Andre Rieu To Make Today Appearance 6/16, 6/27, Plays The Fox Theatre

By: Jun. 14, 2010
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World renowned Dutch violinist, conductor and composer André Rieu, international superstar and leader of his own Johann Strauss Orchestra, brings his unique brand of chart-topping classical music to America in support of Forever Vienna, his June 29 release on Universal Music Enterprises (UMe).

WHAT: Rieu will give a preview of his upcoming "Celebration of Music" 2010 North American Tour with an appearance on NBC's TODAY show on Wednesday, June 16, featuring his 55-piece orchestra performing in New York City.

WHEN: Wednesday, June 16 Sunday, June 27
WHERE: TODAY on NBC Detroit, MI
8:30 AM EDT Fox Theatre

MORE: The aptly titled "Celebration of Music" tour describes what fans can expect to experience during Rieu's 2010 North American performances, featuring Rieu accompanied by his 55-piece Johann Strauss Orchestra. The North American tour kicks off on June 18 in New York at the Nassau Coliseum, with a performance in Detroit, MI on June 27 at the Fox Theatre. The tour resumes in November with four sold-out concerts in Mexico that will find Rieu performing for nearly 40,000 avid fans. Rieu's recent sold-out world stadium tour had the biggest transportable set-up ever, made up of a life-size replica of the Viennese Schonbrunn castle featuring fountains, ice rinks, horse-drawn carriages and flying angels.

André Rieu's onstage charisma and rock-star demeanor make his shows the only classical concerts where people literally jump to their feet and dance in the aisles. Billboard magazine named his 2009 tour as the sixth best seller of the year, with more than 835,000 tickets sold worldwide (in league with such superstars as U2, the Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, AC/DC and Madonna). Rieu has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide, and was the biggest solo male touring artist of 2009. Earlier this year, Rieu made British pop chart history when his album of Strauss waltzes, Forever Vienna, reached #2 on the U.K. Album Charts, making it both Britain's highest-charting orchestral album ever and the first album of 19th Century music to appear on the pop charts. Pre-orders are available now for the Forever Vienna CD+DVD. Pre-orders are also available for the ten-track CD.
For more information, visit: www.andrerieu.com.



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