MASHROU ‘LEILA, the most notable indie rock band in the Middle East, will be in concert for the first time in Italy: Friday 11 April, at the Auditorium Flog in Florence. A special event in collaboration with Brownbook magazine, Oxfam Italia and Eventi Music Pool, to raise funds for emergency projects in Syria, on the occasion of Middle East Now Festival.
FRIDAY APRIL 11, 2014 – Auditorium FLOG FLORENCE
Middle East Now festival, together with Brownbook magazine, Eventi Music Pool and Oxfam Italia, present the first concert in Italy of Mashrou’ Leila, the Lebanese band that has been becoming one of the leading names in the rock music scene of the Middle East.
They will be on stage Friday April 11, at 10 pm at the Auditorium Flog in Florence. Over the past five years, the band has managed to create an amazing transversal youth movement ranging from Lebanon to Morocco, through Jordan, Palestine, Egypt, Tunisia and even Israel. Over 170 thousand Facebook fans and always sold-out concerts all over the world. The special event in Florence is organized in collaboration with La Scene Muta and Frikkettonica.
MASHROU’ LEILA BIO:
Unique, that’s the word that comes to mind when you run into this young Lebanese group on the street. Five musicians who, with an energy so great that it’s quickly contagious, with the power of their sound and the charisma of their leader will give you the exciting feeling that you are witnessing the birth of a great rock group. Pervasive guitars, keyboards as clear as fugues, stubborn and persistent violins, minimalist electric sounds lead by the brilliant voice of Hamed Sino who raps out poetic refrains like hymns to joy and to freedom of expression. If the Arab world is searching for an identity, there is no doubt that Mashrou’ Leila can point the way. After the Arab Spring, Mashrou’ Leila became the incubator – a hatchery – of identity and of demands for a freer, more open world playing to packed houses in Beirut, Paris, Amsterdam, Montréal, Geneva, Tunis, Amman, Dubai, Barcelona and at international festivals like Byblos, Paleo, Baalbeck, BabelMed, Exit…
The group has already produced three albums, Mashrou’ Leila (2008), El Hal Romancy (2011) and Raasük (2013), the last album that was recorded in the Hotel2Tango studios in Montreal and is distributed in Europe by Harmonia Mundi.
Between 2013 and 2014, Mashrou’ Leila have performed – among other places – at the Apolo (Barcelona), The Garage (London), New Morning (Paris), Metropolis (Montréal), Roman Theatre (Amman), Festival Liban Jazz (Beirut), Hotel de Ville (Paris), Babylon (Istanbul), Le National (Montréal), La Cigale (Paris), Royal Muhammad Ali Club (Cairo), La Maroquinerie (Paris), Paradiso (Amsterdam), Big Day Out Rock Festival (Doha), and the DU World Music Festival (Dubai).
Fanpage Facebook:
facebook.com/mashrou3leila
PRESS REVIEWS:
Vanity Fair: http://www.vanityfair.it/show/musica/13/09/24/gruppo-pop-arabo-mashrou’-leila
The Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2013/sep/13/mashrou-leila-lebanese-arab-politics
Libération: http://www.liberation.fr/culture/2013/10/03/mash-rou-leila-fait-sa-revolution-en-chanson_936780
BBC review:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-24498505
MUSIC VIDEO:
Fasateen video ufficiale: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HqHdBlQEe8
Live a Baalbeck Festival: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oViTA93ydQs
Live a Paleo Festival: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXorpxYmRRo
Info: T. 055 240397
online pre-sales tickets
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Entrance Ticket € 12,00 – reduced € 10,00