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| SUPERFESTIVAL IN BUCHAREST 07/07/2008 |
| (2008-07-07) |
| Last updated: 2008-07-08 13:51 EET |
Sunday saw the conclusion of one of the leading musical events in Romania, the three-day B'estfest in Bucharest. The festival brought together over 30 artists and bands, including Alanis Morissette, Cypress Hill, Nelly Furtado, Manu Chao, Kaiser Chiefs, Manic Street Preachers or Judas Priest. According to the organisers, the budget of the festival amounted to 3 million euro. As for the public, over 15 thousand people faced temperatures over 30 degrees Celsius every day. The festival also boasted a special area where artists talked with their fans, signed posters, CDs and T-shirts.
One of the highlights of the Festival was the performance of Nelly Furtado, winner of a Universal Romania triple-platinum disc for the sales of her 2006 album, Loose. The Canadian-born artist rose to fame in 2000, with the release of the album Whoa, Nelly! which included the Grammy-winner I'm like a bird. In fact, Nelly Furdado, aged 30, is the best selling artist in Romania, according to company officials. Present in Bucharest for the first time, she was impressed with the city's architecture and people. She spoke about myths related to Transylvania (centre-west) and the famous Romanian sportswoman Nadia Comaneci, thus proving that she knows “a thing or two” about Romania.
Another star who performed in Bucharest for the first time is Alanis Morissette. The 34-year old Canadian-American singer stated after the concert that the show was a display of unleashed strength on stage, and that she felt wonderfully in Romania, a country that reminds her of Hungary, where her mother was born. Morissette is an actress, singer-songwriter and producer, winner of 12 Juno and seven Grammy awards with over 60 million albums sold around the world.
UK's Kaiser Chiefs also performed for the first time in Romania, after being invited to all the major festivals in Europe and the US this year. Present on the B'estfest stage along them was another leading name of the international music: France's Nouvelle Vague. The “kings of covers,” as they were dubbed, performed hits by such famous artists as Billy Idol and Depeche Mode. A controversial band for many years, because of their left-wing political beliefs and their past support to socialism, the Welsh Manic Street Preachers thrilled the public in Bucharest. In their troubled career, they were even invited by Fidel Castro to perform in Cuba. Apart from older hits, in Bucharest they also promoted their latest album, Send Away the Tigers, released in 2007.
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