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Come on, take off your slippers and stop playing singstar with your play station. Singing along all alone in front of the TV at home is just nonsense. Well, doing it with some friends can be entertaining, but be honest: There’s nothing more boring than that! Explore the incredible world of the anti-karaoke in Madrid and discover the hidden rockstar in yourself! Let it rock, yeah!

It’s very difficult to explain in one sentence what this mega event offers you. You just have to go and participate by your own. Anti-karaoke is a spectacular mix of underground karaoke, Broadway shows, rock concerts and a freaky party with a crazy crowd. The completely madness in a state of exception which you can enjoy each Monday in the famous Apolo Club in Barcelona and in Madrid each last Wednesday of the month. Before going you should know that it is a lot more than a conventional karaoke party.

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Beyond the real things, beyond the reason and beyond the logic, there are the dream, the unconscious and the imagination. To create a poem you just need to write some words in different papers, mix them and throw them over the table. The result, beyond any human control, will be surrealistic. To create a painting, you just need to reproduce some fantastic dreams and visions. This way, the painting, unusual and incomprehensible, will be surrealistic too. In 1924 emerged the Surrealism in Paris, breaking with all common sense and with thecreative automatism.

If you want to know the surrealistic universe, come and spend some days in the Catalan capital. Visit the Dali Museum in Figueres and his home in Port Lligat. Rent economical and comfortable Barcelona apartments and discover why this was an inspiration source for artists such as Dali, Miro, Picasso.

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Are you a passionate lover of jazz music? Have you ever thought that the Iberian country could also be one of the nerve centres of your favourite music? Jazz is a music style imported from the United States. Jazz music has ardent fans among the five continents. We don’t have to tell you that Spain, as a country that is rich in tradition, this type of music has been able to take root. Not only the music but: various groups have fused jazz with other musical genres that are typical to Spain, such as flamenco.

Barcelona has always been at the forefront in terms of musical events and therefore, it has always promoted local artists as well as world-renowned ones. One of the historical places with a long tradition of jazz concerts is the Jamboree, which is located on the emblematic Plaza Real, very close to Las Ramblas. Here, great artists as Tete Montoliu, Ella Fitzgerald and Chet Baker have performed.To see this great jazz event, why not rent an apartment in barcelona which is quite a lot cheaper than a hotel.

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It’s the fifth edition of the Busker’s Festival Barcelona and although it’s already started you can still enjoy 3 more days of this wonderful street festival down in Barceloneta, near the port.

Artists from all over the place flock to Barcelona once a year to take part, enjoy the music and make new friends at the same time. From 19:00 – 23:00 from today until Sunday 2nd of August, (Saturday until midnight) Busker’s will have the chance to share their street music with the neighbours in Barceloneta as well as anyone who wants to listen. This is a great event and lots of fun, perfect for anyone who loves street music and busking in particular.

Don’t forget to rent your apartments in barcelona to take full advantage of this great street festival.

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Girls! Get ready for this! Don’t stay home watching another episode of The L-Word, come to Barcelona!
The Catalan capital offers you one of the biggest European lesbian festivals! Gays, lesbians, Trans and straight friends: check out the Girlie Circuit 2009 in Barcelona.

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Citygrove has agreed to buy three sites in Barcelona, Valencia and Seville, if planning permission is given. The total cost of the sites is around €26m and they will be let to Travelodge. Citygrove, based in the UK and Spain, is developing schemes in both countries one of which is a shopping centre in the town of Algeciras in southern Spain.

The first of the hotels is due to begin construction next March and is scheduled for completion by June 2011.

In Valencia the company plan to build a 110 room hotel on a site close to Valencia airport for a rent of €650,000 a year. Construction is due to begin in December 2009 and will open by December 2010.

In Seville, it has bought a site for a 200-bed hotel on the 1929 Expo site near the old town from local bus operator Tussam. Travelodge is paying €1.8m a year. Construction is to start next March and the hotel is due to open by May 2011.

Chairman of Citygrove,Toby Baines said: ‘We have always worked with the prelet model for development. We have not had problems with development finance because what we develop is 100% let. The only risk possible is construction cost overrun.’

Murray Adair, managing director at Citygrove, said: ‘We already have an initial funding offer in place. Travelodge has a good balance sheet, and with fixed uplifts, the development is a good product.’

Source: Barcelona Reporter
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Some 8,000 people participated in the march of freedom organized by the United Committee June 28, comprising The Gay Collective of Barcelona.

The march, had a festive atmosphere, was organized on the occasion of the liberation of gays, lesbians and transexuals, which this year has emphasized the demand for better sex education so as to achieve a more tolerant society.

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Primark Diagonal Mar opens at last

Primark opens today in Barcelona’s Diagonal Mar and this will be Primark’s first store in Catalonia. Diagonal Mar opened in 2001 and is the biggest retail centre in this region of Spain and one of the biggest in the country.

No value was placed on the contract. Quinlan Private is led by Irish financier Derek Quinlan. Primark already operates 187 stores across Europe including Ireland, Holland, Spain and the UK. It launched in Spain in 2006 and now has 11 stores in the country.

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Australian popstar Kylie Minogue turned into the ultimate seductress for Spanish/Catalan jewellery firm Tous’ new ad campaign.

The 40-year-old singer looked in great form in a frilly dress as she laid back on a bed raising a leg teasingly for a sexy photo shoot.

The pop princess was at the Cannes Film Festival to put on a special performance for the Miracle Africa International Foundation Charity, sponsored by Chopard, at the VIP Room.

She would like to get into a serious acting career, and is imploring directors to give her an opportunity, just like the one rocker Nick Cave gave her when they both teamed for an anti-pop ballad ‘Where The Wild Roses Grow’.

You couldn’t have asked for a better Champions League final. The match between Manchester United and Barcelona FC will be much more than a simple duel between two gigantic clubs. Firstly we’ll see the individual dual between the two club’s respective star players; Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi who will both try to demonstrate their football superiority on the pitch.

The Portuguese star who is Balon d’Or and FIFA World Player 2008 is in one of the finest moments of his career. Messi though is snapping at his heels and is looking forward to being this year’s player of the year if Barcelona wins all their remaining trophies: La Liga, Copa Del Rey and Champions League.

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