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By the end of the year following its formation in 1990, the classic line-up of László Cipő Bódi, Csaba Boros, Attila László Nagy, Tamás Patai and Zoltán Tóth Republic was born, sharing the joys, successes and tasks of their work together for more than 20 years. They have won numerous professional awards, prizes, countless gold, platinum and diamond records, as well as hits.
On 11 March 2013, the band reached the most difficult period of its career. The death of musician-songwriter-singer Bódi László Cipő was both a tragedy for Republic and a tragedy for the Hungarian music scene. Eleven years have passed since then, but Csaba Boros, Tamás Patai, Attila László Nagy and Gábor Halász have created a strong and renewed creative community, and they will never forget Cipő. The first and last song of the concerts is always his, his voice is always heard, and it will stay that way. Their success has been unbroken ever since, with 3 studio albums, 2 live albums and many live performances to prove that they are worthy of continuing.
At their big birthday concert they will be performing their greatest hits such as "The Whale Flies", "Love Somebody for Something", "Let Me Come Closer", "If You Were Here With Me", "Road 67", "Blue and Orange", "Fly Away Little Bird", to name but a few. But you will also hear new hits like Let's Draw Dreams, It's Good to Live, The Wind Blows, Girls from Lake Balaton and a brand new song that hasn't been officially released yet, Who's in the House.
The concert at the MVM Dome on 1 February 2025 will be a fitting conclusion to a truly wonderful anniversary, with a special line-up and guests.
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.