Aarhus - Den Gamle By

"Den Gamle By" is Danish for "old town". It is a five star heritage museum ranking among the best in the world. It has more than 75 historical buildings, gardens, exhibitions, houses, shops and workshops.

This museum is a living experience of what it was like to live and workin a Danish market town in the old days of Hans Christian Andersen. You can meet people of yesteryear here and experience life as it was in their living rooms, kitchens and gardens.

Den Gamle By is the home to: The Danish Poster Museum, The Danish Museum of Clocks and Watches, a large museum of toys, a tea garden, a large museum of shops and major Christmas events. Taste, smell and try out history.

Entrance is 150 DKK, cca. 20 Euro and there are discounts for children, or groups. More informations about Aarhus you can find here

Julie Maria

Julie Maria was born into music. She is the daughter of singer Mona Larsen and her stepfather is jazz bassist Bo Stief. She was with his parents on tour and soon learned to experience the totality of the music across genres and languages. Five years followed the Danish Radio Girls' Choir, twelve years at the Rudolf Steiner School where she was surrounded by classical music and played violin in the symphony orchestra. Julie Maria has since trained at Rhythmic Music Conservatory in Copenhagen.

Julie Maria debuted in 2004 with the album Beautiful Minor. The following year, she was contacted by TV-2's lead singer, Steffen Brandt, who had heard her disk. He invited Julie Maria in studio to sing the duet "Et Lykkeligt Goodbye", which is on TV 2's album "De første kærester på månen" (November 2005). Since then Julie Maria and Steffen Brandt sang together in particular radio program Café Hack at P4 and P3 live, and the duo also played in a series of events around the country in which they interpreted each other's songs.

Inspired by the collaboration with Steffen Brandt, Julie Maria started to write in Danish, and resulted in the album "På kanten af virkeligheden", issued in 2007 and featured the singles "Også om dagen" and "Hjerteløv".

Julie Maria sang also distinctive song, "Without each other" for DR TV Christmas Calendar 2009. Her records company is Playground Music.

Tina Dickow - Tina Dico

Tina Dico (born Tina Dickow on October 14, 1977) is a singer and songwriter inspired by artists such as Tracy Chapman, Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen.

In her home country of Denmark, she worked with the lead singer of the band TV-2, Steffen Brandt. She won a Steppeulv and a Danish Music Award in 2004 for her album, Notes, and the award for best female vocalist at the Danish Music Awards 2006. Internationally, she may be best known for her collaboration with the English duo Zero 7 on their second album, When It Falls, with the song "Home" and "The Space Between". In Denmark she performs under her real name, Tina Dickow.

Dickow was born in Åbyhøj near Århus, Denmark. At a very young age, she was introduced to music by her father who owned a big hi-fi stereo system in their basement. After public school, she attended a music boarding school, and after that she went to high school. Music still was her passion, and during her first years she performed with the cover band, Fester Kester.

In 1997 while attending her third year at high school, she was cast in the erotic TV-series, Karrusel (Carrousel), where she starred with Peter Steen and Michael Falch (produced 1997, broadcast 1998 on Danish TV2). After her performance she was offered several parts but did not like to be type cast as the "naive girl from Jutland," which was why she refused every offer. While Dickow performs under her real name in Denmark, abroad she is known as Tina Dico in order to avoid mispronunciation by American English speakers.

In 1998, Dickow introduced the other members of the band Fester Kester to a song of her own, and their enthusiasm led them to enter, and win, two talent contests the same year: "Talentspot" on Danish TV2, and "Vi har scenen, har I musikken?" (We have the stage, do you have the music?) in Aarhus. The band "Tina Dickow and Sheriff" was formed in 1998, and later that year the single "Your Waste of Time" was released. It was picked as "Song of the Week" on Danish National Radio, P3, and led to some degree of fame.

Several conversations with established record labels followed, but Dickow was unhappy with the way they intended to market her. Instead she got a loan from a bank, and started her own record label, Finest Gramophone, in 2000. The company’s first release was Dickow’s Fuel in 2001. The critic's response was modest, but most recognized her potential as an artist. Also in 2001, Dickow teamed up with her current manager, Jonathan Morley, on the SPOT-festival in Aarhus. She signed a four-year contract with Morley, and during the 2002 MIDEM-festival in Cannes, France she signed with English publisher Kojam Music.

