The Concerts in Belgrade

Lenny Kravitz in Belgrade

American musician Lenny Kravitz will hold a concert in Belgrade Arena on 24th July 2008. A singer-songwriter, producer and arranger, Lenny Kravitz started his career in 1989, and has since then recorded eight albums, five of which have become platinum. The release of his ninth album titled It is time for a Love Revolution is expected this year. Two singles from this album, Bring It On and I`ll Be Waiting, have been out since October 2007.
His music is difficult to place in any genre, because it incorporates the influences of hard rock, soul, funk, reagga and psychedelic, though each of his albums puts one of those elements into the forefront. Kravitz discovered his talent for music at the age of five, when he took up playing drums, soon adding the guitar. Today the list of the instruments he plays includes the piano, bass guitar, percussions, sitar and harmonica, and while working on an album he often records all his music himself.
He has released about 40 singles, some of which have topped the charts. Among the most popular ones are It Ain`t Over Till It`s Over, Are You Gonna Go My Way, I Belong To You, Fly Away, Where We Are Runnin`. He has produced music of a number of his colleagues, such as Madona, Venesa Paradis, Aerosmith or Mick Jagger. Furthermore, his songs were used as soundtrack in films Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged me, and Bad Boys II. Lenny Kravitz has received numerous awards, including four Grammies for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance won four years in a row, from 1998 to 2002, as well as MTV and BRIT AWARDS, and even Most Fashionable Male Artist award, given by fashion magazine Vogue and TV channel VH1.

The Police in Belgrade

"The Police" will perform in Belgrade on June 24th. It has been announced that "The Police" will play their famous hits in Belgrade, as wells as Sting's hits, and the concert at Usce will be opened by the famous American band "Counting Crows".
Members of the band "The Police" will arrive in Belgrade on the day of the concert and straight from the airport they will go to Usce, where the concert will take place. The luxurious backstage will be decorated with palm trees and flowers, and the English rockers have emphasized that they want to have a satellite television with a large number of sports channels at their disposal. Andy Summers and Sting will have light food- fish and chicken, while Copeland will eat meat and potatoes.
The British rockers are warming up for the concert in Belgrade (the only concert in this part of Europe) and two nights ago they delighted over 60,000 people at the "Isle of Wight" festival. According to the British newspapers, "The Police" made a fantastic atmosphere, and the audience sang their greatest hits in chorus. Before their arrival in Serbia, "The Police" will have concerts in Manchester and Belfast. The two-year come-back tour of "The Police" will be ended on August 7 with the concert in New York.

Summertime Festival in Belgrade

Performers of this year's "Summertime Festival" taking place between July 1 and 7 at the "Sava Center" will be Brandon Marsalis, Nigel Kennedy, Marcus Miller and many other significant jazz and blues musicians.
The renowned saxophonist Brandon Marsalis will perform in the Great Hall of the "Sava Center" on July 4 and this will be his first performance in Serbia. American bass guitarist Marcus Miller will present his repertoire on July 5, while on the following day the festival will be moved to the summer garden of the "Sava Center", where the Finnish blues guitarist Erja Lipponen will perform. At the closing of the festival the audience will again have a chance to hear the well-known virtuoso Nigel Kennedy and his jazz quintet.