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Pink (singer)
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Alecia Beth Moore, known professionally as Pink, is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress. She was signed to her first record label with original R&B girl group Choice in 1995, the label, LaFace Records saw potential in only Pink, offering her a solo deal. Pink rose as an artist with her solo album, Cant Take Me Home. It was certified double-platinum in the United States and spawned two Billboard Hot 100 top-ten hits, There You Go and Most Girls and she gained further recognition with the Moulin Rouge. Soundtrack Lady Marmalade, which gave Pink her first Grammy Award as well as her first number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100, Pink took control in early 2001 insisting she wanted to work with her childhood hero, Linda Perry. Pink took more control and pursued a pop direction for her second album. It sold more than 15 million copies worldwide and yielded three United States top-ten singles, Get the Party Started, Dont Let Me Get Me, Pinks third album, Try This, generated considerably lower sales, but earned her the Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance. Pink revived her popularity with her fourth and fifth albums, Im Not Dead and Funhouse, with the latter containing her second United States number-one hit. Pink concluded the first decade of her career with the compilation album Greatest Hits, so Far. which featured Fuckin Perfect and the chart-topping single Raise Your Glass. In 2014 Pink recorded an album, Rose Ave. with Canadian musician Dallas Green under a folk music duo named You+Me. Recognized for her signature vocals and acrobatic performances, Pink has sold over 60 million albums worldwide. Her career accolades include three Grammy Awards, a Brit Award, a Daytime Emmy Award and six MTV Video Music Awards, in 2009, Billboard named Pink the Pop Songs Artist of the Decade. Pink was also the second most-played female solo artist in the United Kingdom during the 2000s decade, vH1 ranked her number 10 on their list of the 100 Greatest Women in Music, while Billboard awarded her the Woman of the Year award in 2013. At the 63rd annual BMI Pop Awards, she received the BMI Presidents Award for her achievement in songwriting and global impact on pop culture. Alecia Beth Moore was born on September 8,1979, in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, to nurse Judy and insurance salesman Jim Moore and she has described her background as Irish-German-Lithuanian-Jew. Although a healthy baby at birth, she developed asthma that plagued her through her early years. Pink attended Central Bucks High School West, when Moore was a toddler, her parents began having marital problems, and before she was 10 her parents had divorced. Pink developed her voice early in life, in high school, Pink joined her first band, Middleground, but it disbanded upon losing a battle of the bands competition
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Funhouse (Pink album)
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Funhouse is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter Pink, released by LaFace Records worldwide on October 24,2008. Funhouse has sold six million copies worldwide. Singles from the album include Sober, Please Dont Leave Me, Funhouse, I Dont Believe You, Glitter in the Air, Funhouse earned Pink three Grammy Award nominations and five MTV Video Music Award nominations. Pink has stated that album is her most vulnerable to date. Much of the subject matter alludes to the fact that Moore had recently separated from her husband. The first single, So What, opens with, I guess I just lost my husband/I dont know where he went, Please Dont Leave Me also addresses the split. The artist sums up its theme thus, Okay, I’m an asshole, in Mean, she sings, It was good in the beginning/but how did we get so mean. The song that Moore is the most proud of is Crystal Ball and she said about the track, I recorded it in one take and we didn’t mix it. It just went straight to master and it was all about a vibe and not about perfection or being polished. I just love that song and I loved recording it and she wrote the song with Billy Mann, who also aided her with the songs Stupid Girls, Dear Mr. President and Im Not Dead, among others. In Its All Your Fault, Pink blames her lover for giving her hopes of a love relationship and she proclaims in the lyrics I conjure up the thought of being gone, but I’d probably even do that wrong. In Glitter in the Air, Pink asks many questions such as, Have you ever looked fear in the face, and Have you ever hated yourself for staring at the phone. Pink admits, I still don’t have some of the answers to the questions I pose on this record, I’m still figuring it all out. The track Sober, which is the second single, was written by Pink at a party hosted at her home, where everyone was drunk or drinking except for her. She went to the beach and had a line in her head saying How do I feel so good sober, eventually it had nothing to do with alcohol but with identities. How do I feel so good with just me, without anyone to lean on, ave Mary A deals with world issues and problems. One Foot Wrong talks about a trip that went wrong. That song is also about losing control and how easy it is to lose the plot in life, originally, Pink wanted to call her album Heartbreak Is a Motherfucker, but her record label declined because of a fear that offensive language would affect sales
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I'm Not Dead Tour
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The Im Not Dead Tour was the third concert tour by American singer-songwriter Pink. Launched in support of her studio album, Im Not Dead the tour reached Europe, North America, Australasia, Africa. After performing several shows throughout North America and Europe, Pink announced her tour in the spring of 2006. The Im Not Dead Tour began in North America in nightclubs, Pink explained, Small gigs, thats where its at You can feel everyones sweat, its just so close and intimate. Its stinky, its smoky, its good, Pink continued her tour into Europe and Australia, playing predominately in arenas. As her album gained momentum in the US, she joined Justin Timberlake as the act on his FutureSex/LoveShow tour at select venues in the US. Pink returned to Europe during the summer of 2007, playing open air/amphitheater festivals and she concluded her tour in South Africa. The tour became one of the most successful tours in both 2006 and 2007, in Australia, she became the most successful female artist during that time. The Australian leg grossed about $42 million and was Pinks most successful tour until her Funhouse Tour in 2009
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The Funhouse Summer Carnival
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The Funhouse Summer Carnival was the fifth concert tour by American recording artist Pink, launched in support of her fifth studio album Funhouse. The Funhouse Summer Carnival and the Funhouse Tour sold a combined total 3 million tickets, with the tour, Pink became the only female artist to sell out stadium shows in 2010 and the first solo female act to open the Wireless Festival in London, UK. Tor Nielson of Live Nation Sweden gave a statement calling Pink Swedens biggest stadium act of 2010, the tour grossed more than $46.4 million from 30 shows. The tour was announced by tour promoter, Eventim, on October 14,2009, after selling over two million tickets on her successful Funhouse Tour, it was announced the Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter will embark on her first ever stadium tour, in Europe. During an interview with radio station, IN, DEMAND, Pink stated there will be a new setlist and less acrobatics. The tour was set to begin on May 27,2010 at the Expo-Gelände in Hanover, Germany, however, in December, it was also confirmed that Pink will headline music festivals throughout Europe during the tour. Pink shot a new video for the tour in late April 2010. The video was shown while she was performing various songs, butch Walker also duetted with Pink at most shows, including most festivals. This song was written by Max Martin, Pink and Johan Schuster in 2008 and was intended to be included on the Funhouse album and it was given to Adam Lambert for his debut album, For Your Entertainment. It was, however, replaced with Whats Up from Sunderland, during the concert at the Megaland Landgaaf in Landgraaf, Limburg, Netherlands, Pink performed Tom Pettys Free Fallin instead of Roxanne. During the concert at Frankenstadion in Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, I Dont Believe You, the songs were a permanent addition to the show henceforth. At the same concert, Just Like a Pill was performed after Bad Influence, additionally, during the performance of Im Not Dead P. nk was climbing down the stage and filming the fans with a camera. During the concert at the Stadium of Light in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, the song was a permanent addition to the show henceforth. During the concert as the Reebok Stadium in Bolton, England the crane entrance was not performed, during the concert at Hampden Park in Glasgow, Scotland, Whataya Want from Me was not performed. Additionally, Just Like a Pill was performed after Who Knew and she also said that the concert was the most fans she had ever performed for. During the concert at Portman Road in Ipswich, England, Whats Up, additionally, Just Like a Pill was performed after Who Knew. During the concert at Citadelle dArras in Arras, France, Bad Influence, Please Dont Leave Me, Unwind, Whataya Want from Me, during the concert at Linzer Stadion in Linz, Austria, Whataya Want from Me was not performed. In Nürnberg, whilst performing So What, Pink was not attached to her harness properly and fell, the song was immediately stopped and Pink was rushed to hospital
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Concert tour
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A concert is a live music performance in front of an audience. A recital is a concert by a soloist or small group which follows a program, a recitalist is a musician who gives frequent recitals. The invention of the piano recital has been attributed to Franz Liszt. The performance may be by a musician, sometimes then called a recital, or by a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra, choir. Indoor concerts held in the largest venues are sometimes called arena concerts or amphitheatre concerts, informal names for a concert include show and gig. Regardless of the venue, musicians perform on a stage. Concerts often require live event support with professional audio equipment, before recorded music, concerts provided the main opportunity to hear musicians play. The nature of a concert varies by musical genre, individual performers, concerts by a small jazz combo or small bluegrass band may have the same order of program, mood, and volume—but vary in music and dress. In a similar way, a musician, band, or genre of music might attract concert attendees with similar dress, hairstyle. For example, concert goers in the 1960s often had hair, sandals. Regular attendees to a concert venue might also have a style that comprises that venues scene. Other Types of concerts, To plan or arrange by mutual agreement, some performers or groups put on very elaborate and expensive shows. To create a memorable and exciting atmosphere and increase the spectacle, some singers, especially popular music, augment concert sound with pre-recorded accompaniment, back-up dancers, and even broadcast vocal tracks of the singers own voice. Activities during these concerts can include dancing, sing-alongs, and moshing, concerts involving a greater number of artists, especially those that last for multiple days, are known as festivals. Unlike other concerts, which remain in a single genre of music or work of a particular artist, festivals often cover a broad scope of music. Due to their size, festivals are almost exclusively held outdoors, new platforms for festivals are becoming increasingly popular such as Jam Cruise, which is a festival held on a cruise ship, as well as Mayan Holidaze, which is a destination festival held in Tulum. Often concert tours are named, to differentiate different tours by the same artist, different segments of longer concert tours are known as legs. In the largest concert tours it is becoming common for different legs to employ separate touring production crews and equipment
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Arena
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An arena is an enclosed area, often circular or oval-shaped, designed to showcase theater, musical performances, or sporting events. The word derives from Latin harena, a particularly fine/smooth sand used to absorb blood in ancient arenas such as the Colosseum in Rome and it is composed of a large open space surrounded on most or all sides by tiered seating for spectators. The key feature of an arena is that the event space is the lowest point, arenas are usually designed to accommodate a large number of spectators. The term arena is used as a synonym for a very large venue such as Pasadenas Rose Bowl. The use of one term over the other has mostly to do with the type of event, the home of the Duke University mens and womens basketball teams would qualify as an arena, but the facility is called Cameron Indoor Stadium. Domed stadiums, which, like arenas, are enclosed but have the larger playing surfaces, such examples of these would be terms such as the arena of war or the arena of love or the political arena. In many fighting games, the stage that opponents are fought in is called an arena. Ice hockey arena Amphitheatre List of indoor arenas by capacity List of stadiums by capacity
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Funhouse (song)
