Sting
Seventeen-time Grammy Award-winning artist STING has added new European dates to his highly successful STING 3.0 world tour, which will see him perform at the MVM Dome in Budapest on Thursday, June 18.
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Sting returns accompanied by his longtime collaborator, virtuoso guitarist Dominic Miller, and dynamic drummer Chris Maas (Mumford & Sons, Maggie Rogers), bringing with him the most exciting hits and rarities from his oeuvre.
Now, the STING 3.0 tour, which has been a huge success in America and South Africa, continues with a special series of concerts in Europe.
Sting, known for his pioneering work as a solo artist and as the frontman and songwriter of the influential band The Police, has continually pushed the boundaries of musical innovation throughout his career. The STING 3.0 tour represents a new, dynamic era, presenting a selection of pieces from his vast repertoire through the lens of a three-piece band.
MVM Dome
MVM Dome is the seventh largest indoor event venue in Europe. Its capacity for sports events and concerts is significantly higher than that of the Budapest Sports Arena.
It has 20,022 seats; a total of 50,000 square metres of floor space; innovative, rearrangeable spaces for many indoor sports (handball, basketball and volleyball, futsal, ice hockey, tennis, skating) as well as certain athletic, equestrian and motorcycle competitions, and even swimming competitions and water polo matches in the mobile pool.
Through the six entrances to the building, spectators can enter the arena’s interior using eight escalators, leading to the walk-through grandstands accessible on three levels.
The structure of the building’s exterior is reminiscent of muscle fibres: the light strips placed on the outward-leaning, elliptical sections not only embrace the building, but the light shows, programmed using various colours, appear to set the entire building in motion.
There is a 600 square metre display on the façade of the building.
The Main Entrance leads to an impressive foyer, where visitors will be greeted by a grandiose hanging light installation of 848 handmade glass tubes.
The programmable sports lighting is also suitable for HDTV broadcasts of the highest-level world competitions, as well as for super-slow-motion recordings due to flicker free technology.
The lighting system also plays an important role in the events and concerts, as it is suitable for changing the colour temperature of the auditorium, which means that the lighting functions can be changed without rearranging the arena, only through the pre-programmed lighting controls. This design is the first and is unique in Europe for luminaires of this power.
A central display (cube) provides information in the auditorium during the events.