Proses Panjang Ravel Entertainment Boyong The Corrs Ke Jakarta

Ravel Entertainment CEO, Ravel Junardy, during a press conference in Jakarta, Friday afternoon. (Doc. Ravel Entertainment)

JAKARTA - Promoter Ravel Entertainment revealed the long process of negotiations until it was finally able to bring in a very famous Irish band in the early 2000s, The Corrs.

"The process (negotiation) was quite long and I came in last. There have been several promoters who have been in contact with them since last months, but The Corrs management contacted me directly and said they wanted to play in October. At first they wanted to play in November," said Ravel Entertainment CEO, Ravel Junardy, during a press conference in Jakarta, Friday afternoon.

The Corr family quartet will appear at the Ancol Jakarta Beach City International Stadium on Friday, October 18.

Ravel then checked the availability of a place for October. Ravel's desire to bring The Corrs is getting stronger because some of his colleagues also support the presence of the sister quartet as a good concert for the Indonesian market.

"My friends say this is very good, it will sell. Yes, that's it, okay!" explained Ravel while throwing laughter.

The Corrs concert will later be part of the Corr brothers' fourth reunion tour, Andrea (vocals), Sharon (violin/piano/vocals), Caroline (drums/percussion/piano/vocals), and Jim (guitar/piano/vocals) who had hiatus during 2006 until finally reunited in 2015.

The Corrs received praise for being the most successful family band at the start of the millennial. Some of their very popular songs include Runaway, Breathless, Radio, All The Love in The World, What Can I Do, One Night, So Young, Only When I Sleep, Irresistible, The Hardest Day feat. Alejandro Sanz, Would You Be Happier?, I Never Loved You Anyway, and the instrumentalia are typical of Celtic, Lough Erin Shore.

Officially formed in 1990 in Dundalk, Countu Louth Ireland, the Corrs group has released seven studio albums that won a lot of praise, including the debut album Forgiven, Not Forgotten which was released in 1995 and the 1997 album 'Talk On Corners' which became their most successful album.

Successfully incised album sales of up to 40 million copies worldwide, The Corrs won 24 awards and 48 prestigious nominations in the music industry, including the BRIT Award for the 1999 'Band International Best' and two 2001 Grammy nominations for the song Breathless and Rebel Heart.

Apart from Jakarta, The Corrs will also visit a number of other cities in their tour series including Manila, Perth, Brisbane, Sydney, Newcastle, Adelaide, New Zealand, and Melbourne.

The Corrs fans can buy concert tickets whose sales will start on June 21, 2023 through the official website thecorrsjakarta.com. There are five ticket categories for the concert, namely Bronze (sit) at a price of Rp. 1,000,000, Silver (sit) Rp. 1,500,000, Festival (permit) Rp. 2,000,000, Gold (sit) Rp. 3,500,000, and VIP Platinum (sit) Rp. 4,500,000.

Ravel added that the ticket price arrangement had gone through a discussion process involving the Ravel Entertainment team with The Corrs management. Spectators who buy Platinum VIP tickets will have the experience of watching concerts with the best view.

"We discussed with their management, everything they want as well. This ticket price includes everything, yes, it includes taxes as well. So, I think, ticket prices are quite affordable," said Ravel.

He also hopes that this music event can be a momentum for revival and bring goodness to Indonesia.

"Hopefully more bands and superstars will come to Indonesia so that the industry will develop and be good," Ravel closed the conversation.