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Carlos Santana Hits Pordenone Next Mid-July!

Poba 21 October 2026 0

Carlos Santana is coming to Pordenone! An absolute legend of world music with an unforgettable guitar sound - a show you simply can't miss! Santana - "Planet of Free Will Tour 2027"special guest: 40 Fingers Saturday, July 17, 2027…

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Bryan Adams Is Playing Trieste in Early February 2027!

Poba 20 October 2026 0

Bryan Adams, the famed Canadian singer-songwriter and evergreen rocker, will play the Politeama Rossetti theater in Trieste on Tuesday, February 2, 2027, as part of his new "Bare Bones - Acoustic Solo Show" tour. Some artists have songs…

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Duran Duran Get Their Own Set of Postage Stamps!

Poba 10 September 2026 0

Duran Duran, one of the most influential and innovative British bands of all time, will be featured for the first time on a new series of Royal Mail stamps. Paying tribute to a band whose music, style and artistic vision have left a…

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Sting’s Trio Sweats It Out in the Arena Cauldron (Pula 2026)

Igorac 19 August 2026 0

Sting (support: Girlband!), Sting 3.0 tourSaturday, August 1, 2026Arena / Pula / Croatia "Sting on autopilot, cabaret-style" My wife and I both pretty much love Sting and The Police, so there was no need to agonize or weigh the…

Duran Duran, Codroipo (Udine), Villa Manin, Italy

Poba 22 June 2026 0

DURAN DURAN Saturday, July 11, 2026, at 9:00 PM Codroipo (Udine) // Villa Manin / Italy Facebook event! In the little Italian town of Codroipo near Udine, at the idyllic Villa Manin, the pop rock and New Romantic icons of the eighties, the…

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Okustični Unveil Their Single “Včasih”

Poba 24 May 2026 0

Včasih is an intimate confession about inner battles, doubts, and those moments when we lose touch with ourselves. Through honest lyrics, the song explores the feeling of being torn between who we are and what the world expects of us.…

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Martin Martian Drops New Track “Danes hočem plesat”

Poba 24 May 2026 0

Martin Martian, also known as Martin Vogrič Dežman, is releasing a new track, Danes hočem plesat. Danes hočem plesat is an energetic track about an unstoppable urge to dance, hang out, and live in the moment. The rhythm pulls you…

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Duran Duran Unveil Video and Single “Free To Love” (ft. Nile Rodgers)

Poba 23 April 2026 0

Duran Duran are back with a fresh original single, Free To Love, which once again features guitarist, arranger and producer Nile Rodgers. Free to Love plays like a love letter to the late seventies, when disco pop took over nightlife…

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Foo Fighters Unveil New Single “Caught In The Echo”

Poba 22 March 2026 0

Foo Fighters have dropped the third single from their upcoming 12th studio album, "Your Favorite Toy". The new track, Caught In The Echo, is the opener on "Your Favorite Toy", the follow-up to 2023's "But Here We Are", which lands April…

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Imperij – “Ni meja”: New Single and Video Out Now

Poba 19 March 2026 0

When closeness meets honesty, even the sky stops being a limit The new single and video “Ni meja” are out, and with them Imperij once again confirm their recognizable musical and lyrical identity: honest, sensual and full of light at…

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Šesti – ‘Resnično obrita’: A Satirical Punk Experiment and the Black Sheep of the…

Poba 19 March 2026 0

Last November, Šesti served up their debut 'Zmeden', and today they're unveiling the boldest track on the album, 'Resnično obrita'. The new single is something of a black sheep on the debut, fighting a battle against shallowness with punk…

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Bryan Adams Is Coming to Ljubljana in December!

