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 This weekend a small town in Thuringia was once again the setting for one of Germany’s biggest right-wing rock festivals. More the 2,000 neo-Nazis partied to live music as the town organized counter-protests. https://www.thelocal.de/20180611/police-file-84-reports-at-right-wing-rock-festival Mon, 11 Jun 2018 12:17:13 +0200 police-file-84-reports-at-right-wing-rock-festival Whether you're an indie kid, a pop lover or a metalhead, there's a festival for you in Germany this summer. https://www.thelocal.de/20160705/got-festival-fever-here-are-germanys-best-picks Tue, 05 Jul 2016 16:06:51 +0200 got-festival-fever-here-are-germanys-best-picks Fans of recently-deceased British pop star David Bowie have left a touching tribute in a Berlin park, using a frozen-over pond as the canvas for their own work of art. https://www.thelocal.de/20160122/berlin-bowie-fans-etch-giant-memorial-into-ice Fri, 22 Jan 2016 12:26:36 +0100 berlin-bowie-fans-etch-giant-memorial-into-ice The former Hansa Studios, where David Bowie spent much of his time in the years he spent in Berlin in the late 1970s, is throwing a party on Friday for his fans in the capital to raise a glass – or just put on the red shoes and dance the blues. https://www.thelocal.de/20160115/berlin-studio-throws-party-in-bowies-honour Fri, 15 Jan 2016 15:37:19 +0100 berlin-studio-throws-party-in-bowies-honour Under the banner of "Arsehole Action", activists campaigning against xenophobia and hatred of refugees have pushed a 1993 hit by punk band Die Ärzte mocking the far right to the top of Germany's charts. https://www.thelocal.de/20150911/anti-fascist-punk-song-tops-charts-for-refugees Fri, 11 Sep 2015 19:26:26 +0200 anti-fascist-punk-song-tops-charts-for-refugees 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 A heavy metal fan was found to have bleeding in the brain a month after a night of headbanging at a Motorhead concert, doctors in Germany reported on Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20140704/headbanging-motorhead-can-make-brain-bleed Fri, 04 Jul 2014 12:11:00 +0200 headbanging-motorhead-can-make-brain-bleed Heavy metal fans have taken over a small north German town at its annual music festival. Since kicking off on Thursday, guests have been head-banging along to some of the loudest bands in the business. https://www.thelocal.de/20130802/51191 Fri, 02 Aug 2013 13:10:00 +0200 51191