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Phoebe Bridgers announces new album after solo hiatus

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Olivia Rodrigo reveals she has smelled diaper-wearing fans at shows

At a time when concert etiquette feels like it couldn't get much worse, the 23-year-old singer may have uncovered an entirely new frontier of diabolically shameful fan behaviour.

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La Casita Bad Bunny: resistance behind viral phenomenon

The playful stage design on the 'Debí tirar más fotos' tour nods to the buildings of Humacao, an eastern Puerto Rican town with a long anti-colonial history.

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Quiet please: Patti Smith and the Holy See pavilion at Venice

Patti Smith performed texts and hymns by Saint Hildegard of Bingen, a 12th-century Benedictine nun, at the official opening of the Holy See's Vatican Pavilion.

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Six arrested over ticket touting for Bad Bunny in Lisbon

"Operation Puerto Rico", carried out by the Food and Economic Safety Authority (ASAE), also led to the seizure of 14 tickets.

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Israeli anger over public support for Kanye West show in Portugal

The Israeli community has asked the Faro and Loulé councils and the government not to grant any public finance to the show, which is set to take place in the Algarve on 7 August.

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How Shakira made music history on Copacabana beach

Rio de Janeiro once again turned Copacabana into the world's biggest stage. Shakira performed on Saturday in front of two million people in a free concert that the city's mayor described as historic and will generate some $155 million for the local economy.

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Kanye West postpones French concert a week after UK ban

French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez was trying to prevent Kanye West from performing at Marseille's Velodrome stadium on 11 June, because of his anti-Semitic comments.

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Live classical music is helping Amsterdam students focus during exams

Organised by the Concertgebouw's youth association, the sessions aim to help students concentrate while introducing younger audiences to classical music.

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'I'm vomiting': Rosalía cancels Milan concert due to food poisoning

The Spanish singer was forced to end her Milan concert and leave the stage after feeling unwell. Rosalía apologised profusely to the audience which sent her on her way with best wishes and a standing ovation.

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Is Céline Dion making a French concert comeback this year?

The best-selling Canadian musician of all time is reportedly set to make a concert comeback later this year. Céline Dion has not performed a full concert since before the pandemic in 2020.

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K-pop BTS return: mega comeback draws huge crowds in Seoul

Numerous roads closed, hundreds of thousands of fans on site and millions watching on Netflix: the K-pop band’s comeback is a mega event.

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Inside the Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra

In partnership with Media City

With players trained in different musical traditions, the Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra is reshaping how orchestral music is performed and experienced in the region.

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Who are the most popular touring artists of the new millennium?

Concert trade publication Pollstar recently published a report titled “Most Popular Touring Artists of the Millennium” - and the results may surprise you.

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New global study finds most people would choose live gigs over sex

A global survey by Live Nation, spanning 15 countries and 40,000 participants, has discovered that 70 per cent of music fans would rather see a live show than have sex. Come again?

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Why will Robbie Williams not be playing the final show of his tour?

British singer Robbie Williams' concert at Ataköy Marina, which was due to take place tonight, has been cancelled due to increasing calls for protests and security concerns amid the second anniversary of the Hamas attacks in Israel.

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Radiohead officially return after seven years with 2025 UK and EU tour

After teasing the return via flyers this week, the celebrated band are hitting the road after a seven year absence. Their upcoming November and December gigs are already the must-have tickets of the year.