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Lisbon
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Lisbon is the capital and the largest city of Portugal, with a population of 552,700 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km². Its urban area extends beyond the administrative limits with a population of around 2.7 million people. About 2.8 million people live in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area and it is continental Europes westernmost capital city and the only one along the Atlantic coast. Lisbon lies in the western Iberian Peninsula on the Atlantic Ocean, the westernmost areas of its metro area is the westernmost point of Continental Europe. Lisbon is recognised as a city because of its importance in finance, commerce, media, entertainment, arts, international trade, education. It is one of the economic centres on the continent, with a growing financial sector. Humberto Delgado Airport serves over 20 million passengers annually, as of 2015, and the motorway network, the city is the 7th-most-visited city in Southern Europe, after Istanbul, Rome, Barcelona, Madrid, Athens and Milan, with 1,740,000 tourists in 2009. The Lisbon region contributes with a higher GDP PPP per capita than any region in Portugal. Its GDP amounts to 96.3 billion USD and thus $32,434 per capita, the city occupies 32nd place of highest gross earnings in the world. Most of the headquarters of multinationals in the country are located in the Lisbon area and it is also the political centre of the country, as its seat of Government and residence of the Head of State. Lisbon is one of the oldest cities in the world, julius Caesar made it a municipium called Felicitas Julia, adding to the name Olissipo. Ruled by a series of Germanic tribes from the 5th century, in 1147, the Crusaders under Afonso Henriques reconquered the city and since then it has been a major political, economic and cultural centre of Portugal. Unlike most capital cities, Lisbons status as the capital of Portugal has never been granted or confirmed officially – by statute or in written form. Its position as the capital has formed through constitutional convention, making its position as de facto capital a part of the Constitution of Portugal. It has one of the warmest winters of any metropolis in Europe, the typical summer season lasts about four months, from June to September, although also in April temperatures sometimes reach around 25 °C. Although modern archaeological excavations show a Phoenician presence at this location since 1200 BC, another conjecture based on ancient hydronymy suggests that the name of the settlement derived from the pre-Roman appellation for the Tagus, Lisso or Lucio. Lisbons name was written Ulyssippo in Latin by the geographer Pomponius Mela and it was later referred to as Olisippo by Pliny the Elder and by the Greeks as Olissipo or Olissipona. The Indo-European Celts invaded in the 1st millennium BC, mixing with the Pre-Indo-European population and this indigenous settlement maintained commercial relations with the Phoenicians, which would account for the recent findings of Phoenician pottery and other material objects
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Portugal
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Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. It is the westernmost country of mainland Europe, to the west and south it is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean and to the east and north by Spain. The Portugal–Spain border is 1,214 kilometres long and considered the longest uninterrupted border within the European Union, the republic also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira, both autonomous regions with their own regional governments. The territory of modern Portugal has been settled, invaded. The Pre-Celts, Celts, Carthaginians and the Romans were followed by the invasions of the Visigothic, in 711 the Iberian Peninsula was invaded by the Moors, making Portugal part of Muslim Al Andalus. Portugal was born as result of the Christian Reconquista, and in 1139, Afonso Henriques was proclaimed King of Portugal, in the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal established the first global empire, becoming one of the worlds major economic, political and military powers. Portugal monopolized the trade during this time, and the Portuguese Empire expanded with military campaigns led in Asia. After the 1910 revolution deposed the monarchy, the democratic but unstable Portuguese First Republic was established, democracy was restored after the Portuguese Colonial War and the Carnation Revolution in 1974. Shortly after, independence was granted to almost all its overseas territories, Portugal has left a profound cultural and architectural influence across the globe and a legacy of over 250 million Portuguese speakers today. Portugal is a country with a high-income advanced economy and a high living standard. It is the 5th most peaceful country in the world, maintaining a unitary semi-presidential republican form of government and it has the 18th highest Social Progress in the world, putting it ahead of other Western European countries like France, Spain and Italy. Portugal is a pioneer when it comes to drug decriminalization, as the nation decriminalized the possession of all drugs for use in 2001. The early history of Portugal is shared with the rest of the Iberian Peninsula located in South Western Europe, the name of Portugal derives from the joined Romano-Celtic name Portus Cale. Other influences include some 5th-century vestiges of Alan settlements, which were found in Alenquer, Coimbra, the region of present-day Portugal was inhabited by Neanderthals and then by Homo sapiens, who roamed the border-less region of the northern Iberian peninsula. These were subsistence societies that, although they did not establish prosperous settlements, neolithic Portugal experimented with domestication of herding animals, the raising of some cereal crops and fluvial or marine fishing. Chief among these tribes were the Calaicians or Gallaeci of Northern Portugal, the Lusitanians of central Portugal, the Celtici of Alentejo, a few small, semi-permanent, commercial coastal settlements were also founded in the Algarve region by Phoenicians-Carthaginians. Romans first invaded the Iberian Peninsula in 219 BC, during the last days of Julius Caesar, almost the entire peninsula had been annexed to the Roman Republic. The Carthaginians, Romes adversary in the Punic Wars, were expelled from their coastal colonies and it suffered a severe setback in 150 BC, when a rebellion began in the north
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Seating capacity
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Seating capacity is the number of people who can be seated in a specific space, in terms of both the physical space available, and limitations set by law. Seating capacity can be used in the description of anything ranging from an automobile that seats two to a stadium that seats hundreds of thousands of people. The International Fire Code, portions of which have adopted by many jurisdictions, is directed more towards the use of a facility than the construction. It specifies, For areas having fixed seating without dividing arms and it also requires that every public venue submit a detailed site plan to the local fire code official, including details of the means of egress, seating capacity, arrangement of the seating. Once safety considerations have been satisfied, determinations of seating capacity turn on the size of the venue. For sports venues, the decision on maximum seating capacity is determined by several factors, chief among these are the primary sports program and the size of the market area. Seating capacity of venues also plays a role in what media they are able to provide, in contracting to permit performers to use a theatre or other performing space, the seating capacity of the performance facility must be disclosed. Seating capacity may influence the kind of contract to be used, the seating capacity must also be disclosed to the copyright owner in seeking a license for the copyrighted work to be performed in that venue. Venues that may be leased for private functions such as ballrooms and auditoriums generally advertise their seating capacity, seating capacity is also an important consideration in the construction and use of sports venues such as stadiums and arenas. The seating capacity for restaurants is reported as covers, a restaurant that can seat 99 is said to have 99 covers, seating capacity differs from total capacity, which describes the total number of people who can fit in a venue or in a vehicle either sitting or standing. Use of the term public capacity indicates that a venue is allowed to more people than it can actually seat. Again, the total number of people can refer to either the physical space available or limitations set by law
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Portuguese language
