4 h. ago Mahler 8 at the Multitudes festival: 'five stars, if not for the screensaver visuals'

The London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Edward Gardner, excel at Mahler’s 8th but the experimental video accompaniment was only partially successful

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1 week ago Fyre festival 2 ‘postponed’ just weeks before it was scheduled to start

Event was meant to kick off 30 May to follow failed 2017 festival that resulted in Billy McFarland’s wire fraud convictionFyre festival 2 has been “postponed”, according to messages sent to ticket holders, just weeks before it was scheduled to start.The event, advertised as a luxury music festival, was supposed to take place in Mexico from 30 May to 2 June. It was intended as an improved followup to the failed Fyre festival in 2017, which experienced problems with security, food, accommodation, medical services and artist relations, resulting in the festival being indefinitely postponed and eventually cancelled. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Tribeca Festival sets lineup with Miley Cyrus, Billy Joel and Eddie Vedder

The 2025 Tribeca Festival will feature a medley of music stars, including Billy Joel, Miley Cyrus and Eddie Vedder, in its 24th edition

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1 week ago Justin Bieber and wife Hailey seek hangover cure at LA spa after partying at Coachella

On Monday, the pop star, 31, and his wife, 28, enjoyed a relaxing pick-me-up after partying hard in the desert for the first weekend of the star-studded festival.

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1 week ago Lanarkshire musician's Makaton choir for people with Down’s syndrome to star at Paisley Book Festival

Choir 21 will perform as conductor and author Katy Lironi shares a book telling her family’s story.

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2 w. ago Thousands of Sikh pilgrims visit Pakistan to celebrate Vaisakhi festival

Thousands of Sikhs are in Pakistan to celebrate Vaisakhi, a harvest festival that marks the start of the Sikh New Year and is mostly observed in Punjab and northern India

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2 w. ago Charli XCX turns heads in a white lace crop top as she joins Cara Delevingne and Amelia Dimoldenberg leading the British stars at Coachella

Charli XCX got into the festival spirit on Saturday as she lead the British stars attending Coachella in Palm Springs, California. 

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2 w. ago Lady Gaga fans in awe of elaborate Coachella set: ‘Like being there when the pyramids of Giza were built’

The 39-year-old star headlined the Friday night of this year’s festival in Indio, California

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2 w. ago Pillion, Phoenician and Panahi: superb lineup set to extend Cannes’ Oscar

After a tricky few years, the world’s pre-eminent film festival has come roaring back and is set to feature new work by Kelly Reichardt, another Joachim Trier drama starring Renate Reinsve and Cannes icons the Dardenne brothersThe Cannes film festival selection has been unveiled by its director Thierry Frémaux, with all its auteur heavyweights and cineaste silverback gorillas, including new work by Kelly Reichardt, Julia Ducournau, Ari Aster, Wes Anderson, Joachim Trier and Carla Simón. Tom Cruise’s final Mission: Impossible movie is showing out of competition; Robert De Niro is getting an honorary Palme d’Or – and probably treating audiences to a characteristically tightlipped onstage interview – and Bono arrives at the red carpet for Andrew Dominik’s documentary Bono: Stories of Surrender. Actor turned director Scarlett Johansson comes to Cannes with her Eleanor the Great, a quirky New York tale starring veteran player June Squibb.There is also, of course, an appearance from the B...

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2 w. ago Katie Melua set to 'take risks' at Cheltenham Jazz Festival after being 'placed in box'

Katie Melua joins a star-studded line up at this year's Cheltenham Jazz Festival and has told fans to expect her to take exciting risks during her performance as she bids to put on a spectacle

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3 w. ago Aintree official gives Grand National update amid fears over conditions

The Aintree course has seen historically dry conditions this spring, with action taken to ensure the ideal going for Saturday’s Grand National, with the festival starting on Thursday

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