European Concert News
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|  Since the early 1990's the career of pianist and singer Diana Krall, born in 1964 in Canadian British Columbia, has been on an upwards trajectory. And she is about to go on a summer tour in Europe to climb even higher. Krall's smoky voice, a mix of “honey and whisky”, is about to hit the continent as she does a series of concerts and festivals in Denmark, France, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Switzerland, Italy, Spain and Portugal.
Krall, married to Elvis Costello, attended Berklee School of Music in the early ‘80s, then moved to Los Angeles where she continued her studies with bassists Ray Brown and John Clayton, drummer Jeff Hamilton and pianist Jimmy Rowles; Rowles convinced the young pianist to focus on her singing as well. By 1990, Krall relocated to New York City and began performing with a trio, and in 1993, she released her debut album on a small Canadian independent label.
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|  Canadian Rapper Drake has to postpone his ten city European tour because he has to look after his mother, who is going for a surgery. Twenty three year old Drake said that he wants to show his support to his mother while she is recovering from her illness and that his mother had ardently supported him in his career throughout the years.
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|  Colombian singing legend Shakira – who just came off of a brilliant performance at Glastonbury and gave an energetic performance - has announced the European dates of her upcoming world tour.
She’ll start her gigs on the continent in Lyon, France on November 16th, 2010, and expect some of her songs to include Waka
Waka from the World Cup, as well as ‘She Wolf’, ‘La Tortura’ and ‘Hips Don’t Lie’ as well on top of a taste of her new songs from her upcoming album Sale El
Sol (out in the Fall 2010).
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| The French press is reporting that Skakira will be playing at the Halle Tony Garnier de Lyon on November 16, 2010 followed by a gig at l’Arena de Montpellier on November 26th, e Galaxie d’Amnéville on December 5th, and she will wrap up her tour of France in Paris at le Palais Omnisports de Paris Bercy on December 6th. She will be singing an array of old songs as well as new tracks from her soon-to-be-released album She Wolf, which is slated for release on July 2, 2010.
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|  Norwegian metal band Enslaved has announced on their Myspace page they are getting ready to rock Europe with an October tour. Enslaved has evolved since the early nineties from “black metal” to “Viking metal” to “progressive metal,” though, apparently, the members prefer the catch-all term “extreme metal.”
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