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Portuguese is a Romance language and the sole official language of Portugal, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Angola, and São Tomé and Príncipe. It also has co-official language status in East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Portuguese is part of the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several dialects of Vulgar Latin in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, and has kept some Celtic phonology. Portuguese is also termed the language of Camões, after Luís Vaz de Camões, one of the greatest literary figures in the Portuguese language and author of the Portuguese epic poem, the museum is the first of its kind in the world. In 2015 the museum was destroyed in a fire, but there are plans to reconstruct it, when the Romans arrived in the Iberian Peninsula in 216 BCE, they brought the Latin language with them, from which all Romance languages descend. Between 409 CE and 711 CE, as the Roman Empire collapsed in Western Europe, Portuguese evolved from the medieval language, known today by linguists as Galician-Portuguese, Old Portuguese or Old Galician, of the northwestern medieval Kingdom of Galicia. It is in Latin administrative documents of the 9th century that written Galician-Portuguese words and this phase is known as Proto-Portuguese, which lasted from the 9th century until the 12th-century independence of the County of Portugal from the Kingdom of León, by then reigning over Galicia. In the first part of the Galician-Portuguese period, the language was used for documents. For some time, it was the language of preference for poetry in Christian Hispania. Portugal became an independent kingdom in 1139, under King Afonso I of Portugal, in the second period of Old Portuguese, in the 15th and 16th centuries, with the Portuguese discoveries, the language was taken to many regions of Africa, Asia and the Americas. The language continued to be popular in parts of Asia until the 19th century, some Portuguese-speaking Christian communities in India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, and Indonesia preserved their language even after they were isolated from Portugal. The end of the Old Portuguese period was marked by the publication of the Cancioneiro Geral by Garcia de Resende, Most literate Portuguese speakers were also literate in Latin, and thus they easily adopted Latin words into their writing—and eventually speech—in Portuguese. Portuguese is the language of the majority of people in Brazil and Portugal, perhaps 75% of the population of Angola speaks Portuguese natively, and 85% are fluent. Just over 40% of the population of Mozambique are native speakers of Portuguese, Portuguese is also spoken natively by 30% of the population in Guinea-Bissau, and a Portuguese-based creole is understood by all. No data is available for Cape Verde, but almost all the population is bilingual, there are also significant Portuguese speaking immigrant communities in many countries including Andorra, Bermuda, Canada, France, Japan, Jersey, Namibia, Paraguay, Macau, Switzerland, Venezuela. In some parts of former Portuguese India, namely Goa and Daman and Diu, in 2014, an estimated 1,500 students were learning Portuguese in Goa. Equatorial Guinea made an application for full membership to the CPLP in June 2010. In 2011, Portuguese became its official language and, in July 2014. Portuguese is a subject in The school curriculum in Uruguay
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Circus
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The term circus also describes the performance which has followed various formats through its 250-year modern history. Philip Astley is credited with being the father of the circus when he opened the first circus in 1768 in England. Early circuses were almost exclusively demonstrations of equestrian skills with a few types of acts to link the horsemanship performances. Performances developed significantly through the next fifty years, with large scale theatrical battle reenactments becoming a significant feature, as styles of performance have changed since the time of Astley, so too have the types of venues where these circuses have performed. The earliest modern circuses were performed in open air structures with limited covered seating, from the late 18th to late 19th century custom-made circus buildings were built with various types of seating, a centre ring, and sometimes a stage. The traditional large tents, commonly known as Big Tops were introduced in the mid 19th century as touring circuses superseded static venues and these tents eventually became the most common venue and remain so to the present day. Contemporary circuses perform in a variety of venues including tents, theatres, many circus performances are still held in a ring usually 13 m in diameter. This dimension was adopted by Philip Astley in the late 18th century as the minimum diameter that enabled a horse rider to stand upright on a cantering horse to perform their tricks. In the book De Spectaculis early Christian writer Tertullian claimed that the first circus games were staged by the goddess Circe in honour of her father Helios, the modern and commonly held idea of a circus is of a Big Top with various acts providing entertainment therein. For many, circus history begins with Englishman Philip Astley, while for others its origins go back much further—to Roman times. In Ancient Rome, the circus was a building for the exhibition of horse and chariot races, equestrian shows, staged battles, gladiatorial combat, the Roman circus buildings were, however, not circular but rectangular with semi circular ends. The lower seats were reserved for persons of rank, There were also various state boxes for the giver of the games, the circus was the only public spectacle at which men and women were not separated. It was constructed during the monarchy and, at first, built completely from wood, after being rebuilt several times, the final version of the Circus Maximus could seat 250,000 people, it was built of stone and measured 400m in length and 90m in width. Next in importance were the Circus Flaminius and the Circus Neronis, a fourth circus was constructed by Maxentius, its ruins have helped archaeologists reconstruct the Roman circus. For some time after the fall of Rome, large buildings fell out of use as centres of mass entertainment. Instead, itinerant performers, animal trainers and showmen travelled between towns throughout Europe, performing at local fairs, Astley performed stunts in a 42 ft diameter ring, which is the standard size used by circuses ever since. Astley referred to the arena as a Circle and the building as an amphitheatre. Joseph Grimaldi, the first mainstream clown, had his first major role as Little Clown in the pantomime The Triumph of Mirth, or, the Royal Circus opened in London on 4 November 1782 by Charles Dibdin and his partner Charles Hughes
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Dance
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Dance is a performance art form consisting of purposefully selected sequences of human movement. This movement has aesthetic and symbolic value, and is acknowledged as dance by performers and observers within a particular culture, Dance can be categorized and described by its choreography, by its repertoire of movements, or by its historical period or place of origin. Other forms of movement are sometimes said to have a dance-like quality, including martial arts, gymnastics, figure skating, synchronized swimming. Theatrical dance, also called performance or concert dance, is intended primarily as a spectacle and it often tells a story, perhaps using mime, costume and scenery, or else it may simply interpret the musical accompaniment, which is often specially composed. Examples are western ballet and modern dance, Classical Indian dance and Chinese and Japanese song, most classical forms are centred upon dance alone, but performance dance may also appear in opera and other forms of musical theatre. Such dance seldom has any narrative, a group dance and a corps de ballet, a social partner dance and a pas de deux, differ profoundly. Even a solo dance may be solely for the satisfaction of the dancer. On the other hand, some cultures lay down strict rules as to the dances in which, for example. Archeological evidence for early dance includes 9, 000-year-old paintings in India at the Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka and it has been proposed that before the invention of written languages, dance was an important part of the oral and performance methods of passing stories down from generation to generation. The use of dance in trance states and healing rituals is thought to have been another early factor in the social development of dance. References to dance can be found in very early recorded history, Greek dance is referred to by Plato, Aristotle, Plutarch, the Bible and Talmud refer to many events related to dance, and contain over 30 different dance terms. In Chinese pottery as early as the Neolithic period, groups of people are depicted dancing in a line holding hands, Dance is further described in the Lüshi Chunqiu. Primitive dance in ancient China was associated with sorcery and shamanic rituals, during the first millennium BCE in India, many texts were composed which attempted to codify aspects of daily life. Bharata Munis Natyashastra is one of the earlier texts and it mainly deals with drama, in which dance plays an important part in Indian culture. It categorizes dance into four types - secular, ritual, abstract, the text elaborates various hand-gestures and classifies movements of the various limbs, steps and so on. A strong continuous tradition of dance has since continued in India, through to modern times, where it continues to play a role in culture, ritual, and, notably, the Bollywood entertainment industry. Many other contemporary dance forms can likewise be traced back to historical, traditional, ceremonial, Dance is generally, though not exclusively, performed with the accompaniment of music and may or may not be performed in time to such music. Some dance may provide its own audible accompaniment in place of music, many early forms of music and dance were created for each other and are frequently performed together
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Cirque du Soleil