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Funhouse is the fifth single from American singer-songwriter Pinks fifth studio album of the same name. The track was written by P. nk, Jimmy Harry and it holds the title of the album and, just like most of the albums tracks, the song speaks about P. nks split with motocrossrider Carey Hart. Pink performed the song on September 16,2009 on the Jimmy Kimmel Live, Funhouse received acclaim from critics, being regarded as one of the musical and lyrical highlights of the album. Theres More Where That Came From gave the song an A- stating, Funhouse has the energy of So What but surpasses it half-way through, something we haven’t seen from Pink since Trouble back in 2003. The singer delivers with full force, colliding with lively guitar licks and hints of synth, Funhouse became Pinks 16th Top 10 single in Australia, climbing to a chart peak of number six on 2 August 2009. The song also became Pinks 5th consecutive #1 single on the Australian Airplay Chart, in New Zealand, the song debuted at number 18 on August 3,2009, becoming Pinks fifth consecutive top twenty hit from the Funhouse album. It has since peaked at number 15 and it also made its chart debut on the Turkey Top 20 Chart at number twenty-five. Funhouse first appeared on the UK Singles Chart on July 5,2009 at number 155 and it climbed 30 spots to 125 a week later. Also in the UK, the song has been added to the B List of the Radio 1 Playlist and it is expected to climb in the following weeks due to the physical release of the single. In the week of 4 August 2009, Funhouse debuted at the Dutch Top 40 at number 31, Funhouse debuted on the Canadian Hot 100 at #80 and has risen to a peak of #21. The song was released on August 25,2009 in the U. S. and on the week ending October 3, the following week, the song debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at #97 and peaked at #44. The music video was directed by Dave Meyers and premiered on June 20,2009 in the United Kingdom on 4music at 11, Tony Kanal of No Doubt, also the co-writer and the producer of the song, appears in a cameo, playing a piano. The video takes place in a lot that is later shown to be whats left of a house that is still burning. There are evil clowns throughout the area who are picking though the rubble, the video begins as it pans low to the ground showing an Elvis grave briefly. Pink emerges from an old empty pool and begins to sing the first verse and she proceeds to kick over a toilet and picks up a framed photo. She passes a toaster and now it shows that she is in a fun house. She dances past a few evil clowns and it shows more of the burning remains of the building. She picks up a stick and throws it down, then an evil clown turns around and the camera has a close up of its face
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Bad Influence (Pink song)
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Bad Influence is the fourth single from Pinks fifth studio album, Funhouse. The single was released on May 8,2009 in Australia, however, the track was certified Gold in Australia. It peaked at #6 on the Australian Singles Chart, as well at #56 on their Year-End chart, Bad Influence was written by Pink, with Billy Mann, Butch Walker, Robin Mortensen Lynch and Niklas Olovson, while production was handled by Machopsycho and Billy Mann. It is a straight up rock chick party song that no apologies for wilding out with your gal pals once in a while. Pink stated, I’m with the Hindus on that one, the singer laughs, pleasure for pleasure’s sake is not a guilty sin. Anna Creeche from Blogcritics wrote that the line Im the instigator of underwear showing up here and there is her favorite line from the entire album. P. Joan Anderman from The Boston Globe agreed, writing, It is a signature track, for Reed Fischer of Village Voice, in the song Pink echoes Gwen Stefani. Lucy Davies from BBC Music described it as her L. O. V. E. -style getting-on-down-with-the-girls anthem, anna Creech from Blogcritics commented about the lyrics, stating, P. nk is, in many ways, fearless in her lyrics. Bristling at any perceived weakness while exposing her vulnerable side, she is keeping it real while also maintaining a sense of humor. The song was chosen as the fourth single following its use in an Optus advertisement. The track was played frequently on Channel Pink on Channel V Australia. Bad Influence -3,35 Please Dont Leave Me -3,43 The song was the most added song to the radio in Australia in its first week of release. On the ARIA Singles Chart, the peaked at number 6. On the Australian Airplay Chart, the song became Pinks 4th consecutive #1 song on the chart, in New Zealand, Bad Influence debuted at number thirty three on May 18,2009, rising to number twenty seven the following week. It has so far peaked at number twelve and it entered the UK charts at #161 on 18 October 2009 because of the advert, peaked at #123. Bad Influence entered the German Singles Chart at #26 in April 2010
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Just Like a Pill
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Just Like a Pill is a song by American singer Pink. It was written and produced by Dallas Austin and Pink for her studio album. The lyrics of the deal with getting out of painful relationships. The song was released worldwide as the single from Missundaztood in June 2002 and was a commercial success. It also performed internationally, becoming her second number-one single in the United Kingdom and reaching the top 10 in, amongst other countries, Ireland, France. Just Like a Pill was written by Pink and Dallas Austin, Pink said in an interview that the song shows part of who I am, referring to her documented problems with drugs. The song was well received by contemporary music critics. NME called it the third best track off her killer last album. Drowned In Sounds Robert Luckett commented that it is a fascinating record. this is a record with a edge and he also wrote it obeys the pop industrys well-dusted rules for a hit. Stylus Magazines Todd Burns, in his review of the album, compared Just Like a Pill to the singles from the album, Dont Let Me Get Me and Get the Party Started. Sound much more integrated into the work and the song works far better. The song was shortlisted by Digital Spy as a nominee for the best single of 2002, finishing third in the vote to Red Hot Chili Peppers By the Way and it peaked at number eight on the Billboard Hot 100. In Australia, the song was a radio single, in hopes of rising album sales. Although it was a #1 radio hit, a release never eventuated. In late June 2009, the song charted at #97 on downloads, the video for Just Like a Pill was directed by Francis Lawrence for LaFace Records. The video, shot in December 2001, is different from Pinks previous videos. Commenting on the different style of video, Pink said, This ones very dark and artsy, and I have black hair and its another part that I havent concentrated on before. In the first scene, Pink lies on the floor, in the chorus she sings in front of her band
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Who Knew
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Who Knew is a song by American singer-songwriter Pink from her fourth studio album Im Not Dead. Written by Pink, Max Martin and Dr. Luke, the song was released on May 18,2006 by LaFace Records to radio as the albums second commercial single. After the success of U + Ur Hand, the song was later successfully re-released in June 2007 as the fourth single in the United States. Musically, Who Knew is a pop song, which contains minor elements of ballad. Lyrically, it is regarding the loss of a friend of hers. Upon its release, Who Knew was well received by music critics, the song faced comparisons for having similarities with Kelly Clarksons 2004 single Since U Been Gone. The song was successful worldwide, where it peaked in the top spot in countries including Australia, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary. In addition, the song is also Pinks longest chart runner on the Hot 100, who Knew became one of the songs that helped propel Pinks popularity in the USA, following her decline between 2003 and 2005. The song was later certified Platinum in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America, the song has been performed on many of Pinks world tours, including Im Not Dead Tour, Funhouse Tour and its extension tour Funhouse Summer Carnival Tour. As her personal favorite, the song was included in Pinks debut compilation album Greatest Hits. The NY Daily quotes Pink as writing the song to a friend she lost to drug abuse. Who Knew was written by Pink, Max Martin and Dr. Luke, while it was produced by Martin, on an interview with Daily Mail, Pink explained her teenage years, My life was insane, I was out of control and doing lots of stupid things. Some of my friends were selling crack, and I got into drugs too, ive always been honest about that, although I dont like going into details. Ive got lots of fans and I wouldnt want to give them any ideas. I found a friend dead from an overdose when I was 14. He was a friend, not a boyfriend. Most of the people at the funeral were just children and it should have been a wake-up call for me, but it wasnt. Pink has stated that Who Knew is her song from her first compilation
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Don't Let Me Get Me
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Dont Let Me Get Me is a song by American singer Pink. It was released as the single from her second studio album Missundaztood in February 2002. The song was featured on the trailer for the 2003 comedy Just Married, the song received positive reviews, praising the tone of the song. A. Reid and shown posing irritated for a cover, which shifts to her waiting backstage and her performing to a large crowd at her former high school. Dont Let Me Get Me reached number one in New Zealand, number six in the UK, number eight in the U. S. the song earned positive reports from music critics, but most gave sensitively mixed reviews upon her self-hating lyrical content. Jim Farber of Entertainment Weekly wrote that In Dont Let Me Get Me, jason Thompson of PopMatters wrote, on the power rock of Don’t Let Me Get Me, Pink herself tells it like it is and attempts to break free from the image making machine. Tired of being compared / To damn Britney Spears / She’s so pretty / That just ain’t me, well, that’s debatable in itself, but the fact that Pink takes it upon herself to call Spears out should be nothing short of revelatory. Spears certainly has nothing on Pink in the vocal department
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I Touch Myself
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I Touch Myself is a song written and recorded by the Australian rock band Divinyls. It was released in November 1990 as the single from their fifth album, diVINYLS. The single achieved success, reaching number four on the U. S Billboard Hot 100 on 18 March 1991, meanwhile in their native country, Australia. The song was written by Divinyls bandmembers Christina Amphlett and Mark McEntee and it has since been covered by numerous artists. Christina Amphlett and Mark McEntee wrote the song in 1990 with the team of Tom Kelly and Billy Steinberg. Billy Steinberg had I Touch Myself in his notebook, he had written the first verse, the next day, McEntee, Steinberg, Kelly, and Amphlett got together and wrote the rest, an unusual move, as Steinberg and Kelly rarely collaborated with others. Putting the song took a lot of trial and error. It was recorded to tape, making it difficult to edit. After significant experimentation they came up with a structure with the bridge placed after the first chorus. Its written in the key of F Major, the song was featured in the 1997 comedy film Austin Powers, International Man of Mystery, in the scene where Austin dances to make the Fembots heads explode. The song was featured in the Chilean soap opera Graduados. The song was featured in the film Prelude to a Kiss. In 2014, some of Australias leading female artists came together to reincarnate Amphletts anthem. Each provided their own interpretation and distinct style to the song in an effort to raise awareness, in Australia I Touch Myself was released on 19 November 1990 on 7 and cassette, and the CD single was released on 3 December 1990. The single debuted at No.77 on 2 December 1990, on its tenth week on the chart, the song reached No. 1, replacing Vanilla Ices debut single Ice Ice Baby, the single was certified platinum in Australia. I Touch Myself debuted on the UK Singles Chart at No.69,10, spending a total of twelve weeks in the chart. When released in the United States, the caused an minor controversy. However, it managed to reach the top five of the Billboard Hot 100 chart,4, and at No.2 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart, after receiving extensive play on modern rock radio, which was more accepting of the songs subject matter
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Please Don't Leave Me
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Please Dont Leave Me is a song from American pop rock singer Pink and the third single taken from her fifth studio album Funhouse. It was released on January 31,2009, the song received strong airplay in Australia and New Zealand, as well as being added to the BBC Radio 1 A-List playlist in the UK. The music video for Please Dont Leave Me was directed by Dave Meyers, in the United States, the song managed to reach the Top 20, peaking at 17. The song was featured in Suburgatory, Please Dont Leave Me was co-written by Pink and Max Martin, who handled the production as well, for the track. It is one of four songs from the produced by Max Martin. The song is a track that details a love-hate relationship. Pink sings of someone having a bad effect on her, yet not being able to let go of the person and she insists during the chorus, I always say how I dont need you, but its always gonna come right back to this, please dont leave me. The song was one of the first three to be heard and performed from Funhouse, being performed along with So What and second single, Sober, live on Much Music, prior to the albums release. Digital Spy gave the song a review, A really good video can make you realise a songs better than you originally thought - a case in point being the new Pink single. Still, entertaining as the video is, its Pinks bruised vocals - which convey the combination of bitterness, Please Dont Leave Me made a #46 debut on the Australian ARIA Charts the chart week of 19 January 2010. On the Official Australian Airplay chart, the song debuted at #8, making it the second-highest debut song ever on the chart behind Delta Goodrems, In This Life which debuted at #6 in September,2007. In its third week on the Airplay Chart it managed to peak at #1, making it Pinks third consecutive single to do so, and making it the first song to peak at #1 in that many weeks. In the UK it debuted at 162 on 2 November 2008 due to the downloads of the song from its parent album, in New Zealand, the song debuted at number 28 on February 23,2009, and has peaked at number 19. The song peaked at one in Poland. In the United Kingdom the song re-entered the chart on 15 March 2009 at 171 due to sales from Funhouse and has since reached a peak of number #12. Please Dont Leave Me climbed relatively slowly after its release in the United States, the song has sold well digitally, entering the Hot Digital Songs chart at #70 and rising 26 spots to #44 the following week. The music video for Please Dont Leave Me was shot in late 2008, leaked to the internet on January 23,2009 and it was directed by Dave Meyers. The video draws influences from the 1990 Stephen King based film Misery, as well as other similar thrillers, including Cujo, The Shining and it utilizes both the horror/thriller genre, while also being interpretable as a dark comedy
