This is Beirut, 05/07 13:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Concert Culture Art Show Music
Birmingham braced Saturday for wildman rocker Ozzy Osbourne's final-ever gig as Black Sabbath's frontman, with thousands flocking to his UK hometown for a celebration of the heavy metal genre he helped create. Millions are also expected to follow online after fans snapped up tickets for the show — starring the original line-up — in just 16 ...
Bélinda Ibrahim, 04/07 18:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Yasmina Sabbah USJ Choir Concert Lebanon
Picture the scene: a full symphony orchestra, a fifty-voice choir, a live DJ, a vocalist with oriental inflections – and a set list that spans Lady Gaga, Daft Punk, Calvin Harris, Amr Diab and Najwa Karam. This isn’t a dreamscape – it’s Symphonic Electro-Dance, the latest installment of the Symphonic Fusion series launched by Saint-Joseph ...
This is Beirut, 04/07 10:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Oasis Concert Tour UK Music Culture
Tens of thousands of ecstatic Oasis fans descended Friday on Cardiff as the legendary Britpop band kicked off a highly anticipated reunion tour nearly 16 years after last performing together. The concert at the Principality Stadium in the Welsh capital was the first of a 41-date run of gigs spanning the world, including the United States, Japan, ...
This is Beirut, 02/07 14:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
BTS Korea Concert Music Culture Art
BTS agency HYBE confirmed Wednesday that the K-pop megastars would release a new album and go on tour in 2026, with the group's livestream announcement of their return attracting more than seven million views. The seven-member group had been on a self-described hiatus since 2022 while they undertook their mandatory military service — required ...
This is Beirut, 23/06 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Black Eyed Peas Culture Art Music Concert France
The Black Eyed Peas, the American group with over 35 million albums sold, kicked off their French tour on Sunday night with a sold-out concert at the Château de Chambord (Loir-et-Cher), performing for more than 30,000 fans. Wearing straw hats and waving hand fans, Carole and Patrick Atline grabbed front-row spots by 4 p.m. despite the intense ...
This is Beirut, 21/06 11:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Concert Music Paris Art Culture
A massive free concert will celebrate World Music Day in Paris this Saturday, with a major highlight: the return of the Olympic cauldron. It will rise into the night sky to the sound of a new version of a classic Daniel Balavoine song, all under sweltering summer temperatures. Forty years after its release, Sauver l’amour—a beloved French ...
This is Beirut, 01/06 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Concert Vienna Austria Culture Art Music
Austrian composer Johann Strauss II's The Blue Danube has, for many people, been synonymous with space travel since it was used in Stanley Kubrick's 1968 sci-fi film classic 2001: A Space Odyssey. But the world-famous waltz will truly travel among the stars on Saturday, when the European Space Agency's (ESA) antenna will broadcast a live ...
This is Beirut, 09/05 17:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Eurovision Music Culture Concert Art Basel
Swiss schoolchildren are drawing inspiration from Eurovision and creating their own songs, to be performed before an audience of thousands in the build-up to this year's extravaganza in Basel. "It's exciting to see that we're all going to sing together" on stage on the sidelines of the Eurovision Song Contest, said Tessa Cajani, a pupil at a ...
This is Beirut, 04/05 11:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Music Concert Culture Lady Gaga Rio de Janeiro Copacabana
Lady Gaga rocked Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana Beach on Saturday with a free mega-concert that the Brazilian city said drew about two million fans. "Brazil, I missed you so much," screamed the American pop star — in her first Brazil gig since 2012 — before launching into Poker Face on a monumental chessboard, one of many grandiose backdrops in ...
This is Beirut, 02/05 10:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Concert Music Rio de Janeiro Copacabana Lady Gaga Culture
Behind his oversized black studded sunglasses, Victor Faro keeps his eyes fixed on the windows of the hotel where Lady Gaga is staying in Rio de Janeiro. He’s hoping to catch a glimpse of his idol before her massive free concert set for Saturday on Copacabana Beach. Wearing plastic goat horns on his head and a curled Dali-style mustache, the ...
Madeleine Cadoux, 29/04 13:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Lady Gaga Concert Brazil Culture
The golden sands of Copacabana Beach are about to become the world’s biggest dance floor as Lady Gaga prepares to headline a historic free concert on May 3. The performance, titled Mayhem on the Beach, marks her long-awaited return to Brazil and is expected to draw more than 1.5 million fans for what could be one of the largest live music events ...
This is Beirut, 24/04 14:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Celebrated rocker Carlos Santana was forced to postpone several tour dates after testing positive for Covid-19, his manager said Wednesday. The 77-year-old guitar icon "experienced dehydration" before canceling Tuesday's show in San Antonio, and "out of an abundance of caution" is doing the same for Wednesday's performance in Sugar Land, Texas, ...