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Cirque du Soleil is a Canadian entertainment company. It is the largest theatrical producer in the world, based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and located in the inner-city area of Saint-Michel, it was founded in Baie-Saint-Paul in 1984 by two former street performers, Guy Laliberté and Gilles Ste-Croix. Initially named Les Échassiers, they toured Quebec in 1980 as a performing troupe and their initial financial hardship was relieved in 1983 by a government grant from the Canada Council for the Arts, as part of the 450th anniversary celebrations of Jacques Cartiers voyage to Canada. Le Grand Tour du Cirque du Soleil was a success in 1984 and its theatrical, character-driven approach and the absence of performing animals helped define Cirque du Soleil as the contemporary circus that it remains today. Each show is a synthesis of styles from around the world, with its own central theme. Shows employ continuous live music, with rather than stagehands changing the props. Cirque du Soleil expanded rapidly through the 1990s and 2000s, going from one show to 19 shows in over 271 cities on every continent except Antarctica, the shows employ approximately 4,000 people from over 40 countries and generate an estimated annual revenue exceeding US$810 million. The multiple permanent Las Vegas shows alone play to more than 9,000 people a night, 5% of the citys visitors, in 2000, Laliberté bought out Gauthier, and with 95% ownership, has continued to expand the brand. In 2008, Laliberté split 20% of his share equally between two investment groups Istithmar World and Nakheel of Dubai, in order to finance the companys goals. In partnership with two groups, Cirque du Soleil had planned to build a residency show in the United Arab Emirates in 2012 directed by Guy Caron. Several more shows are in development around the world, along with a deal, womens clothing line. Cirque du Soleil also produces a number of private and corporate events each year. In 2000, Cirque du Soleil was awarded the National Arts Centre Award, in 2002, Cirque du Soleil was inducted into Canadas Walk of Fame. In 2015, TPG Capital, Fosun Industrial Holdings and Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec purchased 90% of Cirque du Soleil, the sale received regulatory approval from the Government of Canada on 30 June 2015. At age 18, interested in pursuing some kind of performing career, Guy Laliberté quit college and he toured Europe as a folk musician and busker. By the time he returned home to Canada in 1979, he had learned the art of fire breathing, although he became employed at a hydroelectric power plant in James Bay, his job ended after only three days due to a labour strike. He decided not to look for job, instead supporting himself on his unemployment insurance. He helped organize a fair in Baie-Saint-Paul with the help of a pair of friends named Daniel Gauthier
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Ballet
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Ballet /ˈbæleɪ/ is a type of performance dance that originated in the Italian Renaissance courts of the 15th century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia. It has since become a widespread, highly technical form of dance with its own based on French terminology. It has been influential and has defined the foundational techniques used in many other dance genres. Becoming a ballet dancer requires years of training, Ballet has been taught in various schools around the world, which have historically incorporated their own cultures to evolve the art. Ballet may also refer to a dance work, which consists of the choreography. A well-known example of this is The Nutcracker, a ballet that was originally choreographed by Marius Petipa. Ballets are choreographed and performed by trained artists, the word came into English usage from the French around 1630. Ballet originated in the Italian Renaissance courts of the 15th and 16th centuries before being spread from Italy to France by an Italian aristocrat, Catherine de Medici, in France, ballet developed even further under her aristocratic influence. The dancers in these early court ballets were mostly noble amateurs, Ballets in this period were lengthy and elaborate and often served a political purpose. Ornamented costumes were meant to impress viewers and restricted freedom of movement. The ballets were performed in large chambers with viewers on three sides, French court ballet reached its height under the reign of King Louis XIV. Known as the Sun King, Louis symbolized the brilliance of France, in 1661 Louis founded the Académie Royale de Danse to establish standards and certify dance instructors. In 1672, Louis XIV made Jean-Baptiste Lully the director of the Académie Royale de Musique from which the first professional ballet company, Lully is considered the most important composer of music for ballets de cour and instrumental to the development of the form. Ballet went into decline in France after 1830, though it continued to develop in Denmark, Italy, the arrival in Europe on the eve of First World War of the Ballets Russes of Sergei Diaghilev, revived interest in the ballet and started the modern era. The Russian choreographer Michel Fokine challenged tradition and called for reforms that reinvigorated ballet as an art form, in the 20th century, ballet had a wide influence on other dance genres, and subgenres of ballet have also evolved. In the United States, choreographer George Balanchine developed what is now known as neoclassical ballet, other developments include contemporary ballet and post-structural ballet. Also in the century, ballet took a turn dividing it from classical ballet to the introduction of modern dance. Stylistic variations have emerged and evolved since the Italian Renaissance, early, classical variations are primarily associated with geographic origin
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Alter Bridge
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Alter Bridge is an American rock band from Orlando, Florida, formed in 2004. Since its formation, the band has consisted of lead vocalist and guitarist Myles Kennedy, lead guitarist and backing vocalist Mark Tremonti, bassist Brian Marshall, the band is known for its acclaimed live shows and extensive touring. Following Creeds disbandment in 2004, former members Tremonti, Marshall, named after a bridge that once existed on Alter Road near Tremontis former home in Detroit, Michigan, Alter Bridge released its debut album, One Day Remains, the same year. Despite mixed reviews, One Day Remains went on to be certified Gold by the RIAA, driven by the release of the single Rise Today, the band released its second album, Blackbird, to more positive reviews in 2007, embarking on a successful world tour in support. The album marked the beginning of a collaboration with producer Michael Baskette. The band embarked on a tour in support of AB III from 2010 to 2012. Alter Bridge reconvened in early 2013 and released its album, Fortress, to further acclaim later that year, also embarking on a world tour. After releasing two albums, Marshall left the band in 2000, followed by the release of their third album in 2001. The band went inactive in 2003 following the conclusion of a controversial tour and that year, Tremonti began writing new material with plans of forming a new band with Phillips and Marshall. Being fans of Myles Kennedys former band, The Mayfield Four and they named the new band Alter Bridge, after an actual bridge near Tremontis home on Alter Road in Detroit, and subsequently began recording their debut album. Citing creative differences and increasing tension between Stapp and the band members, Creed announced its breakup in June 2004. Coinciding with this announcement was the one of Alter Bridges formation and of their debut album, the band members felt as if Creed had run their course and were determined to focus on their future with their new singer. Alter Bridges debut album, One Day Remains, was released on August 10,2004 by Wind-up Records, produced by Ben Grosse, the album sold 750,000 copies worldwide and achieved only gold status, a far cry from the multi-platinum success that Creed had previously achieved. It peaked at No.5 on the Billboard charts for fourteen weeks, after Open Your Eyes, two more singles were released from the album, Find the Real and Broken Wings. The music was composed completely by Tremonti, who had written most of the lyrics by himself. Several songs from One Day Remains established an affiliation with WWE, most notably, Metalingus was adopted by former WWE superstar Edge as his entrance theme in 2004, and it was used as such until his retirement in 2011. Alter Bridge would later appear with Edge in a segment on an episode of WWE Raw in 2005. An edited version of the song, Open Your Eyes, is featured in the videogame Madden NFL2005, also in 2005, Alter Bridge released a rare instrumental song called Ahavo Rabo Taco Salad for Total Guitar magazine
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Ana Moura
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Ana Moura is an internationally recognized Portuguese fado singer, and the youngest fadista to be nominated for a Dutch Edison Award. Ana Cláudia Moura Pereira was born 17 September 1979, in Santarém, Ana Mouras debut album was Guarda-me a vida na mão, followed by Aconteceu. She sang in various nightspots in Lisbon and became known on television, para Além da Saudade, containing songs such as Os Buzios or Fado da Procura, is the album that followed Aconteceu. With this album and appearances on such as Family Contact and Superstar. These television appearances helped promote this record, which was to triple platinum for sales exceeding 45,000 units. The album stayed in the Top 30 in Portugal for 78 weeks, for this album, Moura received a nomination for the Golden Globes in the category of Music, Best Individual Performer, losing to Jorge Palma. In 2007, Ana Moura joined the Rolling Stones in concert at the Alvalade XXI stadium in Lisbon and she sang No Expectations with Mick Jagger. After two big concerts in coliseums of Porto and Lisbon, Moura launched her first live DVD on 24 November 2008 and she appeared at the World Music Institute concert. With the recognition from critics came also the recognition of peers, in 2009, the rock artist, Prince, stated he was a fan of fado, and expressed interest in collaborating musically with Ana. Prince travelled to Lisbon in July of 2011, Mouras album, Leva-me aos Fados, released on 12 October 2009 reached the Top 10 of best-selling albums, and went platinum. With songs such as Leva-me aos Fados, Caso Arrumado, Rumo ao Sul, Ana began to tour in Portugal and abroad, with concerts in northern Portugal, London, Canada, Austria and Germany. She appeared at the 2010 and 2011 San Francisco Jazz Festival, Moura sang with Italian singer Pacifico on the song Pioggia sul mio alfabeto. Her fifth album, Desfado, was produced by former Joni Mitchell producer, Larry Klein, released in November of 2012, the album debuted at number 2 and went on to top the chart. The album topped sales in Portugal for 6 weeks, spent 117 weeks in the top 10 and 200 weeks on the entire chart, the album was certified 6x Platinum by the Portuguese Phonographic Association and became the best-selling album of the 2010s released by a local act. Two singles from it were released, including Até ao Verão and the title track
