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Marc Mysterio Calls on Taylor Swift to Pull Catalog From Amazon Music Over Unpaid Streams, Shadow-Ban Controversy

NEW YORK, April 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Billboard–charting artist Marc Mysterio today issued a public call to Taylor Swift, urging the global superstar to withdraw her entire music catalog from Amazon Music until the platform addresses what he alleges is a deliberate campaign of unpaid royalties and digital suppression. Mysterio, currently suing Amazon Music and DistroKid in federal court (Case No. 1:25–cv–01705), claims he’s owed millions for over 80 million streams—nearly 4 million of which came from Swift’s own Amazon Music artist station—while facing an ongoing shadow–ban that has severed his 1.25 million fans from his work.

Mysterio’s appeal hinges on a personal connection: their mutual friend, WWE Hall of Fame wrestler Jeff Jarrett. Swift, who babysat for Jarrett’s family during her early Nashville days, once shared a close–knit community with Mysterio, whose music rang out millions of times on her station. Now, he’s asking her to leverage her pro–artist legacy—highlighted by her funding of Kesha’s legal battle against Sony Music and Dr. Luke—to stand with him against Amazon’s alleged exploitation.

“Taylor Swift has always fought for artists to get what’s theirs—she helped Kesha take on Sony, and she’s threatened to yank her catalog from streamers over unfair pay,” Mysterio said in a statement. “Now, her name, image, and likeness are being used on Amazon Music’s Taylor Swift Station to unjustly enrich a company that’s stiffed me on 80 million streams, including 3.7 million from her own fans. She’d be distraught to know this, and I’m asking her to pull her music until Amazon pays me, lifts this shadow–ban, and lets justice play out.”

Mysterio’s demands are threefold:

  1. Full payment for all streaming activity tied to his ASIN “B0041A1P4U,” including the nearly 4 million streams from Swift’s station, which plummeted to zero alongside his own station’s 225,463 plays after an alleged “IF/THEN” filter hit on September 10, 2024.
  2. Immediate removal of the shadow–ban, which he claims Amazon partially acknowledged by restoring his “Related Artists” section in March 2025—after his lawsuit—but left in place elsewhere, costing him chart positions and fan access.
  3. A direct line of communication, asking Swift to obtain his personal email from Jarrett to arrange a phone call or meeting to discuss the crisis and rally support.

The artist, known for collaborations with Flo Rida, Samantha Fox, and Crash Test Dummies, points to Swift’s history of pulling her music from Spotify in 2014 over royalty disputes as precedent.

“Taylor’s a titan because she stands up,” he said.

“Amazon’s using her station to profit while I’m ghosted—80 million streams, millions in losses, and they won’t even fix it. She can get Jeff Jarrett to give her my email. Let’s talk, Taylor—this is our fight.”

Mysterio’s legal team, led by Michael H. Joseph, served Amazon with a 17–category preservation letter on April 8, 2025, demanding metadata, snapshots, and logs tied to his ASIN.

He alleges Amazon’s refusal to pay and partial fix—restoring only “Related Artists” after his February 27 filing—prove intent to suppress, whereas Amazon could have simultaneously removed the shadow–ban, but did not.

“They’ve got the data to pay me and lift the ban,” he added. “If Taylor pulls out, they’ll feel the heat,” Mysterio concludes.

Swift, whose catalog drives billions of streams, has not yet responded. Jarrett could not be reached for comment.

Contact:
Michael H. Joseph, Esq.
Law Office of Michael H. Joseph, PLLC
[email protected]
(212) 858–0503

About Marc Mysterio:
Marc Mysterio is an Irish–Canadian artist, Billboard–charting producer, and boxer with over a decade of hits and a potential IBA Super Cruiserweight Intercontinental title fight against Jake Paul. His lawsuit against Amazon Music and DistroKid seeks millions in damages for unpaid royalties and shadow–ban losses.

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Marc Mysterio’s Attorney: Amazon is ‘playing god with data’ Billboard uses for charts

NEW YORK, April 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Marc Mysterio’s legal team, led by attorney Michael H. Joseph, will serve Amazon Music’s counsel with a letter of preservation of evidence imminently—as noted in Marc’s 3–Part YouTube Series exposing the Shadow–ban placed on his music using the IF/THEN protocol employed by Amazon Music— escalating the Irish–Canadian artist’s lawsuit against Amazon Music and DistroKid (Case No. 1:25–cv–01705).

Filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on Feb. 27, 2025, the suit claims damages “in excess of $75,000,” with losses in the millions to date, alleging Amazon employed a shadow–ban on Mysterio’s songs by deploying an “IF/THEN” filter—essentially a simple “if this, then that” command, like telling a computer, “If it’s Marc’s music, then mark it with a dash (‘–’)”—rendering his tracks “artist–less” and unable to reach his 1.25 million fans, play on Amazon Stations, connect to related artists’ fans, or be considered for AI features normally available to all artists, even the below–mentioned, unheralded Neon Tom.

Mysterio, a 20–year music veteran and one of Amazon’s top global stars with over 80 million streams from September 2023 to August 2024—55% from Amazon Stations—saw his music blocked by the shadow–ban starting Sept. 10, 2024. The ban also threatens chart integrity, notably the Billboard Hot Dance and Electronic Songs Chart, where Mysterio charted based solely on Amazon streams.

By arbitrarily shadow–banning a charting artist for reasons known only to Amazon, the company can manipulate positions on independent charts like Billboard in the U.S. and the UK Official Charts, undermining the credibility of Billboard Magazine’s staff, artists, and their teams. “Amazon’s playing god with data that charts like Billboard Magazine—totally independent with no business ties to Amazon beyond collecting stream stats—rely on for calculations, for charts that Billboard’s readers and paying subscribers rely on,” Joseph said.

A 3–part YouTube series strengthens Mysterio’s case: Video 1 (March 19, 2025) shows “streaming errors” across his profile; Video 2 reveals “My Sabrina Carpenter Mix” with 17 of 50 songs by Carpenter, while “My Marc Mysterio Mix” has zero of 50 by Mysterio, contrasting Amazon Music Stations—algorithm–driven streams, not playlists—where Neon Tom, an artist with zero Amazon fans (equivalent to followers), lands two of the first 10 songs on his station, while Mysterio’s station played nearly 50 songs with none of his own. Video 3 details his station’s 225,463 streams and 57,453 listeners from the noted calendar year, and the Taylor Swift station’s 3,698,968 streams and 742,696 listeners of Mysterio’s songs from the noted calendar year, both bottoming out to zero on Sept. 25, 2024.

Marc Mysterio’s 3–Part YouTube Series expose Amazon’s IT backend, for example: Mysterio’s artist page URL (https://music.amazon.com/artists/B0041A1P4U/marc–mysterio) works without “/marc–mysterio” (https://music.amazon.com/artists/B0041A1P4U/), proving the 10–digit code “B0041A1P4U” drives identification—a key for discovery subpoenas. Amazon’s partial restore of Mysterio’s “Related Artists” to their pre–shadow–ban state in March 2025, post–complaint, without removing the shadow–ban itself, fueled the fight. “They showed they could fix it but didn’t,” Joseph said. “It’s more foolish than a 4th down trick play gone wrong.”

The preservation letter targets 17 evidence categories tied to “B0041A1P4U,” including metadata logs proving the shadow–ban’s scope from Sept. 10, 2024, backup snapshots showing Amazon’s restore capability, algorithm trails pinning intent, station logs quantifying damages—225,463 streams on Mysterio’s station and 3,698,968 on Taylor Swift’s, both zeroed by Sept. 25, 2024—and user metrics revealing 1.25 million fans cut off, per the YouTube series—all of which are dispositive to Marc’s claims contained in his lawsuit.

“Amazon’s half–fix—restoring Mysterio’s ‘Related Artists’ to their pre–shadow–ban state without removing the shadow–ban itself—is their 4th down fumble; they have essentially handed us the win by fixing and restoring the related artists portion of Marc Mysterio’s Amazon Music Artist Page but not simultaneously removing the IF/THEN code responsible for the shadow–ban when Amazon’s IT Staff could easily have done so—it shows clear and convincing intent to cause undue harm to Marc Mysterio, and the logs sought will show this” Joseph said, eyeing punitive damages.

