The success she has experienced with "Back to Black" in 2006 is well known. The troubles with drugs are no secret either, just like the several postponements of concerts because of these problems.
Amy Jade Winehouse returns to albums and concerts in 2011. With ?uestlove, the drummer of Roots they decided to create a new group that is still in progress. Beyond this project, Amy will release a new album this year, for which she stated that "It’s going to be very much the same as my second album, where there’s a lot of jukebox stuff and songs that are… just jukebox, really.” Mark Ronson confirmed working with Winehouse on her new project.
Few days ago we learned that she has confirmed her first live appearance in a European city after a long time, at the BBK Festival in Bilbao, Spain. Today we learn that on June 22 she will be in Ejekt! Good news, certainly, and pleasant, I would to say, because Winehouse is still one of the big names in music of today, even though she is facing drugs problems these years ...
I do not know anything about the new album, although I find it hard for her to create something equivalent to "Back to Black". Nevertheless, her appearance in Greece is a great success and well done to Detox! Let us hope she would be in good health at that time and we would attend a good concert in a adequate venue on Wednesday evening June 22.
The "It's my Party" you can hear in the above video is a cover of Amy Winehouse and Mark Ronson in the popular success of Quincy Jones and released last November on the tribute album to Jones: "Q: Soul Bossa Nostra". Nice arrangement, however ...
Press Release
22 JUNE 2011
EJEKT FESTIVAL
AMY WINEHOUSE
The Ejekt Festival, the big music festival in Greece, continues its successful course for the seventh consecutive year, maintaining as an axis the same prescription: to present top names in pop, rock and electronic music on the same stage, a real celebration of music.
For 2011, the Ejekt Festival presents for the first time in Greece, the ultimate diva of contemporary music: Amy Winehouse!
She is, unquestionably, the leading singer who emerged in the previous decade in world music scene. Her songs have become anthems: "Rehab", "You Know I'm No Good," Back To Black "," Tears Dry On Their Own "," Love Is A Losing Game "," Stronger Than Me ", "Take The Box", "In My Bed / You Sent Me Flying".
It is the only case artist for many years, who has occupied so much the public and media, both with her incredible talent, and with the hectic life. Everyone is talking about one of the greatest singers in history and compare her with legends like Billie Holiday. And they are not wrong.
The influence of Amy Winehouse in the music industry is so large as to create the term "phenomenon Winehouse" to describe how the success paved the way for full restoration of British music on the world stage for the first time since the Beatles! It is no coincidence that large names like Duffy and Adele acknowledge that owe her much.
And all this with only two records! In 2003, aged just 20 years, with the debut of "Frank" was able to break any sales records in Great Britain to win many awards but the most impressive was she managed to bring jazz music back in fashion!
But it was nothing compared to the success experienced in 2007 and since then, with the ultimate record of the decade: the "Back In Black" has sold so far more than 10,000,000 copies worldwide and has become platinum in dozens of countries! It's the album that made fashion Great Britain, for the first time in decades, a British artist has managed to conquer America. The album spent months on U.S. top charts and won 5 Grammy awards!
The "Back In Black" is also the record that brought back in fashion the music of 50s and 60s, thanks to the unique combination of rock & roll, r'n'b and soul songs of Amy. The overwhelming success broke the boundaries of music and went to the wider pop culture: the appearance of Amy Winehouse, with vintage clothes and impressive hairstyles became a model for countless women and influenced so dramatically the fashion industry!
2011 is the year of the great return of Amy Winehouse: in the Spring has announced she will release the awaited new album. As four years have passed since "Back To Black", the expectation of the audience is huge and the release is the discography event of this year. It is also the year that Amy is back on tour after 2008, as she will appear - as a leading name - in the biggest festivals on the planet!
The full line-up of Ejekt, with more big names will be announced in coming days.
Tickets sold for 50 euros in www.ticketarena.gr
and Friday, February 18 stores in Public Athens and Tickethouse Athens and Thessaloniki
the day of the festival will be sold for 55 Euro only from the box offices.