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Leave Me Alone (I'm Lonely)
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Leave Me Alone is a song by Pink, and was the sixth single from her fourth album, Im Not Dead. It was released in 2007 as a physical CD single in Australia, the EP features live versions of both songs. Certain European countries received a physical CD release of the single, in the beginning of February 2007, before its official release as a single, the song was put on the B-list of BBC Radio 1. It debuted on the UK Singles Chart at number 60, and it rose to number 34, Leave Me Alone was written by Pink and co-written and produced by Butch Walker. It is a pop song, in which she demands some time away from a clinging lover. The song received mixed to positive reviews from critics, iGNs wrote a mixed to favorable review for the song, stating that The title should say it all and reveal the ball of confusion that Pink really is. Its one of the most rockin tunes on the whole album, quentin Huff from PopMatters thought that Pink summons the spirits of the Go-Gos and Tiffany on the track. Especially when she’s dropping f-bombs left and right, entertainment Weeklys Chris Willman wrote that its a pissy yet affectionate rocker that throws down competing desires for attentiveness and space in a relationship. Barry Walters from Rolling Stone wrote that the song suggests a mood-swinging Strokes mash-up, the music video consists of performances from Pinks Im Not Dead Tour. The video mostly includes shots of performances of Leave Me Alone, during the Funhouse Summer Carnival Tour, alternate videos were shot for Funhouse, Please Dont Leave Me and Leave Me Alone. The latter was never filmed, which caused a fuss back during the songs release period among P. nks fans, P. nk released the video for her fans. Directed by Cole Walliser the video features P. nk and two fat women on the beach, P. nk is playing the guitar alone, suddenly the two women show up. The rest of the video shows P. nk running away from them until finally ditching them
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So What (Pink song)
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So What is a song recorded by American singer Pink for her fifth studio album, Funhouse. The song was written by Pink, Max Martin, and Shellback, selected as the albums debut single, So What was first released to mainstream radios on August 25,2008, through LaFace and Zomba Label Group. The song consists of a beat and synth backing. The lyrics are based on her separation from motocross racer Carey Hart, so What received generally positive reviews from contemporary music critics, many praised it for its aggressive and empowering nature while others deemed it childish and bratty. The song was successful commercially, topping the charts in several countries across Europe and Oceania. In the United States, the reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100. So What also became her highest selling single in the United States, the music video for So What was directed by longtime collaborator Dave Meyers. It shows Pink drinking while riding a lawnmower, sawing down a tree, streaking on a red carpet appearance, the video also features a cameo appearance from Hart. Pink performed So What on MTV Europe Music Awards 2008 on November 6,2008, the song was nominated for several awards, eventually winning the MTV Europe Music Award for the Most Addictive Track. So What was written by Pink, Shellback and Max Martin, Martin also handled the production and recording, which took place at Maratone Studios in Stockholm, Sweden. Al Clay also recorded the song at the House of Blues Studio - a recording studio in Los Angeles, the song was mixed at MixStar Studios in Virginia Beach, Virginia by Serban Ghenea. John Hanes edited the song using ProTools technology with assistance provided by Tim Roberts, the song was finally mastered by Tom Coyne at Sterling Sound in New York City, New York. The songs lyrical content was based on her separation from her husband, so What carries an energetic vibe. The song consists of a powerful charging beat, a chorus. The song is in the key of F# minor, the initial riff is closely familiar to Deep Purples Black Night. Lyrically, the chronicles the protagonists adventures following her separation from her husband. So What was released as the first single from Pinks fifth studio album Funhouse and it was first released on August 11,2008 via digital download to certain countries including Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. LaFace and Jive Records solicited the song to hit radio on August 25,2008
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Family Portrait (song)
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Family Portrait is a song written and composed by Pink and Scott Storch for Pinks second album Missundaztood. The song is about relationships and her family that was about to fall to pieces and it was released as the albums fourth and final single in December 2002. It peaked in the top 20 in both the U. K. and U. S, Family Portrait is composed in the key of C minor. It is written in time and moves at a moderate 88 beats per minute. The song is divided into four-measure phrases with a chord progression. Pink told Q magazine that the song got her into trouble with her mother, the singer commented, She went to the National Enquirer. We laugh about it now, but it wasnt the best way to family problems. The single received positive reviews from the critics, paul Matthew from UKMIX gave the song 4 out of 5 stars, saying that it is strong, catchy and different from anything she had released to date. Dr. Bruce L. Thiessen praised the songs stripped down nature, the haunting, yet urgently importuning nature of the music matches and magnifies the meaning. The intensity of every earnest guitar strum and run echoes the sense of longing for familial harmony expressed in the chorus, Pinks voice on “Family Portrait” further reflects the urgency underlying the song. According to Pinks father, James Moore Jr. during an E. Entertainments E and it took me a while to listen to Family Portrait without getting emotional, Pinks mother told E. Although the song addresses how Pink struggled through her parentss divorce, it is addressed to kids. Official Family Portrait music video on YouTube
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I Don't Believe You
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I Dont Believe You is a song by American recording artist Pink. It was released as the single from her fifth studio album. Musically, the song is a pop ballad, set in common time. The guitar and piano are used for the music, while Pinks voice follows the A♭ —Fm7—Cm—D♭—A♭ chord progression. Pink explained on her website that, lyrically, the song is about pleading for reconciliation and its like taking a deep breathe and saying, Here I am. She went on to explain that, The first thing that comes to my mind with I Dont Believe You is me standing in the vocal booth listening, actually in the control room listening to this song, tears running down my face, just like fuck, really. Its the vulnerable side of me that I dont let out very often. And its, yeah its that song, and I love it, I love it. I just love it, its very near and dear to me, I Dont Believe You is Pinks single with the lowest peak in the United Kingdom. It failed to reach the top forty due to physical single was cancelled, in Australia, the song reached number twenty-three on the sales chart and was the number-one most added track to the radio on its debut week of release. In the Europe, I Dont Believe You reached top forty in most countries with its highest peak in Portugal, the music video for I Dont Believe You, directed by Sophie Muller, was shot in September 2009 in Los Angeles, California. The music video premiered on October 2009, on September 16,2009 Pink performed I Dont Believe You along with Funhouse on Jimmy Kimmel Live. She also performed the song on February 5,2010 on The Oprah Winfrey Show, the song was also performed on the Funhouse Tour. CD single I Dont Believe You —4,35 I Dont Believe You —4,23
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Trouble (Pink song)
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Trouble is a song recorded by American musician Pink for her third studio album Try This. It was written by Tim Armstrong and Pink and features a prominent guitar riff, the song was released as the albums first single in North America and second international single. It was moderately successful, its highest peak on the Canadian Singles Chart at #2. The single peaked at #68 on the Billboard Hot 100 and at #7 on the UK Singles Chart, the song won Pink a Grammy for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance in 2004. The song was featured in the films White Chicks, The Princess Diaries 2, Royal Engagement and Miss Congeniality 2, Armed and Fabulous and television series, Smallville, ER, and Psych. It is also featured in the trailers for Tangled, One for the Money and it is also featured in the video game Donkey Konga 2. In 2012, Armstrong would finally record the song himself under the name Tim Timebomb, Trouble has received positive reviews from critics. Allmusic highlighted the song and noted that the similarities of Trouble, the Guardian wasnt that positive at all, Trouble blusters crossly, without ever revealing what the matter is, a state of affairs not helped by its clumsy phraseology. If you see me coming down the street, she snarls, you know its time to go - well, im trouble, yeah, trouble now/Im trouble, yall, I disturb my town, she brags in Trouble. Sal Cinquemani wrote, The stiff-wristed herky-jerky first chords of the opening song, Trouble. The repetitive hook of the raucous Trouble, one of 10 new tracks co-written and produced by Rancids Tim Armstrong, wears a bit thin, stylus magazine was favorable, Try This opens with “Trouble”, the first of eight tracks on the album co-helmed by Rancid’s Tim Armstrong. Vacillating subtly between soulful and snotty, Pinks voice speaks more to her conflicts as an artist than as the daughter, the songs music video is western-themed. It was directed by Sophie Muller, the video opens with Pink galloping with speed through a forested area while checking over her shoulder indicating that she is possibly being pursued. She rides her horse until she pauses at the edge of a town which is called Sharktown. The town is depicted as a place and even a tumble weed blowing down the street is seen. She then looks down and sees a grave marker which bears the name Corky. She checks her make up briefly in a compact and proceeds to ride deeper into the town. There is an establishing shot of Pink as she moves through the main street
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Babe I'm Gonna Leave You
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Babe Im Gonna Leave You is a folk song written by Anne Bredon in the late 1950s. It was recorded by Joan Baez and released on her 1962 album Joan Baez in Concert, Part 1, and by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, who included it on their 1969 debut album Led Zeppelin. Other interpretations of the Bredon song include versions by the Plebs, The Association in 1965, quicksilver Messenger Service recorded a variation of the song in 1967, which was covered by Welsh band Man on their album Maximum Darkness, recorded live at the Roundhouse on 26 May 1975. Miley Cyrus released a version that closely hewed to the Led Zeppelin version on SoundCloud in September 2014, Baez requested Smith to send her a tape recording of her songs, including Babe, Im Gonna Leave You, which Baez subsequently began performing herself. It became the track on Joan Baez in Concert, Part 1. Initially, the song had no credit, but after Smith contacted Bredon. Anne Bredon and Joan Baezs rendition is in the key of B minor, the band covered Baezs version, both guitarist Jimmy Page and singer Robert Plant were fans of Baez. Baezs album had originally indicated no writing credit, and Led Zeppelin credited the song as Trad. arr. In the 1980s, Bredon was made aware of Led Zeppelins version of the song, Bredon received a substantial back-payment of royalties. Led Zeppelins version is in A minor, Page played the song to Plant at their first meeting together, at Pages riverside home at Pangbourne in late July 1968. Page may have recorded another version of the song with Steve Winwood in 1968, the band played this song at Led Zeppelin concerts on its 1969 concert tours, then Page and Plant brought it back in a 9-minute version for their 1998 reunion. A live, filmed performance of Babe Im Gonna Leave You, from Led Zeppelins gig on Danmarks Radio at Gladsaxe, Denmark, record producer Rick Rubin has remarked, It is a song with a classical nature that also really rocks. It really takes you on a trip and he also covered the song on his tour with the Sensational Space Shifters. 19697 promo 45 edition A, Babe Im Gonna Leave You 6,41 B. Dazed and Confused 6,2619697 single edition A, Babe Im Gonna Leave You 6,41 B
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Sober (Pink song)
