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New York celebrates 50 years of hip-hop with star-studded concert

What started as a niche movement in New York in the early 1970s is now the world’s biggest genre of music and permeates almost every aspect of modern music and pop culture.

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Germany's famous metal festival halts admissions after heavy rain

The weather takes the shine off the largest metal music festival in the world, as the Wacken Open Air festival was forced to limit admissions because heavy rain turned the ground to mud.

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Verbier Festival: A celebration of classical music in the Swiss Alps

Each summer for the last three decades, the Swiss ski resort of Verbier has transformed into a hub of classical music. It's also a chance for young, budding musicians to hone their skills on the big stage.

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The Verbier Festival celebrates its 30th anniversary in style

Over the last thirty years, the Verbier Festival in Switzerland has established itself as one of the most prestigious classical music events in Europe and the world.

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Culture Re-View: The loudest gigs in history

31 May 1976: The Who become the loudest band on Earth

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The National: A countdown to the band's best songs

We count down The National's best songs to celebrate the release of the band's new album, ‘First Two Pages Of Frankenstein’.

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Stromae cancels sold-out shows over health issues

Belgian pop star Stromae has announced the cancellation of 14 sold-out European tour dates due to health reasons.

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The Cure vs Ticketmaster: Ticketing giant offers refunds to fans

The ticketing giant has announced that it will partially refund fans who bought tickets for the band’s US tour.

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The Cure’s Robert Smith ‘sickened’ by Ticketmaster fees

The Cure‘s Robert Smith has said he is “sickened” by high Ticketmaster fees for the band’s upcoming North American tour after they vowed to keep prices affordable for fans.

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Putin: Russia engaged in battle for its 'historic borders'

Tens of thousands of people waving Russian flags attended the patriotic concert at Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium honouring "Defenders of the Fatherland".

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Why MDLBEAST Soundstorm is the Middle East's biggest music festival

In partnership with Visit Saudi

Over 700,000 enjoy headline acts from Tiesto, Marshmello, Post Malone, Bruno Mars and David Guetta, to name a few. This is MDLBEAST Soundstorm.

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Bad Blood: The Taylor Swift Ticketmaster fiasco gets political

Ticketmaster apologized but there’s still bad blood. And politicians have started acting on it.

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Changing lives through music: Acclaimed Peruvian tenor's dream

From Lima to Salzburg: the extraordinary story of acclaimed tenor Juan Diego Flórez's desire to change lives through music. His mission: to provide free music education for disadvantaged kids in Peru.The outcome: his Sinfonia por el Peru Youth Orchestra performs at the famous Salzburg Festival...

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InClassica 2022: Stars Lit up Dubai at 11th Edition of World’s Biggest Musical Observatory

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Following a raucous reception at the 10th-anniversary celebration which took place last year, the InClassica International Music Festival recently returned to Dubai for its 11th edition.

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The Vienna Philharmonic: one of the world’s great orchestras

Founded in 1842, the Vienna Philharmonic is one of the world's great orchestras. Musica speaks to some of its leading artists to find out what it is actually like to be part of such a revered classical music institution.

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Arena di Verona celebrates 99 years with Verdi`s Aida

Giuseppe Verdi’s Aida, a symbol of the Opera Festival, was performed at the Arena of Verona on Saturday night, the second day of the opening weekend.

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2022 InClassica International Music Festival draws to a close in Dubai

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The 2022 InClassica International Music Festival has wrapped up in Dubai after a month-long season. Gathered at Dubai Opera, for the ‘World’s Biggest Musical Observatory’, were 50 renowned soloists and eleven revered conductors.

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ABBA return to the stage as digital versions of themselves

ABBA have returned to the stage to present their album "Voyage" - as digital versions of themselves.

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Hundreds of amateur musicians rock out ahead of Paris concert

"It's one of the happiest days of my life": Betty Boin, a civil servant by day, and a drummer and guitarist in her free time, rehearses, with dozens of other amateur musicians, at the Stade de France venue on the outskirts of Paris. Saturday, she will join over 1,000 musicians on the lawn.

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Metro shelter concert brings 'ray of light' to war-torn Ukraine

A concert arranged at a makeshift shelter in a Kharkiv metro station is like "a ray of hope in this dark kingdom of war", 59-year-old Iryna Shkapo tells AFP as others around her tear up at the sound of instruments echoing through the halls.