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15 February (Friday), 2019г., 20:00h
Hall 1, National Palace of Culture

English musician Tom Odell for the first time in Bulgaria with a concert in Hall 1 in the National Palace of Culture on February 15th2019!

Aretha Franklin, the undisputed "Queen of Soul" who sang with matchless style on such classics as "Think," "I Say a Little Prayer" and her signature song, "Respect," and stood as a cultural icon around the globe, has died at age 76 from advance pancreatic cancer.

"People say I'm controversial," Madonna, who turns 60 on Wednesday, told an audience of music-industry peers in 2016. "But I think the most controversial thing I have ever done is to stick around."

From a career spanning decades, these are just a few of her most inconic, her most controversial and her most inventive moments.

Battling ageism

Vassiliki Psevedourou heard a loud bang and in horror saw flames dancing menacingly outside her living room window at Neos Voutzas, east of Athens.

A major blaze east of the Greek capital, which has killed at least 60 people in one of the country's worst fires in recent years, reached her home in an area of pine forest much faster than she expected.

Terrified circus-goers were forced to abandon their seats when an elephant toppled into the audience mid-performance in Germany. 

Video footage of the incident shows three elephants suddenly being spooked. 

The trio, carrying female performers, start running from the centre of the ring into the crowd.

Like "fake news," the concept of "overtourism" has started to creep into our language. Although still in their "teething" stage, these two terms need time to be described fully in dictionaries.

Grigor Dimitrov defeated Jared Donaldson 10-8 in the fifth set to reach the French Open third round. Good win, but the talking point most people are talking about is the underarm serve. What was your thought about it? 'Everything is in the game', Dimitrov said. 'Simple as that.

Locals in the northwestern province of Kırklareli have not allowed municipal police to stop a living statue from performing his art. Passersby have supported the street artist's performance with loud applause, forcing the municipal office to leave the place of the incident without taking any action.

The Brazilian Embassy's Casa do Brasil cultural center presents "Ney Matogrosso - A Primordial Revolutionary," an exhibition of paintings by Greek artist Alkistis Michaelidou inspired by the Brazilian singer. The singer himself, an icon of contemporary Brazilian culture, will be present at the opening on Wednesday, April 18, at 7 p.m. The center is open Mondays to Fridays 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Tulips beneath stars in night sky amaze locals in Turkey's Konya