The National Palace of Culture (short NDK) is one of the major music venues in Sofia, Bulgaria. The main Hall 1 with its more than 3500 comfortable seats has hosted many famous performers and hit spectacles.[1]

Below is a list of some of the events that have been held there.

Hall 1

Rock, pop and jazz performers

Bands

Year Date Band Tour
1998 December 6 [1][2] Uriah Heep & Nazareth Sonic Origami and Boogaloo albums support
1999 March 19 [1] Electric Light Orchestra II (ELO)
June 25 [1] Apocalyptica Inquisition Symphony album support
2000 August 15 [1] Toto Mindfields Tour
2002 June 11 [3] B.T.R. with guest performer Glenn Hughes The Game album support
July 3 [1] Dream Theater World Tourbulence Tour
July 13 [1] The Manhattan Transfer The Spirit of St. Louis album support
August 13 [1] Smokie
2003 September 12 [1][4] Placebo Sleeping with Ghosts album support
October 11 [1] Moloko Statues album support
2004 May 29 [1] Jethro Tull The Jethro Tull Christmas Album support
2006 September 18 [1] Level 42 Retroglide album support
September 23 [1] Chambao
October 24 Lubeh
November 13 Earth, Wind & Fire Illumination album support
2007 April 17 [5] Blackmore's Night The Village Lanterne album support
2008 June 23 Kansas Playlist: The Very Best of Kansas album support
October 3 Thin Lizzy
December 4 Signal anniversary show
December 12 Shturcite
2009 March 22 [6] Asia Phoenix album support
2010 March 10 Mashina Vremeni
December 13 FSB
2011 May 14 [7] Omega
June 20 [8] Kansas
2012 October 18 Status Quo

Solo artists

Year Date Artist Tour
1993 James Brown
1994 Joe Cocker
1995 Georgi Minchev
1996 May 19 [1][9] Sting Mercury Falling Tour
October 21 [1] John McLaughlin & Paco de Lucía & Al Di Meola
2000 April 16 [1][10] Steve Vai & Eric Sardinas The Ultra Zone album support
2001 May 21 [1] Yngwie Malmsteen War to End All Wars album support
2002 July 1 [1][11] Joe Satriani Strange Beautiful Tour
2004 October 18 [1] Jerry Lee Lewis
2005 October 5 [12] Fish Return to Childhood, 20th Anniversary Tour
November 16 [10] Steve Vai & Eric Sardinas European Tour - Real Illusions: Reflections album support
2006 October 28 [1] Al Di Meola Consequence of Chaos album support
2007 July 23 Chuck Berry
September 8 Gary Moore Old New Ballads Blues album support
September 28 [3] Glenn Hughes Music for the Divine album support
October 25 Robin Gibb
November 6 Chick Corea & Béla Fleck The Enchantment album support
2008 June 11 [13] Mark Knopfler Kill to Get Crimson Tour
July 21 Bobby McFerrin
2009 February 22 James Blunt
June 30 Michael Bolton
September 9 Macy Gray
October 6 Lili Ivanova
October 14 [14] Todor Kolev a gala concert
October 28 [15] Sylvie Vartan Tournée d'automne
2010 March 4 Alla Pugacheva
June 3 [16][17][18] Bob Dylan Europe Summer Tour
October 30 Jon Lord Concerto for Group and Orchestra
2011 April 11 Mariza
November 4 Paul Anka
2012 May 30 Zaz
October 31 [19] Steve Vai
2013 March 22 Chris Norman
March 30 [20] Tarja Turunen Beauty and the Beat World Tour
April 29 [21] Mark Knopfler Privateering Tour

Classical music performers and other spectacles

Year Date Artist Notes
2000 September 16 [1][22] Montserrat Caballé
2006 May 21 [1] Andrea Bocelli
2007 June 23 Wadaiko Yamato
2009 June 15 [1] Nigel Kennedy
2010 April 11 Wadaiko Yamato
April 14 [1] Richard Clayderman
2011 November 2 Lord of the Dance musical
2012 December 10 [1] José Carreras

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 "Начало - NDK". www.ndk.bg. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  2. ↑ "Uriah Heep". www.uriah-heep.com. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  3. 1 2 Lab, Avalon Media. "g l e n n h u g h e s . c o m". www.glennhughes.com. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  4. ↑ "Placebo - Gigs lists". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  5. ↑ "Photo of the show in Sofia 2007". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  6. ↑ "Completed Dates". 19 May 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  7. ↑ "Omega". omega.hu. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  8. ↑ Metal Katehizis.com 2011
  9. ↑ "Sting.com > Tours > Mercury Falling > 1996/97". sting.com. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  10. 1 2 "Vai.com - tourdates". www.vai.com. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  11. ↑ "Joe Satriani - road > archives > strange beautiful tour 2002-2003". www.satriani.com. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  12. ↑ "Official Fish site: Tour history". fish-thecompany.com. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  13. ↑ "Mark Knopfler - Gigs lists 2008". Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  14. ↑ "novinar.bg". novinar.bg. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  15. ↑ "Les tournées de Sylvie - Les années 2000". www.sylvie-vartan.com. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  16. ↑ "Bob Dylan - Bob Links - 2010 Tour Guide". www.boblinks.com. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  17. ↑ 2.Bob Dylan - Gigs lists 2010 Archived 2013-09-09 at the Wayback Machine
  18. ↑ "3.Bob Dylan - Gigs lists 2010". Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  19. ↑ "Tourdates - vai.com – The Official Steve Vai Website". www.vai.com. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  20. ↑ Tarja Turunen gigs 2013 Archived 2013-07-17 at archive.today
  21. ↑ "Mark Knopfler - Gigs lists 2013". Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  22. ↑ "Монсерат Кабайе отново с концерт в София - БЛИЦ - Новини от България и света". Retrieved 24 February 2018.
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