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The singer АLYOSHA and her husband, the lead singer of the ANTYTILA band Taras Topolia are expecting the third baby. The married couple have officially confirmed this wonderful news exclusively for Viva.ua and took part in a delicate photo session awaiting for the new family member. Read via the link.
April 12, is the date when the HELLO album celebrates its first birthday! It’s exactly April 12, 9 pm, when the broadcast of one of the two gigs within HELLO tour in the capital city is planned on our YouTube channel.
By the way, this album is the leader by the number of songs we've shot the most videos to in the history of the band - 7/10! During the broadcast of our gig on YouTube on Sunday quarantine evening, everyone who's eager to are going to have the opportunity to communicate freely with the whole team of ANTYTILA in the chat of the stream for the first time, both with the musicians and management of the band for 2 full hours. If you wish, write your questions in this very chat before the stream.
All the members of the band will be in the chat with their real names. Moreover, until the end of quarantine we’ll be sharing a series of unknown facts about very well-known events in the life of the ANTYTILA band having happened for the last 10 years. What really happened? How much did it cost? Which unexpected circumstances emerged? How did the band solve them and how was that made up?! That’s what everyone’s interested in, isn’t it? We’re ready to tell it sincerely.
What was happening backstage of the Palace of Sports in the capital city?
Just thirty minutes before the most crucial gig with an accurate schedule of going on-air at M1 TV channel planned up to a single second, with 10 thousand fans already awaiting for the start at that moment, with almost a year’s preparation of the show where every detail was got right, and with a stage of ₴1 million cost the performance trousers couldn’t be found for the lead singer. For a number of reasons, the ordered performance suits were made on the very day of the gig. “Nothing foretold troubles”, nobody had had a single thought to take other extra clothes or check the suits in the afternoon. Everyone had a bunch of other more important stuff. And here it is, 30 minutes till going to the stage, the fans are heard clapping their hands, and the musicians meanwhile understand that they do look better without any fine blue trousers on than dressed in them. Mykhailo Chyrko was doing another lap around the table, because he was the one responsible for those trousers. The silence was hung in the air. Every occasional person entering the dressing room received their serving of mood «for the trousers» – Serhii kept thinking.
25 minutes till the start of the gig. The musicians have made a joint crisis decision. Actually, the only one possible until today – the only one you can rely on is yourself and your own efforts. Dmytro Vodovozov springs onto a unicycle and takes off to a neighboring trade center Gulliver to get new trousers for Taras. In fact, you can’t start the gig without a drummer, but live broadcast also won’t hang around and is up to start straight at 8 p.m. It’s a day off, plenty of people outside, and a trade center in Ukraine is “almost empty” as usual.
13 minutes before the start. The message in the group chat that the trousers were bought with a photo proof received.
8 minutes before the start. Dmytro flies into the dressing roome like a warrior on a unicycle holding the trousers. The overall stage image has already been remade. There are only 2 blue jackets left out of 5 suits. Serhii has put on Zholud’s black stretches. Having stopped half-turn by the table and having calmed dowm Mykhailo put on his bass guitar smiling.
2 minutes till the start. The band’s behind the curtains. The news that we had the trousers flew through all the organizers’ radios.
The directors are counting down. And we start!
– More than 200 people had been working on the gig apart from 200 more volunteers.
– The overall number of people in the hall having scanned their tickets apart from the children under 8 years old accounts for 9 783 people according to the data given by the ticket operators. And the Palace of Sports could have fit more. The myth on its capacity was shattered.
– The overall cost of the gig was more than ₴2 000 000.
– The first Palace of Sports had been sold out almost with no advertising 2 months before the gig date.
– In this gig video there is no sound correction. The performance is exactly the same as it was on the gig.
– Taras sang 2 gigs ahead, 2.5 hours each with fragile voice after a severe angina.
– Dmytro Zholud used Camper 2.0 for the first time to process the sound with fully recorded Midi commands to every part of every song. And all these ;ive with no opportunity to test the device’s behavior and previously recorded commands beforehand under rehearsal or gig conditions.
– Dimchyk has gained the title of the band’s rescuer for the feat with unicycle. Winter tires were suggested for the unicycle.
– ANTYTILA keep working with their favorite seamstress Kateryna, but Mykhailo does everything in advance now. Fitting is never put on the last day.
#HELLOANTYTILA #HELLOTOUR #ANTYTILA
Dear friends, quarantine is extended until April 24. We’re now working at rescheduling the April gigs to the other dates. We’re trying to make up a convenient, and optimistic tour schedule taking into account all the factors present. In the following dates, you’ll be able to find a post with new dates on our official resources.
