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Granadilla
Tenerife - 15.07.2010 - Following seven editions of developing environmental awareness through art and live music at Granadilla, the International festival of renewable energy, Eólica, has been hit by the complicated economic situation. Despite efforts by promoters, Elementhal Events, this usually annual event known internationally as the wind power festival, will not take place this year at the ITER installation (Instituto Tecnológico y de Energías Renovables) in Granadilla. more...

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Akon to perform in Adeje

Adeje - 15.07.2010 - Akon, the American singer of Senegalese origin, has chosen Tenerife for his only concert in Spain and will be performing at the football stadium in Adeje on August 12th. more...

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Swan Lake at Leal and Magma

Costa Adeje - 15.07.2010 - It is probably the most famous ballet of them all – and the most loved. Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake will be performed by the Moscow Ballet in the Magma Arte & Congresos centre on July 23rd and in the Teatro Leal on July 24th and 25th, with Odette-Odilia danced by Natalia Kungurtseva and Prince Sigfried by Dmitry Smirnov, with choreography based on the 1895 version of Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov for the Russian Imperial Ballet. more...

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Simply Red, Farewell Tour

Golf Costa Adeje - 30.06.2010 - Simply Red fans are looking forward to the forthcoming concert at Golf Costa Adeje on July 20th. The British soul band who also ventured into R&B, rock, reggae and jazz have sold over 50 million albums over their 25 year career. They are now due to split following the Farewell Tour and according to the face and voice of Simply Red, Mick Hucknall, "I've kind of decided that the 25 years is going to be enough, so I intend that this will be the last Simply Red tour." more...

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Good vibrations

17.06.2010 - La Laguna council and LM Producciones are bringing living legends to Tenerife next month when The Beach Boys take to the stage in the Pabellón Santiago Martín on July 7th. more...

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Search for a star

15.06.2010 - Hundreds of potential stars of screen, small and large, tuned up recently at the Blackstone Film casting session which was held in the CC Plaza del Duque over the last weekend of May.
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15.06.2010 - Any great football competition needs something to sing along to, and there’s more than a few Canarian-based artistes offering a selection to choose from.
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News off-stage

North Tenerife - 04.06.2010 - The ESTA theatre group’s last two productions in March, The Fumed Oak, and The Angel Intrudes seem to have been well-received, and the casts, including several new members, certainly enjoyed themselves. The committee has already chosen the plays for the next production, which will be in November. more...

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Pure dance, pure soul, pure magic

Playa de las Américas - 25.05.2010 - With Alma, the tenth show Carmen Mota and her son Joaquín Marcelo have brought to the Piramide de Arona in South Tenerife, they have returned to their roots, the art of dancing, and let the drama of the dance speak for itself. more...

Safira, singing Drip Drop, for Azerbaijan, is currently one of the favourites

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No clear favourite

Oslo - 24.05.2010 - If the prize was for a Eurovision sounding title alone, Azerbaijan would be streets ahead with Drip Drop, sung by Safira. As it’s currently in a three way tie, according to the bookies, with Germany’s Lena Meyer-Landrut and Satellite and Israel’s slow burner, Milim. more...

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Lifestyle::

Heat returns with a vengeance

Canary Islands - 30.07.2010 - Soaring temperatures yesterday have brought a sweltering end to the month for most parts of the Canaries. more...

Pool users treated after chlorine leak

Santa Cruz - 30.07.2010 - Eight swimmers using Santa Cruz's municipal swimming pool required medical treatment yesterday evening after chlorine leaked from a maintenance tank into the air. more...

Karate school boss charged with 56 child sex offences

Gran Canaria - 30.07.2010 - The owner of Gran Canaria's most successful karate school is to be prosecuted for almost 60 separate offences in what Spanish media are billing as the biggest child sex scandal in the country's history. more...

Drunk woman driver held

Santa Cruz - 29.07.2010 - A Santa Cruz woman who knocked over a pedestrian and damaged several cars in the Ramblas area of the city was well over the alcohol limit, according to police. more...

Arona resorts set for 22 million euro facelift

Arona - 29.07.2010 - The main tourist areas in Arona are to receive a massive facelift under a 22 million euro project unveiled yesterday by the local council. more...

Islands claim bullfight ban 'first'

Canary Islands - 29.07.2010 - Yesterday's headline-making decision by Catalonia to outlaw bullfighting in the region as of 2012 has prompted a flurry of media reminders here that the Canaries were the first part of Spain to ban the sport. more...

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What kind of body type are you?
Did you ever notice that some people can eat whatever they want and rarely get fat? Did you ever notice how some people gain weight a lot easier and a lot quicker than other people? Did you ever notice the same about gaining muscle? more...

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