Affiliation:
1. West University of Timisoara, Department of Geography
Abstract
Some cities are frequently important venues for various spectacles, live performances, concerts and residency shows performed by the greatest artists of the world, therefore they contribute to the music tourism development and to the local economic development of the cities themselves through tourism and cultural events. A plenty of cities remain emblematic in this regard, but research on their cultural events are peripheral in the present geographical analysis. This paper discusses about an emblematic residency show of a legendary music icon held in Las Vegas as a major input both in the cultural background of the city as well as in its musical history. The research is based on quantitative and qualitative methods with statistical research, media and discourse analysis. The findings of the paper unveil that concerts, live performances, residency-shows and spectacles of the greatest artists of the world are important features of the cultural backgrounds of the cities that are visible in their cultural landscapes. Furthermore, they provide a large power of attraction of tourists and popular music consumers from the world over marking the cities� cultural background. These aspects largely under-studied from the geographical perspective call for further research and debates in the contexts of geography, music, music tourism and the cultural background of the cities.
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