That's when good friends become good neighbours: André Rieu (2)
According to Monday's Herald Sun, André Rieu will make a guest appearance on Neighbours "in the near future." (He's also returning to Australia in 2009 for some smaller concerts. (Rieu mentioned Rod Laver arena during Thursday's concert.)
Rieu performed to a crowd of 38,605 on Saturday night -- a record for the violinist and more than double the number present at his first concert.
80 people were treated by paramedics for chest pains and injuries sustained while dancin' in the aisles.
Rieu has also set a new record in the Australian DVD charts. He has 11 -- count 'em -- in the Top 40. "Tens of thousands" paid to watch the concert on Foxtel. Only the Mundine-Green bout in May 2006 pulled more viewers to Foxtel's Main Event.
This footage probably won't make it into the YouTube record books, but it certainly captures a moment. A part of a moment then. Yes, it's fifteen seconds of the Neighbours theme song as played by Maestro Rieu... and sung by a few thousand groupies.
My apologies for the swirly-cam. I've been watching too much West Wing.
UPDATE: Eamonn Kelly makes some cool-headed observations in his review for The Oz, here. (One thing... we agree on the rendition of Nessun dorma which Kelly describes -- by way of an introduction to his specific criticisms -- as "appalling".)
And the debate rages on, here. (Yeah, yeah, our ears are burning.)
Rieu performed to a crowd of 38,605 on Saturday night -- a record for the violinist and more than double the number present at his first concert.
80 people were treated by paramedics for chest pains and injuries sustained while dancin' in the aisles.
Rieu has also set a new record in the Australian DVD charts. He has 11 -- count 'em -- in the Top 40. "Tens of thousands" paid to watch the concert on Foxtel. Only the Mundine-Green bout in May 2006 pulled more viewers to Foxtel's Main Event.
This footage probably won't make it into the YouTube record books, but it certainly captures a moment. A part of a moment then. Yes, it's fifteen seconds of the Neighbours theme song as played by Maestro Rieu... and sung by a few thousand groupies.
My apologies for the swirly-cam. I've been watching too much West Wing.
UPDATE: Eamonn Kelly makes some cool-headed observations in his review for The Oz, here. (One thing... we agree on the rendition of Nessun dorma which Kelly describes -- by way of an introduction to his specific criticisms -- as "appalling".)
And the debate rages on, here. (Yeah, yeah, our ears are burning.)
Labels: André Rieu, concert
posted by Chris Boyd at 11:33 PM
5 Comments:
80 people were treated by paramedics for chest pains and injuries sustained while dancin' in the aisles.
No way! Seriously?!
Also, haha, re: pornifying Phantom for you, Chris? My work here is done ... :p
Your mission, dri, is to pornify Spiritualized! (Heh!) As much as I love Songs in A&E , I listen to it and think: man, this makes me feel positively (even rampantly ) virile! LOL
P.S. Yes, seriously.
I HAVE!
Okay, so it's relatively tame compared to the Phanporn epic but *lol* beat ya to it! How could I not pornify Jaaaayyyyson, god love 'im? And today's his birthday.
*lol* I can't speak for the virile bit but can't say I'm particularly enthused by Songs In A&E, as grateful as I am to actually have another album from him. Just seems to be treading the same old ground. *pout* Mind you, nothing beats the awesomeness of the previous three albums.
*thinks* how the hell did I miss that?
[notices date] ahh... I was in my post Festival non-reading/non-writing slump.
Niiiice.
Have you heard Mercury Rev's newie? (Or does it suffer from the same A&E problem?) Elbow's newie is a ripper, if you don't mind a bit of "melon cola" [don't think that'll catch on]
[Word verification is IMGOD!!!]
Also, I think I wrote that J!piece a few years before we 'met' ... :p
You know, I'm really not into Mercury Rev. I tried with The Secret Migration but the nasal quality of his vocals put me off. (this coming from a staunch Corgan fan, I know ...) But I've always been curious about Elbow and really don't mind a bit of 'melon cola' so I might check that out ... thanks!
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