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Attractions.io has teamed up with SSA Group to provide a fully digital experience for visitors to cultural attractions in 2023
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 19 Jan 2023 |
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After a difficult few years the museum sector is showing promising signs of recovery with several exciting projects set to open this year. Here are 14 of 2023’s most anticipated museum openings
Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 18 Jan 2023 |
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The virtual band worked with Google to host two first-of-their-kind AR experiences in New York and London to promote their new single
Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 09 Jan 2023 |
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A Ukrainian activist who tried to take a Banksy work from Kyiv faces a 12-year prison sentence for an act he says was intended to support the work of the country’s army
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 06 Jan 2023 |
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The Museum of Sex is expanding, with the New York attraction announcing plans to open a new Miami location in the spring
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 20 Dec 2022 |
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Culture, heritage and sport sites are set to receive £4.5m over the next three years to support actions in the Welsh Government’s Anti-Racist Wales Action Plan
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 05 Dec 2022 |
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Country music icon Dolly Parton has revealed plans to open a self-dedicated museum in Tennessee that could form part of a wider cultural complex
Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 05 Dec 2022 |
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Audiences around the world will soon get to see record-breaking stunt performers pushing the boundaries of what is possible with Guinness World Records and Mirage Entertainment Design announcing the launch of an exciting new show
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 30 Nov 2022 |
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Russia’s lethal barrage of strikes against Ukrainian cities this week has seen a number of cultural sites in the capital of Kyiv hit
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 10 Oct 2022 |
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The Louvre is among a number of French cultural institutions and landmarks turning their lights off in an attempt to cut soaring energy costs
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 03 Oct 2022 |
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Progress slow and hampered by financial woes, but museum soldiers on with hopes of a full reopening in 2027
Alice Davis | Planet Attractions | 08 Sep 2022 |
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The US$69m addition furthers the Queens Museum mission to bring arts and education to a diverse and international community
Alice Davis | Planet Attractions | 31 Aug 2022 |
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As well as multi-sensory, playful and colourful installations, the attraction has a café, bar and retail store
Alice Davis | Planet Attractions | 29 Aug 2022 |
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Changes to the 2007 definition of a museum reflect industry’s more inclusive and sustainable aims and roles
Alice Davis | Planet Attractions | 26 Aug 2022 |
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Blurring the lines between an experiential art gallery, interactive theme park and detailed film set, Wake the Tiger is a new attraction that just opened its doors in Bristol, UK. We spoke to co-founder Graham MacVoy about the new attraction, dubbed the world’s first ‘Amazement Park’
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 12 Aug 2022 |
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A £38m cultural development in the north of England is set to open its doors this weekend, with the debut of the astonishing Shakespeare North Playhouse in Prescot
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 14 Jul 2022 |
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An official stage production based on Stranger Things is in the works after the series became Netflix’s first English-language show to be viewed for more than one billion hours
Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 08 Jul 2022 |
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Glastonbury founder, Michael Eavis has been commemorated with a specially-commissioned portrait at the National Portrait Gallery. He has also been named as a patron of Somerset’s Radstock Museum
Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 07 Jul 2022 |
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The inaugural Wide Skies and Butterflies festival has been axed due to rising production costs and low ticket sales, the event’s organisers have said
Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 01 Jul 2022 |
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Unesco has verified more than 150 cultural sites in Ukraine have been either partially or completely destroyed since the Vladimir Putin-led invasion by Russia
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 27 Jun 2022 |
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Pop supergroup ABBA need to earn £140m from ticket sales of their London residency Voyage to cover the cost of the virtual spectacle
Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 01 Jun 2022 |
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The concert series, the second such partnership between Sofar Sounds and Tiqets, will see artists perform at iconic attractions in London and San Francisco.
Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 01 Jun 2022 |
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Construction has started on the King Salman Park’s Royal Arts Complex, which once complete will act as a cultural hub for the Saudi capital of Riyadh
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 25 May 2022 |
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‘The Pop District’ from The Andy Warhol Museum will feature a larger cultural hub for live music, events, public art, expanded programming and a home for creative workplace development
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 24 May 2022 |
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With so many big things coming in the year ahead, we’ve rounded up all the key events taking place this year. Welcome to your attractions calendar for 2022.