Poba 27 February 2026 0

One of the most beloved musicians of our time, Bryan Adams, will play Ljubljana's Stožice arena on Saturday, December 12, 2026, as part of his big worldwide Roll With The Punches tour. Facebook event! Tickets go on sale through the…

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Duran Duran Are Reissuing “Duran Duran (The Wedding Album)” and “Thank You”

Poba 20 February 2026 0

The "Duran Duran" album from the nineties, better known as "The Wedding Album", and its close little brother "Thank You" are getting their first vinyl reissues since release this April. Both 2LP reissues will also come with bonus tracks. …

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Taddei Heads “Spet domov” Again!

Poba 9 February 2026 0

Just a good month after the surprisingly well-received first single “Tisti Moment”, Taddei is already back with his next song, titled “Spet Domov”. “I'm surprised and honored at the same time by all the attention I've been getting. It's…

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Chris Rea (March 4, 1951 – December 22, 2025)

Poba 22 December 2025 0

Chris Rea, the British singer-songwriter who wrote the hit Driving Home For Christmas, among others, has died at the age of 74. A statement says he died "peacefully in hospital … after a short illness." Over his career, Rea released…

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Avtomobili Roll Into Old Ljubljana’s Novi trg (2025)

Poba 19 December 2025 0

AvtomobiliLjubljana / Novi trg / SloveniaWednesday, December 17, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM Avtomobili and this publication are two inseparable friends. Always have been. At least since 2006, when Rockline launched — though the biggest…

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Rick Davies (Supertramp) July 22, 1944 – September 6, 2025

Poba 8 September 2025 0

Rick Davies, co-founder, keyboardist and vocalist of art rock legends Supertramp, has died at the age of 81. The band confirmed the news on social media. Their statement reads:"Rick Davies, founder, lead singer and songwriter of…

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Bryan Adams Conquers the Pula Arena Too (2025)

Poba 6 August 2025 0

Bryan AdamsPula / Arena / CroatiaTuesday, 29 July 2025 Bryan Adams is a man who doesn't know the meaning of standing still. He runs on full throttle — bursting with ideas, plans, and drive! The iconic Canadian poet and songwriter…

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Janez Bončina Benč — Man, Myth, Legend, and 60 Years of Music at the Summer Beat of Postojna’s…

Poba 23 July 2025 0

Janez Bončina BenčTuesday, July 22, 2025Postojna / Titov trg / Slovenia Benč's musical legacy is essential — let's just say it straight: must-have inventory in every Slovenian household. We're talking about musical art here, of…

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A Day To Remember Rocket the Slovenian Capital! (2025)

Poba 18 June 2025 0

A Day To Remember (support: Polaris)Ljubljana / Media Park / SloveniaTuesday, 17 June 2025 A Day To Remember are a massively successful American outfit that rolls punk rock, hardcore, and metalcore into one, nurturing a synthesis of…

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Brian Wilson (Beach Boys) 6/20/1942 – 6/11/2025

Poba 13 June 2025 0

Brian Wilson, founding member and main songwriter of the Beach Boys, has died at the age of 82. His family announced the news of his passing on Instagram: "We are heartbroken to announce that our beloved father Brian Wilson has passed…

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Ghost – Skeleta

Igorac 2 June 2025 2

Released: 4/25/2025 on Lorna VistaProduction: Gene WalkerLength: 46:43Genre: Spirit(ual) pop rock "Satanic Commercial Kitsch" Ghost have rarely made it onto my playlist in the past (with one giant exception). I have a feeling…

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Blondie Drummer Clem Burke Has Died!

