Freedom was a livestream concert by Filipino singer Regine Velasquez (pictured) held on February 28, 2021. Following the cancellation of music events during the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, Velasquez organized the show to create a live experience on a stream for her fans longing for a sense of human connection. The concert's premise was "freedom of singing", stemming from her desire to cover songs from several music genres. It was filmed at the studios of ABS-CBN in Metro Manila, with musicians, background vocalists, and dancers on set, and was broadcast through four livestreaming platforms worldwide. Its set featured a large LED screen as a backdrop and props resembling origami cranes hanging from the ceiling. She performed numerous selections from artists such as Elton John, Chris Isaak, George Michael, Sara Bareilles, Dua Lipa, and Billie Eilish. Critics gave the show high praise for its production and vocal performances, setting a benchmark for online concerts in the Philippines.
Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_%28concert%29
_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1904:
The most successful football club in Portugal, S.L. Benfica (first team pictured) was founded in Lisbon as Sport Lisboa. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.L._Benfica
1914:
In the aftermath of the Balkan Wars, Greeks living in southern Albania proclaimed the short-lived Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_Republic_of_Northern_Epirus
1939:
In one of the most famous errors in lexicography, the erroneous word "dord" was discovered in Webster's New International Dictionary by an editor. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dord
1974:
The British election ended in a hung parliament after the Liberal Party, under Jeremy Thorpe, achieved their highest ever number of votes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Thorpe
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
irradiate: 1. (transitive) 2. To send out (heat, light, or some other form of radiation) in the form of rays; to radiate. 3. (often literary or poetic) To make (someone or something) bright by shining light on them or it; to brighten, to illuminate. 4. (technology) To apply radiation other than visible light to (someone or something). 5. To treat (food) with ionizing radiation to destroy pathogens. 6. (medicine) To treat (a patient, or a cancerous growth or tumour) with radiation. 7. (figurative, often literary or poetic) 8. To animate or enliven (one's mood, or soul or spirit). 9. To cause (one's face) to look beautiful, happy, or lively; to light up. 10. To decorate (a place) splendidly. 11. To enlighten (someone, their mind, etc.) intellectually or spiritually; to illuminate, to shed light on. 12. To send out (something) as if in the form of rays; to diffuse, to radiate, to shed. 13. (obsolete, figurative) To influence (something) as if with rays of heat, light, etc. 14. (intransitive, often literary or poetic) 15. To become bright; to brighten, to light up. 16. Often followed by on or upon: to emit rays of light; to shine. 17. (figurative) To emit something other than light; to radiate. 18. (obsolete) To diverge or be sent out in the form of rays. 19. Made brilliant or bright; irradiated, illuminated. 20. (figurative) Made splendid or wonderful. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/irradiate
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
Great poetry is always written by somebody straining to go beyond what he can do. --Stephen Spender https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Stephen_Spender