We're asking you to stay at home. Follow quarantine demands. Take care of yourselves and people important to you This will exactly be the thing bringing us closer to the moment we'll meet with you. The tickets remain valid. We wish you all be healthy. Have strong Antibodies. And we're working at the new hit-premiere Very soon.
Dear friends, according to the quarantine announced in Ukraine and following the order of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine № 211 dated March 11, 2020, we are obliged to reschedule some of the March gigs to April.
We're asking you to stay at home. Follow quarantine demands. Take care of yourselves and people important to you.
This will exactly be the thing bringing us closer to the moment we'll meet with you. The tickets remain valid.
We wish you all to be healthy. Have strong Antibodies. And we're working at the new hit-premiere.
The show “Hello 2020” is guaranteed to take place in all the announced Ukrainian towns and cities but some of them on other dates! No cancellations! Let's fight coronavirus together!) We're bringing you Antibodies!
In the public offer posted on the websites of ticket operators, the exemption of the Parties from liabilities for partial or total non-compliance with commitments to this Offer is provided for, if such non-compliance has become the consequence of force majeure, which means exceptional and unavoidable circumstances having occurred against the will of the Parties and the ones they could not prevent, avoid or foresee. The force majeure circumstances include: natural disasters (earthquakes, floods, fires, etc.), social life circumstances (combat actions, states of emergency, explosions, strikes, civil strifes and protests, epidemics, including the restrictions related to COVID-19 risks, and/or other viruses), actions and decisions of government authorities including the decisions for counteracting the virus COVID-19 and/or other viruses, prohibitory events by state bodies (transportation prohibiting, exchange control, international sanctions of sales prohibiting, etc.), failures in telecommunication and energy networks. In the course of this period, the Parties do not have any mutual claims, and each Party takes its risks of the consequences of force majeure circumstances. Thus, neither the Agent, which is a ticket operator, nor the buyer has mutual claims to each other during a force majeure circumstances period.
However, to relieve the pressure, and to prove the status of a client-oriented company, the ticket operators together with Artists and Organizers of the events, holding which was planned for the period from 12/03/2020 to 31/03/2020, and for which the tickets were sold, are doing everything possible so that the buyers would not lose their costs and would get the desired – visiting the awaited events. Now, with joint efforts of the Agent and the Organizers, the organization of the events rescheduling to other dates is occurring.
ANTYTILA do not waive providing their services and suffer the same financial losses and inconveniences. Returning the tickets also puts additional fee on the artist being charged from them by a ticket operator when returning. So, considering the losses from advertising as well as the other organizational aspects, considering that the quarantine in the state is force majeure circumstances, a compromise decision was made for all the parties of the market, and with additional risk for the artist, - to conduct a rescheduling of some gigs saving the validity of the tickets already bought without the possibility of returning.
We wish everyone to stay healthy and keep common sense. We're bringing you Antibodies. Let's fight coronavirus together!)
All the tickets remain valid. Considering force majeure circumstances, they are non-refundable, and the ticket sales for the new dates have opened.
ATTENTION, the new gig dates:
4/04 - Kryvyi Rih - ДМІС
5/04 - Oleksandriia - Svitlopilskyi Palace of Culture
6/04 - Mykolaiv - ОПК
7/04 - Kherson - ККЗ Ювілейний
8/04 - Cherkasy - Дружби Народів (Druzhby Narodiv) Palace of Culture (2 gigs for 5 p.m. and 8 p.m.)
9/04 - Yuzhnoukraiinsk - Enerhetyk Palace of Culture
22/04 - Kremenchuk - Town Palace of Culture (2 gigs for 5 p.m. and 8 p.m.)
23/04 - Melitopol - Taras Shevchenko Community Hall
24/04 - Zaporizhia - Palace of Sports
25/04 - Mariupol - City Palace of Culture
27/04 - Kramatorsk - НКМЗ Community Hall
28/04 - Sievierodonetsk - "Хіміків" ("Khimiky") Community Hall
12/05 - Sumy - СУМДУ Arena
13/05 - Shostka - ЦЕВ Палац зірка (Palats Zirka)
14/05 - Pryluky - Town Community Hall
15/05 - Nizhyn - Town Palace of Culture
16/05 - Dnipro - «Метеор» («Meteor») Stadium
18/05 - Fastiv - Town Palace of Culture
19/05 - Vasylkiv - Town Community Hall
21/05 - Chernivtsi - Summer Theater
23/05 - Ivano-Frankivsk - «Рух» («Rukh») City Stadium
28/05 - Kovel - Palace of Culture
30/05 - Ternopil - City Stadium
5/06 - Rivne - «Мототрек» («Mototrek») Stadium
13/06 - Zhytomyr - Summer Open-air Stage
30/08 - Bila Tserkva - «Трудові Резерви» ('Trudovi Rezervy') Stadium
Important thing! The gig in Cherkasy March 23 was rescheduled to 8 p.m. April 8.
