U2 announce YouTube concert series The Virtual Road Irish band, U2 has announced that four concerts will broadcast on YouTube starting off with their 2001 live from Slane Castle which will broadcast on St. Patrick s Day.
From St. Patricks Day, fans of U2 will be able to relive concerts from Slane Castle, Red Rocks Ampitheatre, Foro Sol Stadium, and Paris on the band s YouTube channel. The concerts will be available for 48 hours from the scheduled dates.
Every show is memorable for us but these four particularly so… It’s exciting to be on the road again… Embracing all the wonder of the virtual road… And especially exciting to be joined by such a brilliant line-up of fellow travellers in Dermot Kennedy, Fontaines D.C., Carla Morrison, and Feu! Chatterton.” the band said in a statement.
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Colorado Symphony resident conductor Christopher Dragon on stage at Red Rocks Amphitheatre during the symphony’s Vivaldi program in September 2020. Dragon’s contract was extended through the 2024 season. (Amanda Tipton Photography, provided by Colorado Symphony)
Colorado Symphony will be able to pay its employees’ salaries and health insurance through summer 2021 thanks to a $2 million anonymous gift, even as painful shutdowns continue for most nonprofit performing arts companies across the United States.
The gift, which was received last year but disclosed in a press statement in late January, brings Colorado Symphony’s end-of-2020 fundraising to a record $2.5 million. It bolsters the $122,000 that the symphony raised on Colorado Gives Day (Dec. 8, 2020); the completion of a matching, $50,000 grant by The Butler Family Fund of The Denver Foundation; and more than $150,000 in ticket donations “by generous patrons and subscribers from canceled concerts