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Biffy Clyro
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Biffy Clyro are a Scottish rock band that formed in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, composed of Simon Neil, James Johnston and Ben Johnston. Puzzle peaked at number 2 on the official UK album charts on 16 June 2007, the album went Gold in the UK, selling over 100,000 units, and later in 2012 went Platinum in the UK, having sold over 300,000 copies. Only Revolutions included the UK hit singles Mountains, That Golden Rule, the latter reached number eight on the UK Singles Chart after The X Factor 2010 winner, Matt Cardle covered the song, and became the UK number one Christmas single for the year 2010. In 2011 the band was nominated for the Brit Awards for Best British Group, at the 2013 NME Awards, they received the award for Best British Band. On 25 August 2013 Biffy Clyro headlined the stage at Leeds & Reading Festival. Based on their album and single certifications, the band have sold in excess of 1,240,000 albums and 400,000 singles in the UK alone. The bands singles have spent a total of weeks in the UK Singles Charts, with six weeks in the top ten. Soon brought in was Bens twin brother, James Johnston, after playing gigs around Glasgow and receiving positive and enthusiastic reactions from audiences, the band were spotted by Dee Bahl, who soon became their manager. On 9 April 2001, the previously unreleased 27 was released as a single, on 1 October 2001, a song from thekidswho. was re-recorded and released as a single, Justboy, this was repeated again on 4 February 2002, when the song 57 was released. On 11 March, the debut album, Blackened Sky, was released to generally positive reviews. It was around this time that the band touring extensively. On 15 July, the single from the album, Joy. Discovery. Invention, was released as a double A-side with a newly recorded song called Toys, Toys, Toys, Choke. In 2003, the band retreated to the Linford Manor recording studio in Great Linford, Milton Keynes, England, on 24 March, a new single was released called The Ideal Height, followed by a further new single Questions and Answers on 26 May. After touring relentlessly for The Vertigo of Bliss, the band retreated to Monnow Valley Studio in Monmouth, as with the previous album, two singles were released before the actual album, Glitter and Trauma and My Recovery Injection on 9 August and 20 September respectively. An additional digital download was released on 31 May, called Theres No Such Thing As A Jaggy Snake. On 4 October, the third album, Infinity Land was released, followed by the final single from the album, Only One Word Comes To Mind. On 16 February, the band performed a cover of Franz Ferdinands Take Me Out live from Maida Vale on Zane Lowes BBC Radio 1 show, Simon Neils side project Marmaduke Duke also released an album in 2005, known as The Magnificent Duke. He toured the UK together with the Johnston twins accompanying on bass, in 2006, Biffy Clyro left Beggars Banquet and signed a deal with 14th Floor, an offshoot of Warner Bros
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Bush (British band)
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Bush are a British rock band formed in London, England in 1992. Their current lineup includes lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Gavin Rossdale, lead guitarist Chris Traynor, bassist Corey Britz, Bush found their immediate success with the release of their debut album Sixteen Stone in 1994, which is certified 6× multi-platinum by the RIAA. They went on to one of the most commercially successful rock bands of the 1990s. Despite their success in the United States, the band were well known in their home country. Bush have had top ten singles on the Billboard rock charts. The band broke up in 2002 but reformed in 2010, and have released three albums since then, The Sea of Memories, Man on the Run and Black, after leaving his band Midnight, Gavin Rossdale met former King Blank guitarist Nigel Pulsford in 1992. The two bonded over an appreciation of the American alternative rock group the Pixies, the two formed a new band which they called Future Primitive. Describing the early sound of the group, one British record label executive said years later, the pair then recruited bassist Dave Parsons and drummer Robin Goodridge to complete the line-up. The group soon chose the name Bush, naming themselves after Shepherds Bush, London, in 1993, the band was signed by Rob Kahane, who had a distribution deal with Disneys Hollywood Records. The band completed recording its debut album Sixteen Stone in early 1994, however, the death of Disney executive Frank G. Wells eliminated a supporter for Kahane, and executives at Hollywood deemed Bushs album unacceptable for release. As a result, the members of Bush took jobs performing menial labour, on the Billboard Music Charts, Sixteen Stone peaked at No.4 on the Heatseekers and Billboard 200 charts. The album spawned two Top 40 singles, after about six months of promotion for Sixteen Stone, the album began to sell well, once Comedown and Glycerine struck America. Additionally, Little Things and Machinehead both charted well in North America, in late 1996 Bush released the first single Swallowed from their second album titled Razorblade Suitcase. The song spent seven weeks on top of the Modern Rock Tracks chart and this was followed by single Greedy Fly. The album hit number 1 in America and placed high in many European countries, Razorblade Suitcase featured American recording engineer Steve Albini, a move which was viewed negatively by critics. Albini had worked with Nirvana on their studio album, In Utero. Bush later released the remix album Deconstructed, the album saw Bush re-arranging their songs into dance and techno stylings. The album went platinum less than a year after release, following the completion of touring, Rossdale went into seclusion in Ireland, where he worked on material for the groups next album
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Deep Purple
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Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in Hertford in 1968. The band is considered to be among the pioneers of metal and modern hard rock. Originally formed as a rock band, the band shifted to a heavier sound in 1970. Deep Purple, together with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, have referred to as the unholy trinity of British hard rock. They were listed in the 1975 Guinness Book of World Records as the globes loudest band for a 1972 concert at Londons Rainbow Theatre, Deep Purple have had several line-up changes and an eight-year hiatus. The 1968–1976 line-ups are commonly labelled Mark I, II, III and their second and most commercially successful line-up featured Ian Gillan, Jon Lord, Roger Glover, Ian Paice, and Ritchie Blackmore. This line-up was active from 1969 to 1973, and was revived from 1984 to 1989, and again from 1992 to 1993. The bands line-up has been more stable in recent years. Deep Purple were ranked number 22 on VH1s Greatest Artists of Hard Rock programme, the band received the Legend Award at the 2008 World Music Awards. Deep Purple were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2016, in 1967, former Searchers drummer Chris Curtis contacted London businessman Tony Edwards, in the hope that he would manage a new group he was putting together, to be called Roundabout. Curtis vision was a supergroup where the members would get on and off. Impressed with the plan, Edwards agreed to finance the venture with two partners, John Coletta and Ron Hire, all of Hire-Edwards-Coletta Enterprises. The first recruit to the band was the classically trained Hammond organ player Jon Lord, Lord was currently performing in a backing band for the vocal group The Flower Pot Men, along with bassist Nick Simper and drummer Carlo Little. Simper had previously been in Johnny Kidd and the Pirates and survived the 1966 car crash that killed Kidd, Lord put the two on alert that hed been recruited for the Roundabout project, after which Simper and Little suggested guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, whom Lord had never met. Simper had known Blackmore since the early 1960s when his first band, the Renegades, debuted around the time as one of Blackmores early bands. HEC persuaded Blackmore to return from Hamburg to audition for the new group, Blackmore was making a name for himself as a studio session guitarist, and had also been a member of the Outlaws, Screaming Lord Sutch, and Neil Christian. Curtis erratic behaviour and lifestyle, fueled by LSD use, caused a sudden disinterest in the project he had started, but HEC was now intrigued with the possibilities Lord and Blackmore brought, while Lord and Blackmore were also keen to continue. The two carried on with recruiting members, keeping Tony Edwards as their manager
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Extreme (band)