Finest Gramophone went on to sign another Danish act, Love Julie, which released two albums. Dickow has said that she has no intention of signing future acts, due mostly to time constraints.

In the beginning of 2002, Dickow moved to England in an attempt to escape from the cozy atmosphere in Denmark. Thanks to her contract with Morley, she had the opportunity to step into the English music community, which led to a collaboration with Australian singer Holly Valance on the song "Send My Best." Dickow wrote the album Notes during her stay in England, capturing the loneliness and fear of being alone in London. Notes was recorded in two days and was released later that year. The critics were very positive this time. Notes won a Steppeulv (the Danish music critics award) in the category "Composer of the Year" and a Danish Music Award for "Songwriter of the Year".

During her work with Valance, Dickow met Sam Hardaker, one of the members of the English trip-hop-lounge duo, Zero 7. She was asked to collaborate with them, and they recorded "Home" and "The Space Between" which are featured on the album When It Falls. A tour with more than 100 shows in Europe, U.S., and Asia followed. While Dickow does not appear on Zero 7's The Garden, she has stated her desire to someday work with Zero 7 again.

The EP Far, with new versions of some of the tracks from Notes, one track from Fuel and a brand new song, was released in 2004. The purpose of the EP was to follow up on the success from the Zero 7 tour. In 2004, Dickow signed a multinational record deal with Sony UK, and the recordings to her international debut begun in late 2004. In early 2005, Sony and BMG merged, and the deal was canceled. The legal rights to the songs were handed over to Dickow, and the album was released in cooperation with the Danish company, A:Larm in June 2005. The album went straight to No. 1 on the Danish album chart in front of prominent names such as U2 and Coldplay.

In January 2006, Dickow won the P3 Award and DKK 100,000 which is granted by Danish National Radio P3. The jury said this of Dickow's effort: “Courage, self-esteem and talent is required if you want to be yourself and perform your own songs – without overstyled fuss. The winner of the P3 Award certainly possesses these qualities.” In March 2006, Dickow won the Danish Music Award for "Singer of the Year".

Dickow has released her fourth studio album entitled Count to Ten on September 3rd, 2007.

In September 2008, Dickow won the Kronprinsparrets Kulturpris and DKK 500,000 which was granted by Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark for “having the courage to look the contradictory and difficult parts of existence in the eye, and for the ability to express it in a very special, life-affirming fashion that many can identify themselves with.”

Discography

Fuel (2001)

Notes (2003)

Far (EP, 2004)

In the Red (2006)

Count To Ten (2007)

Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur" (2007) Tina Dico (listed as Tina Dickow) cover of Working Class Hero (John Lennon)

Side By Side - duets Vol. 1" Award-winning American artist AM (musician) and Tina Dico perform the duet "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" (2008) a cover of a George Harrison song

A Beginning, A Detour, An Open Ending (2008)

Beyoncé - 2009 I Am... Tour

Beyoncé Giselle Knowles (born September 4, 1981) is an American R&B singer, songwriter, record producer, actress and model. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, she enrolled in various performing arts schools, and was first exposed to singing and dancing competitions as a child. Knowles rose to fame in the late 1990s as the lead singer of the girl group Destiny's Child. Beyoncé has sold more than 50 million records worldwide with the group and over 75 million records in her total career.

In June 2003, during the hiatus of Destiny's Child, Beyoncé released her debut solo album, Dangerously in Love, which became one of the most successful albums of that year.

The album was a commercial and critical success, spawning the hits "Crazy in Love", "Baby Boy", and earning Knowles five Grammy Awards in 2004. The disbandment of Destiny's Child in 2005 facilitated her continued success: her sophomore solo album, B'Day, released in 2006, debuted at number one on the Billboard charts, and produced the hits "Deja Vu", "Irreplaceable", and "Beautiful Liar". Her third solo album, I Am… Sasha Fierce, was released in November 2008, and inlcuded the hits "If I Were a Boy", "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)", and "Halo". Knowles has attained five Hot 100 number one singles, becoming one of the two female artists with the most number ones attained within the 2000-2009 decade.

