A Berlin rapper who goes by the stage name of <i>Frauenarzt</i> – or "gynaecologist" – was fined €8,400 by a court on Monday for distributing violent pornographic writings and depictions of violence.
Paul McCartney kicked off his first European tour in five years Wednesday night in Hamburg, the German city where he first exploded on to the pop scene with the Beatles nearly five decades ago.
Move over Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby, Germans prefer British pop duo Wham! to serenade them into the Yuletide spirit. This year they celebrate the 25th anniversary of their favourite holiday song, “Last Christmas.”
British rocker Peter Doherty was hauled off stage at a weekend music festival in Germany after he began signing the disused first verse of the national anthem associated with the Nazis.
Bill Kaulitz, the androgynous lead singer of German pop band Tokio Hotel, told Berlin’s <i>BZ</i> tabloid on Monday that his love life was a major disappointment even though he was idolised by teen girls around the world.
A mobile opera house that can be pulled apart and fit into a shipping container was unveiled Monday by the Bavarian State Opera, which expects its new creation to travel Germany and the world to showcase experimental performances.
The German capital has changed dramatically in the 20 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall. <b>Julia Lipkins</b> reports on a festival bringing together artists and urban planners this weekend hoping to share their visions for the city’s future.
Irish singer and political activist Bob Geldof criticised the German government’s foreign aid plans on Wednesday, calling them inadequate after meeting with new Development Minister Dirk Niebel for almost an hour.
The latest album from German industrial band Rammstein has been banned from sale to minors for sexually charged lyrics and artwork allegedly inciting sadomasochistic violence.
Superstars U2 announced Wednesday they will perform a free concert at Germany's Brandenburg Gate to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
After a 3 year hiatus from show business, UK popstar Robbie Williams has surprised his German fans by deciding to play a free concert in Berlin on Friday.
Berlin rapper Sido reached a €14,000 settlement in a district court on Monday after being accused of defamation, intimidation, and attempted battery due to an August 2007 incident during which he threatened to beat a disabled elderly woman with her crutches.
Dieter Bohlen, a hectoring jury member on Germany’s version of Pop Idol, is officially an artist, according to a ruling by the Federal Social Court in Kassel on Thursday.
Germany's prestigious piano makers have emerged as the latest industry to be battered by the global recession as worldwide sales of the instrument plummet.
The legendary punk club SO36 in Berlin's Kreuzberg district has had its lease cancelled and could be forced to shut down early next year, daily newspaper <i>Der Tagesspiegel</i> reported on Friday.
Police and public prosecutors in Hannover have solved the mystery of a spectacular art theft last year, in which a Stradivari violin and several other works of art were stolen from a mansion in Lower Saxony.
Five months after she was arrested on suspicion of infecting her lovers with HIV, No Angels singer Nadja Benaissa criticised both law enforcement officials and the German media on Wednesday.
The famous glockenspiel in the tower of the Munich town hall has been playing the wrong tune for two years, the daily <i>MĂĽnchner Merkur</i> reported on Wednesday.
Madonna’s only German show in her current tour went down like a storm in Munich on Tuesday evening, with fans singing Happy Birthday to the singer and throwing balloons onto the stage to celebrate her 51st birthday last Sunday.
Looking for a way to expose her young daughter to both music and English, <b>Rhea Wessel</b> discovers singing children’s songs can be a challenging yet rewarding pastime.
