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Coming Soon (Latvian Band)
Coming Soon is a rock band hailing from Liepāja, Latvia. There are five members in the band: Uldis Kalns (vocal, guitar), Roberts Dinters (guitar), Kristofers Knesis (keyboards), Eriks Hanzovskis (drums) and Kristaps Leitis (bass). Biography Coming Soon started as a band in 2005, when the guitarist Roberts Dinters and keyboardist Kristofers Knesis met. Soon, Karlis Peterlevics joined to play bass, and doing several auditions during 2006, the band chose Uldis Kalns to be the lead singer of the band and Janis Snipke to be the drummer. Coming Soon did their first concert on July 29 of 2006. In September band had a drummer change and it was joined by Eriks Hanzvoskis. In March 2007, the band did a Take-Away Show video session. In April 2007, the band's second notable success - 2nd place out of 140 bands in the Draugiem.lv and Nokia powered NOKIA EXTREME ANDREJSALĀ contest. In November, band releases themselves their first single, called "Indians". They make a successful deb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liepāja
Liepāja (; liv, Līepõ; see #Names and toponymy, other names) is a state city in western Latvia, located on the Baltic Sea. It is the largest-city in the Kurzeme Planning Region, Kurzeme Region and the third-largest city in the country after Riga and Daugavpils. It is an important ice-free port. The population in 2020 was 68,535 people. In the 19th and early 20th century, it was a favourite place for sea-bathers and travellers, with the town boasting a fine park, many pretty gardens and a theatre. Liepāja is however known throughout Latvia as "City where the wind is born", likely because of the constant sea breeze. A song of the same name ( lv, "Pilsētā, kurā piedzimst vējš") was composed by Imants Kalniņš and has become the anthem of the city. Its reputation as the windiest city in Latvia was strengthened with the construction of the largest wind farm in the nation (33 Enercon wind turbines) nearby. The coat of arms of Liepāja was adopted four days after the jurisdic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