The success of her solo albums has established Beyoncé as one of the most marketable artists in the music industry, and she has expanded her career to acting and product endorsement. She began her acting career in 2001, appearing in the musical film Carmen: A Hip Hopera. In 2006, she starred in the lead role in the film adaptation of the 1981 Broadway musical Dreamgirls, for which she earned two Golden Globe nominations. Knowles launched her family's fashion line, House of Deréon, in 2004, and has been engaged to endorse such brands as Pepsi, Tommy Hilfiger, Armani and L'Oréal. In 2009, Forbes listed Knowles fourth on its list of the 100 Most Powerful and Influential Celebrities in the world, and third on its list of the top-grossing musicians, with over $87 million dollars in earnings between 2008 and 2009.

Beyoncé released her third studio album, I Am… Sasha Fierce, on November 18, 2008. Knowles says that the name Sasha Fierce is the name of the person she adopts when she performs onstage. "I have someone else that takes over when it's time for me to work and when I'm on stage, this alter ego that I've created that kind of protects me and who I really am." "If I Were a Boy" and "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)", the first and second singles off I Am… Sasha Fierce, were released to radio on October 8, 2008, preceding the album's release on November 18, 2008. While "If I Were a Boy" topped numerous charts worldwide, mostly in European countries, "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" went on to top the Billboard Hot 100 chart, for four non-consecutive weeks, giving Beyoncé her fifth number one single in the United States. "Halo", the fourth single off I Am... Sasha Fierce, went on to peak at number five, becoming Knowles' 12th Top 10 single on the Hot 100 as a solo artist. Knowles embarked on her third world tour, I Am… Tour, starting in the Spring of 2009, visiting venues all over the world from the America's, Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania.

Beyoncé Knowles won the Outstanding Female Artist at the 2009 NAACP Image Awards.

Beyoncé performed on January 18, 2009 at the Lincoln Memorial festivities in honor of the inauguration of Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States. Knowles also sang her cover of the R&B classic most famously sang by Etta James, "At Last", as President Obama and his wife Michelle had their first dance as President and First lady of America, on January 20, 2009 at the Neighborhood Inaugural Ball.

Beyoncé has become a sex symbol, known in media for her curvaceous body that is complemented with her choice of clothing. According to her, "I like to dress sexy and I carry myself like a lady," but she has said that the way she dresses on stage is "absolutely for the stage".As someone who is fond of fashion, Knowles combines its artistic elements with her music videos and performances. According to Italian fashion designer Roberto Cavalli, she uses different styles and tries to harmonize it with the music while performing. The B'Day Anthology showed many instances of fashion-oriented footage, depicting classic to contemporary wardrobe styles. People magazine recognized Knowles as the best-dressed celebrity in 2007. Knowles' mother wrote a 2002-published book, titled Destiny's Style: Bootylicious Fashion, Beauty and Lifestyle Secrets From Destiny's Child, an account of how fashion had an impact on Destiny's Child's success.

Since 2002, Beyoncé has been in a relationship with rapper Jay-Z, with whom she has collaborated several times. In 2005, rumors began to spread about the marriage of the couple. Knowles closed the speculation stating that she and Jay-Z were not even engaged. When asked again about the subject in September 2007, Jay-Z replied, "One day soon—let's leave it at that." On April 4, 2008, Knowles and Jay-Z were married in New York City. It became a matter of public record on April 22, 2008, but Knowles did not publicly debut her wedding ring until the Fashion Rocks concert on September 5, 2008 in New York City.

Early into her career, Knowles developed an alter ego Sasha Fierce that represents the more aggressive, sexual and confident side of the singer. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly magazine, Knowles noted that her alter-ego is "strictly for the stage." The magazine has described it as "the singer's sensual, aggressive alter ego." Knowles wears a "roboglove" in public to compliment Sasha Fierce. In 2006, Knowles introduced her all-female tour band Suga Mama. In the months prior to the release of B'Day, she held an audition among female musicians across the United States, which concluded in June. The performing ensemble includes bassists, drummers, guitarists, horn players, keyboardists and percussionists. They debuted in public at the 2006 BET Awards and they re-appeared in the music video for "Irreplaceable" and "Green Light". The band backed up Knowles during her 2007 The Beyoncé Experience world concert tour, and her 2009 I Am... Tour. In addition, they have appeared in small shows wherever Knowles has performed.