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Tuesday, 29 July 2008

More about the Music of the Stars Concert

I've been wondering how many people they thought they could get up at the Roque, given the need for things like parking and toilets. According to Canarias 7 (in Spanish) the answer is "perhaps 2,000". The idea is to transmit the concert to huge, open-air screens in each of the Canary Islands, and also in Madrid and London, and maybe Paris and Brussels.

Jean-Michel Jarre and Brian May are said to be enthusiastic about the project. They aren't the only ones. I can hardly wait.

Labels: Brian May, Jean-Michel Jarre, La Palma, La Plama, live music, Roque de los Muchachos

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Wednesday, 16 July 2008

For some time rumours have been circulating around the island's that Brian May's going to give a concert here for the inauguration of the huge, new, Spanish telescope, GranTeCan. Today, the IAC announced that Jean-Michel Jarre has visited the observatories here and at Teide, and will be playing too.

My goodness, I think it's really going to happen.

More details at http://www.alphagalileo.org/index.cfm?_rss=1&fuseaction=readrelease&releaseid=530918

Labels: Brian May, Canaries, Canary Isands, Jean-Michel Jarre, La Palma, La Plama, live music, observatory, Roque de los Muchachos, The Music of Stars