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Shakira was born in Barranquilla, Colombia to a Colombian mother Nidia del Carmen Ripoll Torrado of Spanish descent and an American-born father William Mebarak Chadid of Lebanese descent. Her oldest half-sister Lucy is a surgeon; her half-brother, Alberto, is a lawyer; Moises is the third child; Tonino is the fourth child and the closest to Shakira, having worked many years as her road manager. Then there is Patricia who lives in Spain, she is a special education teacher, and finally there is Antonio and Edward, the youngest who both live in Miami. Shakira began writing and composing music at the age of eight. One of the first songs she wrote was called “Tus Gafas Oscuras” (Your Dark Glasses), whose lyrical message revolved around her father and his grief over a son who had died in a car accident. At the age of ten, Shakira tried out for her school choir, but she was rejected because her voice had been noted as “too strong.” Friends teased her by saying she sounded like a goat. Shakira started looking for other singing opportunities, and competed in a weekly television singing competition for children, Vivan Los Niños (Long Live The Kids).
Between the ages of ten to thirteen, Shakira was invited to various events in Barranquilla, and became a local celebrity. At that time she met local theatre producer Monica Ariza, who was impressed with Shakira and helped to make her known outside Barranquilla. During a flight from Barranquilla to Bogota, Ariza happened to be sitting next to Sony Colombia executive Ciro Vargas. Vargas agreed to hold an audition for Shakira, which took place a few weeks later in a hotel lobby. Vargas was impressed and returned to the Sony office and gave Shakira’s cassette to the song and artist director, but he was not excited at all, and thought Shakira was “a lost cause.” Vargas was convinced that Shakira had talent, and set up a surprise audition in Bogotá. He tricked the Sony Colombia executives to this bar, and around midnight he announced he had a surprise: Shakira. She sang three songs, and her performance was a hit. Shakira was subsequently signed to write and record three albums.
Magia (Magic) was Shakira’s debut album, recorded with Sony Colombia in 1991, at the age of 15. The songs were penned by her from the time she was eight, however it was hampered by a lack of recording and production cohesion and did not fare well commercially. Less than one thousand copies were sold and the album is now sought after as a collector’s item Peligro. (Danger) was Shakira’s second album. It was released in 1993 through Sony Colombia, when Shakira was just 17. This album fared better than Magia, but Shakira decided to take a break from recording and graduate from high school. The recording itself is a collection of self-penned songs but is once again marred by a lack of cohesive production.
In 2001, upon the success of ¿Dónde Están Los Ladrones?, Shakira began working on a crossover album to the English language. Collaborating with Gloria Estefan, Shakira wrote and recorded English versions of the tracks from ¿Dónde Están Los Ladrones?, and new songs were also composed to create Laundry Service. Although it was aimed at the English language market, the rock and Spanish dance-influenced album also features four Spanish songs, including “Que Me Quedes Tu” (That You Love Me). Some critics claimed that Shakira’s English skills were too weak for her to write in it (she was satirized in a MAD TV sketch), but Laundry Service was a success, selling more than 13 million CDs worldwide, yielding the worldwide hit “Whenever, Whenever” and singles “Underneath Your Clothes” (a Canadian number-one), “Te Dejo Madrid” (I Leave You Madrid), “Objection (Tango) “, and “The One”. The album and its singles established Shakira’s musical presence in the mainstream North American market.
In 2002, Shakira also released the Spanish greatest hits volume Grandes exitos. A DVD and ten-track compilation album called Live & Off the Record, was released in 2004 reaching sales of 3 million CDs worldwide, commemorating Shakira’s 2002-2003 world tour, the “Tour of the Mongoose”. The name of the tour was derived from the fact that mongoose can defeat a cobra without being killed by its poison. The concerts were interspersed with visuals of a mongoose fighting a cobra.
In September 2002, Shakira was one of the last artists to win the now-defunct International Viewer’s Choice Award at the MTV Video Music Awards with Suerte. In October of that year, she won 5 MTV Video Music Awards Latin America for Best Female Artist, Best Pop Artist, Best Artist—North (Region), Video of the Year (for Suerte), and Artist of the Year. At Aerosmith’s MTV Icon in 2002, Shakira performed “Dude (Looks Like A Lady)”. Also in 2002, Shakira joined the likes of Celin Dion, Anastacia, Cher and The Dixie Chicks for VH1 Divas Live Las Vegas.
Many people when thinking about buying Shakira concert tickets put it off, thinking buying tickets is too much work and that they aren’t going to get and good seats. However nothing could be simpler, honestly it is thinking its difficult that leads to procrastinating. The easiest way of purchasing Shakira concert tickets is by searching Ticketmaster for the artist, writing down the purchase date and remembering to log onto your computer to purchase them as soon as they go on sale. Still many people complain about availability, that too many people are buying at once and they can’t get through to purchase a ticket. For many people interested in purchasing Shakira concert tickets after the public sale date discover that the shows are sold out and find themselves enabled from finding tickets. There remains hope for those whom have put it off, there are many different service sites that can help you find tickets.

