...No, me noh goin'..
Just curious.. Is there any adventureous soul out there..


[www.daniel-ursprung.ch]

Not that I consider Kiev too rough (of course
there must be rough areas, city has 4-5 mill.inhabitants;
officially 2,6 mill, but in reality much much more)

Gimme your thoughts..
I might be to some help even there; I did make some friends
when I was a camp teacher for Ukranian kids from the Chernobyl accident.

Its a helluva beautiful city, thats for sure.

Quite an unexpected gig, I must say.
Cant imagine the Ukranians could be too spoiled with good rock music on this level.

[en.wikipedia.org]

Citymap (downtown) [www.kievplus.com]



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I love chicken kiev

[www.uazone.net] Travel Guide

[www.uazone.net] Info project

[www.uazone.net] Photo gallery (check this pic out! [www.uazone.net])

Nature pics Ukraine [www.uazone.net]

Dnipro Hotel [www.dniprohotel.com.ua]

(Dnipr or Dnepr is the huge river)

Ukranian is quite similar to Russian.


..........What's Chicken Kiev, JJ? No such in ma town..

...Life goes on, 21 year after the accident
(curiously enough, this very day 27 years ago we had a voting on
nuclear power in my country, and today its Springfield all over...).

Did you know Kiev or Kyiv (sometimes: Kïev) was formed by vikings ?



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I wish I could go to that show,or the one in Saint Petersburg.My guess is that the city of Kiev must be wonderful.

Anyone knows where to buy tickets for Kiev gig? I'm from eastern Poland, so that's the closest one for me.

Been googlin'a while now,doesnt seem to be any market out yet...
[www.nsc-olympic.com] Rough map over stadium area

[www.nsc-olympic.com] This is NSC Olympic Stadium's official site,
but most of ya wont comprehend nada. Still, on the calendar it
doesnt seem to be tucked in. Maybe (what do I know!) there are some
promotor problems?

News article from March 25 [www.rambler.ru]
I dont understand every word, but there seem to be somewhat confusion.
Anyway; the article mentions Aerosmith & George Michael's scheduled concerts.
Its referred to rollingstones.com, which heps us but little.



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Do not purchase from a broker.
.....But: On this site you can sign for newsletter
on tic from Kiev's Olympic Stadium...[www.worldticketshop.com]
If not anything else; it might give some clue about what
& if something's gonna happen.

[www.fdr.com.ua] On the festival gig in UK... On a Ukranian site!
Very strange they dont mention an expected gig!?!

My temporary conclusion - or at least pondering - is that there might
be a questions whether there's gonna be any gig at all?
I sure hope I'm just wrong.

Woow, thanks a lot Baboon Bro!! I appreciate your help

So I'll wait booking my flight till everything's turning to gold...
Susan

Is that the Ukranian statue of .... of what really?

Wilco

People's Mother, I think..?

Do Americans need a visa for Kiev?

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Americans do not need a visa to eneter the Ukraine. YOu will need one for Saint Petersburg in The Russian Federation. A great and easy to use site to check for up to date travel document needs is :

[www.delta.com]

Where can I buy tickets for this event? HELP ME!

This is what we can read at rs dot com:

25 June LISBON, PT Alvalade Stadium Tues. 27 Mar. @ 9 am Tues. 27 Mar. @ 11 am Mon. 2 Apr. @ 9 am
17 July BUCHAREST, RO Lia Manoliu Stadium Tues. 27 Mar. @ 9 am Tues. 27 Mar. @ 11 am Mon. 2 Apr. @ 9 am
28 July ST. PETERSBURG, RU Palace Square Tues 3 Apr at 9 am Tues 3 Apr @ 11 am Mon 9 Apr @ 9 am

Someone mentioned political instability in Ukraine.
I am not updated on that.
But not much indicates there will be any gig.
Still (please note this!!) I hope I'm wrong.

Something still must be going on with those tickets, since we can see on www.tickets.rollingstones.com that special packages for Kiev gig are Sold Out.

Strange thing after all...wouldn't mind if they'd cancel Ukraine and come to Poland instead

Hope for all those who had planned to go there
including the special package buyers, that there will be a gig after all!

[music.in.ua] All links points back to rs dot com here

[www.froster.org] Same here, tix-sales-wise

[www.classicrock.ru] INfo on rock and pop events Russia + Ukraine

Interesting BTW is that the Skatalites will hit Moskow at April 29....
At Klub B1 Maximum Nachalo at 21.00

[www.expat.ru] Also interesting Ex-Pat Russian forum in English! Link launches ya to the Stones discussion

Most promising sofar!

Article in Kyiv Post* [www.kyivpost.com]
by Alexandra Matoshko, Kyiv Post Guide Editor
Mar 28 2007, 21:56 Title: "The Stones to rock Kyiv"

CONTENTS (quoted, also in the link, in English)

Just days after I wrote about the upcoming George Michael gig, news of a much cooler show came in – The Rolling Stones. It looks like Kyiv’s concert scene is really heating up this summer, and it cannot but please the music loving Kyivans. The Stones will kick off their “A Bigger Band” 2007 summer tour across Europe on June 5 in Werchter, Belgium, and are set to tour more than 20 countries, including the UK, Ireland, Belgium, Hungary and Romania. The Stones will reach Ukraine’s capital July 25 – a day before Mick Jagger’s birthday. The audience will have a great chance to congratulate him personally – or at least by shouting from the crowd. It would be fair to say that The Rolling Stones will be the first artists of such renown to perform in Ukraine – the rockers on pension like Robert Plant, who played in Kyiv in 2003, hardly count. After all, The Stones are absolute rock idols, living legends and symbols of rock-n-roll itself. After more than 40 years the musicians remain at the top of their game, with a gigantic fan base, releasing new albums and remaining fair to their original style. Their latest album, “A Bigger Bang,” which gave name to the tour, proves better than anything else that the guys are more fit than ever. The closest The Rolling Stones have ever come to Kyiv was in 1998, when they performed in Moscow. This summer they will return to Russia, only this time playing in St. Petersburg.

The only thing known so far about the Kyiv concert is that it will take place at Olimpiyskiy stadium. But whatever the price for tickets will be, the stadium will surely be as packed as ever. It’s also easy to predict that this gig will cause as much turmoil as Madonna’s Moscow concert did last September. And I just can’t wait to see it happen.


* Searching is difficult due to various spelling renditions of the capital's name.



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J-J-Flash Wrote:
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> I love chicken kiev


thanx for stealing my bit!

Ya didnt answer what it was this chicken stuff, to pagan Baboon..?

I'm afraid that Grande Dame of Ukranian Orange Revolution Timoshenko will try to marry Jagger on herself.She's that smart and insistent and her daughter is married to some english heavy-rocker

Any picture of her, good Kirill?
Is she a hot ol'chick?

Baboon Bro Wrote:
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> Any picture of her, good Kirill?
> Is she a hot ol'chick?
[wwww.tymoshenko.com.ua]
or for humor:
[www.dirty.ru]
I mean those post-Soviet politicians cling to the overseas rock stars as leechers,make their own PR on their glory.Macca was dragged from one stupid gathering to another,even was living on Putin suburban residence when in Saint-Petersburg.Keith won't buy that shit,but Mick likes worldly life.

The upper link doesnt work; could ya try repostin' it?

Is crime less of a factor in Kiev vs. St. Petersburg??