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Extreme is an American rock band, headed by frontmen Gary Cherone and Nuno Bettencourt, that reached the height of their popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Among some of Extremes musical influences are Van Halen, Queen, Aerosmith, the band played at The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert in 1992 and Cherone joined Van Halen in 1996. The band has described their music as funky metal in the early days and they have released five studio albums, two EPs and two compilation albums since their formation. The band was one of the most successful acts of the early 1990s. Extreme achieved their greatest success with their 1990 album Pornograffitti, which peaked at number 10 on the Billboard 200 and that album featured the acoustic ballad single More Than Words, which reached No.1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. Extreme was formed in Malden, Massachusetts, in 1985, vocalist Gary Cherone and drummer Paul Geary were in a band called The Dream. Guitarist Nuno Bettencourt was in a band called Sinful, and bassist Pat Badger was playing with a Berklee-based act called In The Pink, following an altercation between the rival groups over communal dressing rooms, the four decided to form a new band together. Cherone and Bettencourt began writing together and the band played numerous shows in the Boston area. They gradually developed a local following, and were named Outstanding Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Act at the Boston Music Awards in 1986 and 1987. The band had accumulated several original songs by the time A&R director Bryan Huttenhower signed them to A&M Records in 1988, the band then recorded their self-titled debut album which was issued in 1989. The first single was Kid Ego, a song that Cherone would later admit made him cringe, the final track on the album, Play With Me, was used as the mall chase song in the film Bill & Teds Excellent Adventure. Sales of Extremes first record were sufficient to support a second release, michael Wagener, who had previously worked with Dokken and White Lion, was hired to produce the bands Extreme II, Pornograffitti album in 1990. The record, which showcased Bettencourts guitar-playing, was a mixture of funk, pop, decadence Dance and Get the Funk Out were released as singles. Get the Funk Out reached No.19 in the UK charts in June 1991, neither single was successful in the United States, however, and the album had fallen off the charts when A&M sent the third single to a number of radio stations in Arizona. The acoustic ballad More Than Words entered the Hot 100 on March 23,1991 and it later became a huge smash, hitting No.1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. The subsequent single, Hole Hearted, another track, was also successful. The band began recording their album in 1992. Their appearance at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert in April 1992 interrupted the recording sessions, by playing a medley at the tribute, as well as Love of My Life and More Than Words acoustically, Extreme gained a considerable amount of fans along with the Queen fan base
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Gusttavo Lima
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Nivaldo Batista Lima, better known by his stage name Gusttavo Lima, is a Brazilian singer of sertanejo. Known in his country with many hits, like Rosas, Versos e Vinhos, Inventor dos Amores, Cor de Ouro and gained international fame and he is often compared to the sertanejo singers Luan Santana and Michel Teló. Son of Alcino and Sebastiana Lima, Gusttavo was born in Presidente Olegário, in 1999, when he was just 9 years old, he went to Patos de Minas for sing with your brothers, who had a band called Trio Remelexo. When he was 13 years old, he left the band and went to Brasília, in 2009, he released his first album Gusttavo Lima, containing 24 tracks. The song that most stood out was Rosas, Versos e Vinhos, which reached the first position in a local radio, in 2010, he signed with Som Livre label and released Inventor dos Amores, as a CD and DVD, with sales of 15,000 copies. The title track was a collaboration with Jorge & Mateus, reaching #17 in the Brazilian Billboard Brasil charts, based on this initial success, he released the single Cor de Ouro that reached #18 in Brazil. He also released Refém, which reached #22 in charts, the highly popular album reached #7 and was certified platinum. The album produced his definitive hit Balada, which reached #3 in Brazil, the Brazilian football player Neymar played a similar role to that he played in Michel Telós smash success Ai se eu te pego. and appeared in many shows with Gusttavo Lima. In January 2012, he embarked on a first international tour with shows in US Latin markets in Florida, Gusttavo released his hit single Balada in European markets following the steps of fellow Brazilian singer Michel Teló
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Marisa Monte
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Marisa de Azevedo Monte is a Brazilian singer, composer, instrumentalist, and producer of Brazilian popular music and samba. Marisa is considered by Rolling Stone Brasil to be the second greatest singer and she also has two albums on the list of the 100 best albums of Brazilian music. Marisa Monte was born in Rio de Janeiro, daughter of the engineer Carlos Saboia Monte, on her fathers side, she is descended from the Saboias, one of the oldest Italian families in Brazil. She studied singing, piano, and drums as a child, in 1982, she participated in a production of The Rocky Horror Picture Show directed by Michael Falabella, with students from the Colegio Andrews. At nineteen, she moved to Rome, Italy, where she studied bel canto for 10 months, after that, she began appearing in bars and nightclubs singing Brazilian music, accompanied by friends. One of these shows was attended by the producer Nelson Motta, the Veludo Azul show had seasons in Rio and São Paulo, and caught the attention of record companies. Monte had already enjoyed much popular and critical success before launching her first album, at the time, she was invited to record her first special by the television program TV Manchete, which was called MM, and released as on LP and VHS. Her first big hit appeared on album, Bem Que Se Quis. Her hit was played exhaustively on Brazilian radio stations, and was included on the soundtrack of Lauro César Munizs soap opera O Salvador de Pátria on the Globo network, the soundtrack sold 500 thousand copies, a big success for an emerging artist in Brazil. The album is #62 on the list of 100 greatest Brazilian music albums, 1991—1996, Artistic development In 1991, Marisa Monte released her second album, titled Mais, on EMI. The positive reviews, affirming that she had matured from her previous album, introduced her to the international market, in 1994, she released her third album, Verde, Anil, Amarelo, Cor-de-Rosa e Carvão. Produced by Arto Lindsay, the producer as her previous album, and co-produced by her, it was very well received by critics and the public. Verde, Anil, Amarelo, Cor-de-Rosa e Carvão reached the 1 million mark in copies sold and this album is on the list of the 100 best albums of Brazilian music, in position #87. After failing to break through into 1980s Brazilian pop rock she went into semi-exile in Italy where she met the famous producer Nelson Motta, thereafter she became a hybrid of MPB diva and pop rock performer. While most of her music is in the style of modern MPB, she has recorded traditional samba and folk tunes as well as songs performed by Marvin Gaye, Lou Reed. Much of her work has been in collaboration with musicians/songwriters Carlinhos Brown, Arnaldo Antunes and she has also worked with foreign artists such as Laurie Anderson, David Byrne, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and Julieta Venegas. She has performed live in the United States in such venues as The House of Blues. In 1996, she contributed a version of Waters of March, in a duet with David Byrne and she also collaborated with Bonga and Carlinhos Brown on the track Mulemba Xangola for the AIDS benefit compilation album Onda Sonora, Red Hot + Lisbon produced by the same organization
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My Chemical Romance
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My Chemical Romance was an American rock band from New Jersey, active from 2001 to 2013. The bands best-known lineup consisted of lead vocalist Gerard Way, guitarists Ray Toro and Frank Iero, bassist Mikey Way and drummer Bob Bryar. Founded by Gerard, Mikey, Toro, Matt Pelissier, and later joined by Iero and they signed with Reprise Records the next year and released their major label debut Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge in 2004. Shortly after the release, Pelissier was replaced by Bob Bryar. A commercial success, the album was awarded platinum status over a year later, after the bands split, a greatest hits album entitled May Death Never Stop You was released in March 2014. A tenth anniversary reissue of The Black Parade was released in September 2016 titled The Black Parade/Living with Ghosts, the band was formed by frontman Gerard Way and drummer Matt Pelissier soon after the September 11 attacks. Witnessing the World Trade Center towers fall influenced Ways life to the extent that he decided to start a band, the first recording sessions were undertaken in Pelissiers attic, where the songs Our Lady of Sorrows and Cubicles were recorded. The band refers to those sessions as The Attic Demos, after hearing the demo and dropping out of college, Mikey Way decided to join the band. While with Eyeball Records, the band met Frank Iero, the lead vocalist and guitarist for Pencey Prep, following Pencey Preps split in 2002, Iero became a member of My Chemical Romance, just days prior to the recording of the bands debut album. They recorded their album, I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love. The album was produced by Thursday frontman Geoff Rickley after the band became friends with him while playing shows in New Jersey, Iero played guitar on two of the tracks, one of which was Early Sunsets Over Monroeville. During this time, the band was booked at the venue, Big Daddys. My Chemical Romance offered free downloads through PureVolume and the social networking website MySpace, in 2003, the band signed a deal with Reprise Records. Following a tour with Avenged Sevenfold, the band working on their second album. Released in 2004, the album went platinum in just over a year, the band released four singles from the album, Im Not Okay, Thank You for the Venom, Helena, and The Ghost of You. After returning from a tour of Japan in July 2004, the band replaced Matt Pelissier with Bob Bryar. At the beginning of 2005, the band was featured on the first Taste of Chaos tour and they then co-headlined Warped Tour 2005 with Fall Out Boy and co-headlined a tour with Alkaline Trio and Reggie and the Full Effect around the US. In March 2006, the album Life on the Murder Scene was released, incorporating a CD and it included one documentary DVD chronicling the bands history, and a second DVD with music videos, the making of their videos and live performances
