https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Ed Sheeran wanted to perform at an airport near Essen, but a certain animal had other ideas: the rare Skylark. The rare bird lives nearby and would have had to be resettled. Then there was a protest. Ultimately, the birds were victorious. https://www.thelocal.de/20180306/how-a-bird-drove-ed-sheeran-out-of-essen Tue, 06 Mar 2018 14:01:51 +0100 how-a-bird-drove-ed-sheeran-out-of-essen Pop superstars Shakira and Pharrell Williams announced on Wednesday that they will join the first Global Citizen festival in Europe to push leaders to end extreme poverty. https://www.thelocal.de/20170608/shakira-pharrell-coming-to-hamburg-for-anti-poverty-concert Thu, 08 Jun 2017 10:47:03 +0200 shakira-pharrell-coming-to-hamburg-for-anti-poverty-concert Years overdue and tens of millions over budget, a spectacular new concert house is poised to put Germany's venerable port city of Hamburg on the map as a global attraction. https://www.thelocal.de/20161111/hamburg-concert-hall-elbphilharmonie-music Fri, 11 Nov 2016 10:58:33 +0100 hamburg-concert-hall-elbphilharmonie-music German pop singer Andrea Berg completed her concert on Saturday evening, despite being badly burnt due to a fault with the pyrotechnics. https://www.thelocal.de/20160718/german-singer-continues-show-despite-third-degree-burns Mon, 18 Jul 2016 18:53:47 +0200 german-singer-continues-show-despite-third-degree-burns One of Germany's leading concert halls has expressed shock after a performance by an Iranian harpsichord virtuoso ended in a tumult with disgruntled concertgoers shouting at him to "speak in German". https://www.thelocal.de/20160303/pandemonium-erupts-at-harpsicord-virtuosos-cologne-gig Thu, 03 Mar 2016 09:24:54 +0100 pandemonium-erupts-at-harpsicord-virtuosos-cologne-gig Their most famous song is called “Shots in the Air,” but Kraftklub managed to set off a shock in the opposite direction when 8,000 fans at a concert in Leipzig jumped so energetically that they set off a "mini-earthquake". https://www.thelocal.de/20150306/rock-fans-shake-up-leipzig Fri, 06 Mar 2015 17:18:08 +0100 rock-fans-shake-up-leipzig Patronized by Wilhelm II as a music centre and since graced by Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple and Springsteen, Frankfurt's Festhalle is stinging at its new epithet of 'Germany's worst venue'. https://www.thelocal.de/20150106/rockers-bum-note-haunts-kaisers-concert-hall Tue, 06 Jan 2015 13:13:00 +0100 rockers-bum-note-haunts-kaisers-concert-hall British singer Morrissey brought his concert to an early close in Essen on Monday night after several fans stormed the stage. https://www.thelocal.de/20141125/morrisey-concert-cut-short-as-fans-storm-stage-essen-nrw Tue, 25 Nov 2014 09:59:00 +0100 morrisey-concert-cut-short-as-fans-storm-stage-essen-nrw