Info: 210 9611118 and www.detoxevents.gr
Contact media: Stavros Striligkas , www.myspace.com / pragency
Amy Jade Winehouse returns to albums and concerts in 2011. With ?uestlove, the drummer of Roots they decided to create a new group that is still in progress. Beyond this project, Amy will release a new album this year, for which she stated that "It’s going to be very much the same as my second album, where there’s a lot of jukebox stuff and songs that are… just jukebox, really.” Mark Ronson confirmed working with Winehouse on her new project.
Few days ago we learned that she has confirmed her first live appearance in a European city after a long time, at the BBK Festival in Bilbao, Spain. Today we learn that on June 22 she will be in Ejekt! Good news, certainly, and pleasant, I would to say, because Winehouse is still one of the big names in music of today, even though she is facing drugs problems these years ...
I do not know anything about the new album, although I find it hard for her to create something equivalent to "Back to Black". Nevertheless, her appearance in Greece is a great success and well done to Detox! Let us hope she would be in good health at that time and we would attend a good concert in a adequate venue on Wednesday evening June 22.
The "It's my Party" you can hear in the above video is a cover of Amy Winehouse and Mark Ronson in the popular success of Quincy Jones and released last November on the tribute album to Jones: "Q: Soul Bossa Nostra". Nice arrangement, however ...
Press Release
22 JUNE 2011 EJEKT FESTIVAL
AMY WINEHOUSE
The Ejekt Festival, the big music festival in Greece, continues its successful course for the seventh consecutive year, maintaining as an axis the same prescription: to present top names in pop, rock and electronic music on the same stage, a real celebration of music.
For 2011, the Ejekt Festival presents for the first time in Greece, the ultimate diva of contemporary music: Amy Winehouse!
She is, unquestionably, the leading singer who emerged in the previous decade in world music scene. Her songs have become anthems: "Rehab", "You Know I'm No Good," Back To Black "," Tears Dry On Their Own "," Love Is A Losing Game "," Stronger Than Me ", "Take The Box", "In My Bed / You Sent Me Flying".
It is the only case artist for many years, who has occupied so much the public and media, both with her incredible talent, and with the hectic life. Everyone is talking about one of the greatest singers in history and compare her with legends like Billie Holiday. And they are not wrong.
The influence of Amy Winehouse in the music industry is so large as to create the term "phenomenon Winehouse" to describe how the success paved the way for full restoration of British music on the world stage for the first time since the Beatles! It is no coincidence that large names like Duffy and Adele acknowledge that owe her much.
And all this with only two records! In 2003, aged just 20 years, with the debut of "Frank" was able to break any sales records in Great Britain to win many awards but the most impressive was she managed to bring jazz music back in fashion!
But it was nothing compared to the success experienced in 2007 and since then, with the ultimate record of the decade: the "Back In Black" has sold so far more than 10,000,000 copies worldwide and has become platinum in dozens of countries! It's the album that made fashion Great Britain, for the first time in decades, a British artist has managed to conquer America. The album spent months on U.S. top charts and won 5 Grammy awards! The "Back In Black" is also the record that brought back in fashion the music of 50s and 60s, thanks to the unique combination of rock & roll, r'n'b and soul songs of Amy. The overwhelming success broke the boundaries of music and went to the wider pop culture: the appearance of Amy Winehouse, with vintage clothes and impressive hairstyles became a model for countless women and influenced so dramatically the fashion industry!
2011 is the year of the great return of Amy Winehouse: in the Spring has announced she will release the awaited new album. As four years have passed since "Back To Black", the expectation of the audience is huge and the release is the discography event of this year. It is also the year that Amy is back on tour after 2008, as she will appear - as a leading name - in the biggest festivals on the planet!
The full line-up of Ejekt, with more big names will be announced in coming days.
Tickets sold for 50 euros in www.ticketarena.gr
and Friday, February 18 stores in Public Athens and Tickethouse Athens and Thessaloniki
the day of the festival will be sold for 55 Euro only from the box offices.
Info: 210 9611118 and www.detoxevents.gr
Contact media: Stavros Striligkas , www.myspace.com / pragency
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