Benicassim Festival Spain

Benicassim Festival, Spain

Party until sunrise by the beach! Camping overnight, celebration and epic bands are nothing surprising about the world's top music festivals, but when the event takes place in a party country like Spain, all other festivals can step aside.

Jamming, beach and speedos! That's what characterizes this unmissable mid-summer event in the coastal town in Valencia. Beach all day and bands all night! Over 35,000 music lovers gather in this event, a mix of the fun laid-back spirit of a beach party and a rave-up, with the background of the best music in the world.

Benicassim is also a modern version of the Arab baths; one way or another you will get wet. If you don't start sweating from the Spanish weather or take a dip in the shore or the waterpark, don't worry, someone will surely get beer on you. Nobody is leaving this party dry... in any sense. But don't panic, there are showers at the campsite. As to the other case, there's hangover food, including paella tapas, in the town centre.

Benicassim is also known as Glastonbury-on-Sea is not random: over half of the crowd are British. That figure does not only show Brits love of Spain but also their impeccable taste in music and long tradition as festival-goers. Besides, most of the bands are international and sing in English.

If you attend this festival, which takes place mid-July, don't miss the waterslides and rope-swings of Benicassim's waterpark. Also, if you are camping, make sure you pick a shady spot since the Spanish weather can turn tents left open into canvas saunas.

2013's line-up included The Killers, Kaiser Chief, Beady Eye and Primal Scream. We are yet to know what 2014 has in store for music-beach-lovers!

Winter Wonderland Returns

Winter Wonderland Returns

The spirit of Christmas engulfs Hyde Park once again in Winter Wonderland From November 22nd to January 5th, the magic of the North Pole will take over London with more thrills, spectacles, attractions, food and drinks.

You can wander Winter Wonderland for free, but if you want to go on an attraction, you need to buy a ticket. In this wonderful place, you'll have to opportunity to go ice skating in the Magical Ice Kingdom, take a ride in the Giant Observation Wheel or watch a show at Zippos Circus. There are many more exhilarating attractions all over this magical land.

If you couldn't make it to Oktoberfest in Munich this year, don't panic, there's a Bavarian Village in Winter Wonderland. There you can catch a show by an amazing Austrian band while the crowd sings a song in German. There are also other type of bands playing live throughout the day and evening. Indulge yourself in a succulent bratwurst while sipping on some refreshing German beer.

As you stroll around, you'll find festive food and drinks all around. Sip on the traditional mulled wine or try the cherry mulled wine or the honey-flavoured one. You can find eggnog in many of the stalls that line the alleys as well as turkey burgers with cranberry sauce.

Winter Wonderland is also a great place to buy gifts. There will be over 200 chalets in the beautiful Angels Christmas and Yuletide Markets selling unique and handmade gifts and crafts, such as ceramics, candles, jewellery, wooden toys, nativity scenes and Christmas decorations.

A fox song gone viral

A fox song gone viral

Dog goes woof, cat goes meow, bird goes tweet... but there's a sound that no one knows... What does the fox say?

What started as a joke about what the fox says by the comedy duo from Norway, Ylvis, has taken the world by storm. The video starts like a children's song and takes off as a hilarious and catchy parody which includes mocking references to pop songs, funny lyrics and humorous scenes.

Nobody would have thought a song about a fox would go viral on YouTube, like it did back in September 2013, with over 181 million views in two months, which brought the brothers to international attention.

Over a thumping electronic beat, the song poses an evident question: What does the fox say? The video shows a grandfather reading a story a child, making different voices, as dancers in the background move to the beat of snappy sounds of what the fox might say that have been chanted by millions across Europe and the USA.

The duo has been around since 2000, making an appearance in a series of successful variety shows, comical concerts, TV shows, radio shows and music videos. Nowadays, Ylvis host a popular Norwegian talk show I kveld med Ylvis.

A number of comedy and parody music videos have been released onto YouTube and other streaming media. The Fox and Stonehenge have also been released as singles. 

Since the release of The Fox, Ylvis have received an overwhelming number of offers for interviews, concerts and major label record contracts from around the world.

Ylvis's first performance abroad couldn't have been better. They had the opportunity to enter the US through the big doors as they appeared in the popular hilarious TV show The Ellen DeGeneres Show. They also surprised the crowd of IHeartRadio Music Festival with their unannounced appearance in Las Vegas.

Bon Jovi to tour the UK

Bon Jovi to tour the UK

Bon Jovi to tour the UK

The American rock band Bon Jovi comes back to the UK to promote its new album What about Now. The tour takes the record's first single's name Because We Can and it will take place from 8 June to 5 July.

They may not be living on a prayer and they may not have crazy hair like in the 80s, but the mythical band and its cowboy frontman Jon Bon Jovi keep on rockin' in the free world. And it's been three decades since Bon Jovi was formed. 30 years of incredibly amazing music full of energetic tunes and heart-warming romantic songs.

Because We Can Tour will start in Manchester (Etihad Stadium) on 8 June, then they will move on to Birmingham and play in Villa Park on 9 June. Next, the tour will take them to perform in Cardiff on 12 June, Sunderland on 13 June, Belfast on June 15, Seaclose Park on 16 June, Glasgow in 3 July and finally in London on 5 July.

Classics like You Give Love a Bad Name, It's My Life, Keep the Faith, I'll Be There for You , Bad Medicine and Wanted Dead or Alive are expected to be played during the tour. Fans are also looking forward to see them perform their super hit Livin' on a Prayer. Songs from the new album like Because We Can and What About Now are also expected to be part of the setlist.

From what we know, Bon Jovi are incredible live. Something they learnt from the 80s is how to rock on stage. The energy and the emotion make their concerts a night to remember.

The Tour is the fifteenth concert tour by Bon Jovi and it will see the band travel to Wales for the first time since their 2001 One Wild Night Tour. Also, this tour will be the first time in the band's 30 year history that they will be visiting Bulgaria and Poland.