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NEWS 2008

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 USA   2nd November 2008   Rosanne Cash, Poets & Prophets - Library of Congress -
Washington DC
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 USA   31st August 2008   Mark O'Connor Hot Swing at Tanglewood Music Festival - Lenox, MA

 18th - 20th July 2008   Barney, the popular kids TV show will be appearing at INEC in Killarney, Kerry, Ireland.

 14th - 16th July 2008   Barney, the popular kids TV show will be appearing at the TF Royal Theatre in Castlebar, Ireland.

 USA   14th July 2008   Earl Scruggs

 USA   11th July 2008   Cirque de la Symphonie

 USA   10th July 2008   Mark O'Connor & Maya Beiser.

 USA   8th & 9th July 2008   The Blue Planet Live!

 USA   2nd July 2008   Mark O'Connor's Hot Swing Trio with Chris Thile & Punch Brothers.

 USA   1st July 2008   Jazz at Lincoln Center with Wynton Marsalis.

 USA   1st - 15th July 2008   Seattle Symphony Summerfest, Festival Director Mark O'Connor, with Wynton Marsalis, Earl Scruggs, Bela Fleck, Seattle Symphony, Hot Swing, cellist Maya Beiser, Cirque de la Symphony and Blue Planets

 July 2008  - Paul Potts - World Tour Dates

Wednesday 9th London Roy' Albert Hall Friday 25th Eskilstuna Sundb. Slotts
Tuesday 24th Helsingborg Sof. Slott Saturday 26th Goteborg Stora Torp

 22nd June 2008   Westlife are performing at the Fitzgerald Stadium in Killarney, Ireland. Contracted in association with Liz Hobbs Group.

 27th June 2008   Meatloaf is performing at Plymouth Argyle FC. Contracted in association with Liz Hobbs Group.

 28th June 2008   Westlife are performing at Plymouth Argyle FC. Contracted in association with Liz Hobbs Group.

 USA   20th June 2008   Rosanne Cash - Poets & Prophets:  International Festival of Arts & Ideas - Yale Univ - New Haven CT

 June 2008  - Paul Potts - World Tour Dates

Sunday 1st Ballerup Arena Friday 6th Helsinki Finlandia
Tuesday 3rd Herning Messecenter Sunday 8th Amsterdam HMH
Wednesday 4th Sonderborg Castle Monday 9th Amsterdam HMH

 8th May 2008  Whitney Houston has been contracted to perform at the annual Caudwell Children’s Charity Ball at Battersea Evolution in London.

 May 2008  - Paul Potts - World Tour Dates

Saturday 3rd Seoul Welch-Ryang Aud. Tuesday 20th Odense Amfitheater
Sunday 4th Seoul Welch-Ryang Aud. Thursday 22nd Stockholm Solnhallen
Tuesday 13th Fredericksborg F'hallen Friday 23rd Malmoe Icehall
Wednesday 14th Copenhagen Falconer Saturday 24th Gotenborg Liseberg
Thursday 15th Copenhagen Falconer Monday 26th Malmoe Icehall
Saturday 17th Auning GL. Estrup Tuesday 27th Oslo Koncerthuset
Sunday 18th Aalborg Skovdalen Saturday 31st Odense Amfitheater

 April 2008  - Paul Potts - World Tour Dates

Sunday 6th Christchurch  Town Hall Friday 18th Brisbane Concert Hall
Tuesday 8th Wellington M. Fowler Ct Sunday 20th Sydney Opera House
Friday 11th Rotorua Energy Ev'ts Ct Monday 21st Melbourne Hamer Theatre
Sunday 13th Auckland ASB Wednesday 23rd Perth Burswood Theatre
Monday 14th Auckland ASB Tuesday 29th Tokyo Bunkamura Hall
Wednesday 16th Adelaide Fest. Theatre Wednesday 30th Tokyo Bunkamura Hall

 5th April 2008  Simply Red performed a corporate show at the Formula One race in Bahrain.

