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Manu Chao and Radio Bemba release ‘Baïonarena’ through Because Music on 19th October.
The two-CD DVD set features recordings from the last night of his 2008 tour at the famous Roman ampitheatre in Bayonne. Featuring Manu’s hits ‘Clandestino’, ‘Tombola’, ‘Rainin’ In Paradize’, ‘Mala Vida’ and ‘L’Hiver Est Là ‘, taken from the limited edition book and cd ‘Sibérie m’était contée’.
The DVD features the show in its entirety and bonus material, including all the videos from ‘La Radiolina’ and a documentary ‘Carnet de Voyage’, with highlights from his world tour.
‘Baïonarena’ will be released in both standard and limited edition formats.
‘Baïonarena’ perfectly captures the spirit and success of ‘La Radiolina’. The album, which has now sold almost a million copies worldwide, earnt Manu a Grammy nomination and took him and his band, Radio Bemba, on a two year world tour.
During that time, Manu performed in front of 3 million people, sold out three shows at Brixton Academy, appeared at Glastonbury and headlined more than 100 festivals from Russia to San Francisco.
Manu recorded an album at an Argentine radio station ‘La Colifata,’ a Buenos Aires-based radio station with a difference – it broadcasts from within a psychiatric hospital.
Launched in 1991, ‘La Colifata’ is also known as “Radio des Fous”(Crazy Radio) and is a unique project that uses media (radio and TV) as a therapeutic treatment. The station allows patients to rebuild social links with the outside world.
As an active supporter Manu helped record an album of music by the patients. The record is available for free download through VivaLaColifata.org by donation.
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