Donny Benét, discovery of Pohoda, returns tomorrow
Tomorrow and on Wednesday, the discovery of Pohoda 2018, Donny Benét, will perform at the sold out concerts in Brno and Bratislava. His show will be part of the Weekend of the Attractive Theatre in Zvolen this Thursday, and tickets are still available for Pohoda in clubs concerts (that feature Donnyʼs concert) in Banská Bystrica and Košice. The event will also feature screening of the film Pohoda 2017 and an interview with the director of the film Lucia Kašová and the director of the festival Michal Kaščák. The afterparty will be taken care of by the Ministerstvo kultúry DJ set whose eclectic set made dance also the visitors of this yearʼs Pohoda.
05. November 2018
Before the 22nd edition of our festival, only a few fans of the current lo-fi disco scene heard about this phenomenal Australian showman and musician. After the festival, Pohodans started his official Slovak fanclub and he also received (similarly to The Chemical Brothers) a praising solo review at the Aktuality.sk portal. It said that this time machine produced a romantic return to the 80s and a show that will be remembered for a long time and, mainly, with a smile on the face. Donny Benét performed twice at Pohoda 2018. His second show ranked among speed records in filling in for a cancelled concert. When we, shortly before Bukaharaʼs concert, learnt that they would not perform due to the injury of their singer, we instantly turned to Donny, who, with his Friday nightsʼ show on the Európa stage, had made dance even the security service guys. On Saturday, his infectious one-man show drove the Orange stage wild and it was followed by praises to this exceptional musician and magical guy.
Who is Donny Benét? A traveller in time and space, an inimitable imitator, a multi-instrumentalist, and, according to theaureview.com, also the sexiest man of the music industry. Donny was exposed to music thanks to his father, a great accordionist, bassist, and a lover of Italian disco. He worked for a while in Las Vegas where he moved to perform Tom Jones covers and disco classics. After returning to his native Australia, he had a breakthrough with his 2011 album Do not Hold Back. The recording won him the recognition of critics and he became renowned as the “nonchalant second hand prince”. Followed the second album Electric Love and the 2014 album Weekend at Donny’s that featured fantastic collaborations. In April, he released the long expected album “The Don” on Dot Dash / Remote Control Records. In includes hits with the video clips that you just cannot stop watching, such as “Working Out”, “Santorini”, and “Konichiwa”.
6.11. Brno – Donny Benét & krst albumu Čáry Života SOLD OUT
7.11. Bratislava – Pohoda in clubs SOLD OUT
8.11. Zvolen – Donny Benét (Víkend atraktívneho divadla)
Tickets www.ticketlive.sk/sk/event/donny-benet
9.11. Banská Bystrica – Pohoda in clubs
Tickets https://tootoot.fm/en/events/5b990756abcd680674d357f5
10.11. Košice – Pohoda in clubs
Tickets www.pohodafestival.sk/sk/product/pohoda-v-kluboch-donny-benet-v-kosiciach
VIDEO:
• Konichiwa https://youtu.be/PnzXZlm4wwg
• Working Out https://youtu.be/qh74fm-FGFo
• Footage from Pohoda 2018 https://youtu.be/4HLfFMIl0EE