'Muse' and 'Arcade Fire', protagonists of the great concerts of Xacobeo, seek to attract more than 60,000 people.
The British 'Muse' and Canadians 'Arcade Fire' staged two major concerts Xacobeo at Monte do Gozo, which aim to bring together more than 60,000 people on 27 August and 5 September respectively. Next to them, 'A festa two worlds, Africa Express' will complete the range of festivals planned for the second half of the programming of the Holy Year, which, tera gold, culminated with the visit of Pope on 6 November.
"The big news is that we are half way," proclaimed the Regional Minister for Culture and Tourism, Roberto Varela, who presented the cultural offer for the next six months at an event in which the regional government president, Alberto Nunez Feijoo, stressed, using a football metaphor, which, in, gaia gold, the "first part of the game," Galicia "is clearly winning."
Thus, one of the highlights for the summer months will be the 'Festival Xaboeo 10', to head the British Muse, who repeat the last leadership as Xacobeo, in 2004, when were Santo Artist of the Year with 'Red Hot Chili Peppers', 'The Cure' and 'Chemical Brothers'., Star Wars: the old Republic Credits,
In this year's program ensures that Xacobeo August 27 Monte do Gozo will be the scene of one of the "milestones" of the programming, which are part of "first class international artists," not required. According to the group's official website, tickets will go on sale for 30 euros on Monday 12 July, although the regional government has not yet confirmed this.
Just a few days later, the festival 'MTV Galicia 2010' will return to take the Monte do Gozo to schedule a series of concerts free of charge to viewers and will be headlined as 'Arcade Fire' in an event that, according to the programming of Xacobeo, will be "full of the best indie-rock of the moment." 100 000
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The beach of Santa Cristina in Oleiros (A Coruna), will constitute the third stage of major festivals this summer under the umbrella of Jacobean and will bring together musicians from around the world, major African stars Damon Albarn, Femi Kuti, Ayo or Corinne Rae Bailay to mix with different rhythms of rock, pop, indie, soul or hip hop.
In this case, the event is "unique" and "not repeat" anywhere in the world, as underlined on Monday the Regional Minister Roberto Varela, who has setenciado Galicia welcome you "three big concerts that places it as music capital of 2010. " This last festival will feature more than 17 hours of music, from 11.00 am to 4.30 am, at which to gather 100,000 people.
Ben Harper (on 14 July in Santiago), Joaquin Sabina (in Lalin July 8 and July 10 in A Coruna), Cristina Pato (July 25 at Tui), Elvis Costello and Diana Krall (July 27) Jean Michel Jarre (July 31 in London) and Mark Knopfler (July 28 in Santiago) form, along with others, the lineup of artists who parade through the occasion of Xacobeo Galicia. Leonard Cohen returns to Galicia, a year after that he should make the summer of 2009 in Vigo, for a concert in Ourense on 11 September.
A programming-has emphasized the Regional Minister Roberto Varela, who has "reality" in order to "decentralize" to "breathe life" in all municipalities and that this "directed and designed" to visitorsand Galician. In it, also appear Celtic music festivals Ortigueira (A Coruna), the pop music festival 'Lolapop' (Aug. 14) in Ponte Caldelas (Pontevedra), the free festival culture Quente (16 and 17 July) Caldas de Reis (Pontevedra) or Mika concert (August 14) give in Vigo in the context of the events of the summer the town hall.
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The latest masterpiece by Richard Wagner, Parsifal, by the oldest orchestra in Britain, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, and its director, Vasily Petrenko, first came to Galicia to be architects of the historic release of these elements in the community.
In this field of music, the Xacobeo also suggests the whole range of programming 'Via Stellae', who travels by 51 Galician towns with, among others, 'Europa Galante', 'Les Arts Florissants' by William Christie, the Venice Baroque Orchestra or Chyamber Mahler Orchestra.
In addition, the municipality of Cea ourensano welcome you between 3 and 5 September, the International Orchestra Festival de Galicia (Fiou), which will meet the best dance orchestras on five continents with dozens of formations to come from States America, Africa or Latin America. Combinations as well, "the traditional festival with the great mass events," said Roberto Varela.
"Winning the game"
Before establishing that more than a million people have already enjoyed a thousand shows that the Jacobean has offered in recent months, the head of regional government concluded that "in the first half of the match, it will clearly winning." "But we're in the middle of the road and there is much to celebrate and live," says the Regional Minister in relation to the events scheduled for the coming six months.
For his part, President of the Xunta has argued, based on tourism statistics, the good results being obtained Galicia this semester, so that there was a seven percent increase in the number of tourists and eight percent in the number of overnight stays on the previous Holy Year in 2004. As for the same period of 2009, these figures represent an increase of 11 percent and seven percent in those same indices.
"The Holy Year has no limits," he proclaimed before Feijoo Xacobeo sponsors, who gave the "thanks" for their "generosity" for having chosen this event at a time of economic crisis, a time when there to "set priorities."
The maximum autonomic agent argues that the Jacobean is a time to make a "common front" needed "a Galicia" and "window to the world" and, as noted above, the programming has shown that "can do more with less" . "It's a popular success, not solely religious or political," said the leader autonomic, who sees a "a brave land."
For Feijoo, Galicia had the opportunity to "fail or right" before this event and away from the "pessimism or inaction", Galicia has shown an "open and welcoming attitude" and is taking the opportunity offered by this event. In this sense, also rrred to the May data to highlight tourist who have grown 20.4 per cent the number of tourists and overnight stays over the same month of 2010.
Galicia also has received about 57,000 visitors, according to figures from the OfficePilgrim in the first six months, an increase of 92 percent over last year and an increase of 51.6 percent over the same period last Holy Year. Along with these data, estimates show that 90 770 people have visited the Cathedral of Compostela, which are recorded "more than 15,000 hugs Santiago Apostol" each day.
"Galicia is social and economical advantage that it is the event of the decade", has claimed the maximum autonomic agent, who has assured that this is the Galicia "designed to appear as it is and encourage you to continue, the only Galicia . "Today, more than ever, Galicia is where, now is when" they concluded, Feijoo and Varela two speeches appealing to the motto of Xacobeo.