 February 2008  - Paul Potts - World Tour Dates

Friday 1st Cardiff  Int. Arena Monday 11th Bristol Hippodrome
Saturday 2nd Manchester B'water Hall Tuesday 12th Birmingham Symphony Hall
Sunday 3rd Liverpool Empire Wednesday 13th Birmingham Symphony Hall
Tuesday 5th Brighton Centre Friday 15th Stoke Victoria Hall
Wednesday 6th Oxford New Theatre Saturday 16th Ipswich Regent Theatre
Friday 8th Plymouth Pavilions Sunday 17th London Hammersmith Apollo
Saturday 9th Portsmouth Guildhall    

 January 2008  - Paul Potts - World Tour Dates

Thursday 17th Rhyl Pavilions Friday 25th Aberdeen  Music Hall
Friday 18th Rhyl Pavilions Saturday 26th Glasgow Clyde Auditorium
Saturday 19th Peterborough Bro'way Sunday 27th Edinburgh Playhouse
Monday 21st Cambridge Corn Exch. Tuesday 29th Newcastle City Hall
Tuesday 22nd Nottingham Royal Cent. Wednesday 30th Sheffield City Hall
Wednesday 23rd Harrogate Int. Centre    

 March 2008  - X-Factor - Tour Dates

Saturday 1st Manchester Arena Thursday 13th Cardiff Arena
Tuesday 4th Liverpool Arena Saturday 15th Bournemouth IC
Thursday 6th Brighton Arena Sunday 16th Bournemouth IC
Friday 7th Brighton Arena Monday 17th Bournemouth IC
Saturday 8th Brighton Arena Tuesday 18th Birmingham NEC
Sunday 9th London 02 Wednesday 19th Birmingham NEC
Tuesday 11th Cardiff Arena Friday 21st London Wembley Arena
Wednesday 12th Cardiff Arena    

 February 2008  - X-Factor - Tour Dates 

Monday 11th Belfast Odyssey Thursday 21st Glasgow SECC
Tuesday 12th Belfast Odyssey Friday 22nd Glasgow SECC
Saturday 16th Newcastle Arena Saturday 23rd Glasgow SECC
Sunday 17th Aberdeen ECC Sunday 24th Sheffield Arena
Monday 18th Aberdeen ECC Wednesday 27th Nottingham Arena
Tuesday 19th Aberdeen ECC Friday 29th Manchester Arena

 11th January 2007  - Take That performed for the charity Outward Bound, in association with Sunseeker at Old Billingsgate.

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 22nd December 2007  - Girls Aloud performed a corporate show in Moscow.

 November 2007  - Ben Mills Tour Dates

Wednesday 7th Peterborough Broadway Tuesday 20th Leicester de Montfort Hall
Friday 9th Newcastle City Hall Wednesday 21st Plymouth Pavilion
Saturday 10th Glasgow Clyde Audit. Thursday 22nd Poole Lighthouse
Sunday 11th Aberdeen Music Hall Friday 23rd Bristol Colston Hall
Tuesday 13th Ipswich Regent Theatre Sunday 25th Bradford St George’s Hall
Wednesday 14th Birmingham Symp. Hall Monday 26th Cardiff St David’s Hall
Friday 16th Blackburn King George Tuesday 27th Brighton Dome
Saturday 17th Liverpool Philharmonic Wednesday 28th Shepherds Bush Empire
Sunday 18th Manchester Apollo    

 17th October 2007   Olympisky Stadium, Moscow, Russia - booked Beyonce Knowles


 September - October 2007  - Ray Quinn Tour Dates

September Venue Friday 12th Newcastle City Hall
Thursday 27th Rhyl - Pavillions Saturday 13th Glasgow Clyde Auditorium
Saturday 29th Peterborough Broadway Sunday 14th Aberdeen Music Hall

October

Venue

Tuesday 16th Sheffield City Hall
Monday 1st Manchester Apollo Wednesday 17th Wolverhampton Civic Hall
Tuesday 2nd Manchester Apollo Friday 19th Plymouth Pavilions
Wednesday 3rd Birmingham Symp. Hall Saturday 20th Cardiff International Arena
Friday 5th Bristol Colston Hall Sunday 21st Brighton Centre
Saturday 6th Oxford New Theatre Monday 22nd Nottingham Royal Centre
Sunday 7th Ipswich Regent Theatre Wednesday 24th Hammersmith Apollo
Tuesday 9th Blackburn King George Thursday 25th Liverpool Empire
Wednesday 10th Bradford St George’s H.    

 14th July 2007  Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney, Ireland - booked Pink.

 9th July 2007  Kiev - booked George Michael.

 7th July 2007  Clifton College, Bristol - booked Russell Watson.

