Now playing Next No Comment WATCH: Madrid Pride draws a million in festive call for rights Organizers reported that a million people attended Madrid Pride on Saturday, July 6th, celebrating in a festive atmosphere with the slogan "Education, Rights, and Peace: Pride that Transforms." 08/07/2024
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Now playing Next Europe News Tens of thousands attend controversial San Fermín bull-running festival The highlight of the festival is the early morning bull runs, which began on Friday, when thousands of daredevils started to race against six bulls. 07/07/2024
Now playing Next Culture news Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice Beetlejuice to open 2024 Venice Film Festival The screening will be the world premiere and stars Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara, Justin Theroux, Monica Bellucci, Jenna Ortega and Willem Dafoe. 05/07/2024
Now playing Next Culture news Glastonbury Festival 2024: Mixing pop and politics makes a heady brew From Shania Twain to SZA, the final day of the Glastonbury Festival was full of verve and vigour but not all the stars shined. Jonny Walfisz braved the long day and stayed up all night to see Worthy Farm close for another year. 01/07/2024
Now playing Next Culture news Glastonbury Festival: A day and night to remember for the ages Dua Lipa astonishes, Marina Abramović silences, and a massive ejaculating rabbit. Everything we seen so far at Glastonbury. 29/06/2024
Now playing Next Culture news Sigourney Weaver to get honorary Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival The US actress will receive the award at the 81st edition of the festival, which takes place from 28 August – 7 September. 28/06/2024
Now playing Next Europe News Serbian police shut down cultural exchange festival with Kosovo The festival ban comes a day after the EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said no progress had been made during talks in Brussels towards implementing an EU-backed agreement towards normalising ties between Belgrade and Pristina. 27/06/2024
Now playing Next No Comment Glastonbury festival’s historic lineup The UK's Glastonbury Festival, held at Worthy Farm in southwest England, opened on Wednesday, welcoming attendees to one of the world's most renowned summer music events. 27/06/2024
Now playing Next Culture news SXSW drops US Army as sponsor for 2025 festival South by Southwest - or SXSW - the annual US conglomeration of parallel film, interactive media, and music festivals has dropped its US Army sponsor following protests at this year's event. 26/06/2024
Now playing Next Culture Series Photographer Liam Bailey on capturing 30 years of Glastonbury Festival Glastonbury is soon upon us... After first attending Glastonbury Festival in 1992, photographer Liam Bailey has been at every edition since. He's compiled his shots of the event for the first time in a book. 23/06/2024
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Now playing Next Culture news What is Ireland’s YES Festival? Ireland’s first all-female festival takes place at various locations across the north west for the next four days. The YES Festival will feature over 40 events and more than 30 female artists from the nations involved in the ULYSSES European Odyssey project. 13/06/2024
Now playing Next Culture news More boycotting UK music festivals over Barclays links to Israel After the mass exodus of artists at The Great Escape, more are dropping out of this weekend's Download Festival and next month's Latitude - all over their sponsorship links with Barclays Bank. And more could follow. 12/06/2024
Now playing Next Culture news UK music festivals continue to lag on gender representation New research shows that on average this year at UK music festivals, 63% of acts are male artists or all-male bands, compared to just 21% of female solo artists or bands. 11/06/2024
Now playing Next Culture news Latitude Festival 2024: Musicians dropping out over Barclays links Several musicians are dropping out of the upcoming UK music festival Latitude, over its sponsorship with Barclays and the bank’s ties to Israel. These announcements come shortly after the major boycott of The Great Escape in Brighton last month, also due to its ties with Barclays. 07/06/2024
Now playing Next Culture news Ukraine's biggest music festival to return this July ATLAS festival returns to Kyiv, renamed as ATLAS UNITED, for the first time since Russia's invasion. 06/06/2024