Notting Hill Carnival to open to steel band throng
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London's Notting Hill Carnival which is celebrating its 40th year was due to swing into action with a steel band contest setting the tone for three days of Caribbean music.
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Plans for venues and transport are among details of the London 2012 Olympic Games bid to be unveiled.
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The musical will open in London later this year.
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Actors Johnny Depp and Kate Winslet are to attend the premiere of Finding Neverland in London on Sunday.
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The rich vibes of the Caribbean are back on the streets of west London this weekend for the annual Notting Hill Carnival, which after 40 years is undergoing something of a mid-life crisis.
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There are talks of a musical adaptation of Finding Neverland.
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Organisers announce full programme of events, including superstar concerts and musical.
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MEMBERS of a Thirsk arts group are to take part
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Arts & entertainment: Andrew Clements watches the opening gala at the renovated Royal Festival Hall.
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The biggest Last Night Of The Proms will be held on Saturday, with concerts in London, Belfast, Glasgow, Swansea and Manchester.
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The Reading and Leeds weekend music festivals are getting under way amid hopeful weather forecasts.
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As revelers dress up in glittery costumes for a week of singing, drinking and dancing in Rio de Janeiro, many people will be celebrating Carnival under the barrel of a gun.
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Music by Beethoven, Elgar and Walton are to launch this year's BBC Proms season at London's Royal Albert Hall.
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Liverpool gets ready to host a musical extravaganza as part of celebrations to mark its Captial of Culture year.
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The 40th Notting Hill Carnival parade in west London got off to a good start, police say - despite a series of reported arrests. The colourful carnival attracted around 250,000 people on Sunday and more than a million are expected overall.
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More than 30,000 are expected at the Isle of Wight festival, headlined this year by the Rolling Stones.
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Rio's oldest samba group opened Brazil's carnival parade Sunday with more than 4,000 dancers and a cavalcade of opulent floats on display for the centerpiece of the celebrations, a hard-fought dance competition.