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According to a sign outside of Congress Hall, the local concert hall, Ace of Base is playing Astana! The big bands usually go to Almaty. Most recently the Scorpions did Almaty. But big Russian bands like Chaif and Time Machine, not to mention pop stars like Zhanna Friske come to Almaty with some regularity. Astana’s scene is usually limited to local bands and well-known Kazakhstani artists, unless there is some sort of festival in which case they can get bigger names up here. Presumably ticket sales just aren’t good enough here in this city of 600,000, where many people are at work nights and weekends anyway. So while some people are posing the question of what did Astana did to draw an international act like Ace of Base, I wonder what Ace of Base did to have to settle for Astana.

Note: the concert poster on the right is for the Almaty show.