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Italy Splurged EU Funds on Elton John Concert

(Nov. 11) -- The European Union is just not feeling the love from Italy tonight. More than a year after Sir Elton John's Piedigrotta Festival performance in Naples, European Union officials are a bit concerned about the 750 million euros in EU funds that were used to put on the British singer-songwriter's concert. The EU...

German Festival Canceled Following Deadly Stampede

DUISBURG, Germany (July 25) -- Throngs of techno fans followed the floats, the dancers and the throbbing music to the festival venue: an old freight railway station that local media estimated could handle 300,000 people. German media reported that as many as 1.4 million people showed up to the Love Parade, where a mass...

Stampede at German Concert Kills at Least 18

(July 24) – At least 18 people were killed and dozens more injured in a stampede at the German techno-music festival Love Parade. Fans were crushed to death when "mass panic" caused a stampede at the entrance tunnel to the music festival, BBC News reported. "There was no escape, people were standing over me like...

Jennifer Lopez Faces Suit for Canceling Cyprus Gig

(July 13) -- Even for a fading pop diva, some gigs just aren't worth the hassle. Jennifer Lopez is facing a $40 million lawsuit from a Cyprus hotelier for pulling the plug on a scheduled performance intended to inaugurate the Cratos Premium Hotel and Casino in the northern tip of the war-divided island. Neilson Barnard,...

Background on concert

A concert is a live performance (typically of music) before an audience. The performance may be by a single musician, sometimes then called a recital, or by a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra, a choir, or a musical band.

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