 6th July 2007  La Dolce Vita Ball - booked Lemar and Beverley Knight.

                   

 5th/6th July 2007  Moscow, Olympiski - booked George Michael.

 4th July 2007  Old Fairground in Damascus, Syria - booked Enrique Iglesias

 9th June 2007  Castle Kelinheubach, Germany - booked Elton John

 1st June 2007  Hull City FC - booked The Who.

 26th May 2007  Swansea City FC - booked The Who.

 22nd April 2007  Private party, Moscow – booked Leona Lewis.

 March - April 2007  - Lemar Tour Dates

Tuesday 13th Rhyl Pavilion Thursday 29th Bournemouth Intl Centre
Thursday 15th Manchester Apollo Friday 30th Cardiff Intl Arena
Friday 16th Manchester Apollo

 April Dates

 Venues
Saturday 17th Harrogate Centre Sunday 1st Ipswich Regent
Monday 19th Sheffield City Hall Monday 2nd Norwich UEA
Tuesday 20th Newcastle City Hall Tuesday 3rd Southend Cliffs Pavilion
Wednesday 21st Glasgow Clyde Auditor. Thursday 5th Leicester De Montford H.
Friday 23rd Nottingham Royal Cent. Friday 6th Swindon Oasis
Saturday 24th Birmingham NIA Saturday 7th Brighton Centre
Sunday 25th Cambridge Corn Exch. Monday 9th Hammersmith Apollo
Tuesday 27th Bristol Colston Hall Tuesday 10 Hammersmith Apollo
Wednesday 28th Plymouth Pavilions    

 March 2007  -  X-Factor Tour Dates 

Thursday 1st Manchester Arena Sunday 11th Cardiff Int. Arena
Friday 2nd Manchester Arena Monday 12th Cardiff Int. Arena
Saturday 3rd Manchester Arena Tuesday 13th Cardiff Int. Arena
Sunday 4th Glasgow SECC Thursday 15th London Wembley Arena
Monday 5th Glasgow SECC Friday 16th London Wembley Arena
Wednesday 7th Brighton Centre Saturday 17th London Wembley Arena
Thursday 8th Brighton Centre Sunday 18th Brighton Centre
Friday 9th Brighton Centre Tuesday 20th Belfast Oddysey
Saturday 10th Cardiff Int. Arena Wednesday 21st Dublin Point

 February 2007  - X-Factor Tour Dates 

Friday 16th Newcastle Arena Friday 23rd Sheffield Arena
Saturday 17th Newcastle Arena Saturday 24th Sheffield Arena
Sunday 18th Aberdeen ECC Sunday 25th Birmingham NEC
Monday 19th Aberdeen ECC Monday 26th Birmingham NEC
Wednesday 21st Nottingham Arena Tuesday 27th Bournemouth Int. Centre
Thursday 22nd Nottingham Arena Wednesday 28th Bournemouth Int. Centre

 24th February 2007  12th Annual Thisday awards – Lagos, Nigeria – booked Lemar .

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NEWS 2006

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 9th December 2006  Private Christmas Party – Formby – Booked Lionel Richie, Will Young and Westlife.

 14th August 2006  Jessye Norman performed at the Perelada Festival, Spain on Monday 14th August 2006.

 27th July 2006  Deep Purple performed at the Melina Mercouri Theatre in Athens, on Thursday 27th July 2006.

 14th July 2006  Billy Joel performed at the Rose Bowl, Southampton on Friday 14th July 2006.

 10th July 2006  Shakira performed at the Olympic Stadium, presented by Heaven Live and Aenima Concerts (in association with Mirage and ITB).

 5th July 2006  The Red Hot Chili Peppers performed at Pride Park Stadium, Derby County Football Club on Wednesday 5th July 2006. The event was promoted by Live Nation.

 30th June 2006  Red Hot Chili Peppers will be performing at Portman Road, Ipswich Town Football Club on Friday 30th June 2006. This event will be promoted by Live
Nation. Tickets are available for purchase online from Ticketmaster
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 28th June 2006 

THE WHO performed live at Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol City Football Club, on Wednesday 28th June 2006.

The Bristol show was part of a Summer UK tour which saw original members Roger Daltrey (vocals) and Pete Townshend (lead guitar) performing songs from their extensive catalogue of hits dating back to the 1960's - including 'My Generation', 'Substitute' and 'Pinball Wizard'.