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Sober is a song by the American singer-songwriter Pink, taken from her fifth studio album, Funhouse. It was written by Pink and Kara DioGuardi, with writing by Nate Danja Hills and Marcella Araica, while production was done by Danja, Tony Kanal. The song was released as the second single on October 31,2008, firstly through digital download. The power pop song talks about the sense of comfort in being sober. The song received favorable reviews from music critics, who commended the track for being a heartfelt track. However, few critics dismissed the track, calling it more of the same from her previous music, furthermore, the song received a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance in 2010. Commercially, Sober attained success on the charts, reaching the top-ten in over thirteen countries, a music video for the track was directed by Jonas Akerlund and it finds Pink at a party with her doppelgänger. In February 2008, Pink announced that she and her husband Carey Hart had separated and it was confirmed that she was working with many music producers such as Butch Walker, Billy Mann, Eg White and Danja. While working on the album, she penned a track called Sober with Kara DioGuardi and she added, I had this idea in my head, like how do I feel this good sober. So I brought that idea to Danja and with this awesome girl Kara DioGuardi and we wrote this song, Sober. And its a pretty telling song and then me and Tony Kanal and Jimmy Harry finished it, production-wise, threw some strings on it and made it a bit darker. Danja and Marcella Araica contributed to additional lyrics, with Danja, Kanal, Araica, Harry and Jake Davis recorded the track at Sha Recording,3,20 Studios and Henson Recording Studios. Jimmy Harry was also responsible for guitars and keyboards, while Tony Kanal provided bass, Sober was selected to be Funhouses second single, after the huge success of So What. It received airplay before release in Australia on Today Networks stations and it was first released as a digital download on iTunes, on October 31,2008, before being released to radio stations on December 1,2008. While announced its release on her website, Pink claimed, It’s just a really, really personal beautiful song. Slants Jonathan Keefe disagreed, calling it a second single. Sober is a pop song, featuring heavy guitars and booming snare. It is written in the key of E minor and set at a slow tempo of 91 beats per minute
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Bohemian Rhapsody
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Bohemian Rhapsody is a song by the British rock band Queen. It was written by Freddie Mercury for the bands 1975 album A Night at the Opera and it is a six-minute suite, consisting of several sections without a chorus, an intro, a ballad segment, an operatic passage, a hard rock part and a reflective coda. The song is a more accessible take on the 1970s progressive rock genre and it was reportedly the most expensive single ever made at the time of its release, though the exact cost of production cannot be determined. It reached number one again in 1991 for another five weeks when the version was re-released. It is also the song to be Christmas number one twice by the same artist. It topped the charts in other markets as well, including Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and The Netherlands. In the United States the song peaked at number nine in 1976. It returned to the chart at two in 1992 following Freddie Mercurys death in 1991, as well as its appearance in the film Waynes World. Although critical reaction was mixed, Bohemian Rhapsody remains one of Queens most popular songs and is frequently placed on modern lists of the greatest songs of all time. The single was accompanied by a video, which many scholars consider ground-breaking. Rolling Stone magazine states, Its influence cannot be overstated, practically inventing the music video seven years before MTV went on the air, in 2004, Bohemian Rhapsody was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. In 2012, the song topped the list on an ITV nationwide poll in the UK to find The Nations Favourite Number One over 60 years of music, Freddie Mercury wrote Bohemian Rhapsody at his home in London. Then we went out to eat dinner, guitarist Brian May says the band thought that Mercurys blueprint for the song was intriguing and original, and worthy of work. According to May, much of Queens material was written in the studio, commenting on bohemianism, Judith Peraino said that Mercury intended. In terms of execution, the song is preceded by the Beach Boys 1966 single Good Vibrations and this echoes the opener of a 1962 b-side called Mama by Roy Orbison, which is also on Roy Orbisons Greatest Hits. Recording began at Rockfield Studio 1 near Monmouth on 24 August 1975, after a rehearsal at Penrhos Court, near Kington. During the making of the track, an additional four studios were used, according to some band members, Mercury mentally prepared the song beforehand and directed the band throughout. Mercury used a Bechstein concert grand piano, which he played in the promotional video, due to the elaborate nature of the song, it was recorded in various sections, held together by a click track to keep all layers synchronised
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Crazy (Gnarls Barkley song)
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Crazy is the debut single by Gnarls Barkley, a musical collaboration between Danger Mouse and CeeLo Green, taken from their 2006 debut album St. Elsewhere. It peaked at two on the Billboard Hot 100, and topped the charts in the United Kingdom, Denmark, Canada. When it was released in March 2006, it became the first single to top the UK Singles Chart on download sales alone. In spite of this deletion, the song became best-selling single of 2006 in the UK, due to continued download sales, it reached 1 million copies in January 2011. The song won a Grammy Award for Best Urban/Alternative Performance in 2007, and was nominated for Record of the Year. It was also nominated and further won a 2006 MTV Europe Music Award for Best Song, the song was also named the best song of 2006 by Rolling Stone and by the Village Voices annual Pazz & Jop critics poll. The song was listed at #11 on Pitchfork Medias top 500 songs of the 2000s, the song is also in the #66 place in the list of the best songs ever of Acclaimed Music. In 2010, it was placed at #100 in the version of Rolling Stones list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Crazy was notably performed at the 2006 MTV Movie Awards, with Danger Mouse, the song was picked up by Downtown Records. Danger Mouses manager sent the song to Downtowns A&R Josh Deutsch because they were looking for an independent label with the resources as a major. According to an interview with Deutsch in HitQuarters, he heard the song and he said, Once in a while you hear a record that is obviously so important on so many levels. The beauty of my position is that its very direct, if I find something I like theres no bureaucratic process associated with signing it. The record began to even before the deals with Downtown Records were complete. On its release Crazy became the most downloaded song in the history of the UK music business, Crazy not only samples the song, but utilizes the parts of the main melody and chord structure. The original songwriters for Last Man Standing are credited by Gnarls Barkley for this alongside their own credits. The lyrics for the song developed out of a conversation between Danger Mouse and CeeLo, according to Danger Mouse, I somehow got off on this tangent about how people wont take an artist seriously unless theyre insane. So we started jokingly discussing ways in which we could make people think we were crazy, CeeLo took that conversation and made it into Crazy, which we recorded in one take. Upon release, Crazy was met with acclaim from music critics
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Stupid Girls
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Stupid Girls is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Pink from her fourth studio album Im Not Dead. It was released in February 2006 as the first single from her studio album by LaFace Records. The song marked Pinks return to LaFace Records under Zomba Label Group via Sony BMG, Stupid Girls was written by Pink, Billy Mann, Niklas Olovson, and Robin Mortensen Lynch, Mann and MachoPsycho both produced the track. Recorded in 2005, the song introduces a more provocative, feminist, the song was well received by critics for its sound, its lyrical content, and that it was sexy. According to Zomba, over eight million people downloaded the video immediately after it was available online, the song was a moderate success in the United States, reaching the position of thirteen and the top forty on its component charts. A music video was filmed and premiered on MTVs Overdrive in January 2006 and it features Pink as a variety of roles, both as an angel and a demon, variety of celebrities, a random woman getting plastic surgery, a lady with a purging disorder, and others. The song earned Pink a nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the 2007 Grammy Awards, written in the key of E minor, Stupid Girls lyrically condemns sexism and promotes intelligence in women and girls. The single entered the U. S. Billboard Hot 100 chart in the week of February 25 at number twenty-four, the weeks highest debut and the highest debut of Pinks career. In the week of March 4, it climbed to number thirteen, becoming Pinks eighth top twenty single in the United States and its peak on the Top 40 Mainstream airplay chart, however, did not match that of most of her previous singles. Stupid Girls remained on the Hot 100 for sixteen weeks, and it reached the top twenty on the Pop 100 and it received airplay in nightclubs, peaking inside the top twenty on the Hot Dance Club Play chart. Stupid Girls was certified Gold by RIAA on February 13,2008 and it was ranked number thirty-ninth on ARIAs top 100 singles of 2006 list. It also peaked at four on the UK Singles Chart. It reached the top ten in most countries in Europe, Stupid Girls was nominated in the category of Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the 2007 Grammy Awards. The single was praised by Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling on her official website and she wrote, Stupid Girls, is the antidote-anthem for everything I had been thinking about women and thinness. About. com praised the song and highlighted it, she has rarely been as pointed in her views as in the hit Stupid Girls Stupid Girls is musically a dance/hip hop gem. Allmusic praised her delivery when shes taunting and teasing this song, entertainment Weekly noted that this song has some verve. The Guardian was less positive noting that her vocals are superficial as the starlets she attacks, LA Times wrote that this song fuses many genres greatly and called it hilarious feminist romp. Jon Pareles was favorable, the pop-reggae of Stupid Girls snidely dismisses the bimbos she sees everywhere, popMatters was positive, On Stupid Girlz, she rails against the idea that women have to choose between being smart and being sexy, as if the two are mutually exclusive
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Get the Party Started
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Get the Party Started is a song by American recording artist Pink, and was the first single from her second album titled Missundaztood. It became a hit and reached the top ten in many countries. The song was Pinks biggest-selling song at that time, the track was released on October 9,2001 to positive reviews from critics and after the release of the single it was confirmed that Pink would be releasing Missundaztood. The song was composed by former 4 Non Blondes frontwoman, Linda Perry and she said that the process of making the song was so unlike me, according to her, she was going through a weird phase during which she wanted to learn how to program drums. She programmed her first beat, picked up a bass guitar and she decided to put every wrong instrument in the song, and consequently acquired a horn sample. I was doing the music, the melody was already coming to me in what I wanted the song to be, she said. She finished the song by including in the song every catch phrase you possibly could imagine, before laughing at the realization that she had written a hit single. You create something in your bedroom or your house, and its just a fun thing that youre doing, then all of a sudden, you hear that song that you started in your house, and its on the radio. And people are now acknowledging it, the song reached number four on the U. S. Billboard Hot 100 on December 29,2001, becoming one of Pinks biggest solo hits in the U. S. It peaked at two in the UK, where it was narrowly denied the top spot by the posthumous release of George Harrisons My Sweet Lord. Get the Party Started was certified gold in Australia, Austria, Germany, France Sweden and Switzerland, the song was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2003 in the category of Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, which it lost to Norah Joness Dont Know Why. It won the award for Favorite Song at the Kids Choice Awards of 2002, in December, the song was listed as number 81 on Rolling Stones Top Songs of the 2000s. Allmusic highlighted the song and added, This record bubbles over with imagination, jim Farber was favorable, The single Get the Party Started has the tricky synth hook of a perfect new-wave hit from the 80s. NME magazine was positive, displays the kind of clod-hopping attention-seeking on single Get The Party Started that makes you assume youre listening to a Geri Halliwell record. Jason Thompson described this song and praised, the dance inducing “Get the Party Started”, again, even this isn’t really in the mold of current dance tracks. Instead, it more like the kinds of grooves that were coming out in the early Nineties. In fact, it sounds a little like Apollo Smile who had an album out back in ‘91 or so, “Get The Party Started” also echoes the good time vibe that other hits like Deee-Lite’s “Groove Is in the Heart” had that won over many fans. This track should do just the same thing, slant Magazine called this song retro-dipped dance-pop
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Glitter in the Air
