Hans Zimmer set to have 2nd UAE concert
DUBAI: Due to the overwhelming popular demand, a second date has been added for the Hans Zimmer Live show, for his first time in the Middle East.
The multiple Academy Award winning composer will be performing the music from blockbuster movies such as The Lion King, Inception, Gladiator, Pirates of the Caribbean, and Dune, among many others. Fans will now have two days to experience the breathtaking musical extravaganza that will take place on Friday 27 January, and Saturday 28 January 2023 at the Dubai’s Coca-cola Arena.
These two spectacular nights will be full of musical surprises by one of Hollywood’s most iconic and decorated composers with his magnificent live band, orchestra, and mesmerizing dancers.
Hans Zimmer Live is brought to the United Arab Emirates by Dubai’s Department of Economy and Tourism, in partnership with Executive Visions Inc & RCI Global, as part of its Dubai Presents series. Both concerts will be among the showstopping events set to draw the curtain on the Dubai Shopping Festival, running until 29 January 2023.
Tickets are selling out fast. They can be purchased at www.coca-cola-arena.com or htps:// www.hanszimmerlive.com.
Hans Zimmer has scored more than 500 projects across all mediums, which, combined, have grossed more than $28 billion at the worldwide box office. Zimmer has been honoured with two Academy Awards, three Golden Globes, four Grammys, an American Music Award, and a Tony Award. His work highlights include Dune, No Time to Die, Gladiator, The Thin Red Line, As Good as It Gets, Rain Man, The Dark Knight trilogy, Inception, Thelma and Louise, The Last Samurai, 12 Years A Slave, Blade Runner 2049 (co-scored with Benjamin Wallfisch) and Dunkirk, apart from recent film scores including Top Gun: Maverick, Wonder Woman 1984 and The Spongebob Movie: Sponge on the Run. Most recently, Zimmer won the Academy Award for Best Achievement in Music Writen for Motion Pictures for Dune. In 2019, Zimmer scored the live-action remake of The Lion King, for which he received a Grammy nomination for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media.
With the ultimate vision of making Dubai, the world’s leading commercial centre, investment hub and tourism destination, Dubai’s Department of Economy and Tourism (DET) is mandated to support the Government in positioning the emirate as a major hub for global economy and tourism, and in boosting the city’s economic and tourism competitiveness indicators.