The Halo Effect

High-energy power metal and catchy melodies: Beast in Black sets Summer Breeze alight.

Obituary thrills the Summer Breeze crowd with death metal of unparalleled intensity.

Agnostic Front unleashes its legendary, raw hardcore punk on the Summer Breeze stage.

Black Sabbath in jazz.

Mha Iri combines big-room energy with emotionally rich vocals for her signature style.

Polish DJ and producer Klaudia Gawlas is part of the big Nature One family.

Techno giants Rødhåd and Vril perform from the post-industrial space of the Ruhr Museum.

Two techno legends come together to perform a B2B set built on a deep common understanding: Berghain resident Marcel Dettmann brings together old and new musical forms and Detroit born DJ Stingray is an authority on futuristic sounds, which he calls cyborg beats.

American rock band Turnstile share their influences with Thin Lizzy and My Chemical Romance among their favourites.

How can we have more fulfilling sex? Ronja von Rönne meets couples and singles who have reinvented their sexuality.

Was everything better in the past? Twist meets nostalgia enthusiasts to find out.

Opened in 1932, the art deco cinema is a major venue for film premieres with its huge auditorium.

To speed up deportations, the EU is set to authorise detention centres beyond its borders.

How can we age well? Ronja von Rönne trys to find out by talking to chimney sweep Norbert Skrobek, who is close to retirement and Monika Gutte who defies age with a zest for life

The UN is in crisis as its Special Rapporteur accuses Israel of genocide in Gaza. Will Palestine be its downfall?

Schumann, Prokofiev and Mozart are on the programme with pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja as soloist, conducted by Iván Fischer.

Inspired by 19th century Spain’s cigar makers, Humo pays tribute to these women in dance and song.

The Lichtburg Essen is a grand old cinema with a turbulent history.

To compete with the glamourous cities of the West, Warsaw commissioned inventive neon lighting across the city.