splash! Festival 2024

Germany's biggest hip-hop festival is back on ARTE Concert! From 4 to 6 July 2024, rap legends and new talents meet in Ferropolis, Saxony-Anhalt in East Germany. A programme of smooth flows, heavy beats, energetic performances and an electric atmosphere.

With Rich Amari, 01099, Dante YN and more

Germany's biggest hip-hop festival is back! On the programme: Smooth flows, heavy beats and an electric atmosphere.

Dry your eyes mate, it's the return of Mike Skinner and his mighty lyrical 2-step project The Streets. A set at Elbjazz 2024 filled with everyman tales of British life over the past 20 years.

Elbjazz Festival 2024

Mike Skinner returns to the stage with his back catalogue of tales from middle England.

The Streets

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How did Tupac go from being gangster king to the paragon of the underdog? TAPE tells the story.

Tupac

TAPE

Pharrell Williams manages to combine coolness and super-geekdom à la Star Trek. But how?

Pharrell Williams

Pharrell Williams manages to combine coolness and super-geekdom. But how?

A heartfelt performance from Stivijoes at the Bilbao BBK Live Festival. An artist operating in the hinterland between rap and pop.

Bilbao BBK Live Festival 2024

Bilbao welcomes this sensitive artist, working somewhere between rap and pop.

Stivijoes

How did Snoop Dogg change from being American public enemy no. 1 to the public’s favourite rapper. TAPE rewinds the life of a genius of personal branding.

Snoop Dogg

 Move to the hectic beats and gentle flows of Swedish rapper Raghd. A selection of songs from her performance at Eurosonic 2024. 

Eurosonic 2024

An extract from the performance of Swedish rapper Raghd at Eurosonic 2024.

Raghd

MC Solaar, perhaps France’s most famous rapper, revisits his greatest hits accompanied by the New Big Band Project, the combination of the Orchestre national d’Île de France with jazz group The Ice Kream.
Programme
Lune solaire
Qui sème le vent
La fin justifie les moyens
Sequelles
Obsolete
Quand le soleil devient froid
Gangster moderne
A temps partiels
Victimes de la mode
In god we trust
Inch'allah
La concubine de l'hémoglobine
Nouveau western
Armand est mort
La devise
Bouge de là
Bouge de là (reprise)
Les boys bandent
La musique adoucit les mœurs
Caroline

With Live Orchestra at the Paris Philharmonie

Perhaps France’s most famous rapper, revisits his greatest hits accompanied by the New Big Band Project, the combination of the Orchestre national d’Île de France with jazz group The Ice Kream.

MC Solaar

The No Guidnce phenomenon arrives at Eurosonic 2024, where these four Londoners unleash the full richness of their R'n'B-tinged vocal harmonies.

Eurosonic 2024 floats away on the vocal harmonies of No Guidnce.

No Guidnce

Last year, Lil Nas X drew the ire of  American pastor Greg Locke, who filmed himself reacting to the Montero music video. Lil Nas X broke onto the music scene with his country-rap hit Old Town Road in 2019, but this new song was different. It features inverted pentagrams, devilish cosplay, and a lapdance to Lucifer. What is the meaning of Lil Nas X's satanic twerking?

Lil Nas X

What is the meaning of Lil Nas X's satanic twerking?

Bonuses and Extracts

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Diwa is only 11 years old. She is one of the thousands of victims of a crime that is hardly reported on in Europe but which is causing havoc in the Philippines. She was raped by her parents, live on the internet, to satisfy the desires of foreign paedophiles who paid for the spectacle of her rape, giving instructions from a distance.

Philippines: Child Rape Online

Thousands of children in the Philippines have been abused, live on the internet. Report on a shocking crime.

ARTE Reportage

Day two at Hellfest 2024. Some incredible performances on the programme today from Dropkick Murphys, Babymetal, Dying Wish, (DOLCH), Thursday, Sylvaine and Shining

Hellfest 2024

Dare you return for more? Hellfest 2024 enters its second day.

Day 2: Tom Morello, Anaal Nathrakh, Fear Factory and more!

Chinese men are suffering. There are simply not enough women to go around since China implemented its one-child policy in 1979.  This means that 1 in 5 Chinese men will not be able to find a partner in five years’ time.

Chinese men are suffering. There are simply not enough women to go around since China implemented its one-child policy in 1979. 

China: Men without Women

On 4 April 1949, the North Atlantic Treaty was signed, enshrining the creation of NATO just four years after the end of the Second World War. The primary objective of this military alliance of twelve European and North American countries was to prevent war in Europe and to counter the expansion of the Soviet bloc. Since its creation in the Cold War, the organisation has grown from 12 to 31 member states - including several former Eastern Bloc nations. Weakened by its turbulent history, NATO is facing a growing number of challenges: the difficulty of coordinating its members, the logistical obstacles in the event of an attack on European soil, and the threat, raised by Donald Trump, of an American withdrawal, at a time when European defence is almost entirely dependent on the United States.

