Recently it seems that South Africa is getting some proper love from international artists;
Lady Gaga the latest big name to be announced, courtesy of Big Concerts, shall be hitting our shores, along with support act The Darkness, towards the end of 2012. Now there seems to have been a fair amount of griping amongst those more musically discerned but like it or not Lady Gaga has an extensive fan base in South Africa and the more international artists sent our way, the more shall be sent in the future. So let's respectively welcome them one and all, including wholesome San Diego band
Switchfoot and the Swedish indie band
Little Dragon who both alight on South African soil for the first time this August.
Henrie Geyser wracks up his motoring editor mileage with reviews on the royal
Mercedes-Benz M-Class, classy
Citroen C4, and the highly praised new
CX-5 from Mazda.
While cultural contributor extraordinaire; Eugene Yiga gives us the low-down on a few of the current theatre productions on circuit, Pieter-Dirk Uys's satirical
Adapt or Fly, as well as the equally politically inspired
Green Man Flashing, and the downright silly
Topsy Turvy are all recommended.
New
competitions this week include tickets to the Durban July After Party and Hello Techno at the Assembly this Friday, #winning!
Here's to being thoroughly entertained!
Ruth Cooper, production manager (@biz_lounge)
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Tickets will be on-sale for the SA leg of Lady Gaga's Born This Way tour starting 9am, 19 June 2012 at Computicket (web sales only). In Johannesburg on 30 November, and in Cape Town on 3 December Lady Gaga will be supported by the newly reformed British rock band The Darkness, and Lady Gaga's long-time performance partner and DJ, Lady Starlight, has been confirmed as a special guest. 
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