Antonis Remos: Live

Tony Neophytou LGR - Sunday 30th of March 2008

Antonis Remos will be appearing live at London's Hammersmith Apollo, 7.30pm, on Sunday 25 May 2008, courtesy of Bank of Cyprus and JY Productions in association with Galaxias Paragoges Ltd.

The planned concert will chart a magnificent career which has spanned 12 years of a passionate fervour to the music business.

Since his self-titled debut album in 1996, the succession of hits has been relentless, where he has outsold every other 'laiko' artist and achieved many platinum and gold discs.

The amazing artist has whipped the local fan base into a veritable frenzy with his imminent arrival to the UK.

A superb chance to catch him in performance without the arduous planning of a trip to Athens - and at his popular haunt, the Athinon Arena, in a co-partnership with legendary artist Marinella.

The forthcoming three hour concert will take us back through all his great successes including 'Etsi Xafnika, Ti Eimouna Gia Sena, Mihtes Monaxias, Meine, Me Tin Porta Anihti, Pio Kormi Se Taxidevi, Emeis, Ela Na Me Telioseis, Den Eho Pou Na Pao, Meine Ligo Sti Grammi, Ma Then Teleiosame, Kardia Mou Min Anisiheis', and many other hits. Stage production is by Kostas Kabetanides.

In the meantime, Antonis has been pre-occupied with a mini-tour of world cities joining forces with Sakis Rouvas, but his local visit is a strictly solo-affair.

Greek roots are quite pivotal to the artist – Born June 19, 1970, in Düsseldorf, West Germany, at age ten he returned with his family to their native Thessaloniki.

The most recent credits – had featured two live albums in 2007 were co-efforts with Onirama and Marinella.

In 1995, the semblance of a pop career began to steadily emerge after his relocation to Athens, opening for the likes of Dimitris Mitropanos, Stefanos Korkolis, and Mario Tokas, ultimately landing a record deal with Sony. His debut earned double platinum certification within a year of release, buoyed by a sold-out tour – 'Keros Na Pame Parakato' followed in 1998 and was even more successful.

Greek song-writing legends including Christos Nikolopoulos, Yannis Parios, Stamatis Spanoudakis, and Antonis Andrikakis penned original material for Remos' third album, 1999's 'Pali Ap'tin Arhi'. A year later, he scored with 'I Agapi Ine Elefandas,' the title theme of the hit film, and then notched his best-selling single to date with "Fly with Me," a hip-hop-inspired remix of his earlier hit 'Meine.'

The album ‘Mia Nihta Mono’ in 2001 had cemented him as the biggest star in contemporary Greek pop. The follow-ups were ‘Kardia Mou Min Anisiheis’ and ‘Mia Anapnoi’ which went triple platinum, and in 2004 he issued his first concert LP, Live. ‘San Anemos’ hit retail in 2005.

Antonis Remos - Sunday 25 May, 7.30pm

Tickets priced £45, £35, £30, £25 and £20

Trehantiri on 020 8802 6530 (email: info@trehantiri.com), Ticketmaster on 0870 4444 224 or book online at www.ticket-master.co.uk or www.self.org.uk

The concert is sponsored by easyCruise.com and supported by the Greek Students Union and Antenna Europe.

For further information, please call 020 7229 7749.

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