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All Things Bright And Beautiful Tour
The All Things Bright and Beautiful Tour is the second headlining concert tour by American electronica project Owl City, in support of his third studio album, '' All Things Bright and Beautiful'' (2011). Background Owl City released his third studio album, '' All Things Bright and Beautiful'' on June 14, 2011. In March 2011, Owl City announced the All Things Bright and Beautiful World Tour. Tickets went on sale for the North American leg of the tour in late March and early April. Tickets went on sale in New Zealand and Australia, the UK and Europe and Asia in May 2011. The North American leg of the tour began in June to July 2011 with supporting acts from Unwed Sailor and Mat Kearney. The first leg of the tour hit 29 cities in North America, including two festival appearances. The second leg of the tour took place in New Zealand and Australia in August 2011 with New Empire joining as the opening act. Owl City toured across Europe from September to October 2011 in the third ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Owl City
Owl City is an American electronic music project created in 2007 in Owatonna, Minnesota. It is one of several projects by singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Adam Young, who created the project while experimenting with music in his parents' basement. Owl City developed a following on the social networking site MySpace, like many musicians who achieved success in the late 2000s, before signing with Universal Republic Records, now Republic Records, in 2008. After two independent releases, Owl City gained mainstream popularity with his 2009 major-label debut album, ''Ocean Eyes (album), Ocean Eyes'', which includes the six-time Platinum single "Fireflies (Owl City song), Fireflies". The album was certified Platinum in the United States in April 2010. In June 2011, Owl City released its third studio album, ''All Things Bright and Beautiful (album), All Things Bright and Beautiful'', which was followed by ''The Midsummer Station'' in August 2012. Owl City has recorded song ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fillmore Auditorium (Denver)
The Fillmore Auditorium (often known as The Fillmore Denver) is a concert venue located in the Capitol Hill neighborhood in Denver, Colorado. Since opening in 1907, the venue has hosted numerous functions both private and public. It holds the title of the largest indoor venue for general admission seating in Colorado. The venue also holds an exclusive dual Minors with Adults Liquor License in Colorado for a private venue; it allows minors and consumers over 21 to stand together, rather than having to be separated by their ages. In 2006, local newspaper ''Westword'' awarded the venue the "Best Place to Run into a Hippie turned Yuppie". The venue also houses an office for the Bill Graham Foundation, a non-profit organization that provides music grants. History In 1907, the venue opened as the Mammoth Roller Skating Rink, becoming a prominent after-school hangout for the nearby East High School. After the roller rink closed in the spring of 1910, the building was occupied by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galaxies (song)
"Galaxies" is a song by American electronica act Owl City, released on April 19, 2011. It is the second single from his third studio album, ''All Things Bright and Beautiful''. Background Adam Young has stated the song is about the Space Shuttle ''Challenger'' disaster. The song was leaked onto the internet on April 11, 2011, before it was officially released on April 19. A lyrics video for the song premiered exclusively on ''Alternative Press'' on April 20, before it was released via YouTube on July 26, 2011. Chart performance On April 19, 2011, "Galaxies" was released as the second single from the album. After release, the song had some airplay, primarily on Christian radio stations. The song peaked at number 39 on the ''Billboard'' Christian Songs Hot Christian Songs is a music chart published weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine in the United States. It ranks the popularity of Christian songs using the same methodology developed for the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, the magazine' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dreams Don't Turn To Dust
"Dreams Don't Turn to Dust" is a song by American electronica project Owl City. The song was released on October 10, 2011 as the second promotional single from his third studio album, '' All Things Bright and Beautiful'' via Universal Republic. It was released exclusively in the United Kingdom. Background and release On April 6, 2011, Young released previews of four tracks from the album including "Dreams Don't Turn to Dust". In an interview with Sugarscape, Young confirmed that the song would be the next single from the album released on October 10, 2011. Speaking about how the song came together, he stated, "Outside of music I've always dreamed of being an underwater welder - like a commercial scuba diver who dives down and welds rivets under water." Composition "Dreams Don't Turn to Dust" was written and produced by Adam Young. The track runs at 90 BPM and is in the key of G-sharp major. Young's range in the song spans from the notes B3 – B5. The song incorporates synth-p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lonely Lullaby
"Lonely Lullaby" is a song by American electronica project Owl City from his third studio album ''All Things Bright and Beautiful'' (2011). Originally released as a fan club exclusive in March 2011, the song is not included on the album itself. It was released digitally on July 19, 2011 through Universal Republic Records as the third single from ''All Things Bright and Beautiful''. Composition "Lonely Lullaby" is an emo-influenced ballad written and produced by Adam Young of Owl City. According to the digital sheet music published by Universal Music Publishing Group, the song was originally composed in the key of F major and set in common time to a "flowing" tempo of approximately 69 BPM. "Lonely Lullaby" follows a chord progression of C – Gm – F – C – B – F and Young's vocals span from a low note of C to a high note of B. The song is a tribute to Annmarie Monson, an ex-girlfriend {{Short pages monitor [Baidu] |
Umbrella Beach
