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With Rumours, Fleetwood Mac used divorce as an artistic muse... and revolutionised rock music in the process.

Fleetwood Mac

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With the release of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, the Beatles took a step into the avant-garde. TAPE tells the story of its famous album cover juxtaposing Marilyn Munroe, Stockhausen and Hitler.

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TAPE: Fleetwood Mac

Fleetwood Mac's ‘Rumours’ album chronicles three divorces.

With the release of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, the Beatles took a step into the avant-garde.

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After stunning us at the 2017 ARTE Concert Festival, Sarah McCoy returns to our cameras for this year's Piano Day. A concert driven by the bluesy melodies of her album High Priestess.

Sarah McCoy performs a lively concert of soul, blues and folk moods for Piano Day 2024.

Sarah McCoy

In 2019, Quincy Jones came to Paris to celebrate his prolific career and his special place in pop music history. The man with 27 Grammy Awards arranged, composed, produced and orchestrated for some of America's most legendary artists such as Louis Armstrong, Barbara Streisand and Michael Jackson: Here his greatest hits are performed by a host of talented musicians including Ibrahim Maalouf, Shelea, Selah Sue and Véronique Sanson.

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In 2019, Quincy Jones came to Paris to celebrate his prolific career and his special place in pop music history.

Quincy Jones

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What if porn reflected our true desires? Post-porn aims to be more ethical, more honest and more revolutionary.

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Chinese men are suffering. There are simply not enough women to go around since China implemented its one-child policy in 1979.  This means that 1 in 5 Chinese men will not be able to find a partner in five years’ time.

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Mongolia: The Man Who Loved Horses

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Three models juggle the pressures of love, career, and self-image in a seemingly glamorous world.

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Northern Lights have fascinated and disturbed our ancestors for centuries. But they could also endanger our future

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Electro mastermind Moby celebrates the 25th anniversary of his cult album Play with a European tour. Here playing at the Antwerp Sportpaleis arena.

Sportpaleis Antwerp

Electro genius Moby celebrates the 25th anniversary of his cult album ‘Play’ with a European tour.

Moby: 25 Years of Play

In 1972, in Germersheim, West Germany, the second edition of the British Rock Meeting saw some of the most prestigious bands of the day take to the stage, including Pink Floyd, Deep Purple, Uriah Heep, Rory Gallagher and Status Quo at an enormous gathering of the hippie generation.

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An exclusive look at photography from the GDR, a world that no longer exists.

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AIR perform their iconic album Moon Safari at London's prestigious Royal Albert Hall. Return to the tail end of the 1990s with this exceptional concert, when the "French Touch" scene was conquering hearts and minds from the European continent to Hollywood.

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