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by Shiryn Ghermezian
Noa Kirel performing “Unicorn” in the semifinals of the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest. Photo: Screenshot
Israeli singer Noa Kirel will reportedly make her concert debut in the US next year by headlining a show at New York City’s iconic Madison Square Garden (MSG).
Sources close to the Unicorn singer, 22, said a deposit for the concert at MSG had been paid and the performance is scheduled to take place June 30, 2024, Ynet reported on Tuesday.
“You can’t go far if you’re not willing to take risks,” insiders involved in the show’s production told the Israeli publication. “It’s time to give an international career a real shot, Noa and her team believe they can make this a success.”
Kirel, a former soldier in the Israel Defense Forces, finished in third place in the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest earlier this summer with her new song Unicorn. At the Core Hydration Classic over the weekend, US Olympic gymnast Simone Biles performed in her first gymnastics competition in two years by doing a floor exercise routine set to an instrumental version of Unicorn.
Kirel is slated to perform two concerts in Tel Aviv’s Hayarkon Park in September. When the singer announced the first show on Sept. 21, the 65,000 tickets that went on sale for the concert sold out in less than five hours. A second performance for Sept. 23 was then announced.
Kirel, who also performed at the Miss Universe pageant in 2021, will follow in the footsteps of other Israelis who have taken the stage at Madison Square Garden. Israeli Orthodox singer Ishay Ribo will headline his first concert in the venue in September, rock musician Shlomo Artzi performed at the theater in 2017 as part of an event celebrating Israel’s 69th Independence Day and Gene Simmons, who was born in Israel, performed in the venue with his American rock band KISS.