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Glitter in the Air is a song by American recording artist Pink from her fifth studio album, Funhouse. In 2010, it was released as the single in North America. Written by Pink and Billy Mann and Michele Mears, the song is a pop ballad with a piano accompaniment. Its lyrics talk about the power of love and taking a leap in faith, Glitter in the Air received mixed reviews from contemporary critics, some named it the best vocal performance of Funhouse, while others criticized it for being a cliché ballad. Glitter in the Air debuted at number 18 and 13 in the United States and Canada, in the United States, the song marked the first time Pink had five singles from one album chart on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was performed by Pink as part of her 2009 Funhouse Tour with her wearing a bodysuit. A similar version of performance was done at the 2010 Grammy Awards. A similar version of these performances was also performed on The Truth About Love Tour, Glitter in the Air is a pop ballad, co-written by Pink while produced by frequent collaborator Billy Mann. The song is similar to another ballad from Funhouse, I Dont Believe You. According to the music published at musicnotes. com by EMI Music Publishing, Glitter in the Air is composed in the key of F major. Pinks vocal range spans from the high-tone of B♭4 to the low-tone of F3, nekesa Mumbi Moody of the Associated Press commented that although the song did not display the power of Pink vocals, her voice is still potent, full of hurt and confusion that anyone can feel. The songs lyrics talk about the power of love and taking a leap in faith, evan Sawdey of PopMatters said the song reflect on lifes simple joys and simply savor them just for what they are. Its the sweetest moment on the disc, but it only succeeds because its also the least complex song here. Craig Emonds of The South End stated that every song has potential to do well and is quite likable, Pinks vocals are strong. Nekesa Mumbi Moodoy of the Associated Press said that What makes the song so moving is that all of the heartache, she doesnt appear gun-shy about taking the leap again. Justin Pacheco of The Good 5 Cent Cigar compared it to I Dont Believe You, saying, exemplifies the sappy ballad, Glitter in the Air is another big pop ballad along the same the same lines. He also added that the points of Funhouse were the four tracks produced by Max Martin. Glitter in the Air impacted radio as a new single by her record label, on February 11,2010, the song debuted at No.18 on the Billboard Hot 100, with sales over 114,000 units
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God Is a DJ (Pink song)
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God Is a DJ is the second single in North America and third international single by American singer Pink from her third album, Try This. It is about letting go, loving life and living it to the fullest and it features the metaphorical phrase If God is a DJ/Life is a dance floor/Love is a rhythm/You are the music. It peaked at six in the Dutch Top 40 and number eleven on the UK Singles Chart. The song appears on the soundtrack of the 2004 film Mean Girls, allMusic highlighted the song and added that the echoes of Blurs Pressure on Julian on God Is a DJ are surely coincidental. David Browne wasnt positive, we could have done without the dreadful dance-rock cheeseball God Is a DJ, rolling Stone wasnt either, rehashes familiar themes in God Is a DJ, Ive been the girl, middle finger in the air. Tell us something we dont know, Pink, clem Bastow panned the song by noting that God Is a DJ is an attempt, unsuccessfully, to recapture some of P. nks early-career spunk. The Village Voice praised the song, If God were a DJ and they didnt call it the Paradise Garage for nothin. I ask because God Is a DJ, the obvious and at one time actual choice for lead single off Pinks third album, Try This, goes, If God is a DJ/Life is a dance floor/Love is a rhythm/You are the music. Grandiosity aside—whats Art, then, waving glow sticks. —God Is a DJ provides excellent philosophical underpinning for Pinks greatest hit, after, the same critic added, Pink revisits her recent career in God Is a DJ, a big-chorused, fast-funk bass-lined spaz-out not written with Armstrong. Loving Mom, hating Dad, pulling her skirt up, sticking her tongue out—its all here, and it winds up with, Look for nirvana/Under the strobe light. No, not Nirvana, though that comparison flashed before my eyes—before the new Hole was pushed back past Courtneys next court date, I intended to review the two albums together. But it was another major rock chick, Tim Armstrong ex Brody Dalle, who put out the disc of the year. Dan Leroy was favorable, too, But if God Is A DJ, hell put that piece of punky disco perfection, the music video for this song features scenes of Pink and others getting dressed, having fun on a subway, and going to a nightclub. Pink then continues to bribe the bouncer to enter the nightclub ahead of the queue, the video debuted on MTVs Total Request Live at number ten on January 22,2004 and peaked at number six. It is shown from the 2004 film, Mean Girls
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Raygun (band)
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Raygun were a British band formerly signed to RCA Records. The Adj, former guitarist indie rock band Kubb, met lead singer Ray Gun studying Music Technology in Guildford, the two began writing songs and performing around Surrey and London, putting on live music events under the name Raygun and the Adjitators. The duo recruited the help of bass player Ben and drummer Sam, continued the wild live performances, Raygun toured Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia and The Philippines promoting the release of their debut album in South-East Asia. The band supported Pink during the European leg of her 2009 Funhouse Tour and they have also supported Alphabeat, Paul Weller, The Script and Newton Faulkner and toured smaller venues as headliners later in 2009. Their debut single Just Because was released on August 3,2009, the video for Just Because was directed by Joseph Kahn, which features a high speed chase on the freeway. A flash game was released to support the single. The video was not met with much response, Raygun was the supporting act for Peter Bjorn and John and Newton Faulkner at the iTunes live festival on 13 July 2009. Channel 4s 4Play screened a 15-minute programme featuring the band, a negative Guardian article by Rhodri Marsden saw the video receive numerous predominantly negative comments. The criticism of the video focused on the clichéd sentiments from singer Ray Gun likening his band to Iggy Pop, James Brown, David Bowie. He also claimed the album was inspired by the perils of hedonism, anything that you think is good for a while can end up being so harmful to yourself, whether its love or sex or drugs or alcohol. Raygun later released an apology for the whole debacle which they posted on their MySpace blog. Raygun At the end of 2009, the band was dropped by Sony which consequently led to Ray Gun, Sam and Ben are now playing for successful Scottish singer-songwriter Amy Macdonald and are currently touring with her. Ben also plays with X Factor star Olly Murs, full performances at MTV World Stage Live In Malaysia
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Faker (band)
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Faker were an Australian alternative rock band, formed in Sydney in 1996. The bands final line-up consisted of Nathan Hudson, Nicholas Munnings, Liam OBrien, the band released three studio albums. Fakers first studio album Addicted Romantic, was released in 2005, prior to that, the band played multiple local gigs, and also released two EPs. In 2007, Faker became a success with their second album, Be the Twilight. Get Loved, their album, was a digital-only free release. Faker was formed in Sydney, Australia, in 1996 and it initially consisted of Nathan Hudson, Paul Youdell, Chris Deal, Marco2000 and Andrew Day. The band spent five years performing small gigs around Sydney and they also released two EPs in this time, Sound Out Loud released 5 March 2001 and Kids on Overload released 15 October 2001. Both these EPs were released to success, however, Teenage Werewolf was put onto heavy rotation by Triple J. Due to a move to France, Marco2000 left Faker in 2000 just after the recording of the bands debut Sound Out Loud EP. Faker were joined in 2003 by Paul Berryman after the departure of Day, Hudson described this as the true beginning for the band. After the recording of Addicted Romantic longtime bassist Paul Youdell and guitarist Jonathan Wilson left the band, being replaced by Nicholas Munnings, in 2006, Phil Downing left the band, citing communication problems with other members. After that point the bands lineup of Hudson, Berryman, Gregory and he was replaced by Lucio Pedrazzi. Fakers debut album, Addicted Romantic, was released on 13 June 2005, the album spent one week, at No.44 and the next week at No. 69, on the ARIA Albums chart, three singles were released from the album, The Familiar, Hurricane, and Love for Sale. None of these made the ARIA Singles chart, but Hurricane reached No.21 on the Triple J Hottest 100,2005. The video for Hurricane was recorded in the Domed Reading Room of the State Library of Victoria, Addicted Romantic was nominated for the inaugural J Award, won by Wolfmother. On Addicted Romantic, Faker worked with producer Lindsay Gravina at Birdland Studios, shortly after signing to Capitol Records, the album was heavily influenced by sexual motifs, with Hudson commenting The first track on the record is about casual sex and confusion through sex. Rather than treat sex as wrapped up in wool, the band intended to be open, upfront
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Evermore (band)
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Evermore are a band originally from Feilding, New Zealand, now based in Melbourne, Australia. The band consists of brothers Jon, Peter and Dann Hume, the band have released three platinum-selling albums, Dreams, Real Life and Truth of the World, Welcome to the Show and a self-titled greatest hits album including three new songs. They have been nominated for seven ARIA Awards, and have won two Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards and they have won the APRA Silver Scroll songwriting award, and the Channel V Oz Artist of the Year Award. Evermore started in 1999 consisting of brothers Jon, Peter, Jon was born in Australia, while Peter and Dann were born in New Zealand. The three were raised and home-schooled in Feilding, Manawatu, the brothers were introduced to music at a young age by their parents, and frequently listened to their record collection. The name Evermore was taken from the Led Zeppelin song The Battle of Evermore in 1999, Jon says the trios parents were highly supportive of them taking up music, stating they always wanted us to do something creative. Nothing was too risky. In 2012, youngest brother Dann took a break from playing drums with Evermore to pursue his own singing and he supported the Lisa Mitchell tour in 2012 as Danco. In 2000, Evermore entered Rockquest with Richard Higham, who played guitar in the band at the time. The band won the competition, and used the money to help fund their studio. Evermores first EP, Slipping Away, was released on 1 December 2002, however, the EP received regular airplay on Triple J, and was thus able to garner the band some attention. Their next EP, the Oil & Water EP, released 13 January 2003 resulted in the bands first concert tour and my Own Way EP, the bands third EP, was released on 15 September 2003, after which the band toured with American band Brad. In August 2003, Evermore appeared on the cover of New Zealand Musician in New Zealand, Dreams, Evermores debut studio album, was released on 27 September 2004 in Australia. It peaked at fifteen on the ARIA albums chart. Three singles were released from the album, Its Too Late, For One Day, and Come to Nothing, the three singles were featured on the New Zealand and Australian promos of The O. C. with Its Too Late ultimately appearing on the show. A remixed version of Its Too Late with Dirty South, titled Its Too Late, was also released, on Dreams, Evermore worked with producer Barrett Jones, who was introduced to the band by Brad on their past tour. The bands Red Sky Studio in Feilding was flooded in February 2004, Dreams differed to Evermores earlier retro-sounding, riff-based pop-rock works, and instead contained a more spacious sound according to Jon. He said he drew inspiration and was influenced by Silverchair and Muse, Jon also noted that the band initially wanted to create a concept album, but stated that we sort of had to tone it back a bit, because we wanted to make a double album. Soundgenerator. com reviewer Eleanor Goodman described Dreams as clear rather than grungy, the band released The Lakeside Sessions Vol.1, an iTunes-exclusive live acoustic EP on 20 December 2005
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The Ting Tings
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The Ting Tings are an English indie pop duo from Salford, Greater Manchester, formed in 2007. The band consists of Katie White and Jules De Martino, the duos debut studio album, We Started Nothing, was released on 19 May 2008 by Columbia Records and peaked at number one on the UK Albums Chart. The album spawned four singles, including Thats Not My Name and their second studio album, Sounds from Nowheresville, was released in February 2012, with the lead single Hang It Up released on 16 January 2012. Their third studio album, Super Critical, was released in October 2014, Katie White started her music career as a school-time hobby in a girl group punk trio TKO—short for Technical Knock Out—with two friends from Lowton School, Marion Grethe Seaman and Emma Lally. The band had success, once sharing the same stage as the bands Steps. While De Martino was in Manchester, the pair bumped into each other, De Martino relocated to Islington Mill Studios in the Salford, Greater Manchester area. The pair, along with friend Simon Templeman, went on to form the Portishead-influenced trio Dear Eskiimo, however, due to a change of directors and managers, the management style of the record label caused them to split. The experience left White and De Martino with a distrust of the music industry, White was a bartender at the Mill while De Martino produced tracks for various artists therein. The pair developed their sound from influences of performers at the Mill, Ting Ting was the name of a Chinese colleague of White at a shop, who told her that it sounded like the pronunciation of bandstand in Mandarin. The band researched the name and found it to mean the sound of innovation on an open mind. Having created three songs, the bands first gig was a free-beer invite all at the Mill in their rented dwelling called the Engine House, subsequent gigs were funded on donations, and after their third gig they were name-checked on XFM. The Islington Mill gigs ended up as some of the most sought-after tickets on the Manchester party scene with various A&R reps and record producers, such as Rick Rubin, asking for tickets. Their first double-A single Thats Not My Name/Great DJ was jointly released by the band and local label, with their second single Fruit Machine, they were on heavy rotation on British radio, including BBC6 Music and others. DJ Marc Riley was the first to have them in session on 6 Music and they had a notable performance at the Glastonbury Festival in 2007, and after an October 2007 tour of universities in the UK with Reverend and the Makers, they signed to Columbia Records. On 14 December 2007, they appeared on Later with Jools Holland, in May 2008, the band credited BBC Introducing for giving them their life changing break after the show spotted the band and put them forward for inclusion in the Glastonbury running order. In January 2008, they were voted third in the annual BBC6 Music poll of industry experts Sound of 2008, for acts to emerge in the coming year. They were the opening act on the 2008 Shockwaves NME Awards Tour, performing with The Cribs, Joe Lean And The Jing Jang Jong. In conjunction with NME and HMV, the band contributed a version of Great DJ to a limited-audience,5
