Tag: music
Home alone cat in Spain’s Lugo wakes neighbourhood by blasting out music in the middle of the night
POLICE attending a noise complaint in Spain’s Lugo last weekend were startled to find a ‘home alone’ cat responsible for the midnight rave. According to...
Classical music improves the ‘quality of life’ in patients with dialysis, shows study in Spain
LISTENING to classical music has been linked to health and wellbeing improvements in those suffering with dialysis. In a study of 90 patients, researchers from...
Brilla Torrevieja music festival to make its debut on Spain’s Costa Blanca this August
A BRAND new festival, Brilla Torrevieja, will be taking place in the centre of the coastal city, at Era de la Sal between August...
Free Festival announced showing off the young musical talent of Spain’s Costa Blanca
MUSIC is top of the agenda at the first "Orihuela Music Fest" later this month, bringing together promising youngsters of the municipality. Orihuela’s Councillor for...
The Clash: How UK rock legend Joe Strummer has a plaza in Spain’s Granada named after him
TRAVEL SELFIE: Clash front man has been honoured with a square named after him in Granada... CAN YOU FIND IT?
Summer nights’ dream: Spain’s Parador hotels offer musical extravaganzas
THE Parador hotel chain is offering a series of special concert packages during the summer months that promise to combine a musical experience with...
Scotland’s biggest rock band add one extra date to rearranged European tour, and it’s here in Spain
TEXAS, arguably Scotland’s biggest and most endearing rock band have added an extra concert date in Spain for their rearranged 2021 tour. Albacete's Palacio de...
VALENCIA RULES THE CHARTS: Zoo, a young band from Gandia, claim high spot on Spanish record sales list above...
Zoo has achieved the feat in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic and crisis, and at a time when record sales – especially CDs - are at an all-time low
Fuengirola’s Marenostrum Festival will return this summer with more than 50 concerts
This summer, Fuengirola's Sohail Castle will once again host a new edition of the Marenostrum Festival. More than 30 artists, currently Spanish or Latino, are...
Couple who run a cannabis club on Spain’s Costa Blanca get raided over home plantations soothed by music
A TORREVIEJA couple who played soothing music to their flat crammed with marijuana plants have been arrested by the Guardia Civil. Plants were found in...
Live bands contest planned to boost “severely punished” music sector on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A free-to-enter live music competition is being staged in Alicante this September to act as a fillip for new bands that have not been...
These five summer music festivals in Spain’s Andalucia have still not been cancelled amid coronavirus pandemic
THE Spanish summer you had hoped for is more than likely not going ahead as planned. Especially if you are a music fan, artist or...
Do NOT miss British LEGEND Tom Jones performing on Spain’s Costa del Sol this summer
TOM Jones has been confirmed as the latest act due to perform at the Starlite festival on the Costa del Sol this summer.
Spain’s Rosalia wins first ever Grammy
ROSALIA has won Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album at the Grammys.
Madrid’s Mad Cool Festival returns this summer with HUGE names including Billie Eilish, Khalid and Pixies
TAYLOR Swift and Kings of Leon are among a long line-up of artists taking to the Mad Cool Festival stage in Madrid this summer.
Andalucian country pub serves up craft beer, live music and burgers made from zebra, crocodile and kangaroo
HAVE you ever heard of burgers made from crocodile, zebra and kangaroo? You have now thanks to Bar Allioli, a hillside restaurant near Jimera de...
Tickets now on sale to see Green Day headline the MTV EMA awards in Spain’s Andalucia
The tickets can be purchased on the website of El Corte Ingles from 11 am today.
Lenny Kravitz announces performance on Spain’s Costa del Sol next year, marking the end of a five-year hiatus from...
Next year, concert-goers can enjoy songs from his newest album Raise Vibration and listen back to some of the most notable songs of his 30-year career.
Elvis and Robbie Williams tributes, magic, raffle, bingo, DJ and MORE at Casino Admiral San Roque TOMORROW
The casino’s new electronic bingo hall - the biggest in Andalucia - will also double its prize pots on the Mystery Jackpots Lucky Chance games
Rosalia becomes first Spanish artist to win MTV Music Award for her song Con Altura
Other winners included US star Taylor Swift, who bagged Video of the Year for her tune You Need to Calm Down
RURAL RETURN: Music, dance and theatre festival run by Brit in rural inland town celebrates fifth anniversary
Me Vuelves Lorca is held in a beautiful, handcrafted stone amphitheatre which was built by the local community in 2013 around an ancient corn-threshing circle
ALIVE AND KICKING: Trio of British rock legends wow the festival crowds at Lisbon’s Nos Alive
Now well established in its 13th year, Nos Alive manages to combine enough big name acts, with good up-and-coming groups to justify 20% of its 55,000 daily punters coming from the UK
Jennifer Lopez to perform on Spain’s Costa del Sol for her 50th birthday
Having sold in excess of 80 million records worldwide, Lopez, whose parents are Puerto Rican, is regarded as the most influential Latin artist in the US
PALM BEACH: The curious pop history of the Costa del Sol’s most famous chiringuito freshly refurbished for summer
Its owner helped create one of the most successful songs of the early 2000s
LISTEN: Which singer in Spain made the ‘top 10’ list of songs in the first half of 2019?
The track by the genre-defying Catalan artist, 25, was described as a mashup of ‘dembow, hip-hop and flamenco’
COSTA DEL SOUL: FREE three-day soul festival coming to coast THIS SUMMER
The touring festival has been launched by promoters Costa del Jazz, who have had years of experience running the Festival Open Jazz in Malaga
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