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Nightwish
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Nightwish is a symphonic metal band from Kitee, Finland. The band was formed in 1996 by lead songwriter and keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen, guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, the band soon picked up drummer Jukka Nevalainen, and then bassist Sami Vänskä after the release of their debut album, Angels Fall First. In 2002, Vänskä was replaced by Marco Hietala, who took over the male vocalist role previously filled by Holopainen or guest singers. Although Nightwish have been prominent in their country since Angels Fall First, they did not achieve worldwide fame until the release of the albums Oceanborn, Wishmaster. Their 2004 album, Once, has more than one million copies and was the bands breakthrough in the United States. Their biggest US hit single, Wish I Had an Angel and her last performance with Nightwish was during a concert recorded for the live album/DVD End of an Era. After the concert, the members informed Turunen with an open letter that she was no longer a member of Nightwish. In May 2007, Nightwish announced Anette Olzon as Turunens replacement and that September, the band released their sixth album, Dark Passion Play, which has sold almost 2 million copies. The albums lead single, Amaranth, became one of Nightwishs most successful in Europe, the supporting tour, one of the bands largest, started on October 6,2007 and ended on September 19,2009. The band released an EP/live album, Made in Hong Kong, in March 2009 as a CD/DVD, on October 1,2012, Nightwish announced that they had parted ways with Olzon and would be finishing the tour with ReVamp and former After Forever vocalist Floor Jansen. Nightwish is the band and musical entity in Finland with certified sales of nearly 900,000 certified copies. He soon invited friend and schoolmate Erno Emppu Vuorinen to play guitars, and the classical vocalist Tarja Turunen. The three musicians recorded their self-titled acoustic demo in winter 1996, the name Nightwish was derived from their first song together – the demo also included the song The Forever Moments, and an early version of Etiäinen. In early 1997, following the release of the Nightwish demo, Jukka Julius Nevalainen joined the band, the addition of heavy metal elements to the bands existing experimental style gave the band a different sound, forming the core of the Nightwish sound. The band entered the studio in April 1997 to record seven songs for their second demo, in May 1997, the demo made its way to the Finnish record label Spinefarm Records, who wanted to release it as the bands debut album of the same name. The label offered Nightwish to a deal, and the band returned to the studio to record four more songs to accompany the tracks of the demo. The full-length album was released in November 1997 and reached number 31 on the Finnish album charts, the band made their live debut in their hometown Kitee in December 1997. Since they were missing a bass player, Samppa Hirvonen joined them as a live member
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Papa Roach
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Papa Roach is an American rock band from Vacaville, California. Formed in 1993, their first major-label release was the triple-platinum album Infest and they were later joined by lead guitarist Jerry Horton from nearby Vanden High School, trombonist and rhythm guitarist Ben Luther and bass guitarist Homie Will James. They decided to enter the talent show, where they performed a version of Jimi Hendrixs song Fire. In March 1993, Ben Luther left the band, at this point, Papa Roach were practicing every day and touring, playing every gig they could get. Their first tour van was called Moby Dick, where Jacoby was inspired to come up with his first stage name Coby Dick, the bands name comes from Shaddixs step-grandfather, Howard William Roatch, who was nicknamed Papa Roach. Roatch committed suicide in 2006 after he was diagnosed with terminal cancer, the band pays homage to him with The Paramour Sessions and during live performances of the song Roses On My Grave. In 1994, Papa Roach released their first EP titled Potatoes for Christmas, drummer Dave Buckner was temporarily replaced by Ryan Brown, as Buckner was spending the year in Seattle studying art. In 1995, they released a demo at Sound Farm Studios titled Caca Bonita, by this time Buckner was back. As Esperance had been with the band as a roadie for a while, on February 4,1997, the band produced their first full-length album, entitled Old Friends from Young Years. Still touring heavily, they supported bands such as Incubus, Powerman 5000, Hed PE, Snot, Far, Earth, Wind & Fire, in 1998, they released an EP titled 5 Tracks Deep. It sold more than 1,000 copies in its first month of release, in 1999, they produced another EP, which would end up being their last independent release, titled Let Em Know. Its success caught the attention of Warner Music Group, who as part of a development deal provided an amount of money for the production of a five-track promo-demo CD. The band decided they wanted influential rock producer Jay Baumgardner on board to produce the record. ”Warner Bros. was not convinced by the demo, however, and elected not to sign them. The unreleased disc included the songs Infest, Last Resort, Broken Home, Dead Cell, and She Loves Me Not - the first four would later feature on their Infest album, soon after, DreamWorks Records offered the band a recording contract. After signing with DreamWorks Records in October 1999, they entered the studio to record their major-label debut album titled Infest. The album included old songs from their independent releases, these being Infest, Last Resort, Broken Home, Infest was released on April 25,2000, and sold 30,000 copies in its first week of release. In late 2000, they toured the United Kingdom, highlighting how quickly their popularity had spread worldwide, in 2001, the band toured Ozzfest, where they performed on the prestigious main stage, on both the United States and United Kingdom tours. The song Blood Brothers was also featured on the video game Tony Hawks Pro Skater 2
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Placebo (band)
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Placebo are an English alternative rock band, formed in London in 1994 by singer-guitarist Brian Molko and guitarist-bassist Stefan Olsdal. The band were joined by drummer Robert Schultzberg, who was replaced in 1996 by Steve Hewitt. Hewitt parted ways with the band in 2007 due to personal and musical differences and was replaced the year by Steve Forrest. Placebo are known for their androgynous image and musical content, to date, they have released seven studio albums, all of which have reached the top 20 in the United Kingdom, and have sold around 11 million records worldwide. Placebo founders Brian Molko and Stefan Olsdal had both attended the American International School of Luxembourg, but they didnt meet properly until 1994 in London, England. At the time, Olsdal was taking lessons and was on his way home when he met Molko at the South Kensington tube station. Molko, observing that Olsdal had a guitar strapped to his back, on the strength of Molkos performance, Olsdal decided that they should start a band. The two formed as Ashtray Heart, named after the Captain Beefheart song of the same name, originally, the two were unable to decide on a drummer. Molko knew a drummer, Steve Hewitt, and asked him to join the band, however, Hewitt had prior commitments to local band Breed and only had time to play on occasional demos with Molko and Olsdal. Robert Schultzberg assumed the position of drummer in late 1994, Olsdal explained in an MTV interview that the bands name was chosen because of its Latin origins. When translated, it means I will please, Molko has frequently stated in interviews that the name is a rejoinder to the 1990s cliché of naming ones band after a drug. In an interview, Molko stated, Its a complex question to answer, as musicians you try to find a name for your band that represents you and you never really do, because, basically, names for bands lose their meaning after a while. They become a series of sounds that you associate with people in music, the most important thing for a name is that you can imagine forty-thousand people screaming it in unison. Placebos self-titled debut album was released on 17 June 1996, peaking at No.5 on the UK Albums Chart at the height of the Britpop era, the album spawned several successful singles, most popular being Nancy Boy. Tension with Schultzberg and the rest of the group had begun to rise in the previous year, the band initially fired him in September 1995, but he was rehired to record the first seven-inch single Bruise Pristine. After an argument in August 1996, Molko decided that it would be best for the band if Schultzberg left, the band came to an agreement that Schultzberg would leave once they had finished the promotion of Placebo. Eventually, Schultzberg did indeed leave the band in September 1996, before going on stage for their first show in the state of New York, Olsdal informed Schultzberg that he wasnt going on the tour in Germany that was following the US one. At the managers request, Schultzberg did two shows with the band in Paris after the US tour, the last of which was a performance on the French TV series Nulle part ailleurs
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Radiohead
