Halott Pénz
Halott Pénz are set to take the MVM Dome by storm too!
Formed in 2004 as a solo project by Dávid Marsalkó, Halott Pénz has become one of the country’s most popular bands over the past twenty-odd years with songs such as ‘Feneked a gyengém’, ‘Valami van a levegőben’, ‘Darabokra törted a szívem’ and ‘Amikor feladnád’. With their catchy lyrics, they have conquered not only the charts but also people’s hearts. This spring, their catalogue of hits was expanded with ‘Gyerekekkel’: the music video for the song has already been viewed 4.5 million times and has quickly become a firm favourite at live shows.
Schedule
Few Hungarian bands can claim to have filled almost every major concert venue in Hungary during their career. Halott Pénz played fourteen consecutive sold-out concerts at Budapest Park, filled the Budapest Arena three times, and celebrated their 20th anniversary at the Puskás Arena. They kicked off this year with a European tour; in May, they celebrated the 10th anniversary of their album *Ülni. Örülni. Megőrülni. album at Budapest Park, whilst in the summer they played at the biggest domestic festivals and gave sold-out concerts at Plázs and Gyárkert. They will cap off this exciting year with a grand end-of-year concert on 29 December at the MVM Dome.
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.
