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The UK music festival scene has experienced mass dropouts of late, with artists pulling out of The Great Escape, Latitude and Download over their partnership links with Barclays Bank. Barclays has financial investment in companies that supply arms to Israel, something highlighted by groups such as the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC), who have revealed the bank's investments of over £1 billion in shares and providing over £3 billion in loans. Several comedians have followed in the footsteps of artists like CMAT by adding their voices to the ongoing boycotts. These include Sophie Duker, Grac...
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The music festival season is well under way and the UK has, as every year, a wealth of events catering to every music taste. However, a recent study leaves a sour taste in the mouth... New research compiled by A2D2, a British company aiming to connect analogue audio devices with modern smart speaker sound systems, reveals that UK music festivals are still exhibiting a persistent gender gap on their main stages. By analysing ten of the UK’s biggest and most popular festivals, A2D2 has identified the events that have the best and worst female representation, revealing that while festivals like G...
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Ukraine’s biggest music festival ATLAS is back for the first time since Russia’s invasion. Ukrainian music lovers will attend the newly renamed ATLAS UNITED festival when it returns to its Kyiv location this July. Since ATLAS was first founded in 2015, major international acts including The Prodigy, Kasabian, The Chemical Brothers, Liam Gallagher and the Black Eyed Peas have all performed at its Expocenter of Ukraine location in the capital. 'All war is sh*t': alyona alyona & Jerry Heil on representing Ukraine at Eurovision'Ukraine and Ukrainians': The art album preserving a nation's memoriesT...
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Glastonbury Festival, taking place the week before the upcoming UK general election, is running a competition where registered voters can win tickets to this year’s Worthy Farm extravaganza. The initiative is a collaboration with Just Vote for its ‘Crash The Party’ campaign, which is targeting 18-34-year-olds and urging them to hit the polls on 4 July. The UK's biggest festival will also be hosting an interactive ‘Crash the Party’ installation on site, reminding festival-goers of the importance of voting. This year’s lineup includes Dua Lipa, Coldplay, and SZA, marking the first time that two ...
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2024’s summer season of music festivals is set to kick off with a bang next week with the first of Primavera Sound’s weekends in Barcelona. Primavera Sound is one of the biggest name festivals in Europe, playing host to some of the most spectacular line-ups in dazzling Iberian peninsula locations. The first of this year’s Primavera Sound weekends runs 29 May to 2 June at the Parc del Fòrum in Barcelona, conveniently located next to the city’s glorious beaches. Festival watch: Here are the unmissable European music festivals of 2024Primavera Madrid Day 1: Weather disasters and Blur's redemption...
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The Department of Justice (DoJ) has filed a civil complaint against entertainment giant Live Nation for illegally dominating the market in a way which has driven away competitors and led to consumers paying higher prices for worse services. Bad Blood: The Taylor Swift Ticketmaster fiasco gets political Liberté, Égalité, Pas de TayTay: Taylor Swift concert ticket sales suspended by Ticketmaster FranceAttorney General Merrick Garland said: “In recent years, Live Nation-Ticketmaster’s exorbitant fees and technological failures have been criticised by fans and artists alike. But we are not here to...
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At time of writing, 126 acts have withdrawn from performing at the Great Escape music festival that’s due to be held in Brighton from today until Saturday (18 May). The number represents over a quarter of the festival’s line-up. The walkout is in protest of festival sponsor Barclays Bank. Barclays has been the focus of Bands Boycott Barclays, an online campaign for music festivals to divest from sponsors that are invested in Israel. Why are artists dropping out of The Great Escape music festival - and how is Barclays bank involved?Switzerland may have won Eurovision, but do streaming figures p...
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After an edition of Eurovision marred in controversy over Israel’s inclusion and anti-Israel protests, as well as the Netherlands’ last-minute exclusion, Switzerland and its representative Nemo has emerged victorious over the 25 songs selected for the final. Favourites for victory included Croatia, Ukraine, Ireland and Portugal, but Switzerland reigned supreme. Nemo’s song ‘The Code’, which was one of our favourites here at Euronews Culture, was an immediate winner, and everything tonight – from the theatrical performance and delivery – was perfect. It was quite the unanimous pick from the jur...
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The UK, Brighton-based music festival The Great Escape – one of our top picks for the unmissable European fests this year – has got a crisis on its hands. 216 artists, making up approximately half of the festival’s line-up, have now signed a statement demanding the festival drop their sponsorship with Barclays in solidarity with Palestine. The Great Escape is sponsored by the bank, which has been a source of controversy amid the current events in Gaza because of the bank’s financial investment in companies that supply arms to Israel. The issue was first highlighted by a petition started by the...
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Moldova, a former Soviet Republic, lies between Ukraine and Romania. The territory teeters on the edge of Europe, and it includes the pro-Russian autonomous territories of Transnistria and Gagauzia. At the time of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, a Russian street artist decided to repaint an old abandoned Soviet hotel in the center of the Moldovan capital. Spain reigns supreme in StreetArtCities 2023 Awards celebrating the best murals across the globeThe artwork represented the fragments of Moldovan society - showcasing mixed cultures such as the Gagauzes, a Turkish, Orthodox ...
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