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B-Change & DGT Events want to take you to Paolo Nutini in Dubai [Competition details below] Elegantly raw emotions in his melodies, lyrics that flicker in your chest and a beguiling voice that can turn water into scotch; Paolo Nutini, the stunning Scottish singer-songwriter is on his way to ench…
Plot Armenian director, Sarik Andreasyan decides to make an American-Russian flick out of Raul Inglis’s fruitless story. Two brothers are sentenced to prison because of a crime Frankie (the elder brother) committed. James (the younger brother) spends 16 months in jail whilst Frankie is put behind th…
When I first saw the movie “Kingsman The Secret Service” I left the theater filled with awe, over the cinematography, action sequences, characters and even the story. The comic book did not leave the same impression on me that the movie did. Indeed this may be the first ever case of the movie being …
Tear-stained cheeks, tubs of Ben&Jerry’s, early morning calls, high school canteen love … we’ve all been there. In my personal experience, nothing comes close to music playing an almost healing factor in making and breaking up. From folk to soul to pure soundscapes, here, follow a few personal f…
Yes. It’s true. There are still some tickets to grab – the only way you can squeeze your way into this sold-out event. Pond’s Arabia is giving you a chance to ‘dubmash’ your way to the biggest live concert in the Middle East featuring the most popular band in the world,…
For those of you who just want to fall into springtime with some gloriously thought-provoking poems, we bring you a handful of important contemporary poets that will have you yearning, loving, and deeply reflecting: Wole Soyinka Nigerian playwright and poet born in 1931, is a key name in African lit…
‘Kingsman: The Secret Service’ is a film made with precision. Mathew Vaughn, the director, couldn’t have done a better job. It’s been so long since I watched a film without flaws. Plot The movie tells the story of a secret spy service – a very sophisticated one at that. A very impo…
The future. As human beings, we spend a large amount of time living there, at least in our heads. Thanks to the creativity of sci-fi writers, we’ve managed a glimpse of the possible future. The holographic screens, the flying cars, the automated homes, the robots trying to take over the world –…
Want to get into reading, but the size of bookstores and stacks of books overwhelming you? Well, you have to start somewhere. Here are the 5 books you should read if you liked the movie Inception. The Film Inception: Starring a ton of Hollywood’s renowned actors and featuring a soundtrack that will…
As part of our Emirates Airline Literature Festival 2015 special coverage, B-Change rounded some of the participating authors namely Frank Dullaghan, PG Bhaskar, Liz Fenwick and Zeina Hashem Beck, to answer some rapid fire questions about Shakespeare, their work and the festival. The questions we as…
I flipped the pages of the newspaper to get to the Horoscopes to see what the stars had in store for me today. Am I going to strike gold today or someone’s head with a hammer? Will tempers be flying or the flu? Will the love of my life walk into my life and sweep …
“I tried so very hard not to lose it I came up with a million excuses I thought, I thought of every possibility” He really does have the world on a string, Michael Buble. Fans across the GCC who just haven’t met him yet will soon be wrapping themselves in the warmth of his voice at…
We’re sorry for the puns in the title. First and last piece like this [No promises]. Rounding up a weekend filled with soulful and groovy music, the Dubai Jazz Fest 2015 brought us some pretty memorable moments with James Blunt, Sting, John Legend, Lindsey Stirling, Esperanza Spalding and Chri…
Writer: Bhoomika Ghaghada; Photojournalist: Manaswi Jinadra Not a lot of things are worth going out for on a week night, but James Blunt sure is an exception to that rule. For the opening night of the Emirates Airlines Dubai Jazz Fest 2015, the 41-year-old singer& songwriter had crowds [men and …
DUBAI – One of Dubai’s favourite live-music traditions, the Emirates Airline Dubai Jazz Festival® is set to begin tomorrow with platinum selling singer – songwriter James Blunt headlining the first night. The festival surpasses being just a concert and is more of a lifestyle-art fe…
Curating a smooth playlist to beat the back to work blues on a Monday from synthesized pop and disco beats to classic jazz, tune in. 1. Doses & Mimosas by Cherub An electronic duo from Nashville (also home to some of the grittiest blues to come out of America), Doses & Mimosas…
DUBAI – Redfest DXB took Dubai Media City by storm (yes, the word might be tad cliche, but I write this post the sandstorms in Dubai) featuring a stellar line-up including Iggy Azalea, The Script, Bastille and Kiesza. According to fans who B-Change spoke to after the show, The Script were magn…
One of the most viewed shows of recent times, Games of Thrones recently launched the trailer to their fifth season. Trending across the world, the trailer was shared by all GoT fans and now, following that frenzy, HBO has releases two deleted scenes from the previous season (4). Scene 1: “The …
The seventh Emirates Airline Festival of Literature, running from 3rd to 7th March at the Intercontinental Hotel, Dubai Festival City, is set to shake you off your readings seats and usher you into a literary space brimming with a mix of your favourite authors, thinkers that will introduce you to ne…
How many times have you wanted to go back to a moment in your life and smack a hand across your mouth before you utter something stupid and inappropriate in public? How many times have you longed to travel back and re-live a moment in your life? How many times have you wished you could …
Thanks to IMDB, it is now easy to move from film to similar film, with the ‘People who liked this also like’ tab. When the same comes to reading, it gets a bit more complicated. You enter a book store [if it’s as majestic as Book World, Heaven help you] with countless mint conditio…
Recent Release David August, a German-Italian music producer and Dj broke into the electronic music scene in August 2010 with his groundbreaking debut EP, Diynamic. Followed by his first album release in 2013, “Times,” characterized by its melancholic, down-tempo bassline meant for an at…