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Hard rock band Cinderella gained success in the mid-’80s, turning out a series of million-selling albums and hit singles while placing music videos in heavy rotation on MTV. By the mid-’90s, the group’s mass popularity had subsided due to professional setbacks and perceived changes in taste. But they continued to tour regularly well into the 21st century.
Cinderella was founded in Philadelphia, PA, in 1983 by singer/songwriter/guitarist/keyboardist Tom Keifer (born January 26, 1961) and bassist Eric Brittingham (born May 8, 1960), who quickly added lead guitarist Jeff LaBar (born March 18, 1963). Guitarist Michael Kelly Smith and drummer Tony Destra were also early members of the band, but they left in 1985 to form Britny Fox. Cinderella then added drummer Jody Cortez and continued as a four-piece. Insisting on playing original material, they performed in clubs and bars in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and in 1985 Jon Bon Jovi caught one of their shows. He was sufficiently impressed to alert his record company, Mercury, which signed the band. Their debut album, Night Songs, was released in June 1986. Shortly after its completion, Cortez left the band and was replaced by Fred Coury (born October 20, 1964). The LP was not an immediate success, but it gained momentum gradually while the band toured extensively as an opening act to promote it. It broke into the Billboard chart in July, and the track “Shake Me,” although it failed to chart as a single, got enough radio attention to turn up on Billboard’s Album Rock Tracks chart in August. On October 1, the album was certified gold. That month, Mercury released a second single, “Nobody’s Fool,” accompanied by a music video that earned play on MTV; it broke into the charts in November and peaked at number 13 in February 1987. Its success further stimulated sales of the album, which was certified platinum in December 1986 and broke into the Top Ten by the end of the year; it peaked at number 3 in February 1987, and that same month was certified double platinum. In April, Mercury released a third single, “Somebody Save Me,” which peaked at number 66 in May. (The album was certified triple platinum in May 1991.)
Having broken through to popular success with Night Songs, Cinderella returned with their second album, Long Cold Winter, in July 1988. Radio initially focused on the track “Gypsy Road,” giving it a Top 20 ranking in the Album Rock Tracks chart, but Mercury did not release it as a single at first (although in the U.K., where it was released as a single, it charted). Instead the power ballad “Don’t Know What You Got (Till It’s Gone)” was released as a single in August, and it peaked at number 12 in November. The album reached number ten in September, the same month it was certified gold and platinum simultaneously, with a double-platinum certification following in November. (It was certified triple platinum in January 1997.) As the group continued to tour relentlessly through 1988 and 1989, Mercury broke more singles from the LP. “The Last Mile,” released in December, peaked at number 36 in March 1989; “Coming Home,” released in March, hit number 20 in June; and “Gypsy Road,” finally put on 45 a year after the release of Long Cold Winter in July 1989, and backed by a live version of the Rolling Stones’ “Jumpin’ Jack Flash,” got to number 51 in September.
