Post by davidhr on Feb 15, 2009 12:57:38 GMT -5
As first noted by ely in another post, it was announced in the “San Remo news” that Lara will be singing a duet with Marco Masini next Friday. In addition, ely noted that the song they are to sing is called “L’Italia”. The official festival site doesn’t mention this, and as of yet there has been no confirmation from Lara’s official site. So as usual we will see- perhaps literally, for kalel indicated it is supposed to be televised.
If true, it would suggest that Lara has completed sufficient work on the new album to allow her to travel. And with respect to that album, according to Densher on the official site, the magazine Platine announced that Lara’s new album will be released on April 13th, in two versions: a ‘simple’ version and a limited edition. Sand77 on Hezia’s site reported that an email press announcement from Lara’s agent Francois indicated that it would be released April 27th and will be promoted during the month of May. It further noted that Lara has accepted an invitation to appear on French 2 TV with Igor and Grichka Bogdanoff on the broadecast Science x (talking about vocalization), date still to be arranged. As with all rumors and release dates, none of this can be taken as true without further official verification. For example, pre-ordering of the album is still not available on the French on-line music sites. One germane comment offered by fans is that the later the album is released, the shorter the promotion, because the industry goes into summer hibernation starting in June.
An article appeared on the web concerning the TV show discussed in last week’s update. Here’s the translation:
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TF1 : "3 Minutes 30 with my idol" with Flavie Flament ?
According to our colleagues from “Pure People”, Alexia Laroche-Jouber is going to produce a prime time show for TF1 before the summer. The concept: to allow a fan of an artist to meet him in front of the movie cameras... while singing in duet with him!
After being chosen by the production, every fan would be coached in order to be able to sing with his idol. Still according to our colleagues, Lara Fabian and James Blunt could participate in this broadcast of which the coordinator could be Flavie Flament.
According to our information the title of this broadcast will be “3 minutes 30 with my idol”.
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This still doesn’t answer the question of whether the email posted on some sites asking for people to sing with Lara is real or not.
However, some clarification did take place of another item discussed in last week’s update, concerning the Facebook site devoted to Lara. Nathalie on the official site left this message (in translation):
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Good day to all,
The facebook profile is absolutely not official and I confirm to you that it is not a question of Lara. Lara has neither a Facebook profile nor Facebook group.
Bye,
Nathalie
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That of course does not invalidate the site as a location for sharing information and opinions concerning Lara.
With some exceptions, Nathalie does appear to be doing a better job of responding to issues that arise on the official site than the previous stewards. Interestingly, she doesn’t post in the official site message section, but within the threads themselves. If you send her an email message directly, she responds to that as well. This is a welcome change.
David
If true, it would suggest that Lara has completed sufficient work on the new album to allow her to travel. And with respect to that album, according to Densher on the official site, the magazine Platine announced that Lara’s new album will be released on April 13th, in two versions: a ‘simple’ version and a limited edition. Sand77 on Hezia’s site reported that an email press announcement from Lara’s agent Francois indicated that it would be released April 27th and will be promoted during the month of May. It further noted that Lara has accepted an invitation to appear on French 2 TV with Igor and Grichka Bogdanoff on the broadecast Science x (talking about vocalization), date still to be arranged. As with all rumors and release dates, none of this can be taken as true without further official verification. For example, pre-ordering of the album is still not available on the French on-line music sites. One germane comment offered by fans is that the later the album is released, the shorter the promotion, because the industry goes into summer hibernation starting in June.
An article appeared on the web concerning the TV show discussed in last week’s update. Here’s the translation:
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TF1 : "3 Minutes 30 with my idol" with Flavie Flament ?
According to our colleagues from “Pure People”, Alexia Laroche-Jouber is going to produce a prime time show for TF1 before the summer. The concept: to allow a fan of an artist to meet him in front of the movie cameras... while singing in duet with him!
After being chosen by the production, every fan would be coached in order to be able to sing with his idol. Still according to our colleagues, Lara Fabian and James Blunt could participate in this broadcast of which the coordinator could be Flavie Flament.
According to our information the title of this broadcast will be “3 minutes 30 with my idol”.
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This still doesn’t answer the question of whether the email posted on some sites asking for people to sing with Lara is real or not.
However, some clarification did take place of another item discussed in last week’s update, concerning the Facebook site devoted to Lara. Nathalie on the official site left this message (in translation):
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Good day to all,
The facebook profile is absolutely not official and I confirm to you that it is not a question of Lara. Lara has neither a Facebook profile nor Facebook group.
Bye,
Nathalie
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That of course does not invalidate the site as a location for sharing information and opinions concerning Lara.
With some exceptions, Nathalie does appear to be doing a better job of responding to issues that arise on the official site than the previous stewards. Interestingly, she doesn’t post in the official site message section, but within the threads themselves. If you send her an email message directly, she responds to that as well. This is a welcome change.
David