Kispál és a Borz
The legendary orchestra is preparing for the biggest indoor concert in its history on 30 December 2024 at the MVM Dome in Budapest. András Lovasi and András Kispál will perform a selection of the best songs of the last four decades.
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Founded in 1987, the guitar band said goodbye to their audience in 2010 after 10 studio albums and at the height of their rising success, to fulfil their promise that they would not be their own "tribute" band without creative work. Instead of nostalgia parties, each member found their own reckoning: audiences were quick to acknowledge that András Lovasi, who led the band Kiscsillag, did not have to say goodbye to fresh songs and lyrics, and that he himself had proved with three solo albums, the 2017 Lovasi50 arena concert and his subsequent continuous touring that he was far from running out of the much-vaunted "creative energy". Dióssy D. Ákos fulfilled his potential as a keyboard engineer, while becoming a regular "understudy" at Pál Utcai Fiúk concerts. And the eponymous András Kispál first continued to use his characteristic guitar skills in the band Velőrózsák, then he apparently retired, but during the pandemic the Kispál-Lovasi composer duo found each other again in the context of small garden concerts.
In 2022, Kispál and the Badger announced their return to Kispál on Orfù, their own festival, and released two new songs - there was no doubt that they were able to pick up where they left off. At the same time, they announced a concert in Budapest Park, which sold out at record speed, and ended up having a sold-out encore.
Next year, on 30 December 2024, they will play the biggest indoor concert in their history at the MVM Dome, where the band's core line-up (András Lovasi - vocals, bass, András Kispál - guitar, Ákos Dióssy D. - keyboards, Ferenc Bajkai - drums) will be expanded with exciting guest musicians and singers.
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.