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Radiohead are an English rock band from Abingdon, Oxfordshire, formed in 1985. The band consists of Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Ed OBrien, Colin Greenwood and they have worked with producer Nigel Godrich and cover artist Stanley Donwood since 1994. After signing to EMI in 1991, Radiohead released their debut single Creep in 1992 and it became a worldwide hit after the release of their debut album, Pablo Honey. Their popularity and critical standing rose in the United Kingdom with the release of their second album, despite initially dividing listeners, Kid A was later named the best album of the decade by Rolling Stone, Pitchfork and the Times. Radioheads sixth album, Hail to the Thief, mixed rock and electronic music with lyrics inspired by the War on Terror and their subsequent releases have pioneered alternative release platforms such as pay-what-you-want and BitTorrent. Radiohead self-released their seventh album, In Rainbows, as a download for which customers could set their own price, to critical and their eighth album, The King of Limbs, an exploration of rhythm, was developed using extensive looping and sampling. Their ninth album, A Moon Shaped Pool, prominently featured Jonny Greenwoods orchestral arrangements, Radiohead have sold more than 30 million albums worldwide. Their work places highly in both polls and critics lists of the best music of the 1990s and 2000s. In 2009, Rolling Stone readers voted the group the second-best artist of the 2000s, the members of Radiohead met while attending Abingdon School, an independent school for boys in Abingdon, Oxfordshire. In 1985, they formed On a Friday, the name referring to the usual rehearsal day in the schools music room. At one point, On a Friday featured a saxophone section, the band disliked the schools strict atmosphere—the headmaster once charged the band for using a rehearsal room on a Sunday—and found solace in the schools music department. They credited their music teacher for introducing them to jazz, film scores, postwar avant-garde music, Oxfordshire and the Thames Valley had an active independent music scene in the late 1980s, but it centred on shoegazing bands such as Ride and Slowdive. Although all but Jonny had left Abingdon by 1987 to attend university, On a Friday continued to rehearse on weekends, in 1991, On a Friday regrouped, sharing a house on the corner of Magdalen Road and Ridgefield Road, Oxford. As On a Friday continued to perform in Oxford, including performances at the Jericho Tavern, record labels. Chris Hufford, Slowdives producer and co-owner of Oxfords Courtyard Studios, impressed, he and his partner Bryce Edge produced a demo tape and became On a Fridays managers, they remain Radioheads managers today. At the labels request, the changed their name, Radiohead was taken from the song Radio Head on the Talking Heads album True Stories. Radiohead recorded their debut release, the Drill EP, with Chris Hufford, released in May 1992, its chart performance was poor. The band enlisted Paul Kolderie and Sean Slade, who had worked with US indie bands Pixies and Dinosaur Jr. to produce their debut album, Radiohead released their debut album, Pablo Honey, in February 1993
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Raquel Tavares
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Raquel Tavares is a singer of Fado. She had a route on her education, but finally decided she could not leave music behind. Raquel Tavares won the biggest song contest dedicated to fado in Portugal and she sings regularly at “Bacalhau de Molho”, one of the most famous fado houses in Lisbon, and has made shows all around Europe, in cities like Paris, Rome or Madrid. Raquel sings what she sees, feels and smells around her, and nothing suits her purposes better than the tangible, real-life stories written by Linhares Barbosa, the fado poet who best told the tales of the people. Her first album was released in 2006 and this was also the year when she was the winner of the Amália Rodrigues Revelation Prize and her second album, Bairro, just came out in May 2008. She has been named one of the most representative singers of the new generation. In 2004, Raquel played a part, as a Fado singer. She entered in the Eurovision Dance Contest 2008 with João Tiago,1999 - Porque Canto Fado 2006 - Raquel Tavares 2008 - Bairro 2016 - Raquel Raquel Tavares on Facebook
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Rise Against
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Rise Against is an American melodic hardcore band from Chicago, Illinois, formed in 1999. The bands current line-up comprises vocalist/rhythm guitarist Tim McIlrath, lead guitarist Zach Blair, bassist Joe Principe, former members are guitarists Dan Wlekinski, Kevin White, Todd Mohney and Chris Chasse, and drummers Toni Tintari and Dan Lumley. The band spent its first four years signed to the independent record label Fat Wreck Chords, both the albums met with considerable underground success, and in 2003 the band signed with the major label Geffen. Their major label debut Siren Song of the Counter Culture brought the band mainstream success and their next two albums, The Sufferer & the Witness and Appeal to Reason, were also successful and peaked at number ten and number three on the Billboard 200 chart, respectively. Appeal to Reason was followed three years later by Endgame, All four albums released via Geffen were certified platinum in Canada, while three of these albums were certified gold in the United States. Rise Against is also known for their advocacy of progressivism, supporting organisations such as Amnesty International, the band actively promotes animal rights and most of the members are straight edge, PETA supporters and vegetarians. In the mid-1990s, guitarist Dan Wleklinski and bassist Joe Principe were members of the Chicago punk rock band 88 Fingers Louie, although the band was touted as a promising new act, internal arguments between members led to a disbandment in 1999. Afterwards, Principe recorded several demos in the hope of using them in a new band, together with Wleklinski, Principe recruited drummer Toni Tintari and lead vocalist Tim McIlrath. Principe met McIlrath in Indianapolis while attending a Sick of It All concert, Principe was impressed with McIlraths gritty vocals, which he likened to influential punk musician Ian Mackaye. The group called themselves Transistor Revolt, initial jam sessions were troublesome, as McIlrath unaccustomed to the bands fast-paced music. Despite these early issues, the band was able to produce the extended play Transistor Revolt in 2000, the EP attracted the attention of several punk fans including Fat Mike, the lead vocalist of NOFX and co-founder of the independent record label Fat Wreck Chords. Fat Mike offered to sign the band to a recording contract and he gave some suggestions, like Jimmy Cracked Corn And The I Dont Cares, although none of the band members liked them. After four months, Tintari suggested Rise Against, to which the band agreed to, with Fat Wreck Chords, Rise Against released their first studio album in 2001, The Unraveling. It was produced by veteran punk producer Mass Giorgini, Wlekinski left the band in 2001, and was replaced by former The Killing Tree guitarist Todd Mohney. After touring in support of The Unraveling, the returned to the studio in December 2002 to work on their second full-length studio album, Revolutions per Minute. The band toured extensively in support of its first two albums, opening for Sick of It All, NOFX, Agnostic Front, No Use for a Name, AFI, in addition, Rise Against participated in the 2003 Warped Tour. After the release of Revolutions per Minute, Rise Against was approached by major record labels. However, DreamWorks Records folded into Geffen Records the following year, Rise Against were also to switch guitarists, following Mohneys departure in 2003, he was replaced by former Reach the Sky member Chris Chasse
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Simple Minds
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Simple Minds are a Scottish rock band that formed in Glasgow in 1977. Simple Minds are the most commercially successful Scottish band of the 1980s and they have achieved five UK number one albums during their career and have sold 30 million records worldwide. Despite various personnel changes, they continue to record and tour, the band scored a string of hit singles, becoming best known internationally for their 1985 hit Dont You, from the soundtrack of the film The Breakfast Club. Their other more prominent hits include Alive and Kicking and Belfast Child, in 2016, they won the British Academys Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Song Collection. The core of the band is the two remaining founding members – Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill, the other current band members are Andy Gillespie, drummer Mel Gaynor and Ged Grimes. Former members include bass guitarist Derek Forbes, drummer Brian McGee, the roots of Simple Minds are in the short-lived punk band Johnny & The Self-Abusers, founded on the South Side of Glasgow in 1977. The band was conceived by would-be Glasgow scene-maker Alan Cairnduff, although he left the job of organising the band to his friend John Milarky. At Cairnduff’s suggestion, Milarky teamed up two musicians he had never worked with before – budding singer and lyricist Jim Kerr and guitarist Charlie Burchill. Kerr and Burchill had known each other since the age of eight, after joining Johnny & The Self-Abusers, they brought in two of their school friends, Brian McGee on drums and Tony Donald on bass. With Milarky established as singer, guitarist and saxophonist, the line-up was completed by his friend Allan McNeill as third guitarist, Kerr and Burchill also doubled on keyboards and violin respectively. In common with the punk bands, various members took on stage names—Milarky became Johnnie Plague, Kerr became Pripton Weird, MacNeil chose Sid Syphilis. Johnny & The Self-Abusers played their first gig on Easter Monday,11 April 1977, the band played support to rising punk stars Generation X in Edinburgh two weeks later. The band went on to play a summer of concerts in Glasgow, in November 1977, Johnny & The Self-Abusers released its only single, Saints and Sinners, on Chiswick Records. The band split on the day that the single was released, with Milarky. Ditching the stage names and the overt punkiness, the members continued together as Simple Minds. In January 1978, Simple Minds recruited Duncan Barnwell as a second guitarist, meanwhile, Kerr had abandoned keyboards to concentrate entirely on vocals. In March 1978, Kerr, Burchill, Donald, Barnwell, the band rapidly established a reputation as an exciting live act and gained a management deal with Bruce Findlay, owner of the Bruces Records chain of record shops. Findlay also owned Zoom Records, and used his position to get Simple Minds signed to Arista, by early 1980, Findlay would have become the bands full-time manager via his Schoolhouse Management company