Again, Cinderella came off the road and spent a year crafting its third album, Heartbreak Station, which appeared in November 1990. Although it was a hit out of the box, going gold in January 1991 and platinum in February, the album encountered more resistance than the band’s previous efforts, peaking at number 19, with no multi-platinum certifications forthcoming. Leadoff single “Shelter Me” peaked at number 36 in February, and the title song reached number 44 in April. More disturbing than this mild commercial disappointment, however, were problems within the band. Coury departed, and Cinderella initially replaced him with Kevin Valentine, then hired noted session drummer Kenny Aronoff temporarily before bringing in Kevin Conway. Then, after the U.S. leg of the Heartbreak Station tour had ended and the band was gearing up to go to Japan in 1991, Keifer woke up one morning and found he couldn’t sing. Doctors initially were unable to figure out what was wrong, but a specialist finally diagnosed paresis of the laryngeal nerve controlling the left vocal cord. Keifer was forced to undergo two throat operations, followed by extensive therapy. Cinderella managed to put a track, “Hot and Bothered,” on the chart-topping Wayne’s World soundtrack, released in February 1992, but otherwise the band was out of commission for an extended period of time.
In the meanwhile, fashions changed. Cinderella had been part of a “pop-metal” movement including Bon Jovi, Great White, and Ratt, who preceded them, as well as Poison, the enormously popular Guns N’ Roses, and L.A. Guns, who followed them. But when “grunge” rockers Nirvana, boasting a neo-punk style, broke through to success in the fall of 1991 with their album Nevermind and single “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” the record labels suddenly became enamored of their stripped-down approach. Suddenly, instead of the teased and blown-dry coiffures and skin-tight stage costumes of the pop-metal bands, it was the dirty-hair-falling-in-the-face, flannel-shirt-and-jeans look of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain that was all the rage. Soon, the pop-metal groups were written off with a new epithet, dismissed as “hair metal” bands. By the time Keifer & Co. finally emerged with the fourth Cinderella album, Still Climbing, in November 1994, it could only manage to spend one week at number 178 before disappearing. Mercury promptly dropped the band.
Cinderella’s touring opportunities also dried up, and while the group did not formally disband in 1995, it became inactive for lack of offers. Keifer moved to Nashville in 1997 and worked on his songwriting, eventually getting cuts on albums by Andy Griggs and Lynyrd Skynyrd. By 1998, there was enough interest by promoters for Cinderella to reunite (with Coury rejoining) for a tour. On October 2 and 3, they appeared at the Key Club in Hollywood, CA, and recorded the show for an album, Live at the Key Club, released on Cleopatra’s Dead Line label in July 1999. Unfortunately, the disc was also licensed out to other labels over the years and has confused consumers by also appearing under the titles In Concert and Live From the Gypsy Road. Meanwhile, Cinderella had been signed to Sony’s Portrait label by famed record executive John David Kalodner, who was also signing other hard rock bands of the ’80s. But initial Portrait releases were not successful, and Cinderella’s contract was canceled. Nevertheless, a faithful fan base supported continuing road work by the band, which reunited in the summer of 2000 for a tour with Poison, followed by a second outing by the two groups in 2002. In 2005, VH1 sponsored the Rock Never Stops package tour, which Cinderella headlined, supported by Ratt, Quiet Riot, and Firehouse, with dates extending through the summer. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

