R2K: The Concert was an arena concert by Filipina entertainer Regine
Velasquez held on April 7 and 8, 2000, at the Araneta Coliseum in
Quezon City. Supporting her 1999 album R2K, it was promoted by Viva
Concerts with Velasquez serving as stage and creative director. In
contrast to her previous smaller venue outings, the concert was her
first performance in a large-scale indoor arena. It featured a
360-degree configuration with a semi-circular plexiglass stage, four
large video screens, and an automated flying rig used during an aerial
performance (pictured). The costumes were designed by Rajo Laurel,
inspired by Dolce & Gabbana's "print-on-print" collection. She
performed
numerous selections from R2K, with additional songs from her older
albums and various covers of pop hits. The concert was critically
praised for its modern production and Velasquez's vocal abilities,
showmanship, and wardrobe. She earned an Aliw Award for Best Female
Major Concert Act for the show.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R2K:_The_Concert>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1904:
France and the United Kingdom signed the Entente Cordiale,
agreeing to a peaceful coexistence after centuries of intermittent
conflict.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entente_Cordiale>
1911:
American cartoonist Winsor McCay released the silent short film
Little Nemo (featured), one of the earliest animated films.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Nemo_%281911_film%29>
1933:
The Australian state of Western Australia voted to secede from
the federation, but efforts to implement the result proved to be
unsuccessful.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1933_Western_Australian_secession_referendum>
1973:
The Norwegian Progress Party was founded in a movie theater in
Oslo.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progress_Party_%28Norway%29>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
desnuda:
(US) A topless female street performer covered in body paint who poses
for photographs in exchange for tips in the pedestrian plaza of New York
City's Times Square.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/desnuda>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Say, its only a paper moon Sailing over a cardboard sea But it
wouldn't be make-believe If you believed in me.
--Yip Harburg
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Yip_Harburg>
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