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Music stars generate huge incomes and revitalize hotels and restaurants
After the pandemic, music stars have revived concerts in arenas as part of their global tours, seeing huge audiences and achieving record revenues, which now feature prominently in economic data, while their work and the tourism movement they attract are generating huge amounts. Income.
Among them is American star Taylor Swift, whose advance sales of tickets for the film, filmed during the first leg of her concert tour, exceeded $100 million in various parts of the world, a week before the start of its performances. Friday, according to a report by “Agence France-Presse” from “AMC”.
The high value of bookings reflects the phenomenal success of the “Taylor Swift: The Era Tour” tour, as it will mark the first time that her tour’s total revenue will surpass one billion dollars when it ends in late 2024. in music history, according to American ratings. Even “Polstar,” a magazine specializing in live arts, expected revenue from the tour’s concerts to reach about $1.9 billion.
In early September, US Federal Reserve President John Williams in New York said what he described as the “Taylor Swift factor” had helped boost the US economy in recent months as people spent on parties and hotels. , and it all made for a major event.
Last May, Philadelphia hotels in Pennsylvania saw their highest revenue since the start of the pandemic, “thanks to the influx of visitors to Taylor Swift’s concerts in the city,” an industry official said in a “Big Book” report. By reserve. The Federal Reserve in early July.
The six concerts in Los Angeles in August led to a $320 million increase in the county’s gross domestic product, noted Maria Seelo, an economist at the British University of Birmingham.
Star Beyoncé’s concerts have had little impact on the economy, as an economist said two of her concerts in Stockholm, the first of her world tour, contributed to a higher-than-expected inflation rate in Sweden in May.
According to Danske Bank’s Michael Grahn, this is not due to the high cost of concert tickets, but rather large public demand explaining the increase in hotel and restaurant prices.
The international star’s “World Renaissance Tour” tour, which ends on October 1, could reach a total of about $560 million, according to the special “Billboard Bookscore” website, making it the highest-grossing tour for a female artist in history. By the end of last August, the tour had grossed $461 million, surpassing what Madonna achieved during her “Sticky and Sweet Tour” in 2008-2009.
The record is currently held by Elton John, whose farewell tour, “Farewell Yellow Brick Road 2018-2023” grossed more than $910 million.
In less than 10 years, the Korean K-Pop boy band BTS, now on hiatus as many of its members join the military, has generated billions of dollars for the South Korean economy.
In December 2018, Hyundai Research Institute reported that BTS, the first South Korean group to reach number one in song contests in the United States and Britain, brought more than $3.6 billion in annual economic benefits to their country.
By 2022, the Korea Culture and Tourism Agency estimates the economic impact of each BTS concert at 1.22 trillion won (over $900 million).
In a similar vein, more than 50 years after The Beatles disbanded, the city of Liverpool, the birthplace of its members Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, still attracts fans of the famous foursome. .
There are many sites of interest to visitors, including the Cavern Club concert hall, Penny Lane, the former Strawberry Fields Orphanage, or museums, restaurants and souvenir shops. According to the municipal council, the value of Beatles-related tourism is estimated at around £120 million (about $150 million) a year.
The US state of Memphis, Tennessee, which includes the residence of Elvis Presley (Graceland), is still a destination for fans of the rock and roll legend, while other parts of the world benefit from their artists, while Jamaica preserves the legacy of reggae giant Bob Marley.
For the band ABBA, this contributed to making Sweden the world’s third largest music exporter, after the United States and Britain.
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Dozens of people were killed and wounded in an Israeli attack on the southern Gaza Strip.
Today (Sunday), the Israeli army tightens its grip on southern Gaza, while hundreds of thousands of Gaza residents try to escape the army’s violent battles against the Hamas movement.
On Sunday morning, Hamas announced in a statement that “occupation warplanes continued their most violent attacks in areas south of the city of Khan Yunis,” speaking of a “belt of fire with dozens of attacks targeting the road between Khan.” Younis and Rafa, as reported by the “Hamas Agency”, a French newspaper.
He added that this was “accompanied by intense Israeli artillery fire near the Gaza European Hospital in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip.”
In turn, the Palestinian News Agency reported that 10 people were killed and dozens injured in a bombardment carried out by Israeli planes targeting a house in Khan Yunis early today (Sunday). He added that most of the dead were children, as reported by the Arab World News Agency.
Palestinian television reported on Sunday that 45 people had died since evening at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in the central Gaza Strip as a result of Israeli bombing.
The Palestinian News Agency reported that Israeli military aircraft carried out violent attacks on Deir al-Balah and the Nusirat, al-Maqasi and al-Jawaita camps in the central Gaza Strip, as well as the al-Tufa and al-Shujaya neighborhoods east of Gaza. The city and several areas in the northern Gaza Strip.
The Jordanian army said in a statement today (Sunday), citing an official military source from the Jordanian army’s general command, that there were no casualties or material damage due to the shelling of a Jordanian field hospital in southern Gaza. and continued Israeli bombardment of the Strip resulting in smoke bombs.
He added: “The General Command of the Armed Forces confirms the continuation of the work of the medical teams in the Gaza Strip and their fulfillment of their humanitarian duty to the families and brothers in the area.”
