Prominent Lebanese: Shakira

Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll Born in the coastal city of Barranquilla, Colombia, for a Lebanese father and a Colombian mother, she is the youngest of eight children. Her name, translated from Arabic means, “woman full of grace.”
A Colombian singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, dancer, and philanthropist who emerged as a musical prodigy in the music scene of [...]

Prominent Lebanese: Mika

Mica Penniman (born 18 August 1983), known by his stage name Mika, is a London-based singer who has a contract with Casablanca Records and Universal Music.
Mika was born in Beirut, Lebanon to a Lebanese mother and an American father. When he was very young, his family was forced to leave war-torn Lebanon, and they moved [...]

The Kordz to Open for Placebo on June 9th at Forum De Beyrouth

The Kordz, one of the best Lebanese Rock bands, will be opening for Placebo Live on June 9th, 2010 at Forum De Beyrouth. Formed by several students at American University of Beirut in the wake of the country’s long civil war, The Kordz have risen to the pinnacle of the Middle Eastern and Mediterranean rock scene.
The band’s [...]

Snatch Beirut host Vinnie Moore

Vinnie Moore played live at Snatch with Lars Lehmann, Aquiles Priester and Mike Dimmeo reviving pure rock ‘n’ roll on Monday Feb. 22nd, 2010. Lebanon came as part of Moore’s solo Tour “To The Core”.
Nemr Bou Nassar also took part of the fabulous night with his comedy act.  Rock fans ; heavy metal, hard rock [...]

Glenford “Lee” Prospere

Better known as MasSicker or “King Mas”, is a prolific young singer/songwriter/composer/selector whose star has only begun to shine. As long as anyone can remember, this son of a calypsonian as been captivating audiences with his smooth vocals and over the years this artist has grown into a total musical package.

Born in Boston, Massachusetts on [...]

DTA (Doors to Aspiration)

Here’s our story. Well, it was the year 1997 when we were The Pipers. 3 years later some of us wanted to go separate ways, I decided to get a fresh start, a new style, A kind of music that we felt very happy with, so the journey of D.T.A = Doors To Aspiration officially [...]

Habaitik by Majd Mouawad

Habaitik is a new Lebanese song written and singed by “Majd Mouawad”.
It is a mix of oriental and occidental fusion.
Winner of a gold medal in solo playing and the special recognition award in composition from LBC studio el fan of 1992 Majd held many concerts in Lebanon starting 1986 and France in 1996 and 1997.
His [...]

Rolling Stone Honk kong loss

The American Chamber of Commerce and a government-funded investment promotion unit have withdrawn an offer to the Rolling Stones to perform at a pop festival in Hong Kong, amid criticism that the veteran British rockers were being overpaid. “After a period of discussion with the Rolling Stones, during which we made them a firm offer [...]

Britney Spears’ Next Role: Wide Receiver For The NY Jets?

For her summer vacation, Britney Spears is going to camp — and not the pillow-fighting sleepover version her fans might imagine. The singer is going to be roughing it up with the New York Jets.
As part of the promotional duties for her upcoming involvement in NFL Kickoff Weekend, Spears plans to appear at the team’s [...]

SPECIAL SHAGGY

Shaggy in Concert on Friday the 25 July at Martyr’s Square down town, in collaboration with Radio One, Lebanon Never Sounded So Good.
b. Orville Richard Burrell, 22 October 1968, Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies. Shaggy is, effectively, the man who put New York reggae on the map, thanks to his worldwide hit, “Oh Carolina”. The same [...]