Poba 8 April 2025 0

American rock band Blondie has announced that their drummer Clem Burke has died. He was 70 years old. The band shared the sad news on Monday morning, April 7. Blondie singer Debbie Harry and guitarist Chris Stein released the following…

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Midge Ure and the Birth of Ultravox Magic in Zagreb (2024)

Poba 25 October 2024 0

Midge UreThursday, 24 Oct 2024, 9:20 PM – 10:40 PMZagreb / Tvornica kulture / Croatia Slovene version (for an English version please scroll down the bar): Some concerts you genuinely don't expect in our corner of the world. The…

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Greg Kihn 10. 7. 1949 – 13. 8. 2024

Poba 16 August 2024 0

Greg Kihn, pop icon, DJ and novelist, has died at the age of 75. Kihn was born in Baltimore in 1949 and, like plenty of others from his generation, decided to become a musician. The turning point came the day he watched The Ed Sullivan…

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New Romance from the Old Guard (2024)

Igorac 2 August 2024 0

Duran DuranTuesday, 30 July 2024Pula / Arena Pula / Croatia LeBon has developed a pretty solid dad bod in recent years. The new version of New Moon on Monday isn't really my thing. The White Lines cover cooled things down a…

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Avril Lavigne, pop-punk princess, rules the Pula Arena

Denis 19 June 2024 0

Avril LavigneMonday, 17 June 2024Pula / Arena / Croatia Avril Lavigne! The name that instantly makes millennial hearts skip a beat proved last night at the Pula Arena that, twenty-two years into her career, she is still the…

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Sting Took Stožice by Storm with a Brimming Basket of Career Hits (2024)

Peter 31 May 2024 0

StingWednesday, 29 May 2024Ljubljana / Arena Stožice / Slovenia Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner — the legendary English singer, bassist, activist and actor who most of the world knows far better by his stage name Sting (and reportedly…

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Rod Stewart – The Evergreen Seducer Finally Conquers the Slovenian Capital (2024)

Poba 20 May 2024 0

Venue: Ljubljana / Arena Stožice / SloveniaDate: 19 May 2024, 8:15 PM – 10:05 PM After all these long years, the Slovenian concert scene has finally had the pleasure of welcoming the great Rod Stewart — British pop-rock legend, one…

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Bryan Adams Returns to Zagreb on the ‘So Happy It Hurts’ Tour! (2023)

Poba 16 December 2023 0

Bryan AdamsWednesday, 13 December 2023Zagreb / Arena Zagreb / Croatia Bryan Adams — acclaimed Canadian singer-songwriter, '80s pop-rock icon, producer, professional photographer, and one of the most successful artists of all time…

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Balladero: Neon srce

Poba 15 November 2023 0

Label: Club2 RecordsRelease date: March 13, 2023Production: Jernej Križič (track 1), Uwe Bossert (tracks 2, 3 and 9), Denis Horvat (track 4), Dominik Bagola - Balladero (tracks 5, 6 and 7), Enos Kugler (tracks 6 and 7), Martin Štibernik…

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Dire Straits Legacy: Foot on the Brake, but the Classics Still Set a Packed L56 Ablaze (2023)

Poba 1 September 2023 0

Dire Straits LegacyWednesday, 30 August 2023Ljubljana / L56 / Slovenia Dire Straits Legacy is a band that performs — as the name already hints — strictly Dire Straits material at their shows. Dire Straits? They've been off the scene…

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Michael Bolton — A Spellbinding Vocal Seducer Bewitches Opatija (2023)

Poba 12 July 2023 2

Michael BoltonOpatija / Ljetna pozornica / CroatiaThursday, 6 July 2023 Michael Bolton. Who hasn't heard of him? The legendary American singer-songwriter and heartbreaker, who has sold over 75 million albums worldwide, racked up…

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Robbie Williams — King of Entertainment Casts a Spell on the Pula Arena with a World-Class…

Poba 3 July 2023 0

Robbie Williams (support act: Lufthaus)Thursday, June 27, 2023Pula / Arena Pula / Croatia At the end of June this year, Robbie Williams headed out on the summer leg of his tour celebrating his first 25 years in the business. For…

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Simply Red and a Hit Parade Inside the Magical Walls of Pula’s Arena! (2023)

Poba 1 July 2023 0

Simply RedWednesday, 21 June 2023Pula / Arena / Croatia Simply Red, the British soul-pop giants, stopped by the ancient Roman amphitheatre — specifically Pula's Arena — as part of their promotional tour behind the latest studio…

