Męskie Granie
| Concert by various artists | |
| Location | Poland |
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| Start date | 2010 |
Męskie Granie (Polish: Masculine Playing) is a concert tour, initiated by Żywiec Brewery. It is organized each year in the summer in major Polish cities, with the addition of the town Żywiec. The first edition was held in 2010.
The aim of the tour is to present the creative side of Polish music scene and to encourage the audience to listen to musical experiments, such as jazz musicians playing with rappers. Major Polish artist participate in the tour.
Six concerts were organized: in Gdańsk (17 July 2010), Katowice (24 July 2010), Poznań (31 July 2010), Cracow (7 August 2010), Wrocław (14 August 2010) and Warsaw (21 August 2010). Additionally, a special concert in the town Żywiec was organized on 24 September 2010, it was attended by 10,000 people. The concert were attended by 30,000 people. Wojciech Waglewski was the art director of the tour.
The artist line-up included: Abradab, Smolik, Bajzel, DJ Eprom, Homosapiens, Kim Nowak, Leszek Możdżer, Maciej Maleńczuk, Michał Jacaszek, Mitch & Mitch, Nergal, Oxy.gen, Pogodno, Tin Pan Alley, Tomasz Stańko, Voo Voo and Wojciech Waglewski. In each of the cities there were exhibitions of photographs by Tomasz Sikora, animations by Mariusz Wilczyński and scenography by Jarosław Koziara.
The tour was promoted by a single "Wszyscy muzycy to wojownicy" ("All musicians are warriors"), performed by Wojciech Waglewski, Maciej Maleńczuk and Abradab. The lyrics and music were written by Wojciech Waglewski. On 22 November 2010, a double album Męskie Granie was released. The record, which contained songs by artists participating in the tour, was certified Platinum in Poland and won a Fryderyk award in the category Album of the Year - Alternative. On 1 January 2011, in Polskie Radio's studio a special Męskie Granie concert was held and the artists receive the platinum certification.
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