Tomorrow, 16th November 2005, tickets will go on sale for both the Rolling Stones‘ Madrid and Barcelona concerts. The group will play the Olympic Stadium in Barcelona (Olímpico de Barcelona) on the 27th May and the Vicente Calderón Stadium in Madrid on the 29th May, 2006. The Bigger Bang Tour will be an extension of the Rolling Stones tour which started in August, 2005 in the USA. Tickets for both the Madrid and Barcelona concerts can be bought from Servicaixa Halcón Viajes travel shops, El Corte Inglés and through the web or telephone.

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Just a quick post. If you’re looking for something to do tonight (30th November,2005), you may want to head off to a concert arranged to show solidarity to victims of AIDS. The main group playing will be Las Niñas, a trio from Seville who will be performing songs from their latest album, Savia Negra, for the first time in Madrid. Tickets are only 6 Euros.

Venue: Sala Copérnico
Date& Time: 30th November, 2005 | 8.30pm
Address: C/ Fernández de los Ríos, 67
Tel: 91 559 59 22

Metro: Moncloa (L3 y L6)

Tickets on Sale: Box Office, FNAC and www.ticktackticket.com

For the past 3 to 4 weeks I have seen a number of visitors arriving to this site looking for the Madrid Jazz Festival 2005. Unfortunately, they have had to content themselves with details of last year’s event. Well, as is often the case, the powers that be in Madrid have decided to release online details of this year’s event at the very last minute.

The XXII Madrid Jazz Festival will start on November 1st, 2005 and will feature an array of artists from around the world. It will conclude on the 1st December, 2005. This year it looks like around a third of all acts will be Flamenco Jazz-related. The festival will kick off with a concert by Paquito D’Rivera – ’50 Años y 300 noches’ – at the Centro Cultural de la Villa, the primary venue for most of the festival.

This year 2 concerts will take place with musicians from New Orleans, scene of so much devastation a couple of months ago. Some of the highlights of the festival include:

• Preservation Hall Jazz Band of New Orleans
• Dave Holland Quintet / Javier Vercher Cuarteto
• Charlie Haden´s Liberation Music Orchestra / Dennis Rollins
• Joe Zawinul Project & Wdr Big Band Köln
• Diego Amador Trío
• Roy Haynes
• María Schneider Jazz Orchestra
• Iré Habana : José María Vitier Cuarteto / SedaJazz
• Guillermo McGill Quartet & David Liebman
• Bob Sands Big Band & Laika Fatien
• Habana Report / Joshua Edelman

And many, many more. For a full listing of shows, events and artists, you will need to check out the Esmadrid Jazz Festival Website

It is not just the large venues that will host Jazz artists but also the popular Jazz clubs, like Café  Central, Bar Café Clamores Jazz, Sala Barco and Rincon del Arte Nuevo.

In addition, you will find Jazz films like Piano Blues by Clint Eastwood and When We Were Kings by Leon Gast. There are two masterclasses and even Jazz concerts for kids.

For a full listing of show and events, you will need to check out the Esmadrid Jazz Festival Website

The City Council of Madrid along with EMT (bus) and Metro Madrid will be holding, for the third year running, a ‘public transport’ fiesta – the website is called Madrid Sin Coches (Madrid Without Cars). The idea of the fiesta is to create more awarenesss of public transport and to use personal vehicles in a more rational way in the city centre – very admirable! As part of this celebration a FREE concert will be held in the evening, featuring popular Spanish band Pereza singer Fran Perea and Cuban Rap band Orishas. The concert will be held in the Paseo de Camoens, which is a short walk from Moncloa Metro stop. In the morning there is a children’s fiesta starting at 11.30 a.m.

I would certainly recommend you go along and listen to Pereza who are undoubtedly the Spanish Rock/Pop find of the year.

Timetable
11.30 pm: Children’s fiesta
7.00 pm : Fran Perea
8.30 pm: Pereza
10.00 pm: Orishas
Location: Paseo de Camoens
Metro: Moncloa
Entry: Free

The months of May and June see a cracking line up of Rock and Pop acts in Madrid. They include Steve Earl, Bruce Springsteen, Oasis, Feeder and Garbage.