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Jeff Beck (June 24, 1944 – January 10, 2023)

Poba 12 January 2023 0

Jeff Beck, the legendary British guitarist, has died at the age of 78. According to an official statement posted on Beck's social media accounts by family members, the musician passed away after a short battle with bacterial meningitis. …

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Massimo Savić (June 6, 1962 – December 23, 2022)

Poba 24 December 2022 0

Massimo Savić, one of the most respected and recognizable vocalists of the Croatian rock and pop scene, and one of those voices that left a permanent mark on the face of the wider regional music scene, has died at the age of 61 after a…

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Bryan Adams Storms Slovenia Again with the Fire of a Teenager and a Parade of Hits! (2022)

Poba 8 December 2022 0

Location: Ljubljana / Arena Stožice / SloveniaDate: Sunday, 4 December 2022 Bryan Adams, the legendary Canadian rock singer-songwriter, finally made it back to Slovenia. After the repeated postponements of the tour on which he was…

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Garry Roberts (The Boomtown Rats) 16. 6. 1950 – 9. 11. 2022

Poba 13 November 2022 0

Garry Roberts, founding member and lead guitarist of Irish punk and new wave legends The Boomtown Rats, has died at the age of 72. The news was first announced by The Boomtown Rats themselves on social media: "It is with great sadness…

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Simple Minds: Direction Of The Heart

Poba 3 November 2022 0

Label: BMGRelease date: 21. 10. 2022Production: Simple Minds, Andy Wright & Gavin GoldbergAlbum length: 38.10 minGenre: Art Rock / Pop / New WaveRating: 9.0/10 How do you make a great electro rock and pop album in strange times,…

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Kornelije ‘Bata’ Kovač (Jan 1, 1942 – Sep 13, 2022)

Poba 14 September 2022 0

Kornelije Kovač, the legendary Serbian composer, passed away yesterday, September 13, 2022, at the age of 81. After his health began to fail, the famed music producer, composer, arranger and, first and foremost, pianist was taken to…

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Shine in the Dark: Avtomobili Roar Through Postojna (2022)

Poba 9 September 2022 0

Location: Postojna / Parking lot in front of the municipal building / SloveniaDate: Sunday, September 4, 2022 It was just over nine years ago — August 24, 2013, to be precise — that Avtomobili first performed as part of the annual…

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Ben Harper and The Innocent Criminals Leave Palmanova Spellbound with a Masterful Performance (2022)

Poba 19 August 2022 0

Location: Palmanova / Piazza Grande / ItalyDate: Tuesday, 2 August 2022 Early August 2022, and Ben Harper is coming to Palmanova — just two weeks after dropping his fifteenth studio album, Bloodline Maintenance, with his loyal The…

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Alan Parsons: From The New World

Peter 19 August 2022 0

Label: Frontiers Music Srl.Release date: July 15, 2022Production: Alan ParsonsAlbum length: 45:05 minGenre: Art Rock / Progressive Rock / Pop RockRating: 8.0/10 Cult musician, producer and sound engineer Alan Parsons was never among…

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Toto — The Return of Oz’s Written-Off Dogs (2022)!

Poba 31 July 2022 0

Location: Graz / Messe Open Air / AustriaDate: Friday, July 29, 2022 Steve Lukather, exceptional musician and composer, that wonderful man of undecayed heart who has at least as many lives as the legendary art-rock sensation Toto —…

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Duran Duran: Future Past

Poba 29 October 2021 0

Label: BMG / Tape ModernRelease date: October 22, 2021Production: Erol Alkan, Mark Ronson, Giorgio Moroder & Duran DuranAlbum length: 51.05 minGenre: Pop Rock / New WaveRating: 8.0/10 Duran Duran, icons of new wave, synth-pop…

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Klon: 1

Poba 24 September 2020 0

Self-releasedRelease date: 31. 1. 2020Production: Matej GobecAlbum length: 28.37 minGenre: Rock/Alternative Rock/Pop RockRating: 8.0/10 Klon are yet another new homegrown rock outfit, this one hailing from the Savinja corner of…

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Todd Sucherman: Last Flight Home

Poba 3 July 2020 0

"Todd Sucherman, the drummer of American rock icons Styx, tries on the singer-songwriter hat on his studio debut and delivers an outstanding art and pop rock gem of eighties retro-nostalgia."

