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4ZjBQCh-uo

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Permalink Reply by Nic on November 1, 2012 at 3:51am

Dear Helen - This is sooooo awesome!!! Thank you so very much for posting the link!!! Kind regards - Nic

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Permalink Reply by sylvie boisvert on November 1, 2012 at 5:11am

Oh my goodness Helen, thank you so much for finding and posting this! The sound is fantastic: was this from a TV broadcast? In any case, that's a keeper! Thanks again so much for sharing it Helen, take care. Hugs, sincerely, Sylvie from Canada

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Permalink Reply by sylvia doughty on November 1, 2012 at 10:56am

Thanks a million for finding and sharing Helen.....absolutely beautiful and I have already put it over in my MBATW page and I thank you for giving me access to it and enabled me to do so....thanks Helen !!! :)

Sylvie and anyone else who is interested this is from the show that I told you about which was recorded for the Indonesian TV Channel which aired on Saturday and which you could have watched through the internet and which I tried to do but it kept breaking up. This is the one where I took the "stupid" pictures from !! lol.

Sylvia. Your wee Scottish friend.