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'Mended': Marc's new album By Sanath Weerasuriya After a lapse of two weeks, popular singer Marc Anthony comes as the star of this week's 'Original Music Competition', which is organised by M- Entertainment in collaboration with TV Times. Not only has
Marc Anthony sold more records than any other salasa artiste, but
he has earned multi-platinum status with his self-titled Englsih
Language album, starred on Broadway in Paul Simon's "The Capeman"
and on the silver screen in Martin Scorsese's "Bringing Out
the Dead," and sold out Madison Square Garden five times. Having transcended
the so-called "Latin Wave" of the late 1990s, Marc Anthony
is very much his own man. A man, moreover, still shaking his head
over how far he's come. In fact, expectations
for the singer born Marco Antonio Muniz ran high from the start.
Named by his musician father after a famous Mexican singer of the
same name, he changed his name professionally to avoid being confused
with the legendary singer. The Muniz family kitchen table in Spanish
Harlem was his first 'stage," his "repertoire" a
single song about a bird native to Puerto Rico. Even as a small
child he knew how to win an audience, in this case his extended
family and their musician friends. Marc grew up
listening to rock and rhythm and blues, and began singing, in English,
in dance clubs in New York, where the audience might number 500
on a good night. He specialized in a terse, minimalist form of dance
music called "house music," in which a singer repeats
a musical pharase over and over, with slight variations, to the
accommpaniment of a rhythm track. Despite his
growing fame in other countries, however, Anthony remained relatively
unknown outside the Latin music world in the country of his birth,
the result of having sung almost exclusively in Spanish. All of
that changed with the September 1999 release of Marc Anthony, his
self-titled English language Pop CD. The album debuted at 8 on the
Billboards 200 Album Chart and was certified platinum six weeks
later. Seven months after its release, it was still resting comfortably
in the Top 40, having sold more than two million copies in the US
alone. The album has since been certified triple platinum by the
RIAA. Anthony has
been awarded eight gold and platinum certifications: His albums
Contra L Corriente, Todo A Su Tiempo and Marc Anthony have all turned
gold: Marc Anthony has achieved RIAA triple platinum status in the
U.S; and "I need To Know" and "You Sang To Me"
have been certified gold. Marc's album Contra La Corriente was awarded
a Grammy for Best Latin/Tropical Performance (1998). His last salsa
release, a greatest hits album, Desde El Principio; from the beginning,
held the 1st slot on the Billboard Latin 50 for seven weeks and
was the no.1 album for the year 2000 on that chart. 'Mended', his
latest album for 2002 repeated recently is doing well around the
globe. The album 'Mended'
is now available at all M Entertainment authorized dealers. All
the winners of previous contests can collect their prizes from Maharaja
Entertainment (Pvt) Ltd., at 330, T.B. Jayah Mw., Colombo 10. To enter this
contest, all you have to do is to answer the question on the coupon
No.77 and send it to the address given below. The address
is "Listen to Original Music Contest, No. 77, C/o Maharaja
Entertainments (Pvt.) Ltd., 330, T. B. Jayah Mawatha, Colombo 10. Tell: + 941672425-8,
Fax + 941699070. E Mail: me@lgo.lk All the entries
must be originals from the TV Times and no photocopies or faxes
will be entertained. All correct entries will be drawn by a panel
of judges. The entries
should reach the above address by July 16, the latest. The decision
of the judges will be final and the names of the winners will be
announced in The Sunday TV Times accordingly. Here are the
winners of contest no. 73 . The winners of two Sony original CDs
are Ashan Fernando of Moratuwa and S. Freddy of Mount Lavinia. Two audio cassette
