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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Global Times | Xie Wenting Published on November 04, 2012 19:30
Chinese tenors (left to right) - Dai Yuqiang, Warren Mok and Wei Song - and American singer Michael Boton. Photo: Courtesy of BMFThough the weather was cold and miserable Friday night, the buoyant atmosphere inside the Forbidden City Concert Hall was enough to warm the cockles of music lovers' hearts. China's top three tenors - Dai Yuqiang, Warren Mok and Wei Song - teamed up with American pop crooner Michael Bolton and the China Philharmonic Orchestra to bring the curtain down in style on the 15th Beijing Music Festival (BMF).
"The festival is 15 years old and has entered an age of adolescence, full of dreams and imagination. We are dedicated to providing audiences with more diverse, rich experiences. Tonight's closing ceremony is not an ending but a new beginning," said Yu Long, artistic director of the BMF, at a press conference Friday.
Innovative festival
Under the all-encompassing theme of "music for you," this year's festival made innovational changes by involving more performers spanning a diverse musical cross-section of genres.
"The 15th BMF differed from previous years' festivals, as reflected by the program schedule and venues chosen for performances," music critic Zhou Hao told Metro Beijing.
Classical music has traditionally been a pillar of the BMF, but this year saw pop and rock music also included into the festival's repertoire.
Bolton performed a solo concert and also collaborated with China's tenor trio for "None Shall Sleep," an aria from Giacomo Puccini's opera Turandot.
The respected godfathers of Chinese rock and pop - Cui Jian and Lo Ta-yu - also joined the festival in a dialogue with conductor Yu Long and composer Tan Dun.
The Orange auditorium at The Village in Sanlitun, Chaoyang district's fashion and shopping hub, provided an alternative to the usual grandiose concert halls.
Austrian pianist Rudolf Buchbinder performed a seven-day spectacle of Beethoven sonatas at The Orange, where a giant screen outside entertained passersby and revelers unable to buy tickets to see the show.
Classical musicians and ensembles such as the Hallé Orchestra, the oldest British orchestra; Buchbinder, concerned the best living performer of Beethoven's piano sonatas; and Russian violinist and violist Maxim Vegnrov all made this year's festival memorable.
South Korean soprano Sumi Jo, universally regarded the best soprano in Asia, performed with the China Philharmonic Orchestra.
In another dynamic collaboration, China's celebrated contemporary guitarist Yang Xuefei teamed up with famous Northern Irish flautist Sir James Galway. Zhou noted it is important to invite famous musicians and orchestras to China, but creative arrangement is also needed at future festivals to attract younger audiences.
Bright future ahead
According to Yu, the future of the BMF not only hinges on its appeal to audiences spanning all ages, but also in evolving as an important force leading the development of Chinese music.
Cooperation between the BMF and Salzburg Easter Festival, a prestigious music festival founded by Austrian conductor Hebert von Karajan in 1967, hints at the bright future ahead for both festivals. Peter Alward, director of the Salzburg Easter Festival, told Metro Beijing that the BMF and Salzburg Easter Festival will co-present the Chinese premiere of German composer Richard Wagner's last operatic masterpiece Parsifal, first at Salzburg in March and then at next year's BMF in October.
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Permalink Reply by 0pwxwvug15cbo on
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Thanks for posting this article, Gail.
Very nice to see that MB is a part of the cultural changes going on in China and what better way than with music.
Hugs,
Kathy T. :-)
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Hey Gail, cool article, thanks for posting it. That BMF festival sounds right up my alley! I hope we'll be able to see/hear that "Nessun dorma" with the 3 Asian tenors on YouTube soon, sounds great to me! Take care Gail and thanks again. Hugs, sincerely, Sylvie from Canada :D
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I am starting to look already Sylvie.....OMG we just have to have a video of that....just have to !!!! LOL.
Thanks for article Gail and what a way to finish his Asian Tour....bet MB enjoyed that !! :)
Sylvia. Your wee Scottish friend.
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Permalink Reply by robin rehder on
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What can I say. Wow! 'Thanks Gail for the article. Boltonnut from L. A. CA who loves life & Michael Bolton :)
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Permalink Reply by Kathy Rosario on
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Thanks Gail...great article and what a wonderful experience for Michael!!
Kathy and LAFD Bob
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Below is a link I think and hope some may find useful and it is to do with Michael's concert on 10th December in Kentucky and it is to make application for two free tickets and it has just been tweeted by The Lonely Island official twitter site so for those who can benefit please check it out !!! :)
For Sylvie and Robin CA below is the article that goes along with the link....I had to post link as form to be filled in for free tickets could not be copied and pasted as you obviously have to go into page to make application.
"Win Tickets to Michael Bolton
Glema Mahr Center for the ArtsNov 07|15:00 PMLast Updated on Wednesday, 07 November 2012 15:38HOPKINS COUNTY, KY - The Glema Mahr Center for the Arts presents An Evening with Michael Bolton.
Best known for his Grammy-winning hits, “When a Man Loves a Woman” and “How Am I Supposed to Live Without You”, Michael Bolton is still in the public eye having recently become a viral video sensation for appearing in the SNL debut of The Lonely Island’s Emmy nominated “Jack Sparrow” video, already racking up over 80 million YouTube views. Join us for an evening of hits and Holiday standards.
Sponsored by Trover Health System with additional support from the Enduring Legacy of Mrs. Glema Mahr. This is a Center Stage Series.
The performance is scheduled for Monday, December 10, 2012 at 7:30pm.
Tickets: $55/$50. For tickets call the Glema Box Office at 270-821-ARTS (2787) or go to http://www.glemacenter.org/blog/?page_id=68.
The Glema Mahr Center for the Arts is located on the campus of the Madisonville Community College 2000 College Drive Madisonville, KY."
Sylvia. Your wee Scottish friend.
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I submitted the information. I wonder if it's one time for a person to participate in this contest. I tried a second time & it didn't seem to work. I can understand one time to take part in it. wish me luck girl & if anyone else is taking part in this contest, I wish you well. Boltonnut from L. A. CA who loves life & Michael Bolton :)
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Does anhyone know about Michael being @ the grove Sunday? If so, is anyone going? I know & understand there's going to nbe a lot of celebrities & he may be performing there. Boltonnut from L. A. CA who loves life & Michael Bolton who wants to know :) I saw this on another group or somewhere.
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Yeah Robin CA I put it out on FB in my Michael Bolton Around The World page; that is where you would have seen it and a few people have shared my post too on it and BTW if you do see any posts from MBATW that is a page I started and I only can post in it so anything you see will have come from me.....did send you a request to "like" my page but you haven't popped in so far, or I don't think you have ????? LOL. Just doing another plug and another plug and another plug !!!!! LOL.
I also put in on the thread here on the forum that I started called "Miscellany............" but don't know if you have a link to that or not Robin.....I sent it to you but it may have been during the time you were having your problems when you had to delete a lot of stuff !!
But hey, remember the page on FB !!!!!!! ROFL.
So far, have got to say, don't know of anyone who is going for definite but I did see one comment from a girl saying that she hoped she could manage to get there but it wasn't from anyone on the forum here and talking about other artists taking part did you see Phillip Phillips is going to be there.......wonder if him and Michael will have a chat !!!!! LOL.
Sylvia. Your wee Scottish friend.
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