After the Success of their Born Free 2012 tour & the upcoming leg in 2013. Brian & Kerry are now doing some Born Free dates in Europe, outside of the UK & Eire.
8th July - Paris - France
13th July - Soglinano - Italy
14th July - Pescara - Italy
16th July - Grado - Italy
17th July - Vigevano - Italy
Kerry has also got the "Montreux Jazz Festival - Switzerland" down for the 19th July, not sure if Brian will be performing, but since his links with performing on the show before, plus with the recent passing of the founder of the festival "Claude Nobs" & it only being 2 days after the Italy gig, Just to nip over the boarder into Switzerland & do the festival, does kind of make sense. (we'll have to watch out for an announcement.)
The line-up for the 47th Montreux Jazz Festival will be announced on April 18, 2013. (the only Artiste announced so far is "Prince")
Such a shame Brian won't do this by himself. I'd happily travel to Italy for 4 BM gigs... But the risk of 4x90 minutes of Kerry and 10 minutes of Brian... :(
Pim Derks wrote:
Such a shame Brian won't do this by himself. I'd happily travel to Italy for 4 BM gigs... But the risk of 4x90 minutes of Kerry and 10 minutes of Brian... :(
Here’s a few info a tourist info about the Italian dates for non-Italians who would like to follow Brian and Kerry in Italy. First of all, the organizers chose historical venues; all the concerts will be in the open air (2 of them by the seaside). There are plenty of hotels nearby the venues (except for Sogliano, you have to sleep in Rimini); do not forget swimsuits (and a sweater for the Sogliano concert, as it’s in the mountains).
13th July – Sogliano al Rubicone – Piazza Matteotti (Matteotti Square) – Sogliano Estate Festival - Region: Emilia Romagna – Sogliano is located 30 km. from Rimini and 120 km. from Bologna. To my point of view, this is the most unusual and interesting venue, as Sogliano is situated in the middle of Apennine mountains and it’s a 3,000 inhabitants village. The concert will be in the main Sogliano Square, Piazza Matteotti. link link
14th July – Pescara – Teatro D’Annunzio (D’Annunzio Theatre) – Pescara Jazz Festival - Region: Abruzzo – Pescara is located 300 km. from Sogliano and 200 km. from Rome; it’s a 120,000 inhabitant town on the coast of Adriatic Sea. The concert will be in the open air D’Annunzio Theatre. link link
16th July – Grado – Diga Nazario Sauro (Nazario Sauro Dam) – Grado Festival - Region: Friuli – Grado is located 130 km. from Venice and 50 km. from Trieste. It’s a 9,000 inhabitant Roman seaside resort situated in peninsula between the Adriatic Sea and the Grado lagoon. The concert will be in the Nazario Sauro Dam, the seaside promenade (outstanding location). link link
17th July – Vigevano – Castello Sforzesco (Sforza Castle) – 10 Giorni Suonati Festival - Region: Lombardia – Vigevano is located 35 km. from Milan. It’s a 65,000 inhabitant medieval town in the middle of Po Valley. The concert will be in the courtyard of the medieval Sforza Castle. link link
On Brian's site:-
Another European Date to be announced imminent.
(could be the Montreux jazz festival 19th July 2013, as mentioned before, but fingers crossed it's a completely different venue & date, added after Montreux.)
Klagenfurt ( 320 km southwest of Vienna) is the capital of the Austrian federal state Carinthia, where I was born and raised. And the Woerthersee is the biggest lake of Carinthia. - Weird that Brian had to get so old to visit my beautiful homeland ;-)
VENUE CHANGE - 17th July – Milano – Auditorium Verdi – 10 Giorni Suonati Festival - Region: Lombardia – Milano is Milano :) And let's hope for some air conditioning (indoor concert in July in Italy...) link link
