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Alternative Nights in Florence

January 11, 2012 By: florenceblogger Category: Florence

Florence is known for its history. Many people know the Renaissance and the monumental amount of classics that emerged from this magnificent city including: Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Dante. But Florence also embarks on modernity, and many attractions go beyond the traditional, while offering locals and tourists, many ways to enjoy the nightlife, contemporary art and current band concerts, among others.

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Florence is also a city of students from all over the world, which makes its nightlife to be diverse and vibrant. Over the current sounds, clubs and bars are changing transmissions according to the interests of their young and giddy audience. Like other cities in Italy, fashion and style are part of everyday’s life, in this emerging youth scene, which is not afraid of taking risks with the most “hipster” of the moment, and fashionable sounds Pitchfork recommended. Bars, clubs and zones “underground” are at your disposal without exploring with some curiosity and enthusiasm.

You can spend whole nights traveling from cocktail to cocktail and from bar to bar, tasting tapas and food from the most exotic and diverse type. Unlike other European cities, spontaneity is a typical resource in Florence, it is not enough to make a safe plan on how to end the night, a target can lead to another and so unexpected you embark on an intense and colorful festival. Much information is at your disposal in bars and streets, from flyers, fanzines, posters, can be guided by the secret routes and modern Florence.

One of the classic places for concerts in Florence is the Palasport, where some of the most interesting bands of the moment are presented in spectacular concerts. People like Marilyn Manson, Eric Clapton, The Cranberries, The Cure, Bob Dylan, Iron Maiden, have offered concerts at this legendary concert place.

Among the most important clubs you can visit, there is the H202, where techno music is the daily bread. In the H202, you will find a very young community of local and international students who do not lose the opportunity to leave everything on the dance floor until four in the morning. Another inevitable choice of the night in Florence is the Meccano club, with two endless dance floors, ambient lighting and fanciful cocktails, this disco guarantees house music, techno and R & B. During the summer one of its tracks are outdoors, where you have access to a night of dancing fresh and inviting. The non-stop action continues on Tenax, another temple of techno and progressive house. In addition to huge dance floor, Tenax are some of the best alternative concerts in the city.

Alexa Ray Only-apartments AuthorAlexa Ray

Get apartments in Florence and enjoy its young and modern scene. The clubs, bars and nightclubs are the best in Italy: party nights and endless action guaranteed.

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Italian Tribute to Madonna

August 04, 2011 By: florenceblogger Category: Florence

At this point in history, Madonna is probably one of the most important figures of the last hundred years. And this is not an exaggeration. Since her beginnings in the tough and competitive city of New York, where pop was just an effervescent movement along with thousand of more radical performances in the Lower East. Madonna is not a star to appear from nowhere, on the contrary, she was everywhere. She came to New York in 1977: where Ramones, Patti Smith, Television, Blondie, Talking Heads reigned, but Madonna was a Punk Rocker Madonna, like Sheena, like Judy.

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From “Everybody”, a tune that tells everyone to dance and form a band, to”Like a Virgin”, where her scandoulous and daring dances shocked the MTV ceremony before a stunned and hungry audience avid for more and more. Madonna released her first single when she was 25, a rather advanced age compared to fast food teen stars that sell in the pop market. Madonna from the beginnings wanted to take you to bed. There were no teens involved, or girl to corporation woman either. Her story was about dancing singing and rockin’ out. Madonna was Rock n Roll, the experimental band Sonic Youth, even dared to publish a tribute album with the name Ciccone Youth

It is necessary to review the  entire career of this pop goddess to know that indeed,  she knew how to do things right and her boundless ambition led her to be one of the most prestigious singers, along with a significant business knowledge, which she has managed in the manner of David Bowie who constantly transformed his image remaining in stardom nearly four generations later

If it’s homage you’re looking for, The Celebration is now one of the best “unique” Material Girl tribute bands in Italy. With a potent sound and awesome staging set up, The Celebration leaded by singer Freaky Bea and a virtuoso band with lots of attitude brings you Madonna’s greatest hits on stage,. If you love nostalgia, pop culture and vintage eighties, it’s your thing. You can learn more of thisperformances in Italy and learn more about this unique group by visiting their official website

http://www.thecelebrationshow.it/.

Alexa Ray Only-apartments AuthorAlexa Ray

Nothing better than renting apartments in Florence and visit Lucca, just minutes away by train or bus and enjoy this event. If you’re a Madonna fan, this show is for you. Do not miss it!

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