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The tickets and season passes for Live & Loud KL 07 are now for sale!

November 27, 2007 will feature "Best of 80s" with Kool & the Gang, James Ingram and Hazami performing. The tickets for the first night range from MYR 130 to MYR 320. Members get MYR 10 cheaper. All you need to do is just register yourself as a member for free!

November 28, 2007 is for you if you’re an R&B fan! This night will see artists like KCI & JoJo, Mint Condition, Lil’ G of Silk, Taufik Batisah, Mark Douglas, Anuar Zain, Camelia, Jaclyn Victor, Azan (Ruffedge), Lah (VE), Nikki and Mode performing. The tickets range from MYR 130 to MYR 330. Members get MYR 10 cheaper as well.

On November 29, 2007, James Morrison, Rick Price and Dayang Nurfaizah will be performing. The tickets start from MYR 130 to MYR 300. MYR 10 less for members.

Tompi, Maliq & D’ Essentials and Noryn Aziz will be serenading you with their jazz performance on November 30, 2007. Tickets for the jazz night is only MYR 80 and MYR 70 for members.

December 1, 2007 is the night most people are anticipating. Turn on the Pop is the name of the pop show. With Whitney Houston, Elliott Yamin, Shaggy, Project Pop, James Taylor Quartet, Joe Flizzow, Dina, Hannah Tan, Anuar Zain, Camelia, Jaclyn Victor, Azan (Ruffedge), Noryn Aziz, Lah (VE), Nikki and Mode strutting their stuff on this night, you sure won’t want to miss out the date. Tickets are priced at MYR 260 (MYR 250 for members). The venue is Bukit Kiara Equestrian Park, Kuala Lumpur.

If you fancy Zainal Abidin, Akademi Fantasia talents, DBKL Dancers/ Troupe, Japan Troupe, China Troupe, Cambodia Troupe and New Zealand Troupe, then head over to Bukit Kiara Equestrian Park, Kuala Lumpur on December 2, 2007. Tickets are priced at MYR 80 and MYR 70 respectively for non-members and members.

If you are keen to go to more than one of the shows, then you may want to get the season passes - MYR 200 for the jazz and "Best of 80s" and MYR 350 for World Music, Heritage & Culture, Chinese All-Stars and Turn on the Pop.

For tickets and other information, visit www.lnlkl.com, the Official web site for Live & Loud KL 07.

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While Japan has its Fuji Rock Festival, Singapore has SINGfest, Malaysia doesn’t seem to have any mainstream music-related festival, though, we do have a big share of artists coming down to Kuala Lumpur this year.

However, come this November till December (yes, you heard it!), Malaysia will be playing host to "Live & Loud KL 07" – the largest, most sensational and longest-running music festival in South-East Asia. To be held from Nov 23 to Dec 2, at several hot and happening venues around the city. The 10-day jam-packed music extravaganza will feature different genres, repertoires and superstars, offering more than 45 hours of live music. Among the big names who will take centre stage are Whitney Houston, Elliot Yamin, Shaggy, K-Ci & Jojo, James Morrison, Jaclyn Victor, Adibah Noor and Hannah Tan. Meanwhile, five-time Grammy Award winner Dionne Warwick will feature in an exclusive dinner show at Shangri-La Hotel.

Tickets will be available from mid-October, ranging in price from RM100 to RM500 for each individual night under the Main or Thematic events category, while a limited season pass at an affordable price is also available for two Main events (Turn on the Pop and World Music, Heritage & Culture night).

Update: Tickets are now available! Read more here.

The event is organised by Live & Loud Sdn Bhd and endorsed by the Tourism Ministry.

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