Madonna to perform in Abu Dhabi

We asked for Madonna to come to the United Arab Emirates, and it happens just a day later thanks to the incredible power of social media!

Now, it is official: The Queen of Pop Madonna is coming to the UAE, not in Dubai, but in Abu Dhabi.

Madonna will brave the heat along with an expected audience of almost 50,000 at Abu Dhabi’s Yas Arena, Yas Island, this summer on June 3.

Tickets, priced just Dh350 to see one of the biggest names in the music business go on sale later this month on February 27 and demand is expected to be extremely high.

The singer’s show in the capital will be just her second stop on the Madonna World Tour which covers arenas, stadiums and special outdoor sights from the Plains of Abraham in Quebec to Australia, London, Paris, Milan and Berlin.

Madonna’s phenomenally successful Sticky & Sweet Tour, which began in 2008, reaffirmed her status as one of the most successful touring artists of all time. Read more

Dubai needs Madonna’s super show for America’s Super Bowl

“Bad girl” Madonna, 53, danced her way back toward worldwide visibility Sunday as the halftime attraction for the Super Bowl, the annual championship game of the American National Football League, the highest level of professional football in the United States.

Madonna performed with a giant supporting cast — gladiators, acrobats, cheerleaders, drummers, a gospel choir — and a downright benign stance.

Madonna recently recorded a new album, “MDNA,” which is coming out next month and it is her first since “Hard Candy” in 2008. A football-themed video clip for her new single, “Give Me All Your Luvin’,” came out Friday, and the song started blasting across radio stations and billboards worldwide.

For the worldwide audience of her halftime show for the Super Bowl, Madonna went all out on spectacle – anything less would be dwarfed. She arrived on the field to sing “Vogue” as a gold-robed queen with a platoon of gladiators, dancing on a giant throne and doing precise, right-angle moves amid acrobats from Cirque du Soleil. “Music” brought her to the top of a bleacher-like set surrounded by more acrobatics; soon, she was assisted in cartwheels that had her head-over-heels.

As a chorus line of cheerleaders filled the stage, Madonna grabbed golden pompoms for “Give Me All Your Luvin’” which is the song from the new album. Guest raps by Nicki Minaj and M.I.A. didn’t make the song’s retro-rock any fresher.

During the Super Bowl show, Madonna wasn’t the indefatigable trouper of the past years. She measured her moves, letting her supporting cast offer distractions. As she climbed into the bleachers during “Music,” she even missed a step, though she recovered fast.

At the Super Bowl, Madonna was the party girl turned regent: a queen on her throne, a homecoming queen strutting in the bleachers, a church singer fronting a choir. At the end, the words World Peace glowed from the field in giant letters. Madonna was proffering virtue. If such super show is staged in Dubai, it will become the top attraction for millions of Middle Eastern visitors.

Dubai’s top entertainment venue achieved 155,000 visitors on Friday

Global Village, the largest outdoor family entertainment venue in the region and member of Tecom Investments, confirmed to continue receiving visitors till 3rd March 2012.

Global Village witness unprecedented turnout from visitors from all nationalities and residents in the UAE, especially on the weekends and achieved a new record of 155 Thousand visitors last Friday. Read more

Kanye West to film in Dubai, Abu Dhabi or Doha

Kanye West, the multi-platinum rapper and Twitter super-user, reportedly is planning a new film project in the Middle East. After the success of Tom Cruise and “Mission Impossible 4: Ghost Protocol” and the warm treatment he has received from Dubai’s fans and media, the influx of superstars to the region is not surprising.

The New York Observer reports that Kanye West has sent a few of his people to the Middle East to talk about an upcoming film project that would be similar to his thirty-minute “Runaway” featurette from 2010. The project is expected to  be filmed in March. Read more

One World in Global Village TV Show

Out of its keenness to communicate with visitors, Global Village, the largest outdoor family entertainment venue in the region and member of TECOM Investments, launched daily TV show titled “One World in Global Village” in collaboration with Sama Dubai Channel. The TV show includes questions to the audience giving them opportunity to win AED 8000. Read more

Global Village breaks a new record in visitors number

• Afghani Performance witnessing an unprecedented turnout and the interaction of thousands of public

Global Village, a member of TECOM Investments and the first family entertainment destination in the Middle East witnessed a new record on Friday with the arrival of more than 120 thousand visitors since two o’clock noon especially from neighboring Gulf states, and who thought that the Global Village opens since early morning, where large numbers of delegations gathered at all gates, where the use of an additional number of organizers and staff was needed to regulate the entry of visitors. Read more

2012 Oscar Academy Awards Nominations

Martin Scorsese’s Hugo leads the Oscar nominations with 11 nods.

The 84th annual Oscar Academy Award selections were announced this morning in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

Jennifer Lawrence and Tom Sherak – president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences – announced the list, with Hugo leading the pack. Read more

Carpet Python sneak at Dubai Aquarium & Underwater Zoo

Visitors to the Night Safari at Dubai Aquarium & Underwater Zoo at The Dubai Mall have the opportunity to watch the Carpet Python and how it behaves as the sun goes down.

The Carpet Python (Morelia spilota) is found in Australia, Indonesia and New Guinea. It reaches between 2 to 4 metres in length and weights up to 15 kg. The patterning may be roughly diamond shaped or have intricate markings made up of light and dark bands on a background of gray or a version of brown.

The species are oviparous, with females laying 10-50 eggs at a time. Females coil around the eggs to protect them and keep them warm through using muscular contractions to generate heat. Their diet consists mainly of small mammals, bats, birds and lizards. The Carpet Python kills their prey by constricting it until it suffocates.

Kindness to people with special needs at Global Village

Global Village, the largest entertainment outdoor venue in the region, is always keen to provide all facilities to people with special needs and enable them to get a great shopping and fun experience.

Global Village dedicated special car park for this category near entry gates and special gates to suit their Special circumstances. Read more

Stunning acrobatic shows daily at the Global Village

Chinese Shandong Acrobatic Troupe which is held in the World Cultural Theatre in Global Village, a Member of Tecom Investments, attracts thousands of visitors from different nationalities and ages every day.
The Shandong Acrobatic Troupe performed by 20 Chinese performers with ages ranging from 09 to 11 years, compete to deliver the best shows adding to audience entertainment. They use traditional tools in this show such as Chinese drums, music and glass cups. Global Village was keen to bring this Troupe, with an already huge following from around the world. Read more

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