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Michael Jackson
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Michael Joseph Jackson was an American singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer, actor, and philanthropist. Called the King of Pop, his contributions to music, dance, the eighth child of the Jackson family, Michael made his professional debut in 1964 with his elder brothers Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, and Marlon as a member of the Jackson 5. He began his career in 1971. In the early 1980s, Jackson became a dominant figure in popular music, the popularity of these videos helped bring the television channel MTV to fame. Jacksons 1987 album Bad spawned the U. S and he continued to innovate with videos such as Black or White and Scream throughout the 1990s, and forged a reputation as a touring solo artist. Through stage and video performances, Jackson popularized a number of complicated dance techniques, such as the robot and his distinctive sound and style has influenced numerous artists of various music genres. Thriller is the album of all time, with estimated sales of 65 million copies worldwide. Jacksons other albums, including Off the Wall, Bad, Dangerous and he is recognized as the Most Successful Entertainer of All Time by Guinness World Records. Jackson won hundreds of awards, making him the most awarded recording artist in the history of popular music. He became the first artist in history to have a top ten single in the Billboard Hot 100 in five different decades when Love Never Felt So Good reached number nine on May 21,2014. Jackson traveled the world attending events honoring his humanitarianism, and, in 2000, aspects of Jacksons personal life, including his changing appearance, personal relationships, and behavior, generated controversy. In 1993, he was accused of sexual abuse, but the civil case was settled out of court for an undisclosed amount. In 2005, he was tried and acquitted of child sexual abuse allegations. While preparing for his concert series, This Is It, Jackson died of acute propofol and benzodiazepine intoxication on June 25,2009. The Los Angeles County Coroner ruled his death a homicide, and his personal physician, Jacksons death triggered a global outpouring of grief, and a live broadcast of his public memorial service was viewed around the world. Forbes ranks Jackson as the dead celebrity with earnings of $825 million in 2016. Michael Joseph Jackson was born on August 29,1958 and his mother, Katherine Esther Scruse, was a devout Jehovahs Witness. She played clarinet and piano and once aspired to be a country-and-western performer, michaels father, Joseph Walter Joe Jackson, a former boxer, was a steelworker at U. S. Steel
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Thriller (song)
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Thriller is a song recorded by American singer Michael Jackson, composed by Rod Temperton, and produced by Quincy Jones. It is the seventh and final single released by Epic Records from his 1982 studio album Thriller, a 14-minute video showing Jackson in a horror-themed performance premiered on November 14,1983. It was first shown on MTV on December 2,1983, the song was not released as a single until January 23,1984. The song has a voice-over from actor Vincent Price, in the song, sound effects such as a creaking door, thunder, feet walking on wooden planks, winds and howling dogs can be heard, and the lyrics contain frightening themes and elements. Thriller was adapted by director John Landis into a successful music video. At fourteen minutes the video is longer than the song. In the videos most iconic scene, Jackson leads other actors costumed as zombies in a dance routine. In 2009 it was added to the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress, Thriller was written by Rod Temperton, and produced by Quincy Jones. An inspiration was the Jacksons hit This Place Hotel, early titles include Starlight, Starlight Sun and Give Me Some Starlight. The title was changed to Thriller after Michael told Temperton he wanted something that would appeal to kids, while still titled Starlight, the songs hook lyrics were Give me some starlight. But after the song was changed to Thriller the hook was rewritten to Cause this is thriller, Temperton commented, Originally, when I did my Thriller demo, I called it Starlight. Quincy said to me, You managed to come up with a title for the last album, I said, Oh great, so I went back to the hotel, wrote two or three hundred titles, and came up with the title Midnight Man. The next morning, I woke up, and I just said this word, something in my head just said, this is the title. You could visualize it on the top of the Billboard charts and you could see the merchandising for this one word, how it jumped off the page as Thriller. Jones then-wife, Peggy Lipton, who knew Vincent Price, suggested Price for the vocal part, Thriller is considered a disco-funk song. Set in the key of C♯ Modern Dorian, its instrumentation consists of synthesizer, guitar, trumpet, flugelhorn, saxophone, flute, the song has a moderate tempo of 120 beats per minute. The lyrics and sound effects on Thriller pertain to frightful elements, Thriller, along with other songs from Thriller, was recorded by Jackson over the course of eight weeks, in 1982. Jackson recorded the song at Westlake Recording Studios on Santa Monica Boulevard in Los Angeles, Quincy turned to us and he said, OK guys, were here to save the recording industry
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Nice
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Nice is the fifth most populous city in France and the capital of the Alpes-Maritimes département. The urban area of Nice extends beyond the city limits. Nice is about 13 kilometres from the principality of Monaco, the city is nicknamed Nice la Belle, which means Nice the Beautiful, which is also the title of the unofficial anthem of Nice, written by Menica Rondelly in 1912. The area of todays Nice contains Terra Amata, a site which displays evidence of a very early use of fire. Around 350 BC, Greeks of Marseille founded a permanent settlement and called it Nikaia, after Nike, through the ages, the town has changed hands many times. Its strategic location and port significantly contributed to its maritime strength, for centuries it was a dominion of Savoy, and was then part of France between 1792 and 1815, when it was returned to Piedmont-Sardinia until its re-annexation by France in 1860. The citys main seaside promenade, the Promenade des Anglais owes its name to visitors to the resort, for decades now, the picturesque Nicean surroundings have attracted not only those in search of relaxation, but also those seeking inspiration. The clear air and soft light have particularly appealed to some of Western cultures most outstanding painters, such as Marc Chagall, Henri Matisse, Niki de Saint Phalle and Arman. Their work is commemorated in many of the museums, including Musée Marc Chagall, Musée Matisse. Nice has the second largest hotel capacity in the country and it is one of its most visited cities and it also has the third busiest airport in France, after the two main Parisian ones. It is the capital city of the County of Nice. Nice was probably founded around 350 BC by the Greeks of Massalia, the ruins of Cemenelum are in Cimiez, now a district of Nice. In the 7th century, Nice joined the Genoese League formed by the towns of Liguria. In 729 the city repulsed the Saracens, but in 859 and again in 880 the Saracens pillaged and burned it, during the Middle Ages, Nice participated in the wars and history of Italy. As an ally of Pisa it was the enemy of Genoa, during the 13th and 14th centuries the city fell more than once into the hands of the Counts of Provence, but it regained its independence even though related to Genoa. The medieval city walls surrounded the Old Town, the landward side was protected by the River Paillon, which was later covered over and is now the tram route towards the Acropolis. The east side of the town was protected by fortifications on Castle Hill, another river flowed into the port on the east side of Castle Hill. Engravings suggest that the area was also defended by walls
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France
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France, officially the French Republic, is a country with territory in western Europe and several overseas regions and territories. The European, or metropolitan, area of France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, Overseas France include French Guiana on the South American continent and several island territories in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans. France spans 643,801 square kilometres and had a population of almost 67 million people as of January 2017. It is a unitary republic with the capital in Paris. Other major urban centres include Marseille, Lyon, Lille, Nice, Toulouse, during the Iron Age, what is now metropolitan France was inhabited by the Gauls, a Celtic people. The area was annexed in 51 BC by Rome, which held Gaul until 486, France emerged as a major European power in the Late Middle Ages, with its victory in the Hundred Years War strengthening state-building and political centralisation. During the Renaissance, French culture flourished and a colonial empire was established. The 16th century was dominated by civil wars between Catholics and Protestants. France became Europes dominant cultural, political, and military power under Louis XIV, in the 19th century Napoleon took power and established the First French Empire, whose subsequent Napoleonic Wars shaped the course of continental Europe. Following the collapse of the Empire, France endured a succession of governments culminating with the establishment of the French Third Republic in 1870. Following liberation in 1944, a Fourth Republic was established and later dissolved in the course of the Algerian War, the Fifth Republic, led by Charles de Gaulle, was formed in 1958 and remains to this day. Algeria and nearly all the colonies became independent in the 1960s with minimal controversy and typically retained close economic. France has long been a centre of art, science. It hosts Europes fourth-largest number of cultural UNESCO World Heritage Sites and receives around 83 million foreign tourists annually, France is a developed country with the worlds sixth-largest economy by nominal GDP and ninth-largest by purchasing power parity. In terms of household wealth, it ranks fourth in the world. France performs well in international rankings of education, health care, life expectancy, France remains a great power in the world, being one of the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council with the power to veto and an official nuclear-weapon state. It is a member state of the European Union and the Eurozone. It is also a member of the Group of 7, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the World Trade Organization, originally applied to the whole Frankish Empire, the name France comes from the Latin Francia, or country of the Franks
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Palais Nikaia
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Palais Nikaïa is an indoor concert hall and multi-purpose facility located in Nice, France. It opened on 4 April 2001, and is located five minutes drive from Côte dAzur International Airport. On its own, Palais Nikaïa has seats for between 1,500 and 6,250 persons depending upon configuration, with an maximum of 9,000 capacity including those standing. Depeche Mode performed at the hall on May 4,2013 during their Delta Machine Tour. In addition to concerts, Palais Nikaïa can host variety shows, sporting events, conventions
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Antwerp
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Antwerp is a city in Belgium, the capital of Antwerp province in the region of Flanders. With a population of 510,610, it is the most populous city proper in Belgium and its metropolitan area houses around 1,200,000 people, which is second behind Brussels. Antwerp is on the River Scheldt, linked to the North Sea by the Westerschelde estuary, the Port of Antwerp is one of the biggest in the world, ranking second in Europe and within the top 20 globally. Antwerp has long been an important city in the Low Countries, the inhabitants of Antwerp are nicknamed Sinjoren, after the Spanish honorific señor or French seigneur, lord, referring to the Spanish noblemen who ruled the city in the 17th century. The city hosted the 1920 Summer Olympics, according to folklore, notably celebrated by a statue in front of the town hall, the city got its name from a legend about a giant called Antigoon who lived near the Scheldt river. He exacted a toll from passing boatmen, and for those who refused, he severed one of their hands, eventually the giant was killed by a young hero named Silvius Brabo, who cut off the giants own hand and flung it into the river. Hence the name Antwerpen, from Dutch hand werpen, akin to Old English hand and wearpan, a longstanding theory is that the name originated in the Gallo-Roman period and comes from the Latin antverpia. Antverpia would come from Ante Verpia, indicating land that forms by deposition in the curve of a river. Note that the river Scheldt, before a period between 600 and 750, followed a different track. This must have coincided roughly with the current ringway south of the city, however, many historians think it unlikely that there was a large settlement which would be named Antverpia, but more something like an outpost with a river crossing. However, John Lothrop Motley argues, and so do a lot of Dutch etymologists and historians, aan t werp is also possible. This warp is a hill or a river deposit, high enough to remain dry at high tide. Another word for werp is pol hence polders, historical Antwerp allegedly had its origins in a Gallo-Roman vicus. Excavations carried out in the oldest section near the Scheldt, 1952–1961, produced pottery shards, the earliest mention of Antwerp dates from the 4th century. In the 4th century, Antwerp was first named, having been settled by the Germanic Franks, the name was reputed to have been derived from anda and werpum. The Merovingian Antwerp was evangelized by Saint Amand in the 7th century, at the end of the 10th century, the Scheldt became the boundary of the Holy Roman Empire. Antwerp became a margraviate in 980, by the German emperor Otto I, in the 11th century Godfrey of Bouillon was for some years known as the marquis of Antwerp. In the 12th century, Norbert of Xanten established a community of his Premonstratensian canons at St. Michaels Abbey at Caloes
