This is Beirut, 12/04 18:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The California desert was buzzing Friday as the premier music festival Coachella got underway, with Lady Gaga and Missy Elliott set to helm day one's main stage. Thousands of music fans traversed the sprawling grounds whipping paper fans and wielding parasols, as temperatures cracked the 100-degree Fahrenheit mark (37.8 degrees Celsius). That ...
Bélinda Ibrahim, 08/04 18:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Sound of Music Film Music Homage Culture
We all remember that iconic image: a silhouette spinning atop alpine meadows, arms wide open beneath a boundless blue sky. Picture March 2, 1965—the day The Sound of Music premiered at the Rivoli Theatre in New York. And now, six decades later, its charm remains as vibrant as ever. Years may have passed, but the first notes of “Do-Re-Mi” or ...
This is Beirut, 07/04 10:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
New York Music AI Donald Trump Art
The music industry is fighting on multiple fronts—through streaming platforms, in the courts, and with lawmakers—to prevent the looting and misuse of its content by generative artificial intelligence (AI). But the results so far remain underwhelming. 75,000. That’s the number of deepfakes that Sony Music says it has already requested to be ...
Madeleine Cadoux, 06/04 14:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Music Album Art Bruce Springsteen Culture Singer
American rock legend Bruce Springsteen announced Thursday that he will release a new box set in June featuring 83 previously unreleased songs across seven albums. Tracks II: The Lost Albums is set to be released on June 27. It includes full albums recorded between 1983 and 2018, many of which were mixed but never officially published, according ...
This is Beirut, 06/04 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Music Culture Art Opera Russia
Russian superstar soprano Anna Netrebko — shunned on some world stages since Moscow's invasion of Ukraine — will appear at London's Royal Opera House later this year. Netrebko, 53, will star in a production of Puccini's Tosca from September 11, marking her return to Covent Garden after a six-year absence, the Royal Opera said on its ...
This is Beirut, 04/04 12:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Music Album Elton John Singer Culture Art
The British artist Elton John is releasing his new album Who Believes in Angels? this Friday, co-written with American singer Brandi Carlile, and which he describes as his "most innovative" record since the 1970s. "This album marks a new beginning for me," said the 78-year-old singer in an interview with British radio Smooth Radio. "It’s very ...
This is Beirut, 02/04 10:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Donald Trump USA Music Entertainment Tickets Price
The directive seeks to prevent "unscrupulous middlemen" from profiting off reselling tickets for concerts and other events at an "enormous markup". It orders the US attorney general and the Treasury secretary to use "all legal means" to stamp out soaring price gouging and calls on the Federal Trade Commission to "ensure price transparency at all ...
This is Beirut, 30/03 10:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Concert France Algeria Berlin Music Culture
She is one of the artists who best embodies the deep bond—and tensions—between France and Algeria. Souad Massi says she feels "sad" about the current diplomatic crisis between the two countries, which, according to her, "should talk things through like a couple," as she told AFP in an interview. Performing at the Berlin Philharmonie on ...
This is Beirut, 27/03 12:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Growing up in North Korea, Hyuk's childhood was about survival. He never listened to banned K-pop music, but after defecting to the South, he's about to debut as an idol. Hyuk is one of two young North Koreans in a new K-pop band called 1Verse — the first time that performers originally from the nuclear-armed North have been trained for stardom ...
This is Beirut, 25/03 10:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Concert Music Culture Art Shakira Mexico
Shakira fans flocking to see the Colombian star in concert are generating tens of millions of dollars for Mexico, according to the local chamber of commerce, underscoring the economic significance of major musical events. Home to around nine million people, Mexico City is a magnet for Latin and other international musicians who attract fans from ...
This is Beirut, 22/03 11:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Traditionally, artists take to the stage to connect with their audience. For Marcin Patrzałek, a Polish guitar prodigy, there’s an added drive: to prove that his jaw-dropping technique, which has garnered tens of millions of views on Instagram, is no trick. “It bothers me a bit that people think it’s fake (...) but it’s good that it gets ...
Alain E. Andrea, 19/03 18:50 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Baalbeck Music Rahbani Mansour
They were two—two distinct minds, two creators, two independent intellectuals. Yet an artistic symbiosis united them, rendering their names inseparable: the Rahbani Brothers. Composers, poets, and thinkers, they merged their visions without overshadowing one another. Assi and Mansour—one could not exist without the other. The poet gave ...