Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Rock in Rio...


It's the biggest music festival of all times. It was realized at the first time in Brazil in 1985, and it was held for the men whose name's Roberto Medina. One day this men decided that his country (Brazil) had all conditions to get involve in a project that would bring the best music stars of all world to a local that later was named “Cidade do Rock” (Rock city) with the biggest platform of all world! This festival internationalized with the first edition of Rock in Rio – Lisboa (in Lisbon, Portugal) in 2004 and brought some stars like: Paul McCartney, Ben Harper, Evanescence, Foo Fighters, Moonspell, slipknot, Metalica, Sugababes, Britney Spears, Black Eyed peas, Ivete Sangalo, Alicia Keys, etc. And it came back in the last year (2006). This festival become known because the idea of the businessman Medina, that donated a part of the festival revenue destined for social projects and festival resort to solar panels for energy production for the assembly and disassembly of the platform. So it was named as “Rock in Rio Por um mundo melhor” (Rock in Rio for a Better World) Medina announced that the next festival will be in Madrid – Spain and in Lisbon - Portugal in 2008 and one more time will be a stage for many world stars!




By: Ana Isabel and Andreia Susana, 11ºD

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