tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52889912119483510182012-01-20T06:14:03.183-08:00Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02867693501518325513noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5288991211948351018.post-59907623497066529852011-09-24T01:41:00.000-07:002011-09-24T01:41:31.394-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="color: #cc0000;">RIO DE JANEIRO</b>: About 100,000 people bowed out Friday in Brazil for the start of the <b style="color: #cc0000;">world’s biggest music festival,</b> Rock in Rio, presenting an all-star lineup including <b style="color: #cc0000;">Rihanna, Katy Perry</b> and Coldplay.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vA7rdw8nyHM/Tn2XeuodnAI/AAAAAAAAAC8/N56SV_KAZBk/s1600/RIO+DE+JANEIRO.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="316" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vA7rdw8nyHM/Tn2XeuodnAI/AAAAAAAAAC8/N56SV_KAZBk/s640/RIO+DE+JANEIRO.png" title="RIO DE JANEIRO" width="540" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />The event is likely to attract 700,000 people over its week long run, with around 100,000 a day turning out to see some of the biggest titles in pop and rock belting out tunes on Rio de Janeiro’s shoreline.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />The mega show sold out to ticket holders paying from dollar 50 to100 is taking place in the “City of Rock”, a specifically built venue on the site of what will be the future Olympic Village when Rio hosts the 2016 Summer Games.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />Other musicians to follow later in the week contain Lenny Kravitz, Stevie Wonder, the Red Hot Chili&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Peppers, Jamiroquai, Metallica, Maroon 5, Guns N’ Roses, and top Brazilian singers such as Ivete Sangalo.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />“Rock in Rio is to Brazil what Woodstock was to the realm,” one of the organizers, Roberta Medina, said.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The “<b>City of Rock</b>” was motivated by the US city of New Orleans and features 20 bars and restaurants, 50 shops and various little musical and performance events. It also has a roller-coaster and a giant Ferris wheel.</div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5288991211948351018-5990762349706652985?l=musicistheheartofoursourl.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02867693501518325513noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5288991211948351018.post-23561307291724250042011-05-04T05:56:00.000-07:002011-05-04T05:56:03.799-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-o54cMnZ65tE/TcFM24OeumI/AAAAAAAAACY/zF45zstZ_EM/s1600/music.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="76" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-o54cMnZ65tE/TcFM24OeumI/AAAAAAAAACY/zF45zstZ_EM/s320/music.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5288991211948351018-2356130729172425004?l=musicistheheartofoursourl.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02867693501518325513noreply@blogger.com0