British pop singer Ellie Goulding made a spectacular start to the 2024-2025 winter season in Ischgl on Saturday evening at the "Top of the Mountain Concert".
Thousands of enthusiastic Ellie Goulding fans watched her stirring, hour-long show live on the spectacular stage set against the mountain backdrop of Ischgl at night.
In a rousing show, the 37-year-old British pop icon performance started the concert with songs from her latest album "Higher Than Heaven" (included by Rolling Stone on their “Best Of 2023 So Far” album round-ups).
Step by step, Goulding captivated the audience and got them singing along more and more. And she ended in the best way with her biggest hit "Love Me Like You Do" and another megahit "Burn".
18,000 winter sports enthusiasts came to the ski resort for the Opening. The Silvretta Arena ski area from Ischgl to Samnaun started the winter season on November 28, 2024. At the opening, 110 kilometers of slopes and 30 lifts were open, offering winter sports enthusiasts the best conditions.
In Ischgl, not only was not a single free room left, -and also in the neighboring towns, all the open accommodations were fully booked-, but parking spaces were also in short supply. Since Rihanna in 2007, the booking situation for the opening has rarely been so good before.
Ellie Goulding has earned 10 platinum singles, four number-one UK albums, and two BRIT Awards. She has sold over 27 million albums and 218 million singles and amassed 43 billion streams worldwide. Goulding is also one of the most streamed female artists on Spotify with over 8 billion streams. With over 50 million followers combined on her social platforms, she earned YouTube’s Diamond Award with 10 million subscribers on her YouTube channel and over 6.8 billion views globally.
Spending eight weeks at number-one with her Calvin Harris collab “Miracle”, it also topped the U.S. Dance Radio Chart, while the song has over 500 million global streams. Higher Than Heaven also became her fourth chart-topping LP. Ellie now joins Adele as the British female solo artist with the most Number 1 albums to their name, with four apiece.
Ellie Goulding follows in the footsteps of a galaxy of superstars who have entertained skiers and boarders in the Austrian resort's traditional Top of the Mountain gig. Years ago, Ischgl decided to put its entire advertising and marketing budget into staging two massive concerts a year to open and close the winter season. Elton John was the first international star to feature in the Tirolean resort's now-famous season-closing concerts in April 1995. Since then, the resort has hosted Rod Stewart, Bob Dylan, Sting, Tina Turner, Diana Ross, Bon Jovi, Enrique Iglesias, Atomic Kitten, Peter Gabriel, The Corrs, Alanis Morissette, Lionel Richie, Pink, the Scissor Sisters, the Pussycat Dolls, Rihanna, Elton John again, Gabriella Cilmi, Leona Lewis, Kylie Minogue, Katy Perry, Alicia Keys, Gossip, The Killers, Roxette, Mariah Carey, The Scorpions, Deep Purple, Nickelback, Robbie Williams, James Blunt, Thirty Seconds to Mars, The Beach Boys, PUR, Zucchero, Jason Derulo, Lenny Kravitz, Simply Red, Kings of Leon, Sean Paul, George Ezra, Eros Ramazzotti, Demi Lovato, and the Black Eyed Peas.
Ischgl is a true Ski Paradise in Tirol (Austria) with 239 km of perfectly groomed slopes, 45 lifts, and guaranteed snow from November to the beginning of May, thanks to the ski resort's high elevation and 1,100 snowmaking guns.
The modern lifts managed by the Silvretta Seilbahn AG Company offer a high level of comfort. Opened in January of 2014, with its 1,251 meters of difference in altitude, the 3-S Pardatschgratbahn in Ischgl is one of the biggest of its kind. The ascent from the valley up to the mountain station takes about nine minutes. A cable car of superlatives that forms the entry point to the Silvretta Arena together with the Fimbabahn and Silvrettabahn cable cars.
From Ischgl you can access the Silvretta Arena Ski Paradise, -the third-biggest ski resort in Tirol-, thanks to an alliance between two Companies (SilvrettaSeilbahn AG and BergbahnenSammaun AG) and two ski resorts (Ischgl-Sammaun) from two different countries (Switzerland-Austria).
A variety of pistes (20 blue, 40 red, and 25 black) and ski routes offer an opportunity for everyone, from beginners to experts looking for challenging pistes. Eleven is the name of the longest piste with approximately 11 kilometers from the top of the ski resort in Greitspitz (2,872 meters) to Ischgl village (1,400 meters).
15 mountain restaurants and ski huts, with Tyrolean specialties or international dishes, will complete a perfect day of skiing in Ischgl.
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