Songs for Egyptian Egyptian Amr Diab’s has come to be the most common music heard in Turkish coffee houses, nightclubs, and retail stores. In addition to the wide spread of Amr’s music all around Turkey, the compositions of some of the song is many cases taken for songs sung in Turkish.
According to the UAE based daily, Al Bayan, it has been revealed that Amr’s song “Habibi Ya Habib Albi” (My Love) from his latest album holds the number place for cellular phones ring tones in Turkey.
Diab recently announced that the circulating rumors about him encountering a heart attack are untrue and stressed that he is enjoying a perfectly healthy lifestyle. The singer denied that his health condition was the reason behind his cancellation of the Dubai concert, which he was scheduled to hold earlier this month, and stressed that the cancellation was due to minor disputes between him and his previous production company Alam El Phan.
Amr revealed that he is living a normal life with his family and undergoes his daily exercise with no problems. Amr added that he will not allow these kinds of rumors to take up any of his precious time, stressing that his schedule is has no room for such nonsense.
Recently, it was rumored that Amr was hit with a second heart attack, canceling his previous plans to hold a concert in Dubai, and that the incident marks the second time the singer is faced with heart problems, since he has moved to his new residence in Lebanon. It was added that the singer had refrained from giving out any details regarding his health condition and is following doctor’s orders and avoiding any extensive exercise or extra activity. And that his doctors had him to stay at home for some time and give his body time to relax.
The Egyptian Broadcasting Company has received a warning notice from Egyptian producer Muhsin Jabr, owner of Alam El Phan Production Company, to stop airing all of Diab’s concert video clips on all its channels. Muhsin stated that according to the contract between him and Diab, which is still valid, he has the rights to all his concert filming and any station that does not abide by his demand he will take legal actions and file lawsuits.
Muhsin has become Diab’s worst enemy after the latter left his company and signed a new contract with Rotana Music Production Company. Muhsin warned Diab that he will do all he can to make his shift to the new company as difficult as possible and insists on punishing him through the terms that are listed in their contract.
It was revealed that the UAE Dubai television station was forced to cancel a concert that was to be held by Amr, due to the fact that the singer was unable to leave Egypt after the company had confined his movement to around Egypt only. The organizers of the event ended paying everyone back their concert ticket money and apologized for Amr’s absence. The head of the organizing committee tried to negotiate with Muhsin on allowing the singer to sing, and Muhsin finally agreed on the condition that the concert shall not be aired live on television and may only be aired at a latter date.
Amr's latest album "Alim Albi Al Gharam" features twelve songs, which were written by a number of prominent poets. The new album features Amr in a new look and music styles. He combined Tango, Jazz, Techno, and eastern genres all in one. “Alim Albi Al Gharam” is shot in London. –Albawaba.com
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