After performing at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo, Greece’s 2010 representative is now heading down under due to popular demand.
I see life very differently. I cannot stand the financial crisis and the fact that fewer people are going out to live music shows. Since I cannot change these sad truths, I have decided to change my life instead.
Giorgos Alkaios will
perform live in Melbourne on December 3. Alkaios is being brought to Australia by Juggernaut Entertainment.
His musical career spans almost two decades, but he truly escalated to star-status after his Eurovision escapade with the hit song Opa.
Credits to his name
include five platinum and nine gold-certified albums.
Most famous for infusing traditional Greek sounds with Middle Eastern elements, Alkaios also established an independent record label ‘Friends Music Factory’ with fellow musician and friend Dionysis Schinas.
Several artists and employees from the label helped pen the lyrics to Opa, and some of them also performed live on stage with
him in Oslo.
Giorgos has been touring for almost ten years, spanning a number of countries including Cyprus, Germany, the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States: more than 300,000 people have seen him perform live over the years.
Therefore, it is no wonder that he is making his way to Oz to please his many Greek fans.
His popularity expands beyond the Greek diaspora, and the singer has successfully entered a number of international charts.
In 2000, his single Simadi took off in France. One year later, another Alkaios song Sirmatoplegma became the social anthem for Turkish football team Galatasaray after they won the European Super Cup and the UEFA Cup: we all know how massive it is for a song to catch on with football fans.
Alkaios’ first platinum nod came from Sweden when popular band Antique performed his single Opa: it soon became famous all over Europe.
Even Despina Vandi has added it to her live track listing.
What has he been up to lately?
The star has mixed things up at home before embarking on the tour.
Alkaios has cited that he is emotionally flat about Greece’s financial circumstance, and thought it best to relocate to the humble Aegean island of Milos from the hustle and bustle of Athens.
“I see life very differently. I cannot stand the financial crisis and the fact that fewer people are going out to live music shows. Since I cannot change these sad truths, I have decided to change my life instead.”
Tickets are on sale now for $89 a pop, visit www.greeksingers.com.au for ticket information.