Arts & Entertainment
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Rumbull to launch his debut album
Half-English, half-Maltese rapper Rumbull is all set to mark the official launch of his debut album with a live performance this Saturday. Titled Cut Throught Island – the misspelling is intentional, in case you’re wondering – the album features...
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Mana Tapu to be Malta’s entry at Hard Rock Rising
The response to this year’s Hard Rock Rising global competition was overwhelming, with 12,000 entries, 390,000 fan votes, and 941 competing bands. These all gave their utmost for a chance to make their dream come true. Malta’s representative this...
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Planet Seed want you to know now
They came out of nowhere with a bang, their 2012 debut single It’s Gonna be OK commanding a presence on the local airwaves that persists to this day. They are Planet Seed and, despite the fact their first release remains a local radio favourite,...
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Italian singer to perform in Malta
In general, one doesn’t find too many Italian singers who opt to sing in English. Fewer still are the number that manages to penetrate the international market successfully. With an impressive string of Top 10 hits, four of which, namely Me and You,...
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The BMAT PRS Malta Top 20 Airplay Chart
1 Want You to Know Planet Seed 2 Tomorrow Gianluca Bezzina 3 Home The Crowns 4 The Person I am Ira Losco 5 Daphne Lyndsay 6 Memory of a Dream Tenishia, featuring Chris Jones Paul Red Electrick How I Feel About You Joe...
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Taking on the role of Culture Capital
As Valletta gears up to take on its role as Capital of Culture in five years’ time, Karsten Xuereb takes a look at how the current capital, Marseilles, is faring. There is one capital of the Mediterranean, and that is Marseilles. At least, that is...
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Il-Ħajja Xejn Cool ta’ Teenager Jismu Julian back on stage
After the success it encountered with young and older audiences last November during the ŻiguŻajg Arts Festival for Children, Il-Ħajja Xejn Cool ta’ Teenager Jismu Julian is being produced once again by Dù Theatre Group. The play centres around...
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Dingli’s circus
What has lions and tigers, a big top and a sawdust ring? “Not my circus,” actor Chris Dingli tells David Schembri ahead of ĊirkuMalta’s debut in this year’s Malta Arts Festival. A quick Google search with the query ‘circus Malta’ brings up a host...
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Italian choir to perform in Malta
To celebrate its 10th anniversary, the St Julian’s Choral Group will be holding a concert with La Sisilla Choir from Montecchio Maggiore. The Italian choir was founded in 1959 by Walfrido Calgaro and was originally composed of male members only...
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Bir Miftuħ International Music Festival is back
Din l-Art Ħelwa was among the first organisations to launch classic concerts performed in historical surroundings which form part of our rich heritage. For the past 16 years, during the cool late spring evenings, music aficionados have been...
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Celebrations marking statue’s coronation
The Archconfraternity of St Joseph of Rabat is commemorating the 50th anniversary of the coronation of the old statue of St Joseph venerated at St Mary of Jesus Franciscan church in Rabat. The coronation was held on May 1, 1963, on the Floriana...
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Alegria Academia at international Flamenco Festival
The XVII Flamenco Festival this year hosted six representatives from Malta’s Alegria Academia, including scholarship winner Justine Lanzon. The festival was held some weeks ago in the Spanish town of Jerez de la Frontera, famous for its sherry and...
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Mezzo to broadcast Baroque Festival concert
French TV station Mezzo will be broadcasting the concert given by the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and Schola Cantorum of Oxford in St John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta, as part of the Valletta International Baroque Festival that took place...
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Tribute to Engerer
Pianist Bruno Robilliard will be performing a concert in tribute to the late French pianist of Maltese descent Brigitte Engerer. Many music lovers still remember her fine performance of Saint-Saëns’s Fifth Piano Concerto with the Malta Philharmonic...
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Mozart’s Coronation Mass
The next music appreciation evening being organised by the German-Maltese Circle’s Classical Music Group will be devoted to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s great Coronation Mass No. 16, K. 317, which he composed in 1779. Martin Spiteri will deliver a...
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Domingo strikes right note
Spanish opera singer Plácido Domingo returned to the London stage this week for his debut in Giuseppe Verdi’s Nabucco, saying he has no plans to slow down with a packed schedule for the year ahead. Domingo, 72, has spent the past three months...
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Psy’s Gangnam follow-up climbs You Tube heights
South Korean rapper Psy’s new video, Gentleman, rocketed up the You Tube heights with more than 82 million views on Tuesday, chasing the success of his megahit Gangnam Style after smashing the previous record for first-day views for songs. Gangnam...
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Sexy Soho back in the spotlight
A new biopic about 1960s British ‘porn king’ Paul Raymond came under fire from critics for coming perilously close to depicting the late strip club owner, porn publisher and property magnate as a national treasure. British comedian Steve Coogan...
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Teen struggles
After its success with young and older audiences last year, Dù Theatre Group and ŻiguŻajg Festival are once again producing the play about an intelligent but mischievous 14-year-old named Julian (played by Kurt Castillo), whose life is a complete...
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Ġukulari Ensemble in concert
A much-anticipated music event is being held at Villa Bologna in Attard this evening at 8pm. Music from Lady Flora’s Notebook, being organised by Barocco Foundation, will feature the Ġukulari Ensemble, which is committed to reviving Maltese heritage...
