André Rieu Takes Live Shows to Australian Cinemas

Classical Maestro André Rieu To Take His Live Shows to Cinemas

Kathy McCabe The Daily Telegraph September 22, 2009

THE world's biggest entertainers will soon perform at a cinema near you. Classical maestro André Rieu is the first major international act to take his Acer Arena extravaganza into more than 50 theatres via satellite on October 16.

CinemaLive trialled the innovative concept of putting live music on about 35 big screens with The Wiggles Christmas concert in December last year. It was so successful, the concert was then re-broadcast in 40 cinemas in the UK in January -- with Santa's segment cleverly re-edited.

A raft of big-name artists who are touring Australia in the next six months are on CinemaLive's wishlist including John Farnham, Fleetwood Mac, AC/DC and Keith Urban.

Unlike American tours, a lot of the artists don't have the opportunity to get to all the major regional areas of Australia, so this is one way their concert can go everywhere," CinemaLive's Michelle Hunter said.

Rieu has already SOLD OUT two Acer Arenas with only a handful of tickets left to his third show. Tickets to the arena shows start from $89 while the cinema screening will cost $40. Cinema Live will screen the show in High Definition in local Cinemas throughout the country.

Tickets to the broadcast are $40.00 For more, go to: ►www.cinemalive.com