Punjab suffered their eighth loss in 12 games and bowed out of the competition
cricket7 hours ago
British soprano Sarah Brightman is aiming to perform where no professional singer has ever gone before: the International Space Station. The 54-year-old said on Tuesday she is working with composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, her ex-husband, to create a song she will sing in space after she blasts off on September 1 in a Russian Soyuz rocket.
Brightman, known to many for her role years ago in the musical The Phantom of the Opera and for a duet with tenor Andrea Bocelli, told reporters she felt “overwhelmed” and excited — but not yet nervous — as she prepares for her trip.
“I would like to sing something from space,” she said. “We’re trying to work out all the technical details, obviously it’s quite a complex thing to do.”
She said she and Lloyd Webber are working to find a song that “suits the idea of space” while scientists iron out how to make the performance work, possibly with a choir or another singer on Earth.
“I’m trying to find a piece which is beautiful and simple in its message, as well as not too complicated to sing,” she said.
On the journey, arranged by the private space company Space Adventures, the singer will be part of a three-person team and spend 10 days aboard the space station.
Brightman said she has wanted to go into space since she watched the first moon landing in 1969 as a 9-year-old. “For me to have got this far and have a taste of what I felt at that time, to be part of the future, is an amazing thing,” she said.
Punjab suffered their eighth loss in 12 games and bowed out of the competition
cricket7 hours ago
Around 10,000 units were delivered in Dubai and 1,600 in Abu Dhabi in Q1, demonstrating strong growth in the UAE’s residential sector
business7 hours ago
We see a large whitespace opportunity in both the UAE and Saudi Arabia, an important factor in our plans for continued expansion of our store network: Sunil Kumar
business7 hours ago
Mathews made his T20 comeback for Sri Lanka in January after a three-year gap
cricket7 hours ago
United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees says 80,000 people have fled Rafah since Monday
mena9 hours ago
US prosecutors charged an Indian citizen with plotting to kill a Sikh separatist and said an Indian government official was involved in the planning
world9 hours ago
About 175 flights were cancelled due to sudden sick leave calls from crew members
aviation9 hours ago
The visit was the king's second engagement in two days after he hosted the first annual garden party at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday
europe9 hours ago