A look back at the turbulent history of the military alliance facing unprecedented challenges in the face of Putin's Russia.

Putin, NATO, and Europe

Death and the devil, nudity and eroticism, horror in blazing colours, Gothic art cast a spell over people 500 years ago. In these image-poor times, art deliberately and skilfully played with the emotions of the viewer, triggering fear, devotion, but also rapture. Art documentary on German gothic art of the late-middle ages.

The Genius of Gothic Art

Far-right leader Jordan Bardella is idolised by many young people in France.  The polls put his National Rally party well ahead of all other French parties at the European Elections and his TikTok following is the envy of his political rivals. Report on how young people in France are now voting for the far right in large numbers.  

France's Far-Right Youth

French far-right leader Jordan Bardella is idolised by many French young people.

A journey along the west coast of Japan via train taking in the cities of Kanazawa and Toyama during the cherry blossom season. In Toyama Bay, lighthouse squid are on the menu,  and in the mountains there are breathtaking national parks and the World Heritage village of Gokayama.

A journey along the west coast of Japan via train taking in the cities of Kanazawa and Toyama during the cherry blossom season.

Japan's West Coast by Train

From Julian Assange and Edward Snowden to Chelsea Manning and Reality Winner; whistle-blowing exposes wrong-doing in the name of public interest, often at great risk to the individual. This ARTE Europe Weekly, we’re entering the complex world of whistle-blowers, asking what motivates them and how well Europe protects them.

How well is Europe protecting Whistle-blowers?

Heroes or traitors? A deep dive into the world of whistle-blowers and how well the EU safeguards them.

ARTE Europe Weekly

One hundred years ago, on February 2nd 1922, James Joyce’s Ulysses was published by Sylvia Beach in a small bookshop in Paris. The book, which consumed 7 years of Joyce’s life, years in which his family’s circumstances were very difficult, would have a profound and unprecedented impact on the literature and culture of the century to follow. 

Though Ulysses was banned initially in the US and UK, Joyce’s epic was soon celebrated as a masterpiece of modernism.

100 Years of Ulysses

Yetundey is originally from Leipzig and mixes styles and influences. Layla Boe wants to make the German language smoother in her music.

Germany

Girlhood - Women in Rap (1/4)

Alice and Gabrielle are expecting a child. After three years of IVF they are final they are finally going to become mothers. While Alice watches her belly grow, Gabrielle tries to find her role. Even if it means taking on a little too much in the living room...

Can I Touch?

Alice and Gabrielle are expecting a child. After three years of IVF they are final they are finally going to become mothers. 

Two Mothers, One Child (1/30)

Megadeth defend their title as champions of thrash metal at Hellfest in a performance mixing timeless classics and more recent material.

Megadeth

As the war continues, tens of thousands of Ukrainian women have lost their husbands in the fighting, a difficult situation in this war-weary country.

Ukraine: Nation of Widows

Machine Head blew Hellfest away in 2007 and 2012. In 2024, their epic stagecraft repeats the performance.

Machine Head

Lea Desandre, William Christie and Les Arts Florissants introduce Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s Médée to the repertoire of the Opéra national de Paris, directed by David McVicar.

Paris National Opera

Charpentier’s masterpiece in a stunning production from Lea Desandre, William Christie and David McVicar.

Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Médée

A look back at the last 12 months before Britain left the European Union, which finally happened on 31 January 2020. It was a year of chaos and plotting, fear and loathing, often descending into farce.

A look back at the last chaotic 12 months before Britain left the European Union on 31 January 2020

Brexit Endgame: 2019-2020

You can choose your friends, but not your family. Some siblings work together in creative fields such as architecture, design or music. A source of joy and inspiration, but also sometimes a source of conflict...

Creative Siblngs

Some siblings work together in creative fields such as architecture, design or music. A source of joy and inspiration, but also sometimes a source of conflict...

Twist

A special edition of ARTE's geopolitics programme focusing on the Strait of Gibraltar, a key point of contact between the two shores of the Mediterranean.

Strait of Gibraltar: Between Europe and Africa

Close-up on the Strait of Gibraltar, a key point of contact between the two shores of the Mediterranean.

Mapping the World

Igor Smilev's life has been marked by pain and a sense of powerlessness. The 48-year-old lost his parents and sister to cancer and he is convinced that the cause of their illness lies in the air. For decades, North Macedonia has had the worst levels of air pollution in Europe.

For decades, Northern Macedonia has had the worst air pollution levels in Europe.

Re: Pollution in North Macedonia

Mixing j-pop and heavy metal, Babymetal bring their unique look and sound to Hellfest 2024.

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