The Lemon Twigs

Fans of retro music pay attention: The Lemon Twigs are here to give the Ground Control audience a squeeze of their zesty new album <em>A Dream is All We Know</em>.

Ground Control Paris

The Lemon Twigs revive the rock spirit of the 60s and 70s.

For one night, Dutch band The Analogues are bringing the Beatles back to Paris for this special tribute concert. Lucky concertgoers can once again return to the unique world created by the Fab Four at the French capital's famed venue Salle Pleyel.

The Analogues at Paris' Salle Pleyel

The Analogues pore through the Beatles' discography to perform a few favourites at Salle Pleyel in Paris.

Hommage to the Beatles

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PJ Harvey plays a typically magnetic, no-nonsense performance to a packed audience at the Paris Olympia, bringing together some of her older hits with newer material from her tenth album: I Inside the Old Year Dying.

L'Olympia Paris

Cult songsmith PJ Harvey takes Paris' L'Olympia by storm with material from new album I Inside the Old Year Dying.

PJ Harvey

Asaf Avidan took the world by storm with his hit "Reckoning Song" and an unmistakeable voice quivering with emotion. Here, the artist explores more personal territory in a fragile, intimate moment showcasing his qualities as a songwriter and composer. 

Nancy Jazz Pulsations 2023

After becoming world-famous with his hit "Reckoning Song", the Israeli musician returns to performing solo. 

Asaf Avidan

The swaying music of L'Impératrice meets the organic curves of Palais Bulles for Passengers. A session with a sweet retro flavour to celebrate the release of the band's third album: Pulsar.

Passengers: Palais Bulles

L'Impératrice in concert in the retro-futuristic setting of the Palais Bulles.

L’Impératrice

Los Bitchos' swaying, psychedelic cumbia sound take Ground Control into the sky. A setting sun is the perfect context for this glittering set of surf-disco.

Ground Control París

The psychedelic Los Bitchos quartet bring sunshine and cumbia to Ground Control.

Los Bitchos

Twee-pop melodies and acerbic lyrics about the difficult passage to adulthood: It can only be Glasgow's own Belle & Sebastian. A classic indie band who have been blending arty inclinations with spry guitar pop since the 1990s.

Elbjazz Festival 2024

Bittersweet indie pop from Glasgow inviting you back into your memories.

Belle & Sebastian

Allegations against R. Kelly have dogged the R’n’B star for decades. With alleged sexual abuse and child pornography, can we still listen to R. Kelly songs?

R. Kelly

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The ever-evolving Fat White Family bring cuts from their latest album Forgiveness is Yours to Ground Control. Band members may be forever on rotation but thanks to the steely vision of frontman Lias Saoudi their queasy charm remains alluring.

Confrontational, scabrous and intelligent: It can only be Fat White Family, the dark underbelly of UK rock.

Fat White Family

A joyous return to the stage for Zach Condon and his European folk-focussed indie project Beirut. This is music as imagined landscape, a romantic sweep of Europe's past through the eyes of an American troubadour. From his Balkan-tinged debut in 2006, through a bohemian France dreamed up on 2007's The Flying Cup Club and on towards the Dutch and Mexican influences of his later material, Beirut is clearly the work of a singular vision while remaining hauntingly familiar, a half-remembered dream of a past life. Latest album Hadsel was inspired by a short time spent exiled in northern Norway, an emotional return to form released in 2023.

Live in Berlin's Tempodrom

After some time in the wilderness, Zach Condon leads his romantic indie-folk project to a triumphant return to the stage.

Beirut

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In the Canadian province of Alberta, the Blackfoot indigenous people, victim of oppression and persecution in the 19th century, are now striving to revive their heritage and traditions.

The Blackfoot people of Alberta, victim or persecution in the past, are now striving to revive their heritage and traditions.

Canada: The Return of the Blackfoot

Gozo, a small island in the Maltese archipelago famous for its tranquility and natural beauty, is attracting more and more tourists, boosting economic growth. However, this boom has brought uncontrolled property development in its wake which threatens the beauty and special atmosphere of the island.

Gozo, a small natural paradise in the Maltese archipelago, attracts tourists in large numbers... But at what cost?

