Dominican Republic (Ed Kowalczyk Band), March 17, 2010 Options

[SJN1279]

Teatro La Fiesta @ Hotel Jaragua
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Full band show!

[brianblank]

Teatro La Fiesta @ Hotel Jaragua
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Interesting, wonder why he is playing in the DR. Big fan base? He knows someone? Need to stock up on Cigars?

I might actually be able to go to this show! My company has a facility about an hour outside of Santo Domingo, I actually just got back from there last night.

The ticketing link in Eddie's email is broken, but here is a link to the article announcing the show: http://www.uepa.com/new_article.aspx?id=24304 Here is the translate.google.com translation of the article. It says tickets are on sale, but I couldn't find a link to buy them.

The rock band Live will offer concert at the Hotel Jaragua

12/02/2010. Dominicans can enjoy the music of American rock band Live, which captivated the world in the late 90s. The 17th of March, its leader and lead singer, Ed Kowalczyk laureate arrive in the country to perform at the Teatro la Fiesta del Hotel Jaragua.

Kowalczyk and his band arrive in the Dominican Republic from the hand of Bravo Entertainment Events company that manages the artistic entrepreneur Gamal Hache and is a great opportunity for fans to enjoy a musical approach in which the artist will tour success musicals that have projected. Among the subjects with which they have reached the top of audience and sales, include, among other Beauty of Gray, Lightning Crashes, All over you and Selling the Drama ..

This artist has an impressive resume with his former comrades in Live that includes eight full length albums, total CD sales exceeding 20 million, a huge international fan base and extensive touring throughout the world. Live has been one of the most successful and enduring alternative rock bands of the 1990 and 2000.

Commenting on their presence in the country Kowalczyk explained that he is very glad to come first to the country and said he hoped to have public support.

On the proposal stage, stated that in his career has been concerned with making music that carries positive messages to the public. "My approach as a composer is to write songs that always carry personal or spiritual messages. I think one of the reasons why we had so many fans for so long is that they find different meanings in the songs," he said.

The concert will star, the interpreter will be attended at the scene of some guests Dominicans, whose names will be revealed later.

The function is scheduled to begin at 8:30 pm and tickets are on sale in Uepa Movie Tickets and Max.

Link to the hotel: http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/sdqg...tel-and-casino/

[Merica]

Sweet. I think this is great to see. Well done Ed.

[+Ed+]

What next? Qatar? Yes, Russia is farther away, dammit

[Pokey]

Calling it now, Ed will be the first person to have a gig on the moon.

[SJN1279]

Ed announced via twitter that this will be the first full band show. Wish I could be there! He also said more shows to follow soon.

[+Ed+]

Sooo? Any news apart from the smiling pics on twitter?

[SJN1279]

Sooo? Any news apart from the smiling pics on twitter?

Someone on Facebook who attended the gig said he played:
Selling the Drama
Pain Lies on the Riverside
Beauty of Gray
Operation Spirit
I Alone
The Dolphin's Cry
All Over You
Lightning Crashes
Heaven
Lakini's Juice
He wasn't sure of other songs, but I'm guessing Grace and a couple of new ones had to be there.

[LivesMeltdown]

Someone on Facebook who attended the gig said he played:
Selling the Drama
Pain Lies on the Riverside
Beauty of Gray
Operation Spirit
I Alone
The Dolphin's Cry
All Over You
Lightning Crashes
Heaven
Lakini's Juice
He wasn't sure of other songs, but I'm guessing Grace and a couple of new ones had to be there.

Apparently he did play some new stuff. From twitter: "Awsome concert Ed. The band was crisp and powerfull. Really enjoyed the new songs! (Grace was excellent!)"

I think Ed mentioned a few days ago they rehearsed a 16 song set.

This post has been edited by LivesMeltdown: Mar 18 2010, 11:59 am

[SecretInsomnia]

Ed's new band live in action........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRYW0o8VG7I

Ed must feel somewhat feel unconfortable to perform these songs without the guys he created them with. There is a familiar stage on the stage on the right tho

Ohw, and I miss the stomps of the guitarist!!

This post has been edited by SecretInsomnia: Mar 18 2010, 3:45 pm

[zmanpga]

4 guitars sounded good...come to PA

This post has been edited by zmanpga: Mar 18 2010, 4:03 pm

[FishOutaWater]

I just watched that and a little piece of me died inside.

[zmanpga]

I just watched that and a little piece of me died inside.

with ya on that one

[SecretInsomnia]

4 guitars

yeah, WTF? Why did they play this song with 4 guitars? I know as I'm in a band myself that 2 guitars can make a real full sound. You reguarly see bands play with 2 guitarists + an extra addional guitar (the singer plays it). This can be usefull when you really wanna let it sound like on cd (on studio tracks often 3 guitar layers are used). But 4? Why? And why the hell with this song? And if you use 4 guitars, don't play all the same. It rocked tho

[SJN1279]

yeah, WTF? Why did they play this song with 4 guitars? I know as I'm in a band myself that 2 guitars can make a real full sound. You reguarly see bands play with 2 guitarists + an extra addional guitar (the singer plays it). This can be usefull when you really wanna let it sound like on cd (on studio tracks often 3 guitar layers are used). But 4? Why? And why the hell with this song? And if you use 4 guitars, don't play all the same. It rocked tho

They had special guests from the Dominican Republic joining them for certain songs last night, that is why you had the extra guitar. I actually never knew that Live had such a devout following in the DR. They were singing along to the Beauty of Gray, very cool!

I can't wait for the US tour!