The gig in Cherkasy March 24 was rescheduled to 5 p.m. April 8.
The gigs in Europe were cancelled due to quarantine for unspecified period of time. The new dates of the gigs in Poland and Czech Republic will be announced later together with the announcement of North-American tour across the USA and Canada. The estimated time of holding the gigs – fall 2020.
The «Hello» album has been fully produced by the ANTYTILA band. The mastering having been made especially for the vinyl was what the band traditionally prepared very carefully in the Bobina Records studio led by Dmytro Khomulko.
The LP has been edited in Italy at the special request. True appraisers gonna evaluate ultrawhite color of the LP and its weight of 180 g. This was the weight the band preferred, 'cause it's the category of «heavy vinyl», and it is the most steady to damage. The cover of the album has a gatefold format, or which is also called, unfolded envelope. Having unfolded it, the listener can feel the atmosphere of the ANTYTILA's stadium gigs. The thing is, the album was initially written for live performance in front of dozens of thousands of people open-air. The Hello album on vinyl has been released with an edition of only 250 copies, that is why those who are eager to become its owner have to hurry up. «I could have said that it's been my childish dream to release an LP, but it hasn't been like that. I'm not gonna be cunning. We've decided to release the «Hello» album in such format, because the vinyl's coming back, and it's interesting today for lots of collectors as well as our fans having asked us to release an album exactly in such format not a single time», commented Taras Topolia. Vinyl is a logical sequence of a massive «Hello» story from the ANTYTILA band. Hello is the sixth CD in the band's discography. It consists of 10 tracks, most of which have already become people's hits. The album was presented on April 14, 2019. These days, the tour in support of it is going on. It started in May 2019, and gathered 80 thousand of fans at the stadiums and in two Palaces of Sports in the capital city. This year, the tour is going to cover more than 50 cities and towns of Ukraine, Poland, Czech Republic, the USA and Canada. And the gigs are going to take place in different venues: from the halls of thousand spectators to stadiums. It's already possible to be bought at our gigs and from the official fanshop on Instagram.
Together with Ukraina TV channel we are looking for YOU! You’re right! Exactly you or your band! ANTYTILA and “Україна” TV channel give young talented singers a chance to perform at the stadiums of Ukraine during the 2020 HELLO tour. The aim of the contest is to find new music talents and show the creative potential of our country. How to take part?
✔️Upload the video where you or your band is singing, post it on Instagram with hash tag #helloукраїнашукаєталанти. ✔️Be sure to tag the «Антитіла» and «Україна» TV channel official pages (@antytila_official and @kanalukraina_daily) ✔️Call your friends to support your victory! Comments, likes, shares - everything's important! «We have covered the way from small pubs to stadiums. And we know how important it is to be given a big stage, support, and the chance to loudly stamp yourself at the beginning of your creative career. And we understand how important it is today to develop Ukrainian music in our country. That's why we have decided to connect our stadium tour with the young musicians' dreams coming true. Somebody's one is sure to become the reality!» said ANTYTILA'S leader Taras Topolia. During the tour we're going to monitor all the participants, mark the frontrunners, and support them verbally, with live streams and posts! You can find all the necessary details and claims on the TV channel's official website! Learn them carefully! Make it burn! #helloantytila #hello2020 #турhello #antytils_official #антитіла
ANTYTILA have sung in honor of Dania Didik. A special premiere. Within the project «Так працює пам‘ять» (‘Tak pratsiuie pamiat’ / ‘This is how memory works’) the band have presented a remake of the song «Птаха» (‘Ptakha’ / ‘Birdie’) from their first album. An artistic initiative has already lasted for more than 25 weeks, its aim is to eternize the honor of a small but very courageous Ukrainian Danylo Didik having died from terrorist attack through songs, pictures, prose, and poetry.
