By Tom Grater
08.04.2020 - 10:45 / billboard.com
A German court on Tuesday proposed ending a criminal trial resulting from a fatal mass panic at the 2010 Love Parade techno music festival, citing questions over when the proceedings could resume in light of the coronavirus pandemic.
German news agency dpa reported that the Duisburg state court suggested closing the trial in which three of the original 10 defendants face charges that include involuntary manslaughter and bodily harm. They were accused of planning failures and not monitoring
By Tom Grater
By Carole Horst
We don’t want to criticize, but this sounds like the worst worst-case scenario plan of all time.
Germany's 2020 summer of rock is no more. New coronavirus restrictions mean every music festival on the German summer circuit, from giant events like Rock am Ring and the Wacken heavy metal fest to electronic dance music festival Parookaville have been called off for this year.
Germany's 2020 summer of rock is no more.
By Kaleem Aftab
Dieter Laser, a veteran German actor best known to international audiences for playing the evil Dr. Heiter in cult horror film The Human Centipede, has died.
Coronavirus or not, the German film industry has determined that the show must go on. Germany will still hand out its equivalent of the Oscars, the German Film Awards, in a live ceremony in Berlin on April 24, despite the country being on lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic.
By Tom Grater
European fans of spandex, spangles and pop kitsch will not be denied.
Look if you've noticed you're enjoying one too many wines amid social distancing and the coronavirusa lockdown - don't feel too bad about it.
Justin Bieber and Tom Holland stunned fans on Tuesday (March 31, 2020) by linking up on Instagram Live for an impromptu chat.
Justin Bieber and Tom Holland stunned fans on Tuesday by linking up on Instagram Live for an impromptu chat.
Germany's cinema associations have set up an emergency fund to help theaters hit by the coronavirus shutdown, and the film that was number one in the German charts when the epidemic hit will be the first to fill the coffers.