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, 30/05 19:50 - Reading : less than a minute
Music Taylor Swift US Entertainment
Pop icon Taylor Swift, who has been publicly feuding with record executives since 2019 over the rights to her early music, now owns her entire catalogue, she said on her website Friday. "All of the music I've ever made ... now belongs ... to me," she wrote, after years of dispute over her first six albums, a number of which she has rerecorded to ...
This is Beirut, 28/05 19:55 - Reading : less than a minute
Eurovision 2025 Music Television Streaming Record Audiences Culture
The Eurovision Song Contest confirmed its place as the world's biggest live televised music event, with 166 million viewers in 37 countries watching the 2025 edition, organizers said Wednesday. Three million more people watched this year's 69th edition in Basel, Switzerland, than last year's contest in Malmo, Sweden, said the European ...
This is Beirut, 28/05 18:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Spotify Daniel Ek Music Streaming IA Sweden Culture
Artificial intelligence will encourage more people to create music in the future and is not a threat to the industry, the co-founder and CEO of streaming giant Spotify said. Artists using machine-learning tools to produce music have given rise to concerns about whether AI-generated music - even entirely fake artists - could one day replace ...
This is Beirut, 19/05 16:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
France Police Jim Morrison Bust Investigation Music Culture
French police have recovered by chance the long-lost bust of American singer Jim Morrison that once adorned the grave of the iconic frontman of The Doors, 37 years after it was stolen from a Paris cemetery. The sculpture, missing since 1988, was found during a search tied to a fraud case led by the Paris public prosecutor's office, a source ...
This is Beirut, 18/05 09:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Eurovision Contest Music JJ Culture Austria
With his falsetto voice and angelic smile, JJ has given Austria its first Eurovision victory since bearded drag queen Conchita Wurst won eleven years ago. With Wasted Love—a track that soars with soprano highs between soft ballad refrains and climaxes in a techno finale—Austria took a risky but ultimately rewarding gamble. The song earned 436 ...
This is Beirut, 17/05 12:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Eurovision Europe Contest Sweden Culture Music
In a blaze of laser lights, artists from 26 countries were preparing to rip the roof off at Saturday's Eurovision Song Contest final, the world's biggest live music television event. An estimated 160 million people across Europe and beyond are expected to tune in for the TV extravaganza, where kitsch, drama, pyrotechnics and histrionics take ...
This is Beirut, 16/05 17:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Celine Dion Eurovision Prague Culture Music Art
As excitement builds for Saturday's Eurovision final, one question looms large: could superstar Celine Dion, now in fragile health, make a show-stopping appearance, 37 years after winning the competition? Dion became a global music icon, selling albums by the millions and staging groundbreaking sell-out concerts around the world. But she has ...
This is Beirut, 16/05 15:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Eurovision Switzerland Europe Music Culture Art
Switzerland is hosting Eurovision for the third time, with the extravaganza a world away from when it staged the inaugural competition in 1956—and also from 1989 when Celine Dion starred. The 2025 edition on May 17 in Basel will draw an expected TV audience of around 160 million, with viewers worldwide casting their votes. Here is a look back ...
This is Beirut, 15/05 16:25 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Eurovision Votes Politics Music
Groans and giggles typically greet votes at the annual Eurovision Song Contest, loved and mocked for its kitsch music and seemingly partisan outcomes. But over time, what are the voting patterns, and what external factors help explain them? Ahead of Saturday's final in Basel, AFP analyzed all points distributed among around 2,300 possible pairs ...
This is Beirut, 15/05 14:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Eurovision 2025 Music Semi-Final 2 Switzerland Culture
Sixteen countries are competing in the Eurovision Song Contest's second semifinal on Thursday, with viewers deciding which 10 go through to the grand final. Saturday's showpiece event takes place at the St Jakobshalle in the Swiss city of Basel. Ten countries have already qualified from Tuesday's first semifinal. The so-called ...
This is Beirut, 14/05 15:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Lebanon North Ehden Culture Music
Ehdeniyat International Festival will celebrate its 21st edition in July, showcasing a diverse lineup of Lebanese and Arab artists through six captivating concerts from July 17 to August 3. The program includes Guy Manoukian, Abeer Nehme, Adam, Kadim El Sahir, Al Shami and Dancing Moon III, offering a varied musical experience blending magic, ...