5 Seconds of Summer
After their solo adventures, the Australian superstar pop band members are joining forces once again for a brand-new tour. With their upcoming album Everyone’s a Star! on the way, 5 Seconds of Summer will embark on a European tour this spring - returning to Budapest with fresh new songs on April 24, at the MVM Dome.
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Since their rise to stardom, 5 Seconds of Summer has captured hearts and achieved record breaking accomplishments. They have amassed over 17B Global Career Streams and have had three #1 albums in US Billboard 200 (the most from any Australian act). All five of their studio albums have reached the top 2 on the Billboard 200, while anthems like “She Looks So Perfect”, “Youngblood”, and “Amnesia” have become generational touchstones, resonating with millions of fans worldwide.
Their sixth album, Everyone’s a Star!, coming out on November 14, is a return to their roots. Two tracks from the new album have already been released: the first is the energetic pop-rock song “Not Ok”, which reveals the band’s darker side; the second is “Boyband”, a song that reflects on their more than 10 years of shared experiences - at times with irony - and was also inspired by the tragic death of Liam Payne. These early releases already hint that the upcoming album will be full of unexpected twists and could be their most exciting work yet.
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.