Irish rock band “U2” announced through it’s website on Tuesday that it will play at Bogota’s “El Campin” stadium on October 7. The band will take in the Bogota date…
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Colombia’s annual festival dedicated to the folkloric vallenato genre will celebrate the beginning of its 50th edition on Wednesday. The Vallenato Legend festival is held, as always, in the city of…
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Electrorock band Depeche Mode on Wednesday announced it will come to Colombia’s capital Bogota next year while on its Global Spirit Tour. The band, widely considered one of the most influential New…
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Colombia pop star Juanes will perform at the 23rd annual Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo, Norway on December 11 in honor of President Juan Manuel Santos, this year’s recipient of the…
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Nelson Pinedo, one of Colombia’s most significant musicians of the 20th century, died on Thursday in Valencia, Venezuela 17 days after suffering a stroke. He was 88 years old. Billo’s Caracas Boys Orchestra confirmed the…
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Singer Iggy Pop, seen by many as the father of punk rock, will be playing his first concert in Colombia’s capital Bogota. Proto-punk legend Iggy Pop to play first ever Colombia…
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The United Nations’ cultural organization UNESCO on Wednesday declared marimba music from Colombia’s Pacific Coast an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. UNESCO declares Colombia’s Pacific marimba music Intangible Cultural Heritage…
A Spanish court accepted to review a lawsuit accusing Colombian stars Carlos Vives and Shakira of plagiarizing content for their hit song ‘La Bicicleta,’ reported El Tiempo on Thursday. The…
Colombia is possibly least known for its rock n’ roll. However, in the mid 1960, a number of bands really put the country on the rock n’ roll map. Rock…
Colombia’s traditional Vallenato music is Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding, according to UNESCO. UNESCO declares Colombia’s vallenato genre endangered cultural heritage was last modified: May 8th, 2016 by…