Mysterio, known for collaborations with David Guetta, Crash Test Dummies, Flo Rida, Samantha Fox, and Trailer Park Boys—where he composed, appeared as a guest star DJ, and earned an IFPI Gold Award for the anthem from the Netflix Series entitled “L&W” (an abbreviation of the song title due to the explicit song title)—also scored a Gold Award with Alexandra Stan for “Balans.” He holds IBA boxing recognition as a contender for a vacant world title against Jake Paul.

“I was a top Amazon star who entrusted them as a voluntary exclusive artist, pulling my catalog from Spotify and Apple—if they’ll mistreat me like this, they could and likely would do it to any star, no matter how successful globally or how much you do for the community, including assisting terrorist victims” Mysterio concludes.

Marc Mysterio’s 3–part YouTube series exposing the Amazon Music shadow–ban can be viewed at www.alexaemail.com which links directly to the playlist.

For More Information

Attorney for Plaintiff Marc Mysterio:
Law Office of Michael H. Joseph
18 West 33rd Street, Suite 400
New York, NY 10001
Tel: +1–212–858–0503
www.newyorktriallawyers.org
[email protected]

Marc Mysterio on X – Full Grok Bio Available
@marc_mysterio

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Inaugural Art Week Riyadh to Debut With 45+ Galleries, Invited Collections, Public Program Of Talks & Citywide Participating Exhibitions

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, March 26, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Saudi Arabia’s Visual Arts Commission unveils the program and participants for its inaugural edition of Art Week Riyadh, 6–13 April 2025. The event takes place across key cultural sites, including JAX District (JAX) and Al Mousa Center among other locations across Riyadh, bringing together leading local, regional, and international galleries, cultural institutions, artists, patrons, collectors, and art enthusiasts. It is a non–commercial initiative that builds on the foundations of a dynamic art community to cultivate a collaborative landscape where the visual arts will continue to flourish for generations to come.

Held under the theme At The Edge and helmed by a curatorial team including Vittoria Matarrese, Artistic Director and Curator; Basma Harasani and Victoria Gandit Lelandais, Associate Curators; and Shumon Basar, Curator – Public Program, the event delves into the dynamic essence of Riyadh, highlighting its vibrant cultural landscape and growing presence on the global art stage.

Art Week Riyadh is headquartered in JAX, where the flagship exhibition At The Edge brings together 45+ local, regional, and international galleries, each presenting curated selections that collectively explore the evolving cultural dialogues between Saudi Arabia, the MENA region, and the global contemporary art scene:

A. Gorgi Gallery (Tunisia)
Ahlam Gallery (Saudi Arabia)
Albareh Art Gallery (Bahrain)
Al Markhiya Gallery (Qatar)
L’Art Pur Foundation (Saudi Arabia)
AV Gallery (Saudi Arabia)
Ayyam Gallery (UAE, UK)
Carbon 12 (UAE)
Efie Gallery (UAE)
Experimenter (India)
Galerie Krinzinger (Austria)
Gallery Misr (Egypt)
Galerie La La Lande (France)
Galleria Continua (Brazil, China, Cuba, France, Italy, UAE)
Green Art Gallery (UAE)
Hewar Art Gallery (Saudi Arabia)		 Hunna Art (Kuwait)
Lawrie Shabibi (UAE)
Layan Culture (Saudi Arabia)
Le LAB (Egypt)
Leila Heller Gallery (UAE, USA)
Lisson Gallery (China, UK, USA)
Mennour (France, UK)
Nature Morte (India)
Perrotin (China, France, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, USA)
Sabrina Amrani (Spain)
Selma Feriani (Tunisia)
The Pill® (France, Turkey)
The Third Line (UAE)
Tabari Artspace (UAE)
Wadi Finan Art Gallery (Jordan)
   

At Riyadh’s Al Mousa Center, 15+ galleries will present exhibitions specially conceived for Art Week Riyadh, highlighting pioneering artists and emerging talents from the region and abroad:

Abdullah Hammas Studio
Abstract Art Gallery
Ahlam Gallery
Alajilan Gallery
Alestudio
AMA Art Venue
Art Arif Gallery
Art Connection
AV Gallery
China Saudi Cultural Art Association
ERRM Art Gallery		 Frame Art Gallery
Kadi Art Gallery
Kenz Gallery
Mahd Alfnon Gallery
Marsami Art Gallery
Ola Art Gallery
Takeib For Arts
Tequin Art Gallery
WHJ ALLON
Wrd Art Gallery
   

JAX will host three exhibitions under the title Collections in Dialogue by invited collections from Ithra, Art Jameel and the Saudi Research and Media Group, offering a rare and expansive insight into Saudi’s evolving cultural identity, while emphasizing the critical role of collecting in shaping and preserving visual culture.