"Umbrella Beach" is a song by American electronica act Owl City. The song was released as the third single from his second album '' Ocean Eyes''. It is the second UK single from the album (as it was decided not to release "Vanilla Twilight" in Europe) and had a May 16, 2010, release date in the US, and was released May 17, 2010, in the UK. The album cover is a picture of the beach at Santa Monica, California, taken from the Santa Monica Pier. "Umbrella Beach" entered the UK Dance Chart on the chart week of May 8, 2010, at number 25, later peaking at number 12. Meaning Lyrically, Young stated that the song is about ... "a hermit living in a box car on the edge of the shoreline that corroded so badly, it wound up at the bottom of the bay. Rather than finding a new home, the hermit chooses to learn to scuba dive and now spends his days deep under the waves in his boxcar". Critical reception Robert Copsey of ''Digital Spy'' gave the song a positive review stating, "By essentially ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angels (Owl City Song)
"Angels" is a song by American electronica act Owl City. It was released on September 20, 2011, for Christian radio airplay as the fourth and final single from his third studio album, '' All Things Bright and Beautiful''. Background Speaking about the song in an interview with Songfacts, Young stated, "I've never had a Lifetime movie encounter with an angel but I definitely do believe they exist and I wanted to write a song to touch on that belief." Composition and lyrics "Angels" was written and produced by Adam Young. The track runs at 120 BPM and is in the key of C-sharp minor. Young's range in the song spans from the notes B3 – C6. The song refers to Young's faith to God. The song mentions references about "the beauty of our surroundings" and that there are angels all around us, saying, "So if you're dying to see, I guarantee there are angels around your vicinity." The song also makes reference to space with the lyrics going, "Among my frivolous thoughts, I believe th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hello Seattle
"Hello Seattle" is a song by American electronica project Owl City. The song is the third track from his second studio album '' Ocean Eyes'' released via Universal Republic. The song was released as a promotional CD in December 2009 before it was serviced for radio airplay on April 27, 2010. The song peaked at number six on the US Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart and was certified Gold in 2014 by the Recording Industry Association of America. Background Adam Young spoke about the song's meaning with ''Female First'': Young described "Hello Seattle" as a love song to a place he had never visited. He stated that never travelling to the city was a "pretty big inspiration" to him. The song gained viral popularity on MySpace and earned Young a record contract with Universal Republic. Composition Written and produced by Young, the track runs at 90 BPM and is in the key of B-flat major. Young's range in the song spans from the notes F4 to G5. The song was one of the first tracks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Official Charts Company
The Official Charts (legal name: The Official UK Charts Company Limited) is a British inter-professional organization that compiles various "official" record charts in the United Kingdom, Ireland and France. In the United Kingdom, its charts include ones for singles, albums and films, with the data compiled from a mixture of downloads, purchases (of physical media) and streaming. The OCC produces its charts by gathering and combining sales data from retailers through market researchers Kantar, and claims to cover 99% of the singles market and 95% of the album market, and aims to collect data from any retailer who sells more than 100 chart items per week. The OCC is operated jointly by the British Phonographic Industry and the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA) (formerly the British Association of Record Dealers (BARD)) and is incorporated as a private company limited by shares jointly owned by BPI and ERA. The Chart Information Network (CIN) took over as compilers of the o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UK Video Charts
The UK Video Charts is a group of charts compiled by the Official Charts Company on behalf of The British Association for Screen Entertainment. The charts are based on weekly DVD, Blu-ray and, formerly, VHS sales in 6,500 retailers across the UK. The main chart combines the sales of all video sales in the UK and trades under the name of the Combined Video Chart. There are also charts for the sales of music video A music video is a video of variable duration, that integrates a music song or a music album with imagery that is produced for promotion (marketing), promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a m ...s (Music Video Chart) and children's videos, among others. All of the charts are published on the OCC's website. Charts See also * UK Music Charts References External linksBritish Association for Screen Entertainment [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard Charts
The ''Billboard'' charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of songs and albums in the United States and elsewhere. The results are published in '' Billboard'' magazine. ''Billboard'' biz, the online extension of the ''Billboard'' charts, provides additional weekly charts, as well as year-end charts. The two most important charts are the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 for songs and ''Billboard'' 200 for albums, and other charts may be dedicated to a specific genre such as R&B, country, or rock, or they may cover all genres. The charts can be ranked according to sales, streams, or airplay, and for main song charts such as the Hot 100 song chart, all three data are used to compile the charts. For the ''Billboard'' 200 album chart, streams and track sales are included in addition to album sales. The weekly sales and streams charts are monitored on a Friday-to-Thursday cycle since July 2015; previously it was on a Monday-to-Sunday cycle. Radio airplay song charts, however, follow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard (magazine)
''Billboard'' (stylized as ''billboard'') is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation. The magazine provides music charts, news, video, opinion, reviews, events, and style related to the music industry. Its music charts include the Hot 100, the 200, and the Global 200, tracking the most popular albums and songs in different genres of music. It also hosts events, owns a publishing firm, and operates several TV shows. ''Billboard'' was founded in 1894 by William Donaldson and James Hennegan as a trade publication for bill posters. Donaldson later acquired Hennegan's interest in 1900 for $500. In the early years of the 20th century, it covered the entertainment industry, such as circuses, fairs, and burlesque shows, and also created a mail service for travelling entertainers. ''Billboard'' began focusing more on the music industry as the jukebox, phonograph, and radio became commonplace. Many topics it covered were spun-off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