 

 24th June 2006   Ronan Keating performed at Ashton Gate Stadium in Bristol. G4, Natasha Hamilton, Ross Copperman plus new and exctiting recording artist Abi Ryan were all performing on the night.

 13th June 2006   Bon Jovi performed at Hull City Football Club on Tuesday 13th June 2006.

 27th May 2006  Ricky Martin performed at BEIL Lebanon presented by the Beiteddine Festival in association with Mirage Promotions.

 28th April 2006  Dame Kiri te Kanawa performed at Patras 2006, Greece in association with BPR Productions.

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NEWS 2005

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 22nd December 2005  Singer, songwriter Jem performed in Moscow.

 17th December 2005  The Darkness, Jonathan Ross, Boney M, Alan Carr.
Venue: Gloucester Football Club, Gloucester. This private, corporate event took place in a sensational marquee on behalf of Fasthosts for their Christmas office celebrations. The event was put together in under three weeks.


 3rd December 2005  Dame Kiri te Kanawa will be performing in Bergen, Norway.

 5th November 2005  Phil Collins will be performing in Beirut at BIEL.


 

 9th & 10th September 2005  Lisa Stansfield in concert at the Kutuzov Casino in Moscow.

 20th-27th July 2005  The world's most successful musical - Mamma Mia opens at the Beiteddine Festival, Lebanon.


 9th July 2005  One of the greatest opera singers in the world, Jose Carreras is to perform live in Bristol at the 2005 Clifton College Close concert with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. This is a rare chance to see Carreras live in the UK and people are expected to travel from all over the country to hear the maestro in action.
 

 8th July 2005  REM in concert at Ipswich Town Football Club.

 6th July 2005   REM in concert at Nottingham Forest Football Club (with Squareleg Entertainment).

 

 5th July 2005   REM in concert at Hull City Football Club.

 1st July 2005  Rod Stewart will be performing his Greatest Hits and American Songbook concert at Bristol City Football.

 26th June 2005  Rod Stewart in Concert at Derby County Football Club.
 

 

 14th June 2005  Neil Diamond in concert at Bristol City Football Club (with Squareleg Entertainment).


 26th May 2005  Neil Diamond in concert at Ipswich Town Football Club.

 22nd May 2005   Neil Diamond in concert at Hull City Football Club.

 19th March 2005   Jose Carreras will be performing at the Grieghallen in Bergen.

 19th February 2005  Whitney Houston performed at the Barcelona Convention Centre.
 

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NEWS 2004

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 25th December 2004  Kylie Minogue - Private Event, Moscow (with Vita Troitskaya, Atak Concerts).

 3rd October 2004  Max Raabe Palastorchestra,  Moscow for Auto Germania (Porsche, Mercedes, BMW, Audi and Volkswagen) - presented by One Music.

 24th July 2004  Tom Jones will appear in concert at Castle Howard in North Yorkshire for Musical Associates.

 July 1st-4th 2004  Raymond Gaspar and Radio One are presenting the inaugural Beirut International Jazz Awards at the Beirut Marina. The program is as follows:

July 1st: Abed Azrie
July 2nd: Jacques Loussier Trio
July 3rd: Tanya Maria and Viva Brazil Quartet
July 4th: John McLaughlin and Shakhti

 July 3rd 2004   Jose Carreras will perform with his pianist and string quartet at the Irish National Events Centre in Killarney, Ireland. This is Jose Carreras' first trip to Ireland for many years.


 July 2nd 2004  The Beiteddine Festival at the Palace of Beiteddine opens this year's festival with a wonderful production of Turandot produced by Ellen Kent Opera and Ballet International. This is a sensational production and tickets can be purchased from the Beiteddine Festival office in Beirut.

 26th June 2004  - Bryan Adams in concert at the Kingston Communications Stadium for Hull City Football Club.

 20th June 2004   Sir Elton John in concert with his group of Davey Johnson (guitar, mandolin, vocals), Nigel Olsen (drums, vocals), Bob Birch (bass guitar, vocals), Guy Babylon (keyboards), John Mahon (percussion, vocals) at the Hop Farm in Kent - presented by Marshall Arts, Musical Associates and the Hop Farm.

 16th June 2004   Sir Elton John in concert with his group of Davey Johnson (guitar, mandolin, vocals), Nigel Olsen (drums, vocals), Bob Birch (bass guitar, vocals), Guy Babylon (keyboards), John Mahon (percussion, vocals) at Ipswich Town Football Club.