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Belgium
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Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a sovereign state in Western Europe bordered by France, the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg, and the North Sea. It is a small, densely populated country which covers an area of 30,528 square kilometres and has a population of about 11 million people. Additionally, there is a group of German-speakers who live in the East Cantons located around the High Fens area. Historically, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg were known as the Low Countries, the region was called Belgica in Latin, after the Roman province of Gallia Belgica. From the end of the Middle Ages until the 17th century, today, Belgium is a federal constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system of governance. It is divided into three regions and three communities, that exist next to each other and its two largest regions are the Dutch-speaking region of Flanders in the north and the French-speaking southern region of Wallonia. The Brussels-Capital Region is a bilingual enclave within the Flemish Region. A German-speaking Community exists in eastern Wallonia, Belgiums linguistic diversity and related political conflicts are reflected in its political history and complex system of governance, made up of six different governments. Upon its independence, declared in 1830, Belgium participated in the Industrial Revolution and, during the course of the 20th century, possessed a number of colonies in Africa. This continuing antagonism has led to several far-reaching reforms, resulting in a transition from a unitary to a federal arrangement during the period from 1970 to 1993. Belgium is also a member of the Eurozone, NATO, OECD and WTO. Its capital, Brussels, hosts several of the EUs official seats as well as the headquarters of major international organizations such as NATO. Belgium is also a part of the Schengen Area, Belgium is a developed country, with an advanced high-income economy and is categorized as very high in the Human Development Index. A gradual immigration by Germanic Frankish tribes during the 5th century brought the area under the rule of the Merovingian kings, a gradual shift of power during the 8th century led the kingdom of the Franks to evolve into the Carolingian Empire. Many of these fiefdoms were united in the Burgundian Netherlands of the 14th and 15th centuries, the Eighty Years War divided the Low Countries into the northern United Provinces and the Southern Netherlands. The latter were ruled successively by the Spanish and the Austrian Habsburgs and this was the theatre of most Franco-Spanish and Franco-Austrian wars during the 17th and 18th centuries. The reunification of the Low Countries as the United Kingdom of the Netherlands occurred at the dissolution of the First French Empire in 1815, although the franchise was initially restricted, universal suffrage for men was introduced after the general strike of 1893 and for women in 1949. The main political parties of the 19th century were the Catholic Party, French was originally the single official language adopted by the nobility and the bourgeoisie
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Sportpaleis
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The Antwerps Sportpaleis, also called Sportpaleis Antwerpen, Sportpaleis Merksem or simply the Sportpaleis, is an arena in Antwerp, Belgium. It is a hall where concerts, sporting events, festivals. The arena was built for sport, especially cycling, but there is now little sport there. According to Billboard Magazine, the Sportpaleis is the second most visited event hall in the world, the Sportpaleis is known for performances by both Dutch-speaking and international artists. It also hosts the Nekka-Nacht, the Proximus Diamond Games tennis tournament for women and Pop Poll De Luxe, the main building is 88 metres wide and 132 metres long and has a roof spanning 11.600 m². Under the stands, there is a cycling track 250 meters long and 8 meters wide. The arena is elliptical and has two floors, next to the Sportpaleis is its sister venue the Lotto Arena, a hall that can accommodate 8,000 spectators. Building started on 11 January 1932 and it lasted 21 months, on 11 September 1933, the building was completed, the largest indoor arena in Europe. The Sportpaleis was built by the The Apostel-Mampaey family from Boom and they were internationally renowned velodrome builders from 1907 up until the Second World War. The velodrome builders of Boom were very much in demand and they built tracks in Gentbrugge, Wilrijk ‘Garden City’, Nice and Marseille, Ostend, Brussel-Heizel and Oudenaarde. The famous ‘Kuipke’ in Ghent and the more famous Sportpaleis in Deurne. In 2008 a book De velodroombouwers Apostel-Mampaey was published, on 29 September 1956, road cycling world champion Stan Ockers died a few days after a crash in his 116th performance at the track. On 19 November 1988, Roy Orbison gave his last performance in Europe at the Sportpaleis, janet Jackson was scheduled to perform during her All for You Tour on 29 November 2001, but the show was cancelled with the rest of her European tour because of possible terrorist threats. The same happened on her 2016 Unbreakable World Tour because of scheduling conflicts, american R&B singer, Beyoncé performed on her The Beyoncé Experience Tour, on 19 May 2007. On 7 May 2009, Beyoncé returned for her I Am, tickets for two consecutive concerts on 14 &15 May 2013, as part of the The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour, sold out in under an hour, a new record. The first show on 14 May 2013 was cancelled three hours before the show and rescheduled to 31 May 2013 and she subsequently beat her own record by selling 40,000 tickets in under one hour for two 2014 concerts at the venue. Dutch symphonic metal band Within Temptation celebrated their 15 anniversary with a special show entitled Elements at the Sportpaleis. They were accompanied by the renowned Il Novecentro Orchestra and some special guests, the concert was held on November 13,2012, and was sold out
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Rotterdam
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Rotterdam is a city in the Netherlands, located in South Holland, within the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt river delta at the North Sea. Its history goes back to 1270 when a dam was constructed in the Rotte river by people settled around it for safety, in 1340 Rotterdam was granted city rights by the Count of Holland and slowly grew into a major logistic and economic centre. Nowadays it is home to Europes largest port and has a population of 633,471, ranking second in the Netherlands, just behind Amsterdam. The Greater Rijnmond area is home to approximately 1.4 million people, Rotterdam is part of the yet larger Randstad conurbation with a total population of 7,100,000. The city of Rotterdam is known for the Erasmus University, riverside setting, lively cultural life, the near-complete destruction of Rotterdams city centre during World War II has resulted in a varied architectural landscape including sky-scrapers, which are an uncommon sight in other Dutch cities. Rotterdam is home to some world-famous architecture from renowned architects like Rem Koolhaas, Piet Blom, Ben van Berkel and others. Recently Rotterdam was listed eighth in The Rough Guide Top 10 Cities to Visit, the port of Rotterdam is the largest cargo port in Europe and the 10th largest in the world. Rotterdams logistic success is based on its location on the North Sea. The rivers Rhine, Meuse, and Scheldt give waterway access into the heart of Western Europe, the extensive distribution system including rail, roads, and waterways have earned Rotterdam the nickname Gateway to Europe, and, conversely, Gateway to the World in Europe. The settlement at the end of the fen stream Rotte dates from at least 900 CE. A dam on the Rotte or Rotterdam was built in the 1260s and was located at the present-day Hoogstraat, on 7 July 1340, Count Willem IV of Holland granted city rights to Rotterdam, which then had approximately 2,000 inhabitants. The port of Rotterdam grew slowly but steadily into a port of importance, becoming the seat of one of the six chambers of the Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie, the greatest spurt of growth, both in port activity and population, followed the completion of the Nieuwe Waterweg in 1872. The city and harbor started to expand on the bank of the river. The Witte Huis or White House skyscraper, inspired by American office buildings and built in 1898 in the French Château-style, is evidence of Rotterdams rapid growth, when completed, it was the tallest office building in Europe, with a height of 45 m. During World War I the city was the worlds largest spy centre because of Dutch neutrality, many spies who were arrested and executed in Britain were led by German secret agents operating from Rotterdam. MI6 had its main European office on de Boompjes, from there the British coordinated espionage in Germany and occupied Belgium. In WWI an average of 25,000 Belgian refugees lived in the city, as well as hundreds of German deserters, during World War II, the German army invaded the Netherlands on 10 May 1940. Adolf Hitler had hoped to conquer the country in just one day, the Dutch army was finally forced to capitulate on 15 May 1940, following Hitlers bombing of Rotterdam on 14 May and threatening to bomb other Dutch cities
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Netherlands
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The Netherlands is the main constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a densely populated country located in Western Europe with three territories in the Caribbean. The European part of the Netherlands borders Germany to the east, Belgium to the south, and the North Sea to the northwest, sharing borders with Belgium, the United Kingdom. The three largest cities in the Netherlands are Amsterdam, Rotterdam and The Hague, Amsterdam is the countrys capital, while The Hague holds the Dutch seat of parliament and government. The port of Rotterdam is the worlds largest port outside East-Asia, the name Holland is used informally to refer to the whole of the country of the Netherlands. Netherlands literally means lower countries, influenced by its low land and flat geography, most of the areas below sea level are artificial. Since the late 16th century, large areas have been reclaimed from the sea and lakes, with a population density of 412 people per km2 –507 if water is excluded – the Netherlands is classified as a very densely populated country. Only Bangladesh, South Korea, and Taiwan have both a population and higher population density. Nevertheless, the Netherlands is the worlds second-largest exporter of food and agricultural products and this is partly due to the fertility of the soil and the mild climate. In 2001, it became the worlds first country to legalise same-sex marriage, the Netherlands is a founding member of the EU, Eurozone, G-10, NATO, OECD and WTO, as well as being a part of the Schengen Area and the trilateral Benelux Union. The first four are situated in The Hague, as is the EUs criminal intelligence agency Europol and this has led to the city being dubbed the worlds legal capital. The country also ranks second highest in the worlds 2016 Press Freedom Index, the Netherlands has a market-based mixed economy, ranking 17th of 177 countries according to the Index of Economic Freedom. It had the thirteenth-highest per capita income in the world in 2013 according to the International Monetary Fund, in 2013, the United Nations World Happiness Report ranked the Netherlands as the seventh-happiest country in the world, reflecting its high quality of life. The Netherlands also ranks joint second highest in the Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index, the region called Low Countries and the country of the Netherlands have the same toponymy. Place names with Neder, Nieder, Nether and Nedre and Bas or Inferior are in use in all over Europe. They are sometimes used in a relation to a higher ground that consecutively is indicated as Upper, Boven, Oben. In the case of the Low Countries / the Netherlands the geographical location of the region has been more or less downstream. The geographical location of the region, however, changed over time tremendously
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Ahoy Rotterdam