Many people when thinking about buying Cinderella concert tickets put it off, thinking buying tickets is too much work and that they aren’t going to get and good seats. However nothing could be simpler, honestly it is thinking its difficult that leads to procrastinating. The easiest way of purchasing Cinderella concert tickets is by searching Ticketmaster for the artist, writing down the purchase date and remembering to log onto your computer to purchase them as soon as they go on sale. Still many people complain about availability, that too many people are buying at once and they can’t get through to purchase a ticket. For many people interested in purchasing Cinderella concert tickets after the public sale date discover that the shows are sold out and find themselves enabled from finding tickets. There remains hope for those whom have put it off, there are many different service sites that can help you find tickets.

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There are several ways to be able tickets to still see its artist or bandage preferred in concert when they visit its area or in a city through the country. Some ways include the old way of the way to be unemployed in line in the ticket office, but some of the best ways are in the Internet. The first step is discovering when and where it will happen the event. To find the information on next concerts is several great sources in the Internet there as pollstar.com, livedaily.com and citysearch.com. Also many bandage, theaters and places have Web site in where you can subscribe to a list of the mail that to him maintains updated.

The Web site main of the ticket office such as Ticketmaster and Tickets.com are so they have ready that you can assemble and who do not forget that the old way the delay way to listen to warnings in his favorite radio stations. Many stations have Web site in line in where you can sign until receives notifications of the email of next demonstrations. The tickets stop most of the concerts are in high demand. Most of the demonstrations they sell towards outside in a pair of days and some sell towards outside in minutes.

So how you obtain best tickets? If the artist or the bandage has a ventilator club, considers assembling of her. Many clubs of ventilator will carry out pre-sales and will make tickets available to the members of club first. This is not even grantee to obtain best tickets and you still cannot obtain no tickets. Most of the pre-sales of the ventilator club they have an allocation of the system of tickets for any demonstration, generally except the one of 10% of the ticket. The radio stations can also sponsor the pre-sales for the demonstration.

You will again need to sign for above for the information in the Web site of the stations. Right as the pre-sale of the ventilator club is only a limited number of tickets available. Many theaters, places and promoters of the special concert also have clubs that you can assemble that elasticity you the ticket privilege that they buy before they go for sale to the public in general. Only a small number of tickets is again available for these members, so hardly being a member is not grantee to obtain tickets.

Also these qualities of member can cost hundreds and even the thousands of dollars, are generally honorary more there of added additional services to the cost of tickets. Another way to obtain tickets is to buy tickets of the station. Many theaters and places sell tickets of the station. This one is the most expensive way to obtain tickets. The tickets of the station can cost $5,000, $10,000, $12,000 or more due to the fact that you are buying the same ticket for each demonstration in that theater. If you did not have any luck obtaining of tickets in nobodies of the previous ways there is always the sale of the public in general.

You can find the date of this by the club of the Web site or of ventilator of the artist, the Web site of the theater, the special radio stations, newspaper or sites like pollstar.com. All the remaining tickets, of which the pre-sales or dice to the radio stations for the promotional intention have not been sold during nobodies of, will be sold during this sale. You can buy generally the ticket during this sale by one of three ways. You can buy tickets in line, by the telephone in of the ticket office or a plug of the ticket office. The tickets go for sale in the three places in the same time, and the three are selling tickets of the same swimming pool. So what to do if after all this you still do not have any ticket because the demonstration sold towards outside lacked the sale.

Can you nevertheless obtain tickets? Yes, the tickets continue being possible. There are five primary ways to obtain tickets after a demonstration has sold towards outside, or to obtain the best seats. The prices of the ticket will be generally more stops, due to the free trade that the softened of tickets can sell in any price wish. This price general is determined by the reputation of the event, the amount of tickets available and the demand of tickets. One of these ways must visit Web site like Stubhub that lets to the ventilators of tickets of the station sell its tickets. Stubhub will add an honorarium on watch of 10% at the cost of purchase of tickets. Ebay also has tickets many that are offered for the sale. These tickets are being sold again by the individuals that can request desire whatever the cost. Most of tickets they sold in Ebay are the sold auction of the purchase, where the price is determined by the highest bidder. You can also verify your local newspaper or sites classified in line. Many of these have sections where the tickets perhaps sold. The probably better and more reliable source for tickets in addition to the ticket office is RUNNING of the TICKET.

Mark the runners like www.perfectseats.com, www.ticketbulldog.com and www.bluefishtickets.com has a great selection of tickets so that you choose of. The runners of the ticket also have an informed well and the trained personnel who can attend to him during its purchase of the ticket to assure to him is obtaining best tickets for its necessities. Also if some problems appear with you buy, they must help and grantee all the tickets there that sell. The worse way to buy tickets for an event is of scalper of the ticket in the street outside the side of the theater. There are many problems with the tickets that buy this way. One that the tickets perhaps falsify or robbed and to will not be allowed him in the place. Two, in many cities this is illegal and the person who sells tickets to him can be police of the inner cover. Anyway you will lack the concert and perhaps outside the money that you happened to buy tickets. The ticket also that it buys with Ebay of classifieds has some of such problems. The tickets could be robbed, falsification, or in the sold ticket box of tick fast to more than a person. In nobodies of these cases you are going to lack the demonstration and to be outside its money without where to give return because the person who sold tickets to him cannot be found. We hoped that you find these extremities beneficial and enjoyed the demonstration!

