The last time Bi-2 visited Ukraine in April, they played an ambitious gig with the National Symphonic Orchestra of Ukraine at the Opera House.
This time the band is coming to present soundtrack album to the new Russian comedy “O Chem Govoryat Muzhchiny” (What Men Talk About), released last March.
The film is the creation of Moscow comic theater Kvartet I, and Bi-2 has collaborated with its troupe for 10 years. One of the best known mainstream rock bands in Russia, Bi-2, was founded in Belarus in 1989.
Then its two frontmen, Lyova (Yehor Bortnik) and Shura (Aleksandr Uman), spent the next 10 years in Israel and Australia, before returning to Russia in 1999, when Bi-2 promptly recorded an album.
A song from it, “Polkovniku Nikto Ne Pishet” (“No One Writes to Colonel”), was featured as the title soundtrack in the Russian blockbuster “Brat 2” (Brother 2), jumping them to the top of the charts in Russia.
Arena Concert Plaza (2A Baseyna, 492-0000). July 9, 9 p.m. Tickets from Hr 150. To book call 331-4434.