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Ahoy Rotterdam is a convention centre and arena located in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Since opening in 1950, the centre has hosted exhibitions, concerts. The centre consists of three parts, the Beurs- & Evenementenhallen, Congres- & Vergadercentrum and Ahoy Arena. The main concert venue, the Ahoy Arena, opened on 15 January 1971, the basis of the present Ahoy was laid in 1950. After the devastation caused by the Second World War, the city of Rotterdam had worked on reconstruction, to mark the occasion, the Rotterdam Ahoy. Exhibition was held in a hall on the site where the medical faculty of the Erasmus University now stands. The exhibition hall was called the Ahoy-Hal, the apostrophe is a remnant of the original exclamation mark. The hall was used for a series of national and international events, during the North Sea flood of 1953 the hall also proved its worth as a reception centre for victims. Ahoy Rotterdam, in its current form, was built in 1970, the complex’s striking design won various national and international awards for its special steel structures. The design of the venue took inspiration from the water, with the laid out like a ship. The first event to be there was the Femina family exhibition. Since then, Ahoy has been expanded on a number of occasions, on 18,19 and 20 February 1977, Pink Floyd In the Flesh World Tour. In 1977 the progressive rock band Yes played there on their tour in support of their album Going For The One, the whole show was recorded and Parallels and Wonderous Stories were featured on the live album Yesshows. In 1978, Bob Marley and the Wailers played there, in 1979 ABBA played there as part of ABBA, The Tour. In 1980 Led Zeppelin played there as part of their Tour Over Europe 1980, in 1980 and 1988, Frank Zappa and his band played there. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band performed at the arena on April 28 and 29,1981 as part of the River Tour, Springsteen would perform there again with the band in 2002, in addition to performances with other lineups in 1993,2005, and 2006. From 1982 to 2007, Diana Ross performed there more than 20 times, in 1986 and 1988, Whitney Houston performed there five times in the 1980s with two world tours and 11 times in the 1990s with three world tours. In 1989 Bon Jovi performed there for his New Jersey Syndicate Tour and he returned four years later for his Keep the Faith Tour
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Regensburg
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Regensburg is a city in south-east Germany, situated at the confluence of the Danube, Naab and Regen rivers. With over 140,000 inhabitants, Regensburg is the fourth-largest city in the State of Bavaria after Munich, the city is the political, economic and cultural centre of Eastern Bavaria and the capital of the Bavarian administrative region Upper Palatinate. The medieval centre of the city is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in 2014, Regensburg was among the top sights and travel attractions in Germany. Generally known in English as Ratisbon until well into the twentieth century, the first settlements in Regensburg date from the Stone Age. The Celtic name Radasbona was the oldest given to a settlement near the present city, around AD90, the Romans built a fort there. In 179, a new Roman fort Castra Regina was built for Legio III Italica during the reign of Emperor Marcus Aurelius. It is believed that as early as in late Roman times the city was the seat of a bishop, from the early 6th century, Regensburg was the seat of a ruling family known as the Agilolfings. From about 530 to the first half of the 13th century, Regensburg remained an important city during the reign of Charlemagne. After the partition of the Carolingian Empire in 843, the city became the seat of the Eastern Frankish ruler, two years later, fourteen Bohemian princes came to Regensburg to receive baptism there. This was the point of Christianization of the Czechs. These events had a impact on the cultural history of the Czech lands, as they were consequently part of the Roman Catholic. A memorial plate at St Johns Church was unveiled a few years ago, commemorating the incident in the Czech, on 8 December 899 Arnulf of Carinthia, descendant of Charlemagne, died at Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany. In 800 AD the city had 23,000 inhabitants and by 1000 AD this had almost doubled to 40,000 people. In 1096, on the way to the First Crusade, Peter the Hermit led a mob of Crusaders that attempted to force the conversion of the Jews of Regensburg. Between 1135 and 1146, the Stone Bridge across the Danube was built at Regensburg and this bridge opened major international trade routes between northern Europe and Venice, and this began Regensburgs golden age as a residence of wealthy trading families. Regensburg became the centre of southern Germany and was celebrated for its gold work. In 1245 Regensburg became a Free Imperial City and was a centre before the shifting of trade routes in the late Middle Ages. At the end of the 15th century in 1486, Regensburg became part of the Duchy of Bavaria, the city adopted the Protestant Reformation in 1542 and its Town Council remained entirely Lutheran
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Germany
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Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a federal parliamentary republic in central-western Europe. It includes 16 constituent states, covers an area of 357,021 square kilometres, with about 82 million inhabitants, Germany is the most populous member state of the European Union. After the United States, it is the second most popular destination in the world. Germanys capital and largest metropolis is Berlin, while its largest conurbation is the Ruhr, other major cities include Hamburg, Munich, Cologne, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Düsseldorf and Leipzig. Various Germanic tribes have inhabited the northern parts of modern Germany since classical antiquity, a region named Germania was documented before 100 AD. During the Migration Period the Germanic tribes expanded southward, beginning in the 10th century, German territories formed a central part of the Holy Roman Empire. During the 16th century, northern German regions became the centre of the Protestant Reformation, in 1871, Germany became a nation state when most of the German states unified into the Prussian-dominated German Empire. After World War I and the German Revolution of 1918–1919, the Empire was replaced by the parliamentary Weimar Republic, the establishment of the national socialist dictatorship in 1933 led to World War II and the Holocaust. After a period of Allied occupation, two German states were founded, the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic, in 1990, the country was reunified. In the 21st century, Germany is a power and has the worlds fourth-largest economy by nominal GDP. As a global leader in industrial and technological sectors, it is both the worlds third-largest exporter and importer of goods. Germany is a country with a very high standard of living sustained by a skilled. It upholds a social security and universal health system, environmental protection. Germany was a member of the European Economic Community in 1957. It is part of the Schengen Area, and became a co-founder of the Eurozone in 1999, Germany is a member of the United Nations, NATO, the G8, the G20, and the OECD. The national military expenditure is the 9th highest in the world, the English word Germany derives from the Latin Germania, which came into use after Julius Caesar adopted it for the peoples east of the Rhine. This in turn descends from Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz popular, derived from *þeudō, descended from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂- people, the discovery of the Mauer 1 mandible shows that ancient humans were present in Germany at least 600,000 years ago. The oldest complete hunting weapons found anywhere in the world were discovered in a mine in Schöningen where three 380, 000-year-old wooden javelins were unearthed
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Donau Arena
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Donau Arena is an arena in Regensburg, Germany. The arena opened in 2001 and holds 4,936 people and it is primarily used for ice hockey. Bob Dylan performed at the arena during his 2000 European Tour on May 25,2000, P. nk Performed at the arena on March 5,2009 during her Funhouse Tour
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Friedrichshafen
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Friedrichshafen is an industrial city on the northern shoreline of Lake Constance in Southern Germany, near both the borders of Switzerland and Austria. It is the capital of the Bodensee district in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg. Friedrichshafen has a population of c, Friedrichshafen was established in 1811 as part of the new Kingdom of Württemberg, an ally of France during the Napoleonic Wars. It was named for King Frederick I of Württemberg, who privileged it as a free port, Friedrichshafen was created from the former city of Buchhorn, whose coat of arms it adopted. The new city incorporated the former village of Hofen, whose monastery was refurbished to serve as the summer residence of the Württemberger kings. King William I continued improving the city, including the purchase of the steamship Wilhelm, ministers and senior officials built villas around the royal castle, and many foreign tourists visited the city as well, including Tsar Alexander II of Russia. The first track laid by the Royal Württemberg State Railways connected the port to Ravensburg in 1847, heilbronn was connected in 1850, and a ferry to Romanshorn, Switzerland, began operating in 1869. Ferdinand von Zeppelin established his famous dirigible factory at the end of the 19th century, the 128m-long LZ1 airship rose from its mooring on July 2,1900. Other aviation companies, including Maybach, also arose in Friedrichshafen to help service the industry, the 1937 Hindenburg disaster and a subsequent embargo of American helium to Germany, however, effectively ended the production of German dirigibles. As of 2012,12 scheduled routes were offered with additional flights to selected cities, presently, a yearly aviation conference hosts the latest in European aircraft designs. AERO Friedrichshafen hosted an attendance of 33,400 in 2011, aero 2013 took place on 24–27 April 2013 at Friedrichshafen Airport. Friedrichshafen served the Nazis as a resort for workers, the presence of Zeppelin, Maybach, Dornier, and Zahnradfabrik also made it an important industrial center for Germany during World War II. Between 1942 and 1945, these factories employed hundreds of concentration camp prisoners from Dachau and Dora-Mittelbau and they were housed first at Zeppelins hangar and then, following its destruction during a raid, the V-2 factory Raderach. The prisoners were used to dig underground tunnels near Friedrichshafen to protect production sites from the repeated bombing. Between June 1943 and February 1945, the city was the site for eleven Allied bombing attacks, the most serious took place on April 28,1944, and destroyed most of the old town center. Approximately two-thirds of the city was destroyed over the course of the war, following World War II, Friedrichshafen was part of the French occupation zone before its incorporation into Baden-Württemberg, West Germany. The German aeronautics industry was again banned for years after the war. The citys principal recovery dates to its establishment as the seat of the Bodenseekreis district of, West Germany
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Oberhausen
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Oberhausen is a city on the river Emscher in the Ruhr Area, Germany, located between Duisburg and Essen. The city hosts the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen and its Gasometer Oberhausen is a point of the European Route of Industrial Heritage. The citys Sea Life Centre was home to Paul the Octopus, Oberhausen was named for its 1847 railway station which had taken its name from the Castle Oberhausen. The new borough was formed in 1862 following inflow of people for the coal mines. Awarded town rights in 1874, Oberhausen absorbed several neighbouring boroughs including Alstaden, parts of Styrum, Oberhausen became a city in 1901, and they incorporated the towns of Sterkrade and Osterfeld in 1929. The Ruhrchemie AG synthetic oil plant was a target of the Oil Campaign of World War II. In 1973 Thyssen employed 14,000 people in Oberhausen in the steel industry, in 1954 the city began hosting the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, and the 1982 Deutscher Filmpreis was awarded to a group that wrote the Oberhausen Manifesto. The age breakdown of the population is, There are 12. 5% non-Germans living in Oberhausen
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Paris
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Paris is the capital and most populous city of France. It has an area of 105 square kilometres and a population of 2,229,621 in 2013 within its administrative limits, the agglomeration has grown well beyond the citys administrative limits. By the 17th century, Paris was one of Europes major centres of finance, commerce, fashion, science, and the arts, and it retains that position still today. The aire urbaine de Paris, a measure of area, spans most of the Île-de-France region and has a population of 12,405,426. It is therefore the second largest metropolitan area in the European Union after London, the Metropole of Grand Paris was created in 2016, combining the commune and its nearest suburbs into a single area for economic and environmental co-operation. Grand Paris covers 814 square kilometres and has a population of 7 million persons, the Paris Region had a GDP of €624 billion in 2012, accounting for 30.0 percent of the GDP of France and ranking it as one of the wealthiest regions in Europe. The city is also a rail, highway, and air-transport hub served by two international airports, Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Paris-Orly. Opened in 1900, the subway system, the Paris Métro. It is the second busiest metro system in Europe after Moscow Metro, notably, Paris Gare du Nord is the busiest railway station in the world outside of Japan, with 262 millions passengers in 2015. In 2015, Paris received 22.2 million visitors, making it one of the top tourist destinations. The association football club Paris Saint-Germain and the rugby union club Stade Français are based in Paris, the 80, 000-seat Stade de France, built for the 1998 FIFA World Cup, is located just north of Paris in the neighbouring commune of Saint-Denis. Paris hosts the annual French Open Grand Slam tennis tournament on the red clay of Roland Garros, Paris hosted the 1900 and 1924 Summer Olympics and is bidding to host the 2024 Summer Olympics. The name Paris is derived from its inhabitants, the Celtic Parisii tribe. Thus, though written the same, the name is not related to the Paris of Greek mythology. In the 1860s, the boulevards and streets of Paris were illuminated by 56,000 gas lamps, since the late 19th century, Paris has also been known as Panam in French slang. Inhabitants are known in English as Parisians and in French as Parisiens and they are also pejoratively called Parigots. The Parisii, a sub-tribe of the Celtic Senones, inhabited the Paris area from around the middle of the 3rd century BC. One of the areas major north-south trade routes crossed the Seine on the île de la Cité, this place of land and water trade routes gradually became a town
