Grave highlighted the presence of the West Indies Academy team and the role of the tournament in shaping future international players. "The teams have all had an intense period of preparation and we know this will lead to an action-packed and entertaining tournament for our fans – from the first ball on Tuesday to the last ball on the night of 11 November," he added. “The countdown is on to the first ball of this year’s CG United Super50 Cup and we are delighted to announce all but one of the squads for the tournament," said Johnny Grave, CWI chief executive. The tournament concludes on 17 November with the finals at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy. This year's tournament will feature an eight-team league format followed by the semifinals and finals. The Guyana Harpy Eagles will also be in action against the Windward Islands at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy. The regional50-over championship is set to begin on 17 October in Trinidad with the T&T Red Force up against the CCC at the Queen's Park Oval. The venue for one of the matches has been chanced with the 4 November game between CCC and Leeward Islands moved from the Queen's Park Oval to UWI SPEC. However the Combined Campuses and Colleges (CCC) squad will be named after a preparation camp in Trinidad. The teams of hosts T&T Red Force, Barbados Pride, Jamaica Scorpions, Windward Islands, Leeward Islands, Guyana Harpy Eagles, and West Indies Academy have already been named. What else is there? Oh, right…that GORGEOUS “little” tear-jerker power ballad, “Carrie” which may as well be titled “Cryyie”.Seven of the eight squads have been confirmed for the 2023 CG United Super50 Cup in Trinidad. Two tracks of such equal strength together in the same album, one after the other – that’s something! The second track, “Rock the Night” is arguably the best track from the album and if you ask me, it should’ve been the opening track (and “The Final Countdown” should’ve been left as the grand finale). Voila! We ended up with this stimulating, life-changing, eye-opening tornado of a song that we can’t just let go, even after 30 years. Those David Bowie-inspired lyrics were just the final piece of the puzzle. You know what they say, timing is everything! This song appeared exactly when it had to on the right album, with the right producer. Take the title song for example – Joey Tempest composed that riff in the early ’80s when he was so young! Thankfully he didn’t use it back then. In addition to the great lyrical and musical value, I guess one of the most appealing aspects of this album was that each song has its own unique background and history that in a couple of cases goes way before Europe even thought about releasing this album. Still, since I just saw EUROPE for the first time in my life and on top of it all, it was a continuation of their “The Final Countdown 30th Anniversary Tour”, I felt like I should write a little something to commemorate the 31st birthday of this album (even if it’s just a boring description of how great and empowering this album is).Įurope already had the talent, the potential and the charisma to become a worldwide rock sensation but ultimately, it was “ The Final Countdown” that was responsible for their international breakout. Whatever I say from this point onward would be totally pointless and you may as well just not read it…I mean, what could I possibly say about one of the biggest rock albums of the ’80s? Which fancy musical terms and pop culture references would be suitable enough to describe this glorious album? None…absolutely none On this day, 31 years ago, EUROPE released “The Final Countdown”.
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