Leonard Cohen is giving a concert tonight in Istanbul at the Ulker Sports Arena.
This photo with his shortened first name only in the caption tickled me. My first reaction was… that would never fly in North America. I get very little name recognition here even when I use his full name.
Image found on twitter, dated September 19, Wednesday
Surprise!
Leo Again In Istanbul
via Arlene’s Leonard Cohen Scrapbook: “Leo Again In Istanbul” Just Gotta Love The Caption.
Red Hot Chilli Peppers satisfy Turkish fans despite concert venue with alchohol ban
Red Hot Chilli Peppers managed to satisfy Turkish fans despite venue with alchohol ban, RHCP bassist suggested the audience to consider themselves very lucky to be able to hear islamic prayer five times a day. RHCP Istanbul concert sounds like an islamistic event! except twas not
Istanbul / NationalTurk – Red Hot Chilli Peppers gave their long-awaited Istanbul concert this weekend. Santralistanbul hosted Red Hot Chili Peppers Istanbul consert with an audience of 42,000 despite the alcohol ban in the controversiel venue after controversial ban decision.
Istanbul’s controversial concert venue Santralistanbul hosted the long-awaited U.S. band Red Hot Chili Peppers last Saturday in front of 42.000 viewers despite the overpriced tickets.
Red Hot Chilli Peppers greeted the Istanbul audience with ‘ Monarchy,’ as expected, the US band played hits from their ‘Blood Sugar Sex Magik,’ “Californication,” and “By The Way,” albums, as well as new singles from their last album “I’m With You.”
The band hosted famous Turkish saxophonist İlhan Erşahin, who played a brief solo on stage. The band’s leading man Antony Kiedis was quiet but energetic bassist Flea filled his void. Flea had beef with some Turkish twitter users, after he had declared via Twitter that he has a ‘celebrity crush’ on the star of the Turkish women’s volleyball team, Neslihan Darnel.
Red Hot Chilli Basist Flea obviously had one to many drinks !
Flea shouted from the stage to express his pleasure of ezan,call to prayer in Islam, suggesting the audience to consider themselves very lucky to be able to hear that beautiful prayer five times a day. The closure of the nearly two hour show was with the band’s leading hit “Give It Away” and the closing message came from Flea who invited the audience to support music which was “the voice of people from all over the world.”
RHCP Istanbul Concert : Alcohol ban casts long shadows
And what the concert goers were doing yesterday night was nothing but supporting the music and local events despite the unpleasant conditions due to the alcohol ban in the arena which is the main campus of the Istanbul Bilgi University.
By the way, Turkish volleyball star Neslihan Darnel was not among the 42000 Red Hot Chilli Peppers, despite being invited by RHCP personally with her husband. She said, she did not want the nasty rumours going nastier by going to a concert of her favourite band. Congrats twitter, congrats ignorant Turks, who made a simple and naive celebrity crush declaration a matter of honor.
Red Hot Chilli Peppers arrived in Israel after their Istanbul concert.
via Red Hot Chilli Peppers satisfy Turkish fans despite concert venue with alchohol ban.
Here is a video clip of Fairuz from one of her movies/plays set in Lebanon called “Bint al Hariss.” Here she is as a teacher for elementary school girls. Old school is awesome!
via Fairuz – tik, tik, tik! ya em sleiman – YouTube.
Famous singer Enrique Iglesias will come to Turkey for a concert at Küçükçiftlik Park on Oct. 24. Tickets will go on sale on Aug. 27.
Iglesias visited Turkey once before to give a concert in 2007. Iglesias has sold over 55 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling Spanish-language artists of all time. He has had five Billboard Hot 100 top-five singles, including two number ones, and holds the record for producing 22 number-one Spanish-language singles on Billboard’s Hot Latin Tracks. He has also had ten number-one songs on Billboard’s dance charts, more than any other single male artist. Altogether, Iglesias has amassed 68 number-one songs on the various Billboard charts. Billboard has called him “The King of Latin Pop” and “The King of Dance.” Billboard also named Enrique the number-two Latin artist of the years 1986–2011.
Iglesias will visit Turkey as a part of his Euphoria Tour. The tour has taken him across the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and Europe. A second leg, which has taken him to Australia, includes fellow artists Pitbull and Prince Royce and will continue across North America. Iglesias was finalizing production for an extension to Euphoria, titled Euphoria Reloaded, but due to the poor commercial performance of his single “I Like How It Feels,” featuring rapper Pitbull, plans for the rerelease were cut.
via MUSIC – Enrique Iglesias to perform in Istanbul.
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There’s one particular season that inspires the tunes of Chris Milan and Jay Phoenix: summer! Last year, it was their ‘Carnival’ that became the summer’s essential, this year it’s the feel-good tune of ‘Istanbul (Not Constantinople)’ that’ll get you dancing!
Avid EDM fans since the early 90’s and rocking things out together since the millennium years, the Milan & Phoenix duo have grown their very own style and sound.
Residing in the happy, sun-drenched, feel-good type of tunes, Milan & Phoenix bring in their latest weapon for the summer of 2012: ‘Istanbul (Not Constantinople)l’. Named after one of the world’s richest cultural cities, it throbs with a deep and layered bass, kicks in with catchy vocals and brings you a warm, playful melody.
Another sunny tune from the dynamic duo!
Tracks:
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) (Radio Edit) (02:27)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) (Original Mix) (04:19)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) (Club Mix) (05:51)
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) (Club Mix Edit) (02:53)
©1990 Avedis Zildjian Company – All Rights Reserved
Transferred by me from a VERY RARE, not-for-sale VHS, this promotional video produced by Zildjian in 1990 covers the history of the thousands-of-years-old, family-owned company, their secretive methods of mixing metals, the cymbal making process, their strict quality standards, and Zildjian artists’ endorsements.
