1,681 result(s) for pop music
Summer Grand Concert, Margaret Island Open Air Stage Budapest, 20 August
- 17 Aug 2015 1:54 AM
- community & culture
Virtuózok (Virtuosi) is the world's first classical music talent show, which ran from the autumn of 2014 until Christmas on M1. The number of viewers of the program series reached never before seen figures in its category. The popularity and national recognition of the young talent discovered on the show was outstanding, the nine finalists of the three age groups, as well as the close to thirty ...
Bad Religion (USA) + Mad Caddies (USA), Budapest Park, 18 August
- 15 Aug 2015 10:00 AM
- entertainment
Bad Religion is a punk rock band that formed in Los Angeles, California in 1980. The band makes extensive use of soaring 3-part vocal harmonies (which they refer to in their album liner notes as the "oozin' aahs"), guitar solos and lyrics that often contain religious and political commentary.
The Script (IRL), Sziget Budapest, 12 August 7.30pm
- 12 Aug 2015 9:10 AM
- entertainment
The Script is a Irish pop rock band formed in 2001. The band consists of lead vocalist/pianist Danny O'Donoghue, vocalist/guitarist Mark Sheehan, and drummer Glen Power. Based in London after signing to Sony Label Group imprint Phonogenic, the band released their eponymous debut album in August 2008, featuring the hit songs "The Man Who Can't Be Moved" and "Breakeven (Falling to Pieces)". The ...
OperaSziget @ Sziget Fesztival Budapest, 12 – 16 August
- 10 Aug 2015 12:00 PM
- community & culture
It is the third time for the Hungarian State Opera to prove that the genre of opera is for everyone. Following the success of the previous two years, a personage no smaller than William Shakespeare is to help the artists of the Opera as the next season is dedicated to the memory of the English playwright.
Marina And The Diamonds (UK), Sziget Budapest, 14 August 5.45pm
- 10 Aug 2015 10:00 AM
- entertainment
Marina Lambrini Diamandis (Greek: Μαρίνα-Λαμπρινή Διαμαντή; born 10 October 1985), better known by her stage name Marina and the Diamonds, is a Welsh singer-songwriter. Born in Brynmawr and raised in nearby Pandy, she performed for choir productions in her childhood. In 2009, Diamandis came to prominence after being ranked in second place on the Sound of 2010 poll organised by the BBC.
Limp Bizkit (USA), Sziget Budapest, 16 August 7.30pm
- 10 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- entertainment
The original line-up of Fred Durst, Wes Borland, Sam Rivers, John Otto, and DJ Lethal are back from an eight year hiatus to bring their world back to ours. Fred Durst and Wes Borland said in a joint statement: "We decided we were more disgusted and bored with the state of heavy popular music than we were with each other.
Ellie Goulding (UK) @ Sziget Budapest, 13 August 9.30 pm
- 10 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Never likely to be one of those singers who is content just to turn up, lay down a main vocal part and leave, Ellie’s approach to writing and recording is, she admits, borderline obsessive – but then, anything less, she says, would be a waste of time. As her debut album, Lights, made so thrillingly clear, Ellie Goulding uses her voice as a texture in much the same way that a skilled ...
Kasabian (UK), Sziget Budapest, 14 August 7.30pm
- 10 Aug 2015 1:00 AM
- entertainment
Meeting claims of the death of British guitar music with hugely successful album after hugely successful album, massive sell-out gigs at the O2 Arena and countless festival headlining slots,Kasabian have gone from dance-rock outsiders to one of the biggest rock bands in the country.
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Media Scene Is Still In Flux
- 6 Aug 2015 8:58 AM
- business
Although the Hungarian government’s only concern of late seems to be how to keep asylum seekers out of the country, I don’t want to succumb to the same tunnel vision. And so today I’m turning to the state of the Hungarian media. So-called public (közszolgálati) television and radio are by now mere mouthpieces of government propaganda. Magyar Rádió is still, by default, the station that most ...