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Simple Plan
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A Big Package for You, 1999–2003 is a video album by Canadian rock band Simple Plan from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Meet Simple Plan Recording No Pads, No Helmets, experimenting in Bangkok SP Loves Going Down. Under, Australia 2002 Spring Break. Big Rock Show, SP Does Arenas Return to the Land of the Rising Sun The Perfect Video Punk Rock Summer Camp, crash and Burn One Day Id Do Anything
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Sum 41
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Sum 41 is a Canadian rock band from Ajax, Ontario. In 1999, the signed an international record deal with Island Records and released its first EP, Half Hour of Power. The band released its album, All Killer No Filler in 2001. The album achieved success with its first single, Fat Lip. The albums following singles In Too Deep and Motivation also achieved commercial success, All Killer No Filler was certified Platinum in the United States, in Canada and in the United Kingdom. In 2002, the band released Does This Look Infected, which was also a commercial and critical success. The singles The Hell Song and Still Waiting both charted highly on the rock charts. The band released its album, Chuck, in 2004, led by singles Were All to Blame. The album proved successful, peaking at No.10 on the Billboard 200, in 2007, the band released Underclass Hero, which was met with a mixed reception, but gained some commercial success, becoming the bands highest charting album to date. It was also the bands last album on Aquarius Records, the band released the album Screaming Bloody Murder, on Island Records in 2011 to a generally positive reception, though it fell short of its predecessors commercial success. The bands sixth album, entitled 13 Voices was released on October 7,2016. Up to 2015, the band has sold 30 million albums worldwide, the band often performs more than 300 times each year and holds long global tours, most of which last more than a year. The group has been nominated for seven Juno Awards and have won twice, Sum 41 was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance for the song Blood In My Eyes. Sum 41 was formed by lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Deryck Whibley and drummer Steve Jocz, Jocz was a drummer in another band and Whibley was convinced that he was the best drummer around. The group went through several bassists before picking Jason McCaslin to complete the bands lineup, the group members decided to change the bands name for a Supernova show on September 28,1996, which happened to be the 41st day of their summer vacation. In 1998, the recorded a demo tape on Compact Cassette which they sent to record companies in the hope of getting a recording contract. These demo tapes are rare and the ones known to exist are with the lead singer and guitarist Deryck Whibley. From 1999 to 2000, the band recorded new songs
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Vanessa da Mata
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Vanessa Sigiane da Mata Ferreira, professionally known as Vanessa da Mata, is a Latin Grammy Award-winning Brazilian MPB singer, songwriter, and novelist. She has released four albums and the songs Ai, Ai, Ai, Boa Sorte/Good Luck. Vanessa Sigiane da Mata Ferreira was born on February 10,1976 in Alto Garças and her article in the Portuguese Wikipedia stated that she has Xavante ancestry through her maternal grandmother. Vanessa has denied these claims, but said that her grandmother has indeed Native Brazilian ancestry, an autodidact in music, Vanessa listened to very different genres in her childhood, from Luiz Gonzaga to Tom Jobim, and from Milton Nascimento to Orlando Silva. She would also listen to music like carimbó through the records brought by an uncle who travelled to the Amazon. She was also familiar with samba, sertaneja music, and even brega Italian music, in several interviews, she cites deceased samba singer Clara Nunes as an influential figure in her compositions and image. At age 14, Vanessa moved alone to Uberlândia, Minas Gerais,1,199 km away from Alto Garças, in order to prepare for her vestibular exam, through which she intended to join a Medical school. There, she discovered that her passion was singing. In 1992, at age 16, Vanessa moved to São Paulo, where she started performing with Shalla-Ball, three years later, she toured Brazil with the Jamaican band Black Uhuru, for which she served as a backing vocal. She then became a part of regional rhythms band Mafuá and she also had careers as a professional model and basketball player around that time. In 1997, Vanessa met singer-songwriter, Chico César and wrote the song A Força que Nunca Seca with him and it was later recorded by Maria Bethânia in her 1999 album of the same title. The song was nominated for a Latin Grammy Award and later re-recorded by César in his album Mama Mundi, Vanessa then became a renowned songwriter. She wrote O Canto de Dona Sinhá for Bethânia and Caetano Veloso and she also wrote the song Me Sento na Rua with Ana Carolina. She started performing as backing vocal in concerts of artists such as Milton Nascimento, Bethânia, in 2002, Vanessa released her eponymous first album through Sony Music. The albums biggest hit was the song Não Me Deixe Só, in 2004, Vanessa released her second album, titled Essa Boneca Tem Manual. The album produced the singers first number-one hit in Brazil, the song Ai, Ai, Ai, other hits include a remix version of the same song, which reached the 3rd position in the Brazilian chart and Ainda Bem, which reached the 21st position. On May 28,2007, Vanessa released her third album, the two singles released from the album, Boa Sorte/Good Luck, a duet with American singer Ben Harper, and Amado, both became number-one hits in Brazil. Boa Sorte/Good Luck also became a single in Portugal
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Yes (band)
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Yes are an English rock band formed in London in 1968 by singer Jon Anderson and bassist Chris Squire. The band has undergone numerous formations throughout its history, nineteen musicians have been full-time members, since June 2015, it has consisted of guitarist Steve Howe, drummer Alan White, keyboardist Geoff Downes, singer Jon Davison, and bassist Billy Sherwood. Yes adopted several changes in style, from rearranged covers to progressive and art rock in the 1970s. They have sold 13.5 million RIAA-certified albums in the US, Yes changed their name from Mabel Greers Toyshop and performed rearranged covers of rock, pop, blues and jazz songs as evident on their first two albums. Yes toured as a rock act that earned the band a reputation for their elaborate stage sets, light displays. The success of Roundabout, the single from Fragile, cemented their popularity across the decade, in 1983, Yes reformed with a new line-up that included guitarist Trevor Rabin and a more commercial and pop-oriented musical direction. The result was 90125, their album which contained the US number one single. From 1990 to 1992, Yes were an eight-member formation after they merged with Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe to release Union, since 1994, Yes have released albums with varied levels of success and completed tours from 1997 to 2004. After a four-year break in activity, they resumed touring in 2008 and continue to release albums, Yes are one of the most successful, influential, and longest-lasting progressive rock bands. In 1985, they won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance with Cinema, Yes have headlined annual progressive rock-themed cruises since 2013 named Cruise to the Edge. Their discography spans 21 studio albums, the band will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April 2017. In 1967, bassist Chris Squire joined the rock band Mabel Greers Toyshop, with singer and guitarist Clive Bayley, drummer Bob Hagger and they played at the Marquee Club in Soho, London where Jack Barrie, owner of the nearby La Chasse club, saw them perform. There was nothing outstanding about them, he recalled, the musicianship was very good, Barrie introduced Squire to singer Jon Anderson, a worker at the bar in La Chasse, who found they shared interests in Simon & Garfunkel and harmony singing. That evening at Squires house they wrote Sweetness, which was included on the first Yes album, meanwhile, Banks had left Mabel Greers Toyshop to join Neat Change, but he was dismissed by this group on 7 April 1968. In June 1968, Hagger was replaced in the nascent Yes by Bill Bruford, who had placed an advertisement in Melody Maker, finally, the classically trained organist and pianist Tony Kaye, of Johnny Taylors Star Combo and The Federals, became the keyboardist and the fifth member. The newborn band rehearsed in the basement of The Lucky Horseshoe cafe on Shaftesbury Avenue between 10 June and 9 July 1968, Anderson suggested that they call the new band Life while Squire suggested that it be called World. At Banks suggestion, the first gig under the new brand followed at a camp in East Mersea. Early sets were formed of songs from artists such as the Beatles
