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It seems Seu Jorge is everywhere at the moment. At the weekend he was singing in front of almost 15,000 people at Madison Square Garden, the week before he was hanging out with ?uestlove, he’s been the subject of articles discussing the benefits of artists featuring on soundtracks as well as changing Brazilian stereotypes, all the time while touring North American with Almaz in support of their awesome Seu Jorge and Almaz record, released on Now Again Records in August. Now thankfully we will be getting our European fix as the group heads over to Europe for a 15-date tour. Tour details are as follow:
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One of the biggest Brazilian events of the last week took place in New York as Ivete Sangalo performed at the Madison Square Garden in New York. Sangalo, who is the biggest star in Brazil right now, at least as far as record sales are concerned, seems intent on breaking into the international market, something which is quite tricky when you only sing in Portuguese.
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After ten years Rock in Rio festival is back to the city that gives name to the event. In the last decade, Madrid and Lisbon had the privilege to have their own editions of one of the biggest music events in the world. Now, it is time again for Rio de Janeiro to host the 4th edition of Rock in Rio festival in 2011, as recently announced by businessman and creator of the festival Roberto Medina and Rio’s mayor Eduardo Paes.
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