Press Release

SCOUTING FOR GIRLS TO GIG AT DUBAI OPERA

Dubai UAE, 10 August 2017 – English pop rock band, Scouting for Girls is playing a one-off show at Dubai Opera on 20th October 2017.

With smash-hit singles including She’s So Lovely and This Ain’t a Love Song, the group have clocked up four studio albums and one Greatest Hits compilation since forming in 2005 and being signed by Epic Records in 2007.

The core band members on piano and lead guitar/vocals, Greg Churchouse on bass guitar and Peter Ellard on percussion are all childhood friends from . The trio have played to thousands of music lovers at festivals and tours all across the globe.

For the first time ever, Dubai Opera will transform into a flat-floor concert hall especially for the evening, providing an impeccable acoustic environment that will also offer tonnes of toe-tapping space for fans. Seating options will be available in the circle and boxes.

Jasper Hope, Chief Executive at Dubai Opera, commented: “Scouting For Girls have a decade of successful albums and tours to their name along with some amazing hit songs that are streamed in their millions the world over, they are the perfect band to bring a party atmosphere to Dubai Opera for our first ever fully flat-floor concert. Nearly 3000 people will be able to sing-along to She’s So Lovely, Heartbeat and many more fantastic songs to help create an incredible atmosphere inside the venue that night.”

For full details please visit: www.dubaiopera.com Tickets will be available from AED 150 from 9am on 12 August 2017 at www.dubaiopera.com

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Note to Editors

About Dubai Opera: Dubai Opera is a truly unique venue and the city’s first purpose built multi-format performing arts theatre, situated in the heart of Downtown Dubai. With an iconic dhow shaped design rooted in Emirati heritage, Dubai Opera offers the ultimate flexibility of a proscenium arch theatre, an acoustic concert hall and a 2000m2 flat floor event space, and is the definitive destination for quality entertainment productions and performances. Dubai Opera's stage hosts an incredible array of world-class talent, with opera, ballet and classical music concerts and productions at the core, Dubai Opera also stages musical theatre, fashion shows, jazz, comedy, family shows and a full range of live entertainment.

For more information, please contact: Dubai Opera Team at House of Comms Tryph Greenwood Jasmine O’Brien Jenna Stirland Daisy Priestley [email protected]