 11th June 2004   Sir Elton John in concert with his group of Davey Johnson (guitar, mandolin, vocals), Nigel Olsen (drums, vocals), Bob Birch (bass guitar, vocals), Guy Babylon (keyboards), John Mahon (percussion, vocals) at Bristol City Football Club.

 10th June 2004  Dame Kiri te Kanawa performed with the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia, conducted by Julian Reynolds at the Moscow Dome. This was a triumph for Kiri and a great success for the Moscow Dome as it was the first concert that truly tested the excellent acoustics of this new venue.

 1st May 2004   BLUE will perform with Jemeliah, D-Side, Darius and Kelly at the Kingston Communications Stadium for Hull City Football Club.

 16th March 2004   Fire of Anatolia from Turkey, performed at the Dafna Hall, Sheraton Hotel, Qatar as part of the Doha Festival of Arts and Culture.

 15th March 2004   Lionel Richie in concert at the open air theatre at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Qatar as part of the Doha Festival of Arts and Culture.

 14th March 2004  The Opera Carmen - performed at the Dafna Hall, Sheraton Hotel, Qatar as part of the Doha Festival of Arts and Culture.

 24th February 2004   Mariah Carey in concert at BIEL (the Beirut International Exhibition Centre) presented by the Beiteddine Festival.

 24th February 2004   Lionel Richie in concert at the Noga Hilton Theatre, Cannes for Lucent Technologies.

 1st to 6th February 2004  The second EID festival in Qatar was celebrated with the amazing Helioshpere, The Satyrs, Les Oiseux, the Kuklachov Cats Theatre from Moscow and other superb artists from many countries.

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 21st December 2003  Luciano Pavarotti was presented in concert at the Kremlin Palace in Moscow by the International Cultural Fund for the development of Classical Art.

 25th to 29th November 2003  The EID festival at the Aladdin's Kingdom, Doha - 200 members of the Moscow State Circus thrilled audiences, together with Marching bands, Jazz bands and the musicians from the Caribbean.

 2nd September 2003  The West Side Story production created for Teatro alla Scala in Milan, started their six week tour of Japan at Tokyo's Bankamura Hall. The tour of Japan was promoted by Vis A Vision represented by CEO Shigeki Uji.

          

 22nd August 2003  Las Ketchup performed at the Alexandria Festival in Egypt.

 15th August 2003  Nigel Kennedy played Jimmy Hendrix with the special guests the Jarek Smietana Quartet.

 13th August 2003   Nigel Kennedy  performed at the Beiteddine Festival on August 13th as part of a classical concert of Vivaldi's Four Seasons with a Polish chamber orchestra.

 1st - 2nd August 2003   Sarah Brightman was a guest at the performance with the Iraq superstar singer Kazem Al-Sahah, where they performed their latest single, the Impossible Love, which is also on Sarah's new CD "Harem". The two concerts were performed at the Beiteddine Festival in Lebanon.

 23rd - 27th July 2003  West Side Story direct from Milan's La Scala Theatre - West Side Story performs for five shows as the main attraction at the Beiteddine Festival - tickets from Tel: +961 1 373 430 Fax: +961 1 373 440. This production moves onto Japan after the Lebanon season.

 22nd July 2003  Sir Elton John performs at the magnificent Powderham Castle near Exeter, Devon in the Deer Park.

 19th July 2003   The Classical crossover group BOND perform at the Beiteddine Festival at the Palace of Beiteddine.

 19th July 2003   Sir Elton John performs his solo show at Hull City Football Club Stadium. This is the first major concert at the newly built Hull Football Club Stadium.

 12th July 2003   Sir Elton John performs at the Darmstadt Festival,  in the 20,000 seat Darmstadt Football Club Stadium. 

 3rd July 2003  The premier of West Side Story at Teatro La Scala in Milan - directed by Joey McNeeley, Produced for La Scala by Helga Schmidt and Gian Ganzarolli

 24th June 2003   Sir Elton John performs in a solo concert at the Kremlin Palace, Moscow, Russia

 7th to 10th May 2003  We are proud to have negotiated, subject to final contract, the performance by SHAKIRA to her homeland of Lebanon at the Sports Stadium in Beirut. The concert will be presented by Nora Joumblatt on behalf of the Committee of the Beiteddine Festival. 