The Palestinian News Agency reported late yesterday (Saturday) that an Israeli military artillery attack targeted a Jordanian field hospital in Khan Yunis, south of Gaza. But there were no casualties in the blast. He added that the cannon fired a shell at the hospital, causing damage and loss.
On Saturday, Israel confirmed its intention to “intensify pressure” in its attack on Hamas in Gaza, a day after the United States used its veto against a draft resolution calling for an “immediate ceasefire on humanitarian grounds” at the UN Security Council.
Israeli army chief Herzey Halevi called for “intensification of military pressure” on Hamas. For his part, Israeli National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi announced on Israeli Channel 12 that “more than 7,000 terrorists” had been killed in Gaza.
At the start of its ground offensive, the Israeli army asked residents of the northern Gaza Strip to move south. But after fighting intensified in the south and the United States used its veto at the United Nations against a resolution proposing a ceasefire, public fears in the Gaza Strip grew. Especially in the south.
Most of the 1.9 million people displaced by the war have gone south to the Gaza Strip, turning Rafah, which borders Egypt, into a large refugee camp.
Death Penalty
In parallel, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in Southern Gaza (UNRWA)-affiliated shelters, amid overcrowding and poor sanitary conditions, have seen a significant increase in infectious diseases such as diarrhea, acute respiratory infections and skin infections. .
UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East, Adel Ghadr, said: “Nearly a million children have been forcibly displaced from their homes, further and further south, into small, overcrowded areas with no water, food or security.” He added: “Restrictions on the delivery of life-saving aid through the Gaza Strip are another death sentence for children.”
The death toll continues to rise, with the Hamas health ministry reporting that the bodies of at least 133 Palestinians have been transferred to hospitals in the past 24 hours.
The latest tally released by the ministry on Saturday evening put 17,700 people, most of them women and children, dead in the Strip since the war began.
The war erupted following an unprecedented attack by Hamas on Israel on October 7, which resulted in the deaths of 1,200 people, most of them civilians, according to Israeli officials. The movement took about 240 hostages, of whom 138 are still being held.
In response, Israel vowed to “destroy” Hamas, continued heavy bombardment of the Gaza Strip and began ground operations inside it since October 27.
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The President, his two deputies and the Rulers condole the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques on the death of Dalal bin Abdulaziz.
The head of state, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, may God protect him, sent his condolences to his brother, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of the sister kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Arabia, in which he expressed his sincere condolences and sincere sympathy on the demise of Dalal bin Abdulaziz bin Bandar.
Two similar condolences to His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Dubai, may God protect him, and Sheikh Mansour bin Saeed Al Nahyan, Vice President of the United Arab Emirates, Deputy Prime Minister, Chief Presidential Court, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques sent cables.
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He also sent Sheikh Dr. Sultan Bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council, Ruler of Sharjah, His Highness Sheikh Humaid Bin Rashid Al Nuaimi, Member of the Supreme Council, Ruler of Ajman, His Highness Sheikh Hamad Bin Mohammed Al. Sharqi, Member of the Supreme Council, Ruler of Fujairah, and His Highness Sheikh Saud bin Rashid Al Mualla, Member of the Supreme Council, Ruler of Umm al-Quwain, and His Highness Council Member Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah, their brother, the Two Holy Mosques The Guardian sent condolence cables to King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of the sister kingdom of Saudi Arabia, who expressed their sincere condolences and sincere sympathy. Death of Talal bin Abdulaziz bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.
Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Crown Prince and Deputy Ruler of Sharjah, Sheikh Abdullah bin Salem bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Deputy Ruler of Sharjah, Sheikh Sultan bin Ahmed bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Deputy Ruler of Sharjah, and His Highness Sheikh Ammar bin Humaid Al Nuaimi, Crown Prince of Ajman. Prince, His Highness Sheikh Nasser bin Rashid Al Nuaimi, Deputy Ruler of Ajman, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi, Crown Prince of Fujairah. Crown Prince of Ras Al Khaimah Sheikh Mohammed bin Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, with condolences to Sheikh Rashid bin Saud bin Rashid Al Mulla, Crown Prince of Umm Al Quwain and Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques.
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(CNN) – Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) said Saturday that the United States was responsible for the “bloodshed” of civilians in Gaza, a day after the U.N. The United States used its veto against the Security Council resolution. .. an immediate ceasefire in the Strip.
According to the official Palestinian News Agency (Wafa), Abbas condemned the “veto” and described the US position as “immoral” and a “flagrant violation of all humanitarian values and principles”.
According to Wafa, Abbas said, “The US is responsible for the bloodshed of Palestinian children, women and the elderly in the Gaza Strip.”
Abbas said the United States was complicit in what he called “war crimes committed by Israeli occupation forces against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank and Jerusalem,” and called on the international community to seek solutions. Before this dangerous crisis turns into a religious war that threatens the entire world.
A rare intervention this week by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres led to a UN Security Council vote on Friday on a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
On Friday, the United States used its veto during a UN Security Council vote against a draft resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
Thirteen countries in the Security Council voted in favor of the draft resolution, with the United States using its veto and the United Kingdom abstaining from voting.
The resolution, opposed by the US, called for an “immediate ceasefire on humanitarian grounds” and the “immediate and unconditional release of all hostages”.
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