Loreena McKennitt
We are pleased to announce that world-renowned Loreena McKennitt, the multi-award-winning Canadian singer and songwriter, will visit Budapest in 2024 as part of her 24-stop spring European tour.
Schedule
McKennitt and his fellow musicians will kick off the Visit Revisited tour in Eindhoven, the Netherlands on 6 March 2024, and will conclude in London on 8 April, with performances in Germany, Switzerland, France, Italy, Austria, Belgium, Hungary and Poland. The tour celebrates the anniversary of their Juno Award-winning album The Visit, which was first released in Canada in 1991 and became an international hit in 1992 on Warner Music Group. This album brought her international popularity and was a true milestone in her life, and she has continued to conquer and enrich her fans worldwide with unbroken success. The artist released The Visit: The Definitive Edition in September 2021, celebrating the 30th anniversary of her original album The Visit. The deluxe, limited edition album debuted with expanded music and is a true curiosity with its four CD audio Blu-ray and an illustrated book of professional retrospectives featuring relived memories and never-before-published material. The first leg of The Visit Revisited tour began in September 2022 with ten shows in Eastern Canada.
"The last time I performed in Europe was in 2019 and a lot has happened since then. It will be a wonderful feeling to return to Europe next spring and reunite with all the familiar faces I missed during these tumultuous times," said McKennitt.
McKennitt will be accompanied by Caroline Lavelle (cello), Brian Hughes (guitar), Hugh Marsh (violin) and Dudley Phillips (bass).
Loreena McKennitt is an eclectic mix of Celtic music, pop and folk, and has sold over 14 million albums worldwide during her career. Her recordings have achieved gold, platinum and multi-platinum status in 15 countries on four continents. He has been nominated twice for a Grammy Award, won two Juno Awards and a Billboard International Achievement Award. He is a familiar presence in some of the world's most prestigious and historic concert halls, from Carnegie Hall to the famous Alhambra Palace in Granada, Spain.
This concert is an experience that will give you the gift of music from the heart. In this event, the sounds of peace, tranquillity and spiritual silence will take you on a magical journey down memory lane to a fabulous musical landscape. The world of traditional Celtic music is presented in a harmonious atmosphere, where we can immerse ourselves in feelings through songs deeply lived and experienced. At every moment of the performance we experience a balanced and unique performance. This concert is a unique way to intertwine with the atmosphere, an unforgettable experience in which you can become an active participant.
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.