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El Kachon: Mi nismo

Poba 13 May 2020 0

"»Mi nismo« is, as said, the best El Kachon album released to date. A sextet of outstanding musical characters, delivering an extraordinary blend of full-blooded emotion, passion, brilliant creative freshness and eclecticism that's rooted…

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Jeff Lynne’s ELO: From Out of Nowhere

Peter 4 November 2019 0

"From Out of Nowhere" is like a time-machine trip back to the golden days of Lynne's ELO, which means the seasoned musician has once again made an album that's totally to the taste of the longtime faithful.

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Lonny Ziblat: Dream Hunting

Peter 28 August 2019 0

“Dream Hunting” is a very solid, mostly ambient, 'still-life' and personal folk/pop rock album that mainly reflects Ziblat's versatility as a songwriter and his genre-free approach.

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Sting and the Songs of His Life Return to Ljubljana (2019)

Urban Bolta 10 June 2019 0

"An hour and three quarters flew by in a heartbeat! Sting's presence is strong enough to win over the crowd and fill it with energy, easily and routinely, riding on a string of hits. The years just don't seem to touch him - may it stay that…

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Tears for Fears: The Seeds of Love

Peter 13 May 2019 0

“The Seeds of Love” was one of the artistic peaks and the next sonic evolution in the career of the unforgettable masters of new wave romanticism and art pop rock perfectionism.

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The Moody Blues: Keys of the Kingdom

Peter 26 March 2019 0

"Keys of the Kingdom" is one of those 'late-period' The Moody Blues albums that prog rock fans can pretty much write off, with only rare flashes of the old atmospheric magic that once made them one of rock's most innovative bands.

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Janez Bončina Benč : Biografija

Poba 5 February 2019 0

"After »Najlepši neuspehi« (1992) and »Bendologija« (1999), this is actually the third compilation from the famous singer and musician, whose one-of-a-kind, instantly recognizable, incredibly distinctive, warm and totally velvety voice has…

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David Bowie: Pin Ups

Peter 17 December 2018 0

"Pin Ups" is one of the few Bowie albums you can't call a rock classic. It's nothing but covers of his favorite artists from his teenage years, and it's mostly interesting for anyone who wants to know who shaped his musical development.

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The Moody Blues: Sur la Mer

Peter 26 November 2018 0

"Sur la Mer," which had nothing to do with the classic The Moody Blues sound, landed squarely in the 'quickly forgotten' category, thanks to the label's burning desire to cater as much as possible to the trends of the MTV generation.

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Drevored: Na zahod

Poba 7 February 2017 0

Album length: 38:33 Production: Maras Tomaž Mot & Mike Poole Release date: 2017 Label: Nika Records Click to buyRating: 9.0/10 Drevored are a rock band from the Dolenjska region, based in Novo mesto. Seven years after their…

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Arcadia: So Red The Rose

Peter 27 February 2011 0

Label: Parlophone RecordsRelease date: November 18, 1985Production: Alex Sadkin & ArcadiaAlbum length: 43.36 minGenre: New Wave / Art RockRating: 10/10 Arcadia was a side project formed in 1985 by three members of the New…

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Drevored: Dekade

Poba 13 February 2010 0

Album length: 43:25 Production: Drevored Release date: 2009 Label: Nika Records / Franklin Republic RecordsBuy the album!Rating: 8.0/10 Drevored, a good thirty years after they first formed, are finally putting out their studio…