 14th March 2003  World Carnival Spectacular on the Corniche in Qatar - Directed by Claire Holder O.B.E., former Director and founder of the Nottinghill Carnival in London.

 9th March 2003  Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, featuring the company directed by Alexei Fadeyechev and Nina Ananiashvili and starring prima Ballerina of the Bolshoi Ballet, Galina Stepanyenko at the Dafna Hall, Sheraton Hotel, Doha.

 6th March 2003  Luciano Pavarotti at the Doha festival of Arts and Culture.

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NEWS 2002

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 1st December 2002   Sir Elton John and his group of musicians: Davey Johnstone (guitar, mandolin, vocals), Guy Babylon (keyboards), Robert Birch (bass guitar, vocals), Nigel Olsen (drums, vocals), John Mahon (percussion, vocals) and the Orchestra of the Royal Academy of Music conducted by James Howard Newton (Five times Academy Award nominations, Two Grammy Award nominations and three Emmy Awards) - the concert was to create the Elton John Scholarship for Composition at the Royal Academy of Music in London.

 10th November 2002  A Centenary Concert for the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden starring Bryan Adams, Queen founding member Brian May, Jo Strummer and the Mescaleros, Alessandro Safina, Opera Babes and Michael Palin, Terence Stamp, Jeremy Irons, Nickolas Grace, Sinead Cusack, Dame Eileen Atkins, Great Scacchi, Alan Bates and musical director Michael Kamen.

 9th & 10th August 2002  Fairouz with Ziad Rahbani

 July 27th 2002  Ute Lempe "From Weimar to Paris" at the Beiteddine Festival

 24th July 2002   Jose Carreras with soprano Rima Tawil and the Budapest Concert Orchestra conducted by David Giminez at the Palace of Beiteddine

 21st July 2002  Jose Carerras at the Izmir Festival, Turkey.

 3rd to 8th July 2002  The Andrew Lloyd-Webber show CATS opened at the Beiteddine Festival to standing ovations. This was the very first time that CATS had been produced in an open-air theatre. The show was produced by The Really Useful Group and we are grateful to Tim McFarlane,  Kerry Comerford and the cast and crew, who were wonderful.

  19th May 2002    Announcing the appearance of Jose Carreras at the Beiteddine Festival on July 24 and at the Izmir Festival, Turkey on July 28 2002

  11th May 2002    Having just closed as the longest running musical of all time in London's West End, Peter Brightman is taking the touring production of Andrew Lloyd-Webber's 'Cats' to the highly successful Beiteddine Festival in Lebanon. The show opens on July 3, 2002.

  2nd April 2002    The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund will present a gala evening at the Royal Opera House on November 10, 2002 with a star-studded spectacular put together by the composer Michael Kamen.  He recently conducted the music for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and is currently directing this year ’s jubilee pop concert for HM The Queen.

He has composed film scores for Lethal Weapon, Die Hard, 101 Dalmations and Mr Holland ’s Opus and hit songs for Bryan Adams (including Everything I Do, I Do It For You), Sting, Rod Stewart, David Bowie and Eric Clapton.

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 22nd February 2002   Peter Brightman is very proud to have arranged for Sir Elton John to perform at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London on December 1st, 2002 in aid of the Royal Academy of Music - we will be making a further announcement concerning this Gala evening soon.

 28th January 2002  The Creative Entertainment Group is proud to announce the launch of a new and exciting show for Spring 2002 "Sweet Caroline" - a tribute to the great Neil Diamond - watch this space!

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 30th September 2001  Late in September, Elton John was interviewed in Atlanta by Ekaterina Nogaibaeva-Brightman for Media Arts Corp and Russian Television. This interview can also be seen at www.eltonjohn.com during the period 13th November to 1st December 2001.

 25th July 2001  We were proud to contract artists for the Arundel Festival during the last week of August - this wonderful festival is held in the magnificent grounds of Arundel Castle.

 19th July 2001  The Elton John concert took place in the famous White Room at the Palace of Catherine the Great, Tsarskoe, near St. Petersburg in Russia.

This concert was filmed for Media Arts Corporation by Done and Dusted - the company who have recently filmed Madonna, Robbie Williams, Kylie Minogue and others. The film of the concert will be first broadcast on ORT Channel 1 in Russia on Christmas Day 2001.

