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YASALAM AFTER-RACE CONCERT GEARING UP FOR FOUR UNMISSABLE NIGHTS OF DIVERSE MUSIC

YASALAM AFTER-RACE CONCERT GEARING UP FOR FOUR UNMISSABLE NIGHTS OF DIVERSE MUSIC

This year’s line-up for the Yasalam After-Race Concert series promises to be yet another unmissable experience for the music fans from the region and beyond.

 

Not only is it the first event at Etihad Park since the start of the pandemic, the Yasalam After-Race Concerts return with full capacity and a diverse line-up of top AAA music talent.

 

From headline act Foo Fighters through to Stormzy, Khalid and Lewis Capaldi, the 12th edition of the capital’s favourite music festival features some of the biggest acts in rock, rap, RnB and soul.

 

With an enthralling four-night run ahead, here’s all you need to know about the shows.

 

Khalid, Thursday December 9

 

Kicking things off at Etihad Park is the six-time Grammy Award-nominated US superstar Khalid.

 

It has been an incredible rise to fame for talented singer Khalid, from the release of his 5x platimum debut single ‘Location’, released just before his high school graduation, to global superstardom – he was even named one of Time’s Most Influential People in 2019.

 

Debut album American Teen went double platinum while second album Free Spirit, featuring the Grammy-nominated No.1 single ‘Talk’, received widespread critical acclaim including a much sought after ‘Critic’s Pick’ from the New York Times, and has been streamed over 11 billion times worldwide.

 

Aside from six Grammy nominations, the singer, labelled a ‘pop prodigy’ by Rolling Stone, has received a host of industry accolades, including six Billboard Music Awards, three American Music Awards, a Teen Choice Award, an MTV Video Music Award and an MTV Woodie Award.

 

The 23-year-old has collaborated with international artists including Billie Eilish, Shawn Mendes, Marshmello and more, and is the youngest artists to surpass 15 billion streams on Spotify alone.

His star continues to rise, and he is sure to keep the revs up on Grand Prix weekend in Abu Dhabi.

 

Stormzy, Friday December 10

 

Friday night’s headliner is one of the UK’s leading artists, a London-based grime MC of Ghanaian heritage. Stormzy emerged from the underground grime scene in the 2010s with a series of triumphant mixtapes, singles, and freestyles, making his mainstream breakthrough in 2017 with his platinum-certified, chart-topping debut Gang Signs & Prayer, and a headlining show at the world-famous Glastonbury Festival in 2019 shows just how far he has come in a short space of time.

 

Stormzy’s string of hit singles include ‘Vossi Bop’, ‘Big for Your Boots’ and ‘Own It’, a single featuring Ed Sheeran and Burna Boy, while his two albums Gang Signs & Prayer and Heavy is the Head both topped the album charts in the UK. Born Michael Ebenazer Kwadjo Omari Owuo, Jr. in the south London town of Croydon, Stormzy is also renowned and well respected for his activism – his ‘Stormzy Scholarship for Black UK Students' covers tuition costs for two students and maintenance grants for up to four years at the University of Cambridge.

 

Lewis Capaldi, Saturday December 11

 

Saturday night brings soulful Scottish balladeer Lewis Capaldi to Etihad Park. The 25-year-old Brit award winner burst onto the scene back in early 2017 with the release of debut single ‘Bruises’, a track that introduced his trademark acoustic sound of intimate piano and strong vocals, and notched up millions of streams.

 

Capaldi hit the big time with the release of his critically acclaimed debut album ‘Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent’ in 2019, and global smash hit singles ‘Someone You Loved’ – which spent eight weeks at the top of the UK charts – and ‘Before You Go’.

 

Known as much for his live performances as his mournful songs, Capaldi learned his trade and honed his distinctive sound in the live arena through extensive touring and some support slots on high-profile tours including Ed Sheeran, Niall Horan and Sam Smith.

 

Foo Fighters, Sunday December 12

 

Bona fide rock legends Foo Fighters will round off the Yasalam After-Race Concert series with a storming headline set on Sunday night. Originally a solo project for former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl in 1995 following the tragic death of Kurt Cobain, the US rockers have never looked back with 10 albums and a string of rock anthems including ‘My Hero’, ‘Everlong’ and ‘All My Life’.

 

From debut single ‘This is a Call’ through to ‘Shame Shame,’ ‘No Son of Mine’ and ‘Waiting on a War’ from the 2021 album ‘Medicine at Midnight’, the Foos have never let up and the six-piece, fronted by Grohl on guitar and vocals, have won 12 Grammy Awards, including four Best Rock Album for 1999's ‘There Is Nothing Left to Lose’, 2002's ‘One by One’, 2008's ‘Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace’, and ‘Wasting Light’ from 2012.

 

A sensational live act, Foo Fighters were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame earlier this year – confirming their status as live legends and one of the biggest ever names in the music industry.

 


 

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