Tonight I'm going to see Hans Zimmer at Globen!

I'm going to the concert with my friend Christopher and it starts at 8 pm.

Hans Zimmer will have a band with 15 people, an orchestra and a choir. There will be a total of 60 musicians on stage.

The concert consists of two parts: The first part consists of some of Hans Zimmer's legendary movie themes like “Gladiator”, “The Lion King” and “Pirates of the Caribbean”. And the second part consists of completely new versions of the music from “Inception” and “The Dark Night” trilogy.

Hans Zimmer has written music for over 120 movies and for his work he's been awarded 1 Oscar, 2 Golden Globes, 3 Grammys, 1 American Music Award and 1 Tony Award.

This is the first time Hans Zimmer will perform in Scandinavia.

I'm sure that this concert will be a really cool and fun experience and I'm really looking forward to it!

Tonight I'm going to see “The Phantom of the Opera” at Cirkus!

I'm going to see it with my friend Johanna and it starts at 7:30 pm.

I've never seen a musical live before so I'm excited that “The Phantom of the Opera” will be the first musical I get to see since it's one of the most successful musicals in the world! But the biggest reason why I wanted to see it is because one of my favorite artists Peter Jöback is playing the title role as “The Phantom”.

Peter played the same role in “The Phantom of the Opera” in London 2012 and New York 2013 and now the third time he's playing the same role in “The Phantom of the Opera” in his/our hometown Stockholm! He will probably not be a part of this musical again and definitely not in Stockholm anyway so of course I couldn't miss the chance to see him star in the big musical that “The Phantom of the Opera” is!

Tonight I'm going to see a ballet for the first time in my life!

 

My Mom saw an ad about this ballet in the Metro newspaper some week ago and showed it to me since she knows that I have been wanting to go and see a real ballet. So I asked my uncle if he wanted to go with me to see this ballet and he agreed and it also ended up being my belated Birthday present from him. To get to see a real Russian ballet the first time I see a ballet is definitely a good Birthday present!

This ballet is called “Balettgala - Det bästa av Tjaikovski” (“Ballet gala - The best of Tjaikovski”) and it's a unique ballet performance that restores the Russian classical ballet tradition in the best way. This ballet only plays tonight on October 10, October 11 and October 12 at Intiman in Stockholm.

“The Ballet Gala includes a cavalcade of the most complicated and in its beauty unforgettable ballet performances combined with a concert where the audience gets enchanted by Tjaikovski's magical music. The implementation is like a magical ride surrounded by an ever-conquering power of love.

The program is dynamic and changes between solos and parts with a large number of dancers on scene simultaneously. A variety of magnificent costumes and scenography contribute to unforgettable experiences.

The artists honor the Bolshoi Theatre ballet traditions and carry the show entirely according to the original productions and the great Petipa's choreography, which will not leave anyone unaffected in the auditorium.

The Moscow Ballet consists of young highly creative and talented dancers with strong personalities. They have won several prestigious international competitions and has had success in many leading theaters around the world, but primarily on the world-famous Bolshoi Theatre. They also had a highly acclaimed tour recently in Italy, Switzerland, Spain, USA, Mexico and New Zealand.

Now it is Sweden's turn to enjoy the magic and elegance of this first-class ballet with the best dance numbers from “Swan Lake”, “Nutcracker” and “Sleeping Beauty” accompanied by the great and timeless music of Peter Tjaikovski.”
(I translated this from Intiman.)

As you can read above, this is a real Russian ballet with music from Peter Tjaikovski so it sounds very promising! I hope that it will live up to my expectations and that I will like it, but no matter what it will be very interesting to get to see a ballet for the first time in my life and it will be something that I can say that I've actually seen and experienced.

Nicky Byrne will represent Ireland with the song “Sunlight” in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 here in Stockholm, Sweden.

 

Now we all know who I'll be cheering for in Eurovision Song Contest 2016! ♥

Westlife are my biggest childhood idols and I'll always support them even though they're not a band anymore. All of them have their own solo music careers and now finally Nicky have gone solo as well! Nicky have always been my favorite in Westlife, even though I obviously like all of them and the band as a whole, so this is very exciting! He have already been offered a album deal with Universal Music Ireland so I hope this means he'll begin his solo music career for real; make more music and go on tour etc. ♥

The first song I listened to in 2015.

 

I won 2 tickets to Melody Gardot's concert already in June and I invited my uncle to go with me since I thought that he might like her music.

 

I've honestly not really listened to her music before because I don't listen to that music genre but I think it can be fun to listen to some live music that I've never listened to before and it will definitely be a new experience for me.