Tuesday, March 19, 2013

X FACTOR WINNER TO PERFORM AT ISRAEL 65 CONCERT


X FACTOR WINNER TO PERFORM AT ISRAEL 65 CONCERT


The Zionist Federation are hosting the largest concert in Europe on Israel’s 65th birthday, for 10,000 people at Wembley Arena on Tuesday 16th April.

Now confirmed to perform at the Israel 65 concert is Alexandra Burke who won the fifth series of X Factor. Burke is one of the most successful winners of the X Factor. Immediately after she released her X Factor winning song Hallelujah in 2008, she sold 105,000 records in one day. The song was also number one in the charts for many weeks. Since then, she has sold over a million records and has also received various awards, including having a Platinum selling single. Before the X Factor she was a singer in the Jewish wedding band Gilev.

Also performing are Spelbound. They are an internationally renowned Dance Troupe and the record breaking winners of Britain’s Got Talent, which they won in 2010. Since then they have performed at numerous venues, including at the 2010 and 2012 Royal Variety performances. Spelbound also performed twice at the closing ceremony of the London 2012 Summer Olympics, which was watched by 26.3 million viewers in the UK. Spelbound also have a Guinness World Record for the highest throw and catch of a person over a bar.

The event will also showcase Israeli talent including Ishtar, the French based Israeli lead singer of Alabina who has sold millions of records worldwide. Also performing will be Ivri Lider, one of the most successful Israeli musicians of his generation and Israel’s male singer of the year. Furthermore, those attending will be able to hear the world famous Chico, the founder of the Gipsy Kings who will be performing with his band the Gypsies.

Director of the ZF and Executive Producer of the Gala Concert, Alan Aziz said, “This is a day to celebrate Israel’s existence and achievements that make us proud to be Jewish and proud to support Israel”.

For more information please visit: www.israel65.org.uk