Malta: Construction Boom on Gozo

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

Europeans are tipping the scales with 1 in 6 people now obese, but why? This ARTE Europe weekly, we explore the complex causes behind this rise and investigate whether so-called 'miracle' weight loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy can offer a lasting solution or if they are merely a temporary fix in the battle against obesity.

Let Them Eat: Obesity in Europe

The big picture behind a steep rise in waist sizes among Europeans.

ARTE Europe Weekly

For the first time in Northern Ireland's history, the first minister is from the Irish nationalist Sinn Féin party. On taking office, Michelle O’Neill said that a referendum on whether Northern Ireland should remain part of the United Kingdom or be reunited with the Republic of Ireland could be on the cards within a decade. But will asking this question reopen old wounds, in a place scarred by violence? And how do young people in Northern Ireland see their future? 

Ireland or the UK? Northern Ireland’s new first minister wants to hold a referendum on this contentious issue.

Northern Ireland: a referendum on reunification?

In the centre of São Paulo, the largest city in the Southern Hemisphere, a whole area is completely taken over by the drug trade. Locals call it Cracolandia (Crackland), a city district where thousands of homeless and addicts live. But in this desperate place, a clown is trying to help the most vulnerable.

Brazil: The Clown of Cracolandia

In the desperate and dangerous Crackland of São Paulo, a clown is trying to help the most vulnerable.

ARTE Reportage

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

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.

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.

“Adriana Lecouvreur”, Calabrian composer Francesco Cilea’s most famous work, is a lyrical retelling of the story of Adrienne Lecouvreur, the famous Parisian actress who died in suspicious circumstances in 1730.

Latvian National Opera, Riga

The Latvian National Opera presents Francesco Cilea’s opera on the tragic story of Adriana Lecouvreur.

Francesco Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur

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

The far-right party National Rally topped polls in 93% of towns and villages across France in the European elections, prompting President Emmanuel Macron to call legislative elections. We speak to far right voters, ask experts what brought us to this point, and get the lowdown from our correspondents across Europe about how France’s neighbours are reacting.

France’s great swing to the right

All eyes are on France after the far right makes major gains and Macron calls a snap election. 

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

For 15 years, Edward Kaprov has been photographing Israelis and Palestinians along Israel's borders, the dividing lines between two visions of the same land. In the kibbutzes around Gaza, in the Palestinian villages and Jewish settlements of the West Bank, and in the Bedouin hamlets close to Lebanon.

Israel-Palestine: Borderlines

Photographer Edward Kaprov has been taking photos along Israel’s borders for the last 15 years.

Immersed in music from an early age, Judith Hill's work blends soul, R&B and funk. Her sincere and fragile creations prove just how much courage and strength it takes for women to make their mark in the male-dominated music industry.

A Grammy Award-winning soul star with touchingly authentic lyrics.

Judith Hill

Rufus Wainwright has composed a requiem in memory of those lost to the Covid-19 pandemic. This ode to life uses the full power of the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra and features actress Meryl Streep.

Featuring Meryl Streep

American singer Rufus Wainwright pays tribute to the victims of Covid-19.

Rufus Wainwright: Dream Requiem

When war disrupts daily life, social issues often take a back seat. Tracks East meets the men and women who refuse to let armed conflict get in their way. Anna, a doctor in Kyiv, wants sexual liberation along with sexual health and Alina and Stanislava are campaigning for equal marriage.

Social Activism in Wartime

Tracks East meets the men and women who refuse to let armed conflict get in the way of social issues.

Tracks East

On 4 January 2021, a London court denied the extradition of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to the United States - where he faces up to 175 years in prison, accused of publishing hundreds of thousands of confidential documents. But the judicial battle continues: the US government has appealed, while Assange remains in Belmarsh maximum security prison.
Continuing from ARTE’s five-year investigation into the Assange affair, this report delves once again into the complicated case.

The Extradition of Julian Assange

Continuing from ARTE’s five-year investigation into the Assange affair, this report delves once again into the complicated case.

The Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels is one of the most prestigious international music competitions. Dedicated to the violin in 2024, each year it brings together promising young artists from all over the world. The closing concert with the three first prize-winners (Ukrainian Dmytro Udovychenko and Americans Joshua Brown and Elli Choi) is the high point of the event.

Closing concert with the winners

The closing concert with three winners of the 2024 edition of the prestigious international violin competition.

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