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Vodafone to be Principal Sponsor of Rock in Rio-Lisboa
Rock in Rio-Lisboa returns to Bela Vista Park on 23, 25, 30 and 31 May and 1 June 2014, marking the tenth anniversary of the world’s biggest music and entertainment event in the Portuguese capital. Vodafone Portugal is the Official Sponsor of this 10th edition, reinforcing its link to an event that it has sponsored since 2004.
Associated with Rock in Rio-Lisboa since the first edition in 2004, Vodafone Portugal continues to invest in its links with music and is preparing a number of new experiences which will delight the thousands of visitors expected in the City of Rock in May and June 2014.
In the words of Mário Vaz, CEO of Vodafone Portugal, “We have been partners of Rock in Rio from the beginning and are very proud to become the principal sponsor of what is the largest music and entertainment event in Portugal and in the world. In every edition, we have tried to give festival goers unique and unforgettable experiences, some of which are now seen as inseparable from this event. In 2014, we aim to go even further!”
Rock in Rio-Lisboa: 10 years of investing in Portugal
Rock in Rio-Lisboa also wants to break new ground in terms of the music and entertainment experiences that it offers so that it can continue to claim to be a major event from the economic point of view.
Over those ten years, Rock in Rio-Lisboa has invested over 100 million euros in Portugal and generated over 45,000 direct and indirect jobs. Since 2004, Rock in Rio-Lisboa has attracted over 1.7 million people to Bela Vista Park to attend over 420 concerts over a total of 26 days of the event, during which world famous names in music such as Paul McCartney, Gilberto Gil, Peter Gabriel, Bruce Springsteen, Xutos e Pontapés, The Gift, Lenny Kravitz, Amy Winehouse, Shakira and many others have taken the stage.
Over ten years in Portugal alone, Rock in Rio-Lisboa, together with its partners, has donated over 2.8 million euros to social causes, installed over 700 photovoltaic panels on schools which generate a permanent income for charities and developed a reforestation project involving the planting of around 118,000 trees, among other projects.
Roberta Medina, Executive Vice President of Rock in Rio, said “We are delighted by the support that Vodafone Portugal has given to Rock in Rio-Lisbon over all these years and it is with great pleasure that we welcome it now in its new role as Principal Sponsor. In announcing the dates of next year’s festival, we confirm our conviction that it is worth continuing to invest in Portugal and that Lisbon is the ideal city to host Rock in Rio Let us therefore do our utmost, together with Vodafone, to make this 10th edition an even more special moment, so we can once again see the smiles and sparkling eyes of the audience in the City of Rock.”
The organisers have announced that tickets for next year’s festival will remain unchanged at the daily price of €61.
As in previous years, the Media Partners for the 2014 edition of Rock in Rio-Lisboa will be SIC, SAPO, R/COM and Controlinveste.
About Rock in Rio
Rock in Rio is the biggest music and entertainment event of all time, already in its ninth edition in Brazil, Portugal and Spain, and which has attracted over 6.5 million people.
Using music as a universal language that unites people around the world, Rock in Rio is a vehicle for communicating emotions and causes. One of its pillars is the Social Project, which in Portugal has SIC Esperança as its partner. Launched in 2001, in Rio de Janeiro, the FOR A BETTER WORLD Project was initiated to catch people’s attention through music and raise their awareness to help improve social conditions through simple everyday actions. Since the Portuguese edition in 2006 the organisation has decided that environmental issues are urgent and has implemented various initiatives on Climate Change and Sustainability.
Over the last 12 years, Rock in Rio has generated 12,849,604.43 euros for various social and environmental causes. This is proof that decisiveness and commitment to small actions in our everyday lives can make the world a better place for everyone.
Official website of Rock in Rio-Lisboa: www.rockinrio-lisboa.sapo.pt.