Steve Earl and The Dukes
Date: 24th May | 9.30 p.m.
Price: 20 euros
Venue: Sala Divino Aqualung
Tickets: Box Office, FNAC and Tick Tack Ticket

Maroon 5
Date: 31st May
SOLD OUT

Feeder
Date: 1st June
Venue: Sala Arena (Princesa, 3)
Tickets: Box Office, FNAC and Tick Tack Ticket

Oasis

Date: 1st June
SOLD OUT

Bruce Springsteen

Date: 2nd June

Venue: Palacio de los Deportes de la Comunidad

Price: 64 and 74 euros

Tickets: Call 902 15 00 25.

Bunbury

Date: 3rd June | 9 p.m.

Venue: Paraninfo de la Universidad Complutense

Price: 28 euros

Tickets: Box Office, FNAC and Tick Tack Ticket

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Whilst in FNAC a few weeks ago I noticed a couple of Spanish lads buying a good few copies of the same CD. The band in question was called Pereza and the album – Animales – was the latest release from the band. The next time I went in to FNAC I listened to the album and was immediately hooked. I have been playing the album non-stop ever since – they are probably the most exciting Spanish rock band I’ve heard in many a year.

Pereza are a band from the North of Madrid who have been playing together since the end of the 1990’s and ‘Animales’ is now their third album. The first song they released off the album was ‘Princesas’ and you can listen to it and others on the Pereza website.

The band will be playing at the Palacio de Deportes in Madrid on the 11th June and I would certainly recommend trying to get along to see them.

Nick Rhodes, John Taylor, Andy Taylor, Roger Taylor and Simon LeBon, from the world-famous 80’s band Duran Duran, will play Madrid’s Riviera on the 22nd May. The Birmingham group will be playing the latest songs from their ‘come back’ album Astronaut, like Reach up for the (Sunrise) and What Happens Tomorrow, along with classics like ‘Please, Please Tell Me Now, Reflex, Girls on Film and Wild Boys (takes you back, doesn’t it?). Hard to think that this band formed in 1978.

Date | Time: 22nd May, 10 pm
Venue: Sala La Riviera
Price: 33 Euros (buy from FNAC) or www.ticktackticket.com

The New Year in Madrid kicks off with some great concerts. Here is a brief selection:

REM + Invited Guest
Date: 8th January | 10 p.m.
Price: 33 to 44 Euros
Venue: Palacio Vistalegre
Tickets: FNAC, Madrid Rock, Tiendas Tipo & www.ticktackticket.com

Maroon 5
Date: 20th January | 10 p.m.
Price: 22 Euros
Venue:
Sala La Riviera (Paseo Virgen del Puerto s/n)
Tickets: Box office, FNAC, Madrid Rock, Tiendas Tipo & www.ticktackticket.com

Bryan Adams
Date: 28th January | 9.30 p.m.
Price: 32.20 to 55 Euros
Venue: Palacio Vistalegre
Tickets:  Servicaixa and Halcón Viajes
 

Van Morrison
Date 29th January | 9 p.m.
Price: 40 to 70 Euros
Venue: Palacio de Congresos (Pº
de la Castellana, 99)
Tickets: Box Office, FNAC, Madrid Rock, Tiendas Tipo and www.ticktackticket.com
(902 888 902).

On the 26th December Woody Allen and his New Orleans Jazz Band will be playing at the Palacio Municipal de Congresos in the Campo de las Naciones exhibition (a previous summer show had to be postponed and Woody Allen promised he would return soon). The tickets for the show will go on sale at all branches of the Caixa Catalunya bank or by telephone on 902 10 12 12. You can also buy tickets through Telentrada.com – if I’m correct you can buy with a Credit Card and pick up the tickets through a machine at the venue (though, you’d better check beforehand).

Metro: Campo de las Naciones (line 8)

Here are a selection of pop/rock concerts that are going on in Madrid this month (November):

The Prodigy
Date: 3rd November | 8.30 pm
Price: 28.50 euros
Venue: La Riviera Paseo Virgen del Puerto s/n)
Tickets: Fnac, Madrid Rock & Tiendas Tipo.

Revolvér
Date: 4th November | 9.30 pm Price: 21 euros
Venue: Sala La Riviera (Paseo Virgen del Puerto, s/n)
Tickets: Box office and www.elcorteingles.es (902 40 02 22).

Luz Casal
Date: 5th November | 10 pm; Price: 27 to 33 euros
Venue: Palacio de Congresos (Paseo de la Castellana, 99)
Tickets: Fnac, Madrid Rock, Tiendas Tipo and www.ticktackticket.com.

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