Stormzy, the superstar British rapper, has postponed a string of upcoming shows in Asia amid ongoing health and travel concerns related to the coronavirus outbreak.
Stormzy was scheduled to play five shows this March in Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, China, and South Korea in support of his most recent album, Heavy Is the Head (three of the gigs were already sold out). While the rapper plans to reschedule the shows, it’s unclear when that will happen.
On Instagram, Stormzy wrote, “I was seriously looking forward to bringing the #Hith World...
Stormzy was scheduled to play five shows this March in Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, China, and South Korea in support of his most recent album, Heavy Is the Head (three of the gigs were already sold out). While the rapper plans to reschedule the shows, it’s unclear when that will happen.
On Instagram, Stormzy wrote, “I was seriously looking forward to bringing the #Hith World...
- 2/13/2020
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Concerts across Asia are being canceled as fears continue to swell around the coronavirus outbreak, The Associated Press reports.
The coronavirus epidemic began in the Chinese city of Wuhan and has since reached more than 20 countries and killed more than 300 people. Upcoming concerts in China have been called off, as well as gigs in South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong and Macao.
Several major K-pop acts have decided to cancel shows, including Taeyeon, Winner and Nct, who had upcoming gigs in Singapore and Macao, while GOT7 postponed shows in Singapore and Bangkok,...
The coronavirus epidemic began in the Chinese city of Wuhan and has since reached more than 20 countries and killed more than 300 people. Upcoming concerts in China have been called off, as well as gigs in South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong and Macao.
Several major K-pop acts have decided to cancel shows, including Taeyeon, Winner and Nct, who had upcoming gigs in Singapore and Macao, while GOT7 postponed shows in Singapore and Bangkok,...
- 2/4/2020
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Many consider Dmitri Shostakovich the greatest composer of the 20th century. Born September 25, 1906, he might not have lived past his teens if he hadn't been talented. During the famines of the Revolutionary period in Russia, Alexander Glazunov, director of the Petrograd (later Leningrad) Conservatory, arranged for the poor and malnourished Shostakovich's food ration to be increased. Shostakovich's Symphony No. 1, his graduation exercise for Maximilian Steinberg's composition course at the Conservatory, was completed in 1925 at age 19 and was an immediate success worldwide. He was The Party's poster boy; his Second and Third Symphonies unabashedly subtitled, respectively, "To October". (celebrating the Revolution) and "The First of May". (International Workers' Day).
His highly emotional harmonic language is simultaneously tough yet communicative, but his expansion of Mahlerian symphonic structure, dissonances, sardonic irony, and dark moods eventually clashed with the conservative edicts of Communist Party officials. In 1936 he was viciously denounced by Pravda...
His highly emotional harmonic language is simultaneously tough yet communicative, but his expansion of Mahlerian symphonic structure, dissonances, sardonic irony, and dark moods eventually clashed with the conservative edicts of Communist Party officials. In 1936 he was viciously denounced by Pravda...
- 9/26/2016
- by SteveHoltje
- www.culturecatch.com
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