Andre Rieu - Watch Him Live Via Satellite

Classical maestro Andre Rieu
 to take his live shows to cinemas

   
 TERRITORIANS will be able to experience a live performance by a world renowned musician without leaving the Top End.

Music buffs in Palmerston and Katherine will be able to watch violinist Andre Rieu via a live satellite broadcast during his concert at Acer Arena in Sydney on Friday, October 16.

It is a coup for Territorians, who do not often have the opportunity to experience such world-renowned musicians.

The concert will be screened as part of a national initiative to give fans of the musician living in regional and remote parts of the country the opportunity to see the show, despite their location.

Some 37 towns around the country will be able to experience the cinema Live concert.

Katherine residents have been exposed to national operas and concerts under a similar plan which has been running for more than a year.

Rieu, who considers Australia a second home, was recently named the world's most successful male touring artist.

He released a song earlier this year for the Red Cross to raise money for victims of the Victorian bushfires and Queensland floods.

Tickets to the broadcast are $40. For more, go to www.cinemalive.com

 
 by: DANIEL BOURCHIER 
   
 
AC/DC, John Farnham, Fleetwood Mac and Keith Urban may soon perform at a cinema near you.

 

THE world's biggest entertainers will soon perform at a cinema near you.

Classical maestro Andre Rieu is the first major international act to take his Acer Arena extravaganza into more than 50 theatres via satellite on October 16.

CinemaLive trialled the innovative concept of putting live music on about 35 big screens with The Wiggles Christmas concert in December last year.

It was so successful the concert was then re-broadcast in 40 cinemas in the UK in January -- with Santa's segment cleverly re-edited.

A raft of big-name artists who are touring Australia in the next six months are on CinemaLive's wish list including John Farnham, Fleetwood Mac, AC/DC and Keith Urban.

"Unlike American tours, a lot of the artists don't have the opportunity to get to all the major regional areas of Australia so this is one way their concert can go everywhere," CinemaLive's Michelle Hunter said.

Rieu has already sold out two Acer Arenas with only a handful of tickets left to his third show.

 

Tickets to the arena shows start from $89 while the cinema screening will cost $40.

CinemaLive will screen the show in high definition in local cinemas throughout the country.

 

 
 by: Kathy McCabe    The Daily Telegraph 

Posted by Moderator Jeanine Ann at September 22, 2009
Categories: Australia, News, 1 CONCERTS
 
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