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Babylon Istanbul is a music venue located in Istanbul, Turkey. [1] It was opened by Pozitif on April 23, 1999, with a concert by John Lurie & the Lounge Lizards. In 2010, Babylon launched its Lounge restaurant, in a street just behind the main venue. The club started "happy hours", warm-ups and after parties hosted by various DJs as well.
It is one of the country's major concert halls, being the first one designed for classical music. Named after the Turkish composer Cemal Reşit Rey (1904–1985), the hall is owned by the Metropolitan Municipality of Istanbul and operated by its subsidiary, the Kültür company. Opened in March 1989, it has a seating capacity of 860.
So, other festivals dedicated to film (1984), jazz (1986), contemporary art (1987) and theater (1989) were added to the program of Istanbul Festival. From 1994 on, the name was changed to Istanbul International Music Festival to distinguish it from the other sister festivals. It is accredited as a member of European Festivals Association since ...
Live in Istanbul was the first major live concert by the Spice Girls, in support of their two first studio albums Spice (1996) and Spiceworld (1997). It was a two-date concert, sponsored by Pepsi , at the Abdi İpekçi Arena , in Istanbul , Turkey , on 12 and 13 October 1997, to 40,000 fans. [ 31 ]
The concert performed by Duman rock band at the Bostancı Show Center on 4 October 2003 was released as a DVD by Murat Akad. [5] Şebnem Ferah's concert with Orhan Şallıel's orchestra titled the Istanbul Symphonic Project took place on 10 March 2007 at the Bostancı Show Center and was later released on DVD. [6]
The construction of the open-air theatre was proposed by French urban planner Henri Prost (1874–1959), who developed a project for Istanbul in the 1930s. Designed by Turkish architects Nihad Yücel and Nahid Uysal, the groundbreaking took place in July 1946, in the office time of Lütfi Kırdar (1887–1961), governor and mayor of Istanbul.
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Rock'n Coke was the biggest open Turkish rock festival sponsored by Coca-Cola.It was traditionally held at the Hezarfen Airfield in Istanbul, Turkey.Famous headliners like Limp Bizkit, Motörhead, Travis, Moby, Nine Inch Nails, Muse, Franz Ferdinand, Placebo, The Cure, Korn, Arctic Monkeys, Iggy Pop, Gogol Bordello, The Prodigy, Linkin Park, Within Temptation, The Rasmus, Juliette Lewis ...