If you’re looking for a Bob Dylan
concert ticket, you may be at a loss as to how you are going to afford it. The price of concert tickets seems to have risen substantially in recent years, and you may need to use a little initiative if you want to see Bob Dylan in concert.

There are several ways in which the money shortage problem can be attacked. Here are a few ideas for you. Some of these are sensible, some are stupid and some are clever.

For example, it makes every sense to simply save up for your Bob Dylan concert ticket. Every sense, but dull! Or, you could try selling some of your material goods on eBay. You’ll undoubtedly make money, but what a chore! Or how about going cap in hand to the person most likely to fall for your hard times story, and who would see the opportunity of funding your concert ticket purchase as a mission of mercy? Sucker!

If these (relatively) sensible ideas aren’t for you, how about some off the wall suggestions towards raising funds to buy that ticket?

Hold a garage sale. Why not convert all that junk you’ve grown out of into cash? Or how about doing a sponsored diet, walk, swim, run, climb, bungee jump, parachute – whatever takes your fancy?

Turning away from the ridiculous, let’s consider the sublime. What would you say if there was a way in which you could get in to see the Bob Dylan concert for free? It is possible. All you need is a backstage pass.

Is that all?, I hear you ask, in an unbelieving sort of way.

Yes, that is all.

A backstage pass will get you in to your concert. You’ll be able to take photographs while the general punters are having their cameras confiscated. You could be on the side of the stage watching, and you might even meet Bob Dylan.

Now, there are techniques in applying for a backstage pass to any concert. There are certain people to approach in certain ways. You need to know who these people are, how to contact them and what you need to get over to them in order for them to give you your backstage pass.

If you know the right way to go about this, you can have fantastic success. If you go about it the wrong way, however, then you’d better find the money from somewhere because the only way in to the concert for you is to buy a ticket!

Fortunately, there are several resources available to help you succeed in getting backstage passes. For example, ConcertGroove offer a free ebook on the topic. It’s really an introduction, but it will be useful to you if you’re totally new to the concept of backstage passes.

If you really want to get your Bob Dylan concert ticket without paying, in other words get a backstage pass, you could try searching on Google and seeing what other resources are there for you.

Without doubt, having a backstage pass is a very exciting proposition. Getting close up and personal with your favorite is what it’s all about.

experience. For those of you with pre-teen children in your life, you know that the time is at hand, where they will be pestering you to go to their first concert. Rather than send them to a concert that you are not very happy about in the first place, it makes much more sense to make their first concert experience a Hannah Montana one.

Wholesome Entertainment

A Hannah Montana concert has the unique quality of being appreciated by both parents and children. Hannah Montana and the actor who portrays her, Miley Cyrus have become pop icons, as more and more kids become enamored with the energy she brings to the show and to the stage. Hannah Montana is a different kind of role model, in that she has a great deal in common with her audience. Apart from that, her message is always a positive one that encourages youngsters to believe in themselves.

This is why; parents can get tickets Hannah Montana concert with a sense of satisfaction and relief. You know that if you accompany your kids to this concert, you won’t come back with damaged eardrums or a bad experience. You can also be assured that your kids will be watching a show that doesn’t have anything suggestive or gratuitous about it. The Hannah Montana show is clean, wholesome entertainment, which is so woefully lacking in our day and age.

What is The Story?

So how exactly did this tickets Hannah Montana concert madness grow? It all started with a television show of the same name. Hannah Montana is a glamorous pop star who is young and seems to have it all. But that’s not the whole story. The pop star is only half of the story- Hannah Montana is really just another ordinary girl named Mylie Stewart and she has a tough time keeping her pop star status a secret. The only people who know about it are her dad, her two best friends and her ex-boyfriend.

What results is a delightful and very musical comedy show that follows our bright young heroine, as she tries her best to balance both worlds. She has the same issues and problems as other girls- not only that, the life of a pop star isn’t always as glamorous as one may think. Still, Hannah a.k.a. Mylie manages to make the best of things, with help from her family and friends of course.