Let us remind you that February 22, 2015, on the second year of war, on the anniversary of the vicrory of the Revolution of Dignity in Kharkiv there was a walk devoted to the unity of Ukraine. Danylo Didik was also taking part in it. The walk began by the Palace of Sports, the activists have gathered into a column, and went towards the Svobody square, but they managed to walk only 100 meters when the explosion was fired. The boy was walking in the head of the column, he was close to the explosion epicenter, and got a severe craniocerebral trauma. The trauma led to the coma. The next day, February 23, 2015, Danylo died without regaining consciousness. The child's life has ended up at the age of fifteen. On that day, the explosion of the mine having been put by pro-Russian terrorists three more participants of the walk were killed: Mykola Melnychuk (18 years old), Vadym Rybalchenko (37 years old), and Ihor Tolmachov (52 years old). The initiator of the project Ruslan Horovyi comments: «There aren't, and there can't ever be such words that would calm Dania's parents' pain. When a child is killed for the freedom and independence, it always means that some of us, adults, has not worked, anticipated or protected enough. Dania's death is a reminding that we are responsible for our every step. And not only before ourselves». ANTYTILA have completed their music release with Live-video, having been shot in the studio of Bobina Records. «The song «Птаха» ('Ptakha' / 'Birdie') has received its new life because another life, the life of the child, was taken away by the undeclared war. We can't understand the only thing: why the school where Dania used to study is still not named in his honor?» comments the lead singer of the band Taras Topolia. Music - ANTYTILA Lyrics - Taras Topolia Mastering - Maksym Syvolap Cameraman / Light - Dmytro Kaminskyi Editing - Serhii Vusyk Colour correction - Alina Borshchova "Bobina Records" Recording studio
PREMIERE! The ANTYTILA band have presented the video on the song «Stand up». The work has become a symbolic conclusion of an extremely successful year for ANTYTILA.
For the band it appeared to be eventful, socially active and very creative. In 2019, a lot of significant events happened: ANTYTILA presented five official videos and the «Hello» album, having been heard live by almost eighty thousand fans during the stadium tour around Ukraine, two Palaces of Sports, four stadiums, and the first gigs in Europe.
The lead singer of the band Taras Topolia received an honored title of youth ambassador of UNICEF Ukraine, and was awarded with the III class "Order of Merit" by the president of Ukraine. ANTYTILA faced patent troll, having made tones and tempos of the songs his property. They had to defend their right to create freely at the court, and fight for all Ukrainian artists.
The year started from the premiere of the work «Вірила» ('Viryla' / 'You to believe') having received numerous awards during the year, and it finished with the premiere «Stand up». The song was listed in the sixth CD Hello. It was presented by the band in April together with the video on the title song having given the name to the album. The work «Stand up» is a video document of a historical event for the ANTYTILA band - two Palaces of Sports in the capital city ahead totally full. Emotional screenshots of the video convey the real atmosphere prevailing at the band's gigs.
As for the family, during this year the ANTYTILA band's family grew bigger. The band's musician and manager Serhii Vusyk became a father for the third time! The band's crew also expanded, and today the permanent stuff counts fifteen people, and TOV «ANTYTILA» was nominated for the title «The company of the year 2019» among the best concerns of Ukraine in the category «Theatre and Concert Activity».
«Everything having happened in the year 2019 is a logical result of a big like-minded team's work and another proof that ANTYTILA are on the right way. Our base is a big idea that an artist is for the people and for the good of the people. We sing about life, and we are sincere before our fans in everything we do. Our songs help many people, and give them hope, and theycome to our gigs to feel something more than just melodies, and to join the community of free, educated, and inspired people! All of them are our like-minded people and our biggest treasure!», shared his impressions Taras Topolia.
What about the upcoming year, it's also going to be rich for events. In January, ANTYTILA will continue the story about cancelling nonsensical patent for notes. The "Hello" tour in 2020 goes on and widens its geographical borders. It's going to cover different locations: from theatres to stadiums. The gigs are going to take place in more than fifty cities and towns of Ukraine. ANTYTILA are also going to perform at music venues of other countries: Poland, USA, Canada, Czech Republic, etc. The list of the countries is going to grow bigger. The tickets are already on sale.
We are preparing new song releases and videos.
ANTYTILA have got enough to surprise their fans in the next year.
Happy upcoming holidays!
“Two powerful solo gigs of the ANTYTILA band have been over at one of the biggest venues of the state.
Taras Topolia, the lead singer of ANTYTILA has disclosed the secret of his band's success and told how he manages to gather stadiums and big concert venues.
The singer has shared which most incredible presents he got from fans. How Taras Topolia gets his children used to music – see in a TV spot".
Світське життя ('High Life' / 'Svitske zhyttia')
Today the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi has rewarded the leader of the band ANTYTILA, the UNICEF youth ambassador of Ukraine, a volunteer, a community leader and a friend of ours Taras Topolia with the III class «Order of Merit».
The respective decree №889/2019 of the President of Ukraine is hosted on a website of the head of the state. For social valour, strong personal contribution into voluntary movement development, buildup of military and national security of Ukrainian state, active charity and humanistic activity. We are greeting you and we are proud of you! More: https://www.president.gov.ua/documents/8892019-30909?fbclid=IwAR0o8sR9mcg0Z9gkgkLGf41O1dpRRNSins1q4TRX6jXmk3pqhRTuUd3IAdM