Amadou & Mariam Live At MusicHall Waterfront

Amadau & Mariam, Live in Beirut on May 21st 2017 for a live benefit concert at Music Hall.

Proceeds from this concert will go to support Skoun's treatment and prevention programs.

Doors open at 8:00PM | Concert starts at 9:00PM sharp
Ticket prices: 50, 75, 100$. Sold at Virgin Ticketing (01999666), all branches and online on http://bit.ly/2qdSrs1

This event is sponsored by: UCA Insurance, Middle East Airlines, Joanna Dahdah Jewelry, Monroe Hotel, Bankers, Guardia Systems, Liza Beirut, Omnipharma, SGBL, Sohat, Allo Taxi, Arab Printing Press, Kubik, Institut Francais, Al Sultan Brahim, Light FM, Patrick Sawaya Photography, Radio Liban, Virgin Ticketing.

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Artist Bio:

For the past forty-odd years, Amadou & Mariam have managed to joyfully combine their love story with a musical career while becoming, discreetly but surely, the most famous ambassadors for Malian music, and African music, all around the world; a golden status that they carry with brio and playfully challenge with each new album. Amadou & Mariam have collaborated with many different people and worked with producers that seem far removed from their universe, like Damon Albarn of Blur or Manu Chao. They have invited the best artists who are building tomorrow's pop music to play on their naïve and lively songs (Santigold, TV On The Radio, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs) and have had their tracks remixed by Yuksek, Vitalic, Henrik Schwarz, Miike Snow and Ashley Beedle, leading the songs to the dance floor and underlining their intrinsically danceable quality. They've played the world's biggest festivals, from Coachella to Glastonbury, and opened for huge bands such as Coldplay and the Scissor Sisters.

By enriching their Afro-pop with new pigments, by introducing to the world the richness and subtleties of African music, the duo has brought African music to the charts and to the dance floor. They've inspired many artists to mix Afro and electro sounds, such as MHD, DJ Mujava, Awesome Tapes From Africa, Four Tet or Jamie xx. This is proof that, if in the 80s certain crazy minds had fantasies of a Sono Mondiale, Amadou & Mariam are the ones who have made it a reality.