Watching a Hannah Montana show is a great way to enjoy some time with your kids, in a way that everyone will enjoy. Kids just love the energy that Mylie Cyrus brings to the stage and it’s hard even for adults to keep from singing along. Billy Ray Cyrus also makes an on-stage appearance as he plays Hannah’s father in the show and is Mylie’s dad in real life as well. Fans will get a generous helping of Hannah Montana numbers as well as a taste of Mylie’s own solo work. It will be outings the whole family can enjoy so do not delay- get to an online-authorized ticket to order your tickets Hannah Montana concert.

At any given time here in the United States, there are over 2000+ different concert acts currently on tour. With so many musical acts to choose from, how does the average concertgoer narrow down the list to those acts that are really worth seeing live and up close?

Using the current total gross ticket sales numbers from the most recent issue of BillBoard Magazine, the following article takes a look at the Top 5 most popular (currently touring as of November, 2007) concert acts of 2007 in terms of overall concert ticket sales.

If your looking to attend a concert in the near future, take some of the guesswork out of the decision by choosing from one of the below currently touring acts. Millions of satisfied concert-goers can’t be wrong.

1. Hannah Montana: Hannah Montana is currently touring with the Jonas Brothers as well as her own Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Tour. The show’s non-stop choreography, lighting, and costume changes only add to the exceptional lyrics and singing. The high-tech presentation gives you multiple big screens for additional views and fireworks add to the excitement. The crowd pleasing Hannah even struts her stuff on a crowd splitting ramp that puts her as close to her fans as possible. The Jonas Brothers are a treat themselves, but when combined with Hannah, it truly becomes a show to remember.

2. Billy Joel: Along with a list of Rock and Roll stars coming back to tour this year is the Piano Man, Billy Joel. From the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame to the small piano bar sets he started in, Billy Joel still has the same sharp piano fingers that he had in his younger days. Pulling out some old, rarely heard songs, and new songs alike, the performer shows that he is still at it, and so is his band; with Carl Fischer on trumpet/flugelhorn and Mark Rivera on Sax there is little missing from the original sound. With a rotating piano and a piano cam at his fingers, there is nothing you will miss in this tribute to many years of rock and roll.

3. The Police: An oldie, but a goodie, the Police are back at it again with their new tour Fiction Plane. Their Paris, France, twin concert shows sold-out with gross sales of over $15,000,000 (Reuters) showing that they are still as popular as ever. After all these years Sting’s voice is still holding strong and the Police have added some new twists to your old favorites. Andy’s guitar riffs are brilliant and Stewart is all over the stage with drums and crowd interaction. This is a great show for music fans of all ages.

4. Fall Out Boy: Moving into the spotlight and out of their post-hardcore scene Fall Out Boy has expanded their sound to include pop, r&b, and an occasional ballad. This band puts on an immersive show of pyrotechnics and projected content to enliven all your senses. The band’s suburban Chicago-style sound, contrasts nicely with each member’s disparate personality and their easy to sing-a-long choruses only add to the audience experience common at their concerts.

5. Bruce Springsteen: With two sold out shows at Madison Square Garden last month grossing over $2 Million (billboard.com), at 58, Springsteen shows that “The Boss still has it. With age and experience he brings a soulful abandonment to his new album “Magic” that attests to the vitality of rock and roll. Searching for all that we have lost or missed thru our years, Springsteen touches the hearts and minds of concert goers moving thru the compromises and disillusionment of life. The rambling keyboards, the electric guitar high-lights, and the raging piano solos give way to a slow melancholy Irish folk song that leaves you gliding across the moors on your journey home.

A concert, any concert, should be an experience to be felt. The ticket holder should not only be a spectator, but an active participant riding on the tails of the musical notes. With any good concert there is the emotional high, the physical exhaustion, and the mental stimulation to relive the concert thru every repeat chorus you hear on the radio thereafter.

The above top 5 acts are certainly worth seeing this holiday season and are all well worth your time. As many of us remember from our very first concert so many years ago, nothing is more exciting then seeing your favorite artist or band live on stage singing your favorite songs. It truly is an experience of a lifetime.