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 02 Feb 2022 |
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A football-themed opera is set to be staged in Surrey, with the cultural spectacular to be broadcast on Sky Arts and NowTV
Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 28 Jan 2022 |
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The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has announced US$24.7m in grants for 208 humanities projects across the US
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 12 Jan 2022 |
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Reanimated and ready to take a bite out of its visitors, the former Camelot Theme Park is being resurrected as an immersive cinematic zombie experience
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 07 Jan 2022 |
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An additional £30m in emergency funding has been made available through the UK’s Culture Recovery Fund to support museums, cinemas, theatres and heritage organisations with the impact of the Omicron variant this winter
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 05 Jan 2022 |
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Stéphane Lefebvre is taking the step up from COO to take the reins as president and CEO of the Cirque du Soleil entertainment brand
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 06 Dec 2021 |
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The charity launches Energise Young Minds to help alleviate “perfect storm” of disruptions affecting young people and the cultural sector
Alice Davis | Planet Attractions | 26 Nov 2021 |
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The Moscow contemporary art museum unveils SANAA’s designs for the new Hexagon building, a “thoughtful and sensitive” interpretation of the historic site
Alice Davis | Planet Attractions | 23 Nov 2021 |
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The K-pop music arena plans to host some 190 concerts per year
Alice Davis | Planet Attractions | 10 Nov 2021 |
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Netflix will create a “unique universe” themed around Dahl’s beloved children’s stories
Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 24 Sep 2021 |
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Starting in October De Grote Efteling Koekoekshow will tour both the Netherlands and Belgium
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 23 Sep 2021 |
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The British Council is scaling back its work in more than 20 countries due to a pandemic funding shortfall
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 14 Sep 2021 |
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Architects Stufish have been tasked with creating a pop-up arena for iconic Swedish band ABBA’s virtual comeback in London
Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 14 Sep 2021 |
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Covid concerns have sent Burning Man into the VR realm, though an unofficial festival has appeared in its place, with 10,000 people gathering in the desert for ‘Renegade Burn’
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 06 Sep 2021 |
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The Reading and Leeds festivals recently hosted pop-up clinics for visitors to get their COVID-19 vaccination between acts
Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 02 Sep 2021 |
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Glastonbury founder Michael Eavis says he’s optimistic that the iconic festival will be able to return in 2022
Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 24 Aug 2021 |
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Health experts are expecting to see a surge in COVID-19 infections in Chicago after 100,000 attendees gathered in Grant Park for the festival
Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 05 Aug 2021 |
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Glastonbury’s Equinox mini-festival will no longer go ahead, with co-founder Emily Eavis blaming the cancellation on ‘a number of reasons’
Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 23 Jul 2021 |
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Major British theatre chain ATG has backed the move to minimise the spread of COVID-19
Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 20 Jul 2021 |
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Sport and culture, the spirit of Ancient Greece and the thousands of missing spectators for this year’s Olympics will be celebrated in a series of installations celebrating the event in Tokyo
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 01 Jul 2021 |
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Forced to close for over a year, Cirque du Soleil is finally back, making its first stop in Las Vegas ahead of a return to destinations worldwide
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 01 Jul 2021 |
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Download boss described the event as ‘the return of the full festival experience we’ve all been waiting for.’
Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 01 Jun 2021 |
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The COVID-safe version of the event will go ahead at quarter capacity with no camping allowed
Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 21 May 2021 |
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The Smithsonian has partnered with cruise operator Ponant to offer educational voyages to a number of destinations worldwide
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 19 May 2021 |
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The iconic marmalade loving-bear was inspired by a lone teddy bear in a toy shop close to Paddington station
Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 14 May 2021 |
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Travel to the year 3000 and back with a brand-new Doctor Who-themed immersive theatre experience coming to London in May
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 12 May 2021 |
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Research has revealed that 26% of British festivals have been called off due to a lack of COVID-related cancellation insurance
Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 10 May 2021 |
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Ticket-holders had to provide a negative COVID test to gain entry
Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 10 May 2021 |
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The Dundee Cultural Recovery Fund will support cultural institutions through financial difficulties and bring tourists back to the area
Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 04 May 2021 |
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Lithuania’s government is backing plans to transform its famous Lukiškės Prison complex into a multifunctional hub featuring museums, restaurants, hotels and other commercial and cultural spaces
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 19 Apr 2021 |
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Life in Stages is a brand-new conversation series from the National Theatre profiling some of the biggest names in British theatre
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 16 Apr 2021 |
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The Royal Albert Hall has released a short film, narrated by Mick Jagger, to celebrate the anniversary
Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 07 Apr 2021 |
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Egypt has celebrated the long-awaited opening of its National Museum of Egyptian Civilization with a procession of 22 ancient Egyptian royal mummies through Cairo
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 07 Apr 2021 |
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The London venue says the move will widen access to its performances while also enticing an audience fresh out of a national lockdown
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 01 Apr 2021 |
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The historic theatre in London will reopen with a series of Shakespeare classics starting in May
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 24 Mar 2021 |
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Jean Nouvel have won a competition to design the new opera house in Shenzhen, while SANAA submitted the winning entry for the city's maritime museum
Alice Davis | Planet Attractions | 19 Mar 2021 |
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Mexico’s famous luchadores are taking a stand against COVID-19, touring Latin America’s largest wholesale food market to promote mask wearing
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 15 Mar 2021 |
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The actor shared his story to raise awareness for the fund, which supports theatre workers in financial crisis
Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 15 Mar 2021 |
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The gallery was originally founded with the hope of bringing art to the working classes
Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 12 Mar 2021 |
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Isle of Wight festival organisers say that they hope to bring back as many artists as they can for the later dates
Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 05 Mar 2021 |
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Coming to Canada in 2025, the multi-purpose venue will incorporate state-of-the-art features necessary to facilitate large-scale eSports events
Chris Tebbutt | Planet Attractions | 03 Mar 2021 |
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DriveINSIDE Theatre will allow visitors to get a dose of culture right from their cars
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 02 Mar 2021 |
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What does it take to make it to the elite level of circus performer? Cirque du Soleil veteran Elena Lev reveals all...
