Tag: concerts
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Orvieto Sound Festival Weekend
There are various regular summer activities that happen around the cities, towns and villages of Italy. Umbria is no different. The main events that can be found around are music festivals. Our town of Orvieto always has the Orvieto Sound Festival. While I don’t listen to a lot of Italian music, though it would probably…
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Already Midweek?!
Well, my grand ideas of being on top of posting and writing have all gone by the wayside these days. It’s been busy around here, so I’m finally taking a couple of quiet days during this short lull between visitors and activities. I say “lull”, but we do have quite a bit of socializing coming…
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Long Weekend Visit to England
We have wanted to see the ABBA Voyage concert since we first heard about it. Using technology the band is a digital version of their younger selves playing and singing the songs from times gone. Although at first it was a bit surreal, by the end it was almost as if it were a “real”…
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Sade in Abu Dhabi
On December 16, 2011, Sade performed at Yas Arena in Abu Dhabi. When I heard she was coming, I was super interested, but in keeping with my vow to only attend concerts if they are free or I’m willing to pay for the seated tickets, I wasn’t sure. The cost of the seated tickets were…
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Snoop Dogg
As Abu Dhabi continues to try to build its rapport as a cultural and art center in the UAE and the world, they are bringing in more and more big name artists of varied genres. On May 6, 2011, I dragged my AD buddy to see Snoop Dogg at the Yas Arena. It was an…
