National Concert Hall, Dublin - 1st Aug 2008

[dazza]

Hi Everybody,

According to Paddy at HWI, All Angels will be performing at the National Concert Hall in Dublin, Ireland on Friday 1st August 2008.

There doesn't seem to be any information yet on the National Concert Hall website.

www.nch.ie/Home.aspx

If it's true then I will certainly make sure I am there.. I can't miss All Angels first performance outside the UK... and I love Ireland!

Dazza

[dazza]

Hi All,

Tickets go on sale at 10.00am on Monday.

The following link should work then:

www.nch.ie/Box-Office/Performance-Listing.aspx?date=01/08/2008

Or you can call the box office - 0035314170000

Any confirmation from Bedlam? I want to try and get at least the flights booked while they are still cheap.

Dazza

[dazza]

Hi Everyone,

The link works now and tickets are available to buy.

Though this event has not yet been confirmed, I have booked my ticket, row B, right in the centre.

I have also booked flights, hotel and accommodation.

Dazza

[gbl70]

I look forward to hearing your report of this concert with great interest! I will see you in Dublin in November Dazza my friend for the Katherine Jenkins concert, so you will be able to advise on which are the good bars and pubs to visit.

All the best
Graham

[dazza]

Hi Everyone,

I have found some information about this concert.

www.rte.ie/performinggroups/2008/0801/rt%C3%A9%20co.html

All Angels will be performing alongside the RTÉ Concert Orchestra as part of a series of concerts being performed by the orchestra alongside a number of top classical performers.

It sounds very interesting and I am really looking forward to it. Hopefully it also means that the concert could be recorded for RTÉ television or radio too.

Dazza

[admin]

Confirmed

This event has been confirmed this morning by Bedlam Management.

Roger

[dazza]

Hi Roger,

Thanks for the confirmation, it is excellent news.

Dazza

[comet]

Hi Folks,

Just heard an advertisement on Lyric FM for this concert,

Lyric FM is the classical wing of RTE our national Broadcaster and covers the whole country of Ireland

That should sell a few seats, GET YOUR TICKETS EARLY :exit:

[dazza]

Hi Comet,

I have had my ticket for months now! ;D

Thanks for informing us of the advertisment, as you say, hopefully it will sell a few seats. Will you be attending?

Dazza

[richnorri]

From the Irish Independent...

Ringing up at the registers with pure voices of a celestial quartet

All Angels are clearly a singing sensation -- albeit one with a slightly more mature audience, writes Julia Molony

By Julia Molony
Sunday July 20 2008

HALO BOYS: An All Angels' album has gone
platinum and they will perform at the NCH

On my way to meet the latest, chart-dominating all female supergroup, I find myself wondering if going under the stage name All Angels might be just a little bit of a burden. Particularly for four university-age hotties whose celestial voices have made them a platinum-selling sensation and a marketing man's dream.

Their PR blurb describes them as a classical/ contemporary crossover band which I naturally assumed, before I met the Angels, was just a handy shorthand for "one for the grannies".

The girls are upfront about being the kind of band that appeals to a more mature age bracket than most manufactured music ensembles their age. But now that they have gone platinum, sung at the Royal Albert Hall at the Festival of Remembrance (an event broadcast to 10 million television viewers) and been endorsed by Paul McCartney, they aren't complaining. And anyway, they assure me with apparent satisfaction, they are increasingly attracting a younger kind of listener.

Two years into their incarnation as innocent nymphets in evening gowns, and the Angels seem to be wearing their mantle with relative ease. All three of the four that I meet over coffee in London (the youngest, Laura, can't come as she is on head girl duties at school) seem to be preternaturally well-equipped for the role, with their pleasantly posh voices and easy, articulate, interview-friendly manner. Perhaps precocious self-possession and the voice of an angel were among the conditions of the audition process, through which all four girls were selected.

Two of them have been performing professionally since childhood. Daisy made her debut performing in Les Miserables in her native Edinburgh aged nine, and recorded her first album -- a jazz collection -- at 15. She secured her place at the All Angels audition through contacts she had forged as a solo act. Before All Angels, Charlotte was a stalwart Youth Music Theatre member, and having won a role in Harry Potter, was banking on a theatre career. For Melanie and Laura, being picked for the group was a change of direction as both were getting on at school and had never really considered the possibility of finding themselves on a path to stardom.

"There are pros and cons to it," Melanie says of being part of a manufactured band, and acknowledging that it is, by nature, contrived. The main one being that it allows you to "choose some of the best people", she says, having been sure to say that she doesn't mean to sound boastful.

"When we are singing older music, it's good to have people who have all been trained classically, not necessarily a group being based around people being friends with each other," Charlotte chimes in.

There are certain unanimous absolutes in girl bands, regardless of the genre. They are lucky, they say, that they all get on so well. And true, there does seem to be genuine warmth between them. "We all made an effort to get on. Because we were going to be working so closely we knew there was no room for egos," says Charlotte.

They've found different ways of coping with a hectic schedule while also trying to juggle A-Levels and social lives. At the moment, Melanie, Charlotte and Daisy are all on a gap year (Laura has just finished her exams), and have managed to fit in some normal, age-appropriate pursuits.

"Yesterday we went to a concert and we were playing football before, in our high heels, to relax," says Charlotte.

After this interview, Melanie is off to grab a flight to Benicassim, Spain's answer to Glastonbury. Charlotte is just back from six weeks trekking through South America. One of the privileges, apparently, of being part of a music sensation that despite having massive sales is still considered niche, is that the band's success depends on the quality of the talent rather than the stars' saleability. Thanks to the maturity of their audience, the girls are spared the merry-go-round of celebrity and, although their album has been at number nine in the charts, they don't have to worry about being recognised. When, not long ago, they saw a poster of themselves on the Tube, they found it so hilarious they took a photograph of themselves standing beside it. "Can you imagine Girls Aloud doing something like that?" says Charlotte.

All Angels will perform with the RTE Concert Orchestra on August 1, at 8pm at the National Concert Hall. Tickets: €15-€40. Tel: [phone] www.nch.ie

Richard

[dazza]

Hi Richard,

Thanks for posting the article, it was very interesting.

I'm a massive All Angels fan and a massive football fan, and knowing that the girls play football in high heels? That I would love to see.. ;D

Dazza

[comet]

Just got my tickets for Friday,
could not book for this one in advance, was not sure I would be available.

[dazza]

Hi Paul,

That's great news, i'll see you there!

Dazza

[lauraisbestangel]

Hope everyone going has fun! Oh and I hope the Angels have fun as well!

xxx

[comet]

2 hours to go

Saw the Angels arrive for the sound check.

Asked security / Desk staff if we could go in but were politely refused.

No Harm in asking

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee........................