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SEU JORGE, SAMBASTIC SINGER-SONGWRITER FROM THE CITY OF GOD

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* Disaster has struck this week's episode of Jools Holland's late-night music show, Later ... With Jools Holland, following an ill-tempered dispute with Her Majesty's Immigration Service.

On Tuesday, the Brazilian musician Seu Jorge flew all the way to London in order to perform on the show, presided over by Jools which was recorded later that night. Unfortunately, he was detained at Luton Airport for having an out-of-date work permit.

It took nine hours for the clipboard merchants at Immigration to discover that he'd applied for a new one, and could therefore enter the UK. But by then, he was tired, emotional and in no fit state to perform.

Accordingly, Jorge jumped back onto a plane, and has now returned to Brazil. "The BBC did their best to get him in, and even the Home Office got involved," says his agent.

"He's distraught and I don't think he'll be coming back to this country for a long time. I've spent four years trying to get one of my artistes onto Jools Holland's show, and look what happens."

SOURCE: The Independent

http://news.independent.co.uk/people/pandora/story.jsp?story=637670

PORTUGUESE VERSION

O cantor Seu Jorge foi impedido, na última terça-feira, de entrar em Londres, Inglaterra, por estar com o visto de trabalho vencido.
Seu Jorge, que está em turnê internacional de lançamento de seu mais recente CD, "Cru", e tentava entrar no país para uma apresentação no programa de televisão "Later... with Jools Holland", da BBC, ficou detido no aeroporto Luton durante nove horas, segundo o diário "The Independent".
Ainda de acordo com o jornal britânico, os funcionários do serviço de imigração constataram que o cantor brasileiro havia requerido um novo visto, o que permitiria sua entrada, mas, cansado, Seu Jorge preferiu voltar ao Brasil.
A assessoria de imprensa do cantor não foi localizada pela Folha para confirmar as informações. Porém uma porta-voz da BBC, em Londres, confirmou que o brasileiro teve problemas com o visto e que não pôde participar da gravação do programa, realizada na noite de anteontem.
Seu Jorge já havia feito um show em Londres, no último dia 22 de abril, quando praticamente lotou o teatro Royal Festival Hall. Embora a maior parte do público fosse composta por brasileiros, Seu Jorge também tem feito sucesso entre os europeus.
O jornal britânico "Daily Telegraph" publicou há duas semanas uma entrevista elogiosa com o cantor, também popular entre os europeus como ator, principalmente, por sua atuação em "Cidade de Deus" e, no mais recente, "A Vida Aquática de Steve Zissou", de Wes Anderson. Neste último, que estréia no Brasil na próxima semana, o brasileiro interpretou um músico e criou a trilha sonora, toda inspirada em músicas do compositor inglês David Bowie.
No Brasil, Seu Jorge está em cartaz atualmente em outro filme: "Casa de Areia", dirigido por Andrucha Waddington.


Friday, 13 May

After his amazing concert at the Royal Festival Hall in April Seu Jorge will be present on the show Later with Jools Holland on BBC2 this Friday, 13 May, at 11.35pm.Not to be missed!!

www.joolsholland.org.uk


http://www.ethermusic.net



22nd April
From City of God with love, Mr Jorge makes his UK debut on the crest of a wave.

So far no one has managed to bridge the gap between the old and the new Afro-Rio life. No one has managed to touch black and white, rich and poor, young and old with a simple and wise street poetry, malandro culture. No one has, but if anyone does it will be Seu Jorge.

 


Exploding from the screen in the role of Knockout Ned, written for him in City of God, Jorge has paralleled his charismatic screen presence with a burgeoning role in Rio's music scene.

He is a singer and writer of urban sambas and a man who walks the walk but his lyrical guitar playing and songs belie his City of God image while maintaining a similar intensity.

Saved from the street by joining a theatre company he formed the band Farofa Carioca in the mid nineties and enjoyed considerable success in Rio with them.


The new year sees the release of his latest album Cru and his role on screen and in the soundtrack of Wes Anderson's film The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (alongside Bill Murray, Angelica Houston WillemDafoe and Cate Blanchett).

Royal Festival Hall

South Bank
Belvedere Road
London SE1 8XX

22 April

7.30 pm

Tickets: £12.00 £16.00 £18.00 £22.00

Box Office: 0870 401 8181
9am - 8pm daily

Source: http://www.rfh.org.uk

 
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