King Khan
April 4, 2008
King Khan, the self-named “Maharaja of Soul” from Montreal, launches himself onto Barcelona’s Sala Apolo stage for what promises to be “clashing, clanking Keith, Lou and Iggy flirtatious guitar psychedelica.” He is accompanied by band The Shrines, which includes Mr Speedfinger on guitar. And the occasion? The recent release of a new album: What Is!? March 27, doors open 9.30pm.
Sala Apolo
Nou de la Rambla 111-113
08004 Barcelona
Metro Paral.lel
www.sala-apolo.com
Tickets: €10-€12
DJ Shadow
April 4, 2008
After the release of the pioneering album Endtroducing, nigh on a decade ago, (yes, we are that old), the nimble-fingered DJ Shadow just hasn’t stopped producing. For this collaborative set with chop-master Cut Chemist he invites us to the large venue of Sala Razzmatazz. Watch, listen and be amazed. March 25, doors open 9pm.
Sala Razzmatazz
C/Almogavers 122
08018 Barcelona
Metro Marina/Bogatell
Tickets €28-€31.50
The Eurostars Anglí presents ‘aesthetic accidents’ by Markus Haub
March 12, 2008
The Eurostars Anglí 4* (Barcelona) presents, from 10 March to 30 April, an exhibition by Markus Haub (Germany, 1972). The Haub exhibition is the first part of a trilogy, ‘Urban Landscapes’. Three exhibitions focused on the city and the relationships amongst its inhabitants which will fill the exhibition space at the Eurostars Angli until next September. Haub inaugurates this trilogy and will be followed by Valentina Adorni and Marc Goodwin, whose paintings will be displayed from 10 May to 10 June and from 15 July to 1 September, respectively. Read more
Joaquín Cortés
March 10, 2008
Joaquín Cortés, devilishly handsome and dressed by Jean Paul Gaultier, indulges in a frenetic show of foot-stamping, sweat-spurting, shamelessly attention-seeking flamenco dance with interludes of rapturous applause from the audience. With his private clan of musicians and singers to frame him, JC attains new heights in Latino kitch in this highly theatrical performance entitled Mi Soledad (My Solitude). Leave your boyfriend at home. O-lé. Tickets are €20-€58
9.30pm/7pm on Sunday
Tívoli theatre
C/Casp 8-10
08010 Barcelona
Alicia Keys
March 10, 2008
Wallet? Keys? Hopes and Dreams?
She’s hot, intelligent AND she can sing? These three virtues, rarely experienced together (however much they try to make us believe it), intermingle and explode in the lovely Alicia Keys. Go and hear her in action on March 16th. The venue is Pavelló Olímpic de Badalona (Barcelona) NB. This is NOT the Olympic stadium on Montjuïc, but a 12,500-seater basketball stadium slightly out of town. The show starts at 9pm and you have the added pleasure of getting out at a Metro station called Gorg.
Avinguda Alfons XIII, s/n
08921 Badalona (Barcelona)
Metro Gorg
Tickets: €48-€58
Café Bo!
March 3, 2008
After a stroll around Parc Güell, don’t rush back to the centre so quickly… mosey on down to the barrio of Gràcia with its pretty squares and cute boutiques. For sunny snacks (yes, even in February) grab a terrace table at Bo! on plaça Rius i Taulet and have an early tapas lunch accompanied by a heady Volldamm malt beer. Then sit back, relax and watch the kids play in the square. Nice.
Plaça de Rius i Taulet, 11
08012, Barcelona
Metro Fontana
Open 10am-12.30am
Eurostars Hotels sponsors the theatrical adaptation of ‘Tirant lo Blanc’
February 20, 2008
Eurostars Hotels is the official sponsor of the theatrical adaptation carried out by playwright, Calixto Bieito of the mediaeval classic, ‘Tirant lo Blanc’. The play, which has been successfully performed at the recent Frankfurt Book Fair in Germany, will be performed until 9th March at the Teatre Romea (Barcelona). It will later on be taken on tour to several Spanish cities. Read more
Zarabanda
February 14, 2008
A rambling shack of a bar, with a low-fi vibe, friendly service and healthy-sized salads seasoned with honey and sprinkled with walnuts; crepes stuffed with vegetables, pesto and goat cheese, or mushrooms and Spanish ham, (plus a dozen other tasty options), an extensive choice of drinkies at the bar and a bill that comes to 15 euros max. Zarabanda is the reliable weekday option for those who just want to hang out somewhere comfy and let hunger dawn (or dusk) on them.
Open 7.30pm-midnight daily
Zarabanda
C/Ferlandina 55
08001 Barcelona
Metro Catalunya or Sant Antoni
Raghu Rai photos
February 14, 2008
Budding photographers take note: brilliant Indian photojournalist Raghu Rai, born in Jhang (now Pakistan) in 1942, has his work up at a free exhibition in Casa Asia: distinct passages of India that are as resonant as they are colourful and quirky. A man sleeps peacefully in Old Delhi as the world races past him. A sacred cow wanders nonchalantly through the rot and rubble of a shantytown. A group of brightly clothed mourners huddle on the steps in Harishchandra Ghat as pedestrians busy by… look and learn.
Open 10am-2pm; 5-8pm Tue-Sat
Until April 27
Raghu Rai
Casa Asia
Avinguda Diagonal 373
08037 Barcelona
Metro Diagonal
Joaquín Cortés
January 28, 2008
Joaquín Cortés, devilishly handsome and dressed by Jean Paul Gaultier, indulges in a frenetic show of foot-stamping, sweat-spurting, shamelessly attention-seeking flamenco dance with interludes of rapturous applause from the audience. With his private clan of musicians and singers to frame him, JC attains new heights in Latino kitch in this highly theatrical performance entitled Mi Soledad (My Solitude). Leave your boyfriend at home. O-lé. Tickets are €20-€58
January 31 to February 3, 9.30pm/7pm on Sunday
Tívoli theatre
C/Casp 8-10
08010 Barcelona
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