winners are W.K.A. Piyumi Nadeeshani of Kahawatte and Geetha Murugiah
of Colombo 14. 10% off gift
Vouchers go to Ravinda Dissananyake of Gampaha, Janaka Abeysinghe
of Colombo 6, Yohan Ferreira of Kelaniya, Shirley Hector Silva of
Galle, D. Fernando of Malabe and K.S. Widanagamage of Mahiyangana. Posters winners are Vidisha Ann Ranaweerasinghe of Mattegoda, T. Aravinthan of Peradeniya, Asanka Withara-nage of Wennappuwa, Nadee-shani Lenawa of Kandy and Roshan Amarasinghe of Colombo 5. Kings
return with bang "The Kings
Return," a Mega come-back concert will come alive at the Empire
Ballroom of the Mount Lavinia Hotel on July 7 at 7.00 pm. 'Kings Return'
show will feature Sunil, Piyal, Noeline, Sohan, Rajive, Damian,
Derek, Dalreen, Geoff, Nimal Jayamanne, Mariazelle, Anton, Ronnie
and Saliya Perera (Winner of Millennium Talent Search 2001, which
was sponsored by TV Times. Kings formed
in 1983 as Champaigne changed the name to KINGS when they toured
Europe as there was an internationally registerd band by the name
of CHAMPAIGNE. Founder Members
of the band were Chandral Fonseka Leader/Bassist/Vocals, Ranil Vas
on Guitar/Keybords/Vocals, Shiran Munasinghe on Drums/Vocals and
Melantha Perera on Keyboards/Vocals. "We came
back to Sri Lanka in 1987 and wanted to change the name to Champaigne
once again but on the request of the Chairman of Mt. Lavinia Hotel
Sanath Ukwatte continued as KINGS," Chandral said. They played
at the 'Little Hut' for seven years and in 1989 Sonali Sooriyagoda
joined as the female singer. Ranil Vas and Melantha Perera were
replaced by Aruna Liyanage (Jayasri fame now) in 1989 and Geeth
Mihiripenna in 1987. Geeth Mihiripenna was replaced by Arith Ratnawibhushana
in 1990. Only three changes took place during their ten years in
action. "Kings
disbanded due to the future plans of the members," Chandral
said. Shiran Munasinghe
is today playing in Dubai with Aquarius. Geeth Mihiripenna is in
the management of Mass Holdings and Arith Ratnawibhushana lives
in Perth, Australia with no connection to the music scene. Melantha
is playing with Mirage in Dubai and Aruna Liyanage is with Jayasri
who is a very big hit in Australia and in Sri Lanka too. Sonali
lives in is in Australia. The present Line up is Chandral Fonseka Leader/Bassist/Vocals, Ranil Vas on Guitar/Keyboards/Vocals, Rafi Burksh on Keyboards /Vocals, Ajantha Dodampegama on Drums/Vocals and Sherry Female Singer. KHA
Dinner Dance at Mahaweli Reach The Dynamic
Rajive & the Clan and Mike & the Hazonites will be in action
on the band stand for the event. 'This year
too we solicit the support of the persons connected to Travel &
Tourism, Food & Beverage areas in the Industry and others who
generally support events of this nature and who are always with
the Hoteliers,' said Roshan Perera, the Chairman, Organising Committee. This is the sixth year in succession for this 'KHA Ball' and the proceeds will be channelled for the development of the Association. Sohan
stars with X'periments Colombo Prokarts
together with the Motor Racing Association present this concert.
Headed by Sohan
Weerasinghe, the band 'Sohan & the X'Periments' is well known
in the local music scene, as one of the few Sri Lankan bands who
servived for more than two decades in the scene. Modest Sohan considers
them to be a middle of the road band all though he draws in many
a numbers where he performs, the group covers a wide range of toe
tapping music in English and Sinhala. Guest artistes
appearing for this concert would be Ronnie, Corrine and Annesley
who are also well known in the music industry. The main sponsor
for this event Colombo Prokarts centre has proven in recent times
to be successful venue for music concerts. This venue which could
easily accommodate more than a 1000, would be equipped with state-of-the-art
equipment, lighting and giant screen. Tickets will
be available for Rs. 300/- at the Colombo Prokarts, Millennium Park,
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