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Björk and Julio Iglesias concerts in Finland cancelled

July 8, 2008

Iglesias earlier already cancelled a concert that was scheduled to take place in Tampere in 2003. Refunds Ticket holders for the Björk concert can return their tickets to Lippupalvelu or […]

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Ted Nugent gig cancelled

July 1, 2008
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International student film prize to Finland

June 13, 2008
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Helsinki Day becoming more multicultural

June 7, 2008

At an extensive free event, there will be music by among others afro-beat/soul singer Mad Ice (UGA) and soothe-voiced Brazilian singer-songwriter Thais Morell. The evening programme will also showcase dances […]

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Long-time Editor-in-Chief of Finnish Donald Duck magazine dies

June 2, 2008

During his time as Editor, Kivekäs innovated the magazine drastically, among other things by developing it with more varied use of the Finnish language (with lots of wordplays, references and […]

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Russia’s Dima Bilan wins ESC 2008

May 25, 2008
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Teräsbetoni through to Eurovision final

May 20, 2008

During the first semi-final, held on Tuesday night (21.5), frontman J. Ahola and the other members of the warrior-style metal group brought explosions, flames, leather, muscles and warrior weaponry to […]

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Blondie coming to Helsinki this summer

May 13, 2008

This year, it’s 30 years since the release of the band’s classic album Parallel Lines. A new special edition of the long player will be released during the tour. Blondie […]

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Nightwish finish most successful European tour ever

May 5, 2008

During the tour that started mid-February, the band played 39 gigs in 18 countries in front of a combined audience of over 175,000. The entire tour entourage consisted of 55 […]

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Iolanta from Moldova wins Ourvision

April 27, 2008

MUSIC Iolanta Savva from Moldova has won the second edition of Ourvision, the song contest for people with non-Finnish roots organised by International Cultural Centre Caisa. During the final held […]

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First comics Finlandia to ‘crying’ Milla Paloniemi

April 21, 2008January 7, 2010

{mosimage}COMICS Milla Paloniemi has won the first ever Sarjakuva Finlandia, the ‘comics version’ of the prestigious Finlandia Prize. The creator of the popular Kiroileva siili (‘The swearing hedgehog’) comic was […]

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Björk to take open air venue into test use

April 16, 2008

FESTIVALS / MUSIC Björk will come for the first time to Helsinki this summer. The small Islandic singer, who has been big on the world stage for many years, will […]

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Finnish TV format wins international Emmy

April 11, 2008

The prestigious international Emmys were presented at a gala during the international MIPTV fair, held this week in Cannes, France. Staraoke is a cross-media format based on a karaoke-style game […]

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2 Finnish winners, 4 ‘striking’ candidates announced

April 8, 2008

MUSIC  Two Finnish a cappella groups have been announced as the winners of prestigious awards awarded by the Contemporary A Cappella Society of America (CASA). Club For Five will receive […]

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Stratovarius: the end

April 3, 2008

Timo Tolkki forms new band MUSIC One of Finland’s best known metal groups, Stratovarius, is no longer. After a long time of speculation, leading band member Timo Tolkki announced on […]

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