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   Palace of Catherine, Tsarskoe Selo near St. Petersburg.

 Coming Soon  Further information will be posted here shortly regarding Sir Elton John at the famous "White Room", Palace of Catherine the Great, at Tsarskoe Selo near St. Petersburg; the virtuoso classical dancer Michail Baryshnikov and the White Oak project and the Jessye Norman "Sacred Ellington" concerts.

  20th June 2001  Peter Brightman is very proud to announce the negotiation of an exclusive agreement between Microsoft and Media Arts Corp. This was for the first ever, broadband 100k and 300k global pay-per-view webcast by Sir Elton John, to be filmed and broadcast live on 17th July from Ephesus, Turkey.

Further details of this amazing event can be found on the Elton John page at this site and at the Media Arts Corp information website at:- www.MediaArtsCorp.com  Pay-Per-View and full Registration information details are available at the  MSN website at:- www.msn.co.uk/eltonjohn 

 30th May 2001  The Creative Entertainment Group announces that Dame Kiri te Kanawa, accompanied by the Athens Symphony Orchestra, will be starring at the Olympia festival - near the site of the original Olympics - on Saturday 30th June

 20th May 2001  We are please to announce that Miriam Makeba and the Queen of Cuban music, Albita will be performing at the Beiteddine Festival on July 20th and 21st.

makeba1.jpg (10935 bytes)South Africa’s legendary sensation and Grammy Award winner Miriam Makeba has something to sing about. After nearly ten years, she has returned to America with her first new studio recording, Homeland. This singer/songwriter, political activist, author, actor and UN Ambassador is introducing a new generation of music lovers to the transcontinental voice that has touched millions.

albita.jpg (12429 bytes)Cuban music has never been hipper than in the hands of Albita. She is a musical maverick, a suave diva of Cuban song in tailored suits and slick-back hair. An instant sensation since her arrival in Miami in 1993, Albita has rekindled the passion of the Cuban exile community with roots music steeped in the rhythmic spirituality of the Afro-Cuban tradition.

Details from:- www.beiteddine.org.lb  Email:- info@beiteddine.org.lb

 14th April 2001  Peter Brightman negotiated on behalf of broadcast clients, the exclusive internet broadcast rights to Sir Elton John's performance at Ephesus. The transmission details will be announced shortly - watch this space for further details!

 12th April 2001  We are also proud to announce that Sir Elton John will be performing in the 2,500 year old grand amphitheatre at Ephesus, near Izmir, Turkey as part of the Izmir Festival in association with the Izmir Foundation of Culture, Arts and Education. All ticket and press enquiries should be made via the Izmir Foundation by fax on: +90-232-463-0077 or by e-mail:-  izmirfestival@superonline.com   Ticket sale telephone line numbers will be announced soon.

   9th April 2001  We are very proud to announce that we have negotiated contracts for Sir Elton John to perform a concert at the Palace of Beiteddine in the Chouf Hills, Lebanon as part of the Beiteddine Festival on 7th July, 2001. This will be the first appearance by Elton John, in Lebanon. 

All ticket and press enquiries should be made direct to the Beiteddine Festival offices on telephone: +961-1-373-430, Fax: +961-1-373-440 or by e-mail:- info@beiteddine.org.lb

   4th April 2001   Working with Baryshnikov Productions to present Mikhail Baryshnikov and the White Oak Project at festivals in the Mediterranean region and Middle East, for the tour period of 12th July to 30th, 2001. Enquiries welcome.

 17th February 2001  We are proud to announce that we are planning a series of concerts in the Mediterranean region for Sir Elton John during the period  28th June to 10th July, 2001. At present, concerts are being negotiated in Lebanon, Greece and Turkey, but we welcome additional enquiries from other countries throughout this area.

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 28th December 2000 
Contracts negotiated for broadcast clients for the filming of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic conducted by Maestro Yuri Temirkanov in concert at the Philharmonia Hall, St. Petersburg . The programme included: Rachmaninov Symphony No.2 and the Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.2,  featuring the wonderful pianist from China, Lang Lang.

 7th December 2000   Creative Entertainment Group is proud to announce international representation of the Glinka Quartet one of the world's great string quartets. The Glinka's have performed at the leading festivals and concert halls and this summer have appeared with Miss Jessye Norman and the Sacred Ellington concerts.

The Creative Entertainment Group welcomes all world-wide enquiries. 

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