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 18 Feb 2021 |
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Geoff Ellis says the vaccine rollouts are ‘encouraging’ for the festival sector, which has been hard hit by the Coronavirus pandemic
Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 09 Feb 2021 |
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Coachella and Stagecoach will not be able to go ahead due to the ‘dire COVID-19 situation’ in California
Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 05 Feb 2021 |
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Are plastic bubbles the future of live music?
Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 01 Feb 2021 |
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The platform will help to recoup revenue lost as a result of the ongoing pandemic
Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 29 Jan 2021 |
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Star Wars Identities: The Exhibition has been touring since 2012
Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 27 Jan 2021 |
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A converted steel factory and Butchart-inspired gardens are at heart of Shanghai’s newest and largest parkland and culture zone
Alice Davis | Planet Attractions | 26 Jan 2021 |
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The world-famous Glastonbury music festival will not go ahead in 2021 ‘with great regret’
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 21 Jan 2021 |
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The spinning coaster by Mack Rides represents a €17.5m investment and is the first ride to be themed after a music festival
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 16 Jan 2021 |
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Work has begun to redevelop Berlin’s former Spreepark into a cultural attraction
Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 15 Jan 2021 |
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The experience will feature memorabilia and memories curated by Def Leppard
Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 11 Jan 2021 |
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The second round of NLHF’s Culture Recovery Fund makes £36m available for sites across Britain
Chris Tebbutt | Planet Attractions | 08 Jan 2021 |
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The ‘cinematic’ performance follows the tragic story of poet André Chénier who was executed during the French Revolution
Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 07 Jan 2021 |
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Industry leaders have urged the British government to set out reasonable return timetable for mass gatherings and to introduce insurance policies to provide stability for the country’s music festivals
Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 06 Jan 2021 |
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Grupo Xcaret says its new landmark attractions will now open at the end of the year - 12 months later than originally planned
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 05 Jan 2021 |
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Recognising the world’s most astonishing attractions, Planet Attractions names 2021’s Wonder Award winners
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 01 Jan 2021 |
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See the Dickens Museum take its performance of ‘A Christmas Carol’ online with actor Dominic Gerrard
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 24 Dec 2020 |
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Combining cutting-edge technology with traditional stagecraft, a new virtual reality experience from the Royal Opera House will make its grand debut in 2021
Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 17 Dec 2020 |
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Tier three is a major blow for London’s theatre venues, which had only just been given permission to reopen a few weeks ago
Hannah Reeder | Planet Attractions | 15 Dec 2020 |
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Our World Heritage is calling on the general public to save world heritage sites
Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 09 Dec 2020 |
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The theatres might be closed but the British Library is inviting families to make their own at home
Hannah Reeder | Planet Attractions | 07 Dec 2020 |
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Actors call on a ‘fellowship’ of fans to help raise £4.5m to fund the house’s purchase and start a programme of events.
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 05 Dec 2020 |
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While most of the world is in shutdown, China has managed to keep the ongoing pandemic in check. With the country successfully adapting to its new normal, Alice Davis takes a look at five major projects coming to one of its largest cities - Shanghai.
Alice Davis | Planet Attractions | 01 Dec 2020 |
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The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall visited a number of entertainment venues to show their support for the sector
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 03 Dec 2020 |
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The Federation of Music Festivals of Wallonia-Brussels has written a letter to the Belgian health authorities, offering its services to assist with the country’s coronavirus vaccination campaign
Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 03 Dec 2020 |
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The Channing Tatum-produced show returns after a long COVID hiatus
Lauren Heath-Jones | Planet Attractions | 01 Dec 2020 |
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