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Pop icon Christina Aguilera sends a recorded message to Israeli fans ahead of her August 10, 2023, show in Rishon Lezion's Live Park (Courtesy PR)
June 25, 2023, 5:14 pm
Christina Aguilera promises ‘unforgettable night’ for 1st Israel show
Pop icon says she’s ‘excited’ to see fans during inaugural performance on August 10 in Rishon Lezion Live Park
By Jessica Steinberg
Robbie Williams performs in Tel Aviv on June 1, 2023. (Koko/Flash90)
June 2, 2023, 2:59 am
Robbie Williams at Tel Aviv show: ‘You have something incredibly f*cking special here’
In energetic, lively concert for audience of tens of thousands, UK pop star touts his Jewish wife, kids and Hebrew tattoo, gushes about Israeli duet partner Noga Erez
By Charlie Summers
Felipe Colombo, left, performs with an Israeli bandmate in Tel Aviv on May 3, 2023. (Courtesy/ Photo by Ortal Dahan Ziv)
May 10, 2023, 6:30 am
Nineties nostalgia sweeps Israel as Argentine heartthrob Felipe Colombo returns
In his latest performances in Tel Aviv on May 2 and 3, the actor and singer shows that even 20 years on, the love for a good telenovella is still very much alive
By Pablo Méndez Shiff
Israeli-born singer Stephane Legar, who recently won third place on France's 'Dancing with the Stars,' posted photos of his new hairstyle (Courtesy Stephane Legar)
November 16, 2022, 10:26 am
Israeli-born singer places third in France’s ‘Dancing with the Stars’
24-year-old Stephane Legar is well-known in the Israeli entertainment industry
By Jessica Steinberg
Turkish pop star Gulsen during a 2013 concert at the İzmir Arena in Izmir, Turkey, in 2013. (Wikipedia CC-BY-SA-4.0)
August 26, 2022, 12:56 pm
Turkish pop star arrested over joke about ‘perversion’ in religious schools
Gulsen Colakoglu to be tried for ‘inciting hatred’; opposition figures slam Erdogan, demand her release from prison
By AP
File: Iggy Azalea at AOL Studios on Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018, in New York. (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
June 10, 2022, 6:33 pm
In Israel for Tel Aviv Pride, rapper Iggy Azalea asks: ‘BDS? What’s that?’
Award-winning artist was one of three foreign performers at Friday’s annual parade
By ToI Staff
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Russian pop singer Alla Pugacheva pose for a photo during an awards ceremony in Moscow's Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on December 22, 2014. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Presidential Press Service)
March 26, 2022, 3:52 pm
Russian power couple Alla Pugacheva and Maxim Galkin flee to Israel — reports
Country’s most successful pop diva and her TV host husband said to be living in Caesarea with two children; unclear if family, with Jewish ties, plans to immigrate
By ToI Staff
Pop star Noa Kirel in her latest video, 'Thought About That' (Courtesy Noa Kirel Instagram)
January 18, 2022, 4:02 am
Israeli pop star Noa Kirel releases latest single with Samsung
‘Thought About That’ is singer’s newest English-language song, part of her effort to garner global attention
By Jessica Steinberg
Israeli pop star Noa Kirel in her first English-language song 'Please Don't Suck,' released by Atlantic Records on July 14, 2021 (Screencapture/YouTube)
July 17, 2021, 5:03 am
Israeli pop sensation Noa Kirel making a splash with first English hit
‘Please Don’t Suck’ racks up more than 3 million views in first two days on YouTube; catchy, upbeat song hailed as ‘instantly memorable’
By ToI Staff
Rihanna performs onstage during the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards at Madison Square Garden in New York City, Aug. 28, 2016. (Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)
May 14, 2021, 8:04 am
Rihanna draws praise, criticism after solidarity with both Israel and Gaza
‘There needs to be some kind of resolve!’ pop star says in a message of unity to her 95 million followers
By Gabe Friedman
Israel's Netta Barzilai celebrates after winning the Eurovision Song Contest in Lisbon, Portugal, May 12, 2018. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)
May 10, 2019, 10:01 am
Past winners get mystical when sharing the secret of Israel’s Eurovision success
What’s the formula to winning the world’s biggest pop music contest? We got the Holy Land’s champs to explain, and in true Israeli fashion, each had a unique response
By Ido Dagan
Spanish-born singer Enrique Iglesias poses for a picture with Israeli soldiers at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest site, during a visit to Jerusalem's Old City, December 21, 2006. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
January 22, 2018, 6:53 pm
Latin pop king Enrique Iglesias to play Yarkon Park in May
Spanish-born star, whose singer father claims maternal Jewish ancestry, returning to Israel for fourth time since 2006
By Sue Surkes
As Natalie Imbruglia sets out on her Acoustic world tour, she canceled her March 1 Tel Aviv performance, leading to rumors of BDS pressure, which were incorrect, according to the local promoter (Courtesy Natalie Imbruglia Facebook page)
February 13, 2017, 2:02 pm
BDS didn’t scuttle Imbruglia’s TA concert — promoter
While boycott movement took credit for Aussie singer’s canceled performance, others say it was a matter of bad timing
By Jessica Steinberg
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