Summer Grand Concert, Margaret Island Open Air Stage Budapest, 20 August
- 17 Aug 2015 1:54 AM
- community & culture
Virtuózok (Virtuosi) is the world's first classical music talent show, which ran from the autumn of 2014 until Christmas on M1. The number of viewers of the program series reached never before seen figures in its category. The popularity and national recognition of the young talent discovered on the show was outstanding, the nine finalists of the three age groups, as well as the close to thirty ...
Bad Religion (USA) + Mad Caddies (USA), Budapest Park, 18 August
- 15 Aug 2015 10:00 AM
- entertainment
Bad Religion is a punk rock band that formed in Los Angeles, California in 1980. The band makes extensive use of soaring 3-part vocal harmonies (which they refer to in their album liner notes as the "oozin' aahs"), guitar solos and lyrics that often contain religious and political commentary.
The Script (IRL), Sziget Budapest, 12 August 7.30pm
- 12 Aug 2015 9:10 AM
- entertainment
The Script is a Irish pop rock band formed in 2001. The band consists of lead vocalist/pianist Danny O'Donoghue, vocalist/guitarist Mark Sheehan, and drummer Glen Power. Based in London after signing to Sony Label Group imprint Phonogenic, the band released their eponymous debut album in August 2008, featuring the hit songs "The Man Who Can't Be Moved" and "Breakeven (Falling to Pieces)". The ...
OperaSziget @ Sziget Fesztival Budapest, 12 – 16 August
- 10 Aug 2015 12:00 PM
- community & culture
It is the third time for the Hungarian State Opera to prove that the genre of opera is for everyone. Following the success of the previous two years, a personage no smaller than William Shakespeare is to help the artists of the Opera as the next season is dedicated to the memory of the English playwright.
Marina And The Diamonds (UK), Sziget Budapest, 14 August 5.45pm
- 10 Aug 2015 10:00 AM
- entertainment
Marina Lambrini Diamandis (Greek: Μαρίνα-Λαμπρινή Διαμαντή; born 10 October 1985), better known by her stage name Marina and the Diamonds, is a Welsh singer-songwriter. Born in Brynmawr and raised in nearby Pandy, she performed for choir productions in her childhood. In 2009, Diamandis came to prominence after being ranked in second place on the Sound of 2010 poll organised by the BBC.
Limp Bizkit (USA), Sziget Budapest, 16 August 7.30pm
- 10 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- entertainment
The original line-up of Fred Durst, Wes Borland, Sam Rivers, John Otto, and DJ Lethal are back from an eight year hiatus to bring their world back to ours. Fred Durst and Wes Borland said in a joint statement: "We decided we were more disgusted and bored with the state of heavy popular music than we were with each other.
Ellie Goulding (UK) @ Sziget Budapest, 13 August 9.30 pm
- 10 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Never likely to be one of those singers who is content just to turn up, lay down a main vocal part and leave, Ellie’s approach to writing and recording is, she admits, borderline obsessive – but then, anything less, she says, would be a waste of time. As her debut album, Lights, made so thrillingly clear, Ellie Goulding uses her voice as a texture in much the same way that a skilled ...
Kasabian (UK), Sziget Budapest, 14 August 7.30pm
- 10 Aug 2015 1:00 AM
- entertainment
Meeting claims of the death of British guitar music with hugely successful album after hugely successful album, massive sell-out gigs at the O2 Arena and countless festival headlining slots,Kasabian have gone from dance-rock outsiders to one of the biggest rock bands in the country.
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Media Scene Is Still In Flux
- 6 Aug 2015 8:58 AM
- business
Although the Hungarian government’s only concern of late seems to be how to keep asylum seekers out of the country, I don’t want to succumb to the same tunnel vision. And so today I’m turning to the state of the Hungarian media. So-called public (közszolgálati) television and radio are by now mere mouthpieces of government propaganda. Magyar Rádió is still, by default, the station that most ...