A series of high–profile talks and workshops at JAX will reflect on themes and questions facing the visual arts in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and around the world today. Curated by Shumon Basar and entitled How to Art World? Lessons in Value, the program will include contributions from partners such as Christie’s, Sotheby’s and Gagosian.

A Moving Image program will highlight the medium’s capacity to explore personal, cultural and social narratives, featuring works by Theaster Gates, Zineb Sedira, Hicham Berrada, Bani Abidi, Laurent Grasso, Afra Al Dhaheri, Mohamed Bourouissa, Sarah Brahim, Farideh Lashai and Hashel Al Lamki.

At JAX, Ahmed Mater, Ayman Zedani, Marwah AlMugait, and Muhannad Shono, amongst other artists, will open the doors to their studios, while resident galleries Athr, Hafez and Lift will present exhibitions, panel discussions, and workshops. The Saudi Arabia Museum of Contemporary Art will present two exhibitions, Art of the Kingdom and Adaptability Ceramics, workshops and pop–ups.

Across the city, Riyadh’s newest museums and art hubs will welcome visitors for special programming – The Royal Institute of Traditional Arts, Shamalat., Hewar Gallery, and the studios of artists Ali Al Ruzaiza, Lulwah Al Homoud, Abdullah AlOthman and others – offering an opportunity to reflect on how Riyadh’s past and present converge, shedding light on the dynamic transformation of the city.

Press Enquiries:

Rania Habib / Zara Doshi: [email protected] / [email protected]

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Saudi National Pavilion at London Design Biennale 2025: “Good Water” Invites Us to Rethink Our Relationship With Water

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, March 26, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Saudi Arabia returns to the London Design Biennale 2025 with an exhibition entitled Good Water, from 5–29 June 2025 at Somerset House. Commissioned by Saudi Arabia’s Architecture and Design Commission, this year’s pavilion is curated by design collective including Alaa Tarabzouni, Aziz Jamal, Dur Kattan and Fahad bin Naif, who bring together their multidisciplinary backgrounds in architecture, design and the arts, for an exhibition that questions, disrupts, and reimagines systems of access and distribution of water, and our relationship with it.

The curatorial concept of Good Water responds to this year’s theme for the London Design Biennale, ‘Surface Reflections’, which explores how ideas are fuelled by our internal experiences, external influences and personal histories. The Saudi Pavilion is defined by a sabeel – a free water fountain, a symbol of hospitality deeply rooted in the Saudi Arabian tradition. Traditionally, these fountains are scattered across the country, providing water to passersby embodying a communal ethos of generosity. Yet, within the context of this exhibition, the sabeel is no longer just a gesture of goodwill, but a question: Who pays for ‘free’ water? What does it truly cost? And, crucially, if the burden falls on someone else, does it not, in some form, cost everyone?

The sabeel, as a concept, carries a deep contradiction: while it offers water freely, the reality is that the water is not free at all. Every sip is made possible by a complex system of labour, energy, and economics. Potable water is extracted through costly processes, imported in plastic bottles, or transported through networks that demand maintenance and oversight. The cost is distributed across various actors – governments, corporations, workers – but ultimately, it is a cost that all must bear. Even those who do not pay for water directly still share in its long–term consequences. The sabeel in the pavilion, therefore, is more than a functional object: it is a symbol of interdependence. It highlights the tension between generosity and cost, between access and consequence.

The Saudi National Pavilion is a flagship initiative of the Architecture and Design Commission, supported by the Ministry of Culture, reflecting Saudi Arabia's commitment to contributing to international design discourse and promoting sustainable, innovative solutions.

The press kit is HERE.

For information contact:

Anastasia Lander
Pelham Communications
[email protected] 

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Amazon Music, DistroKid Face Major Lawsuit for Unpaid Royalties, Shadowbanning

NEW YORK, March 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Marc Mysterio is an award–winning musician and multi–faceted celebrity who was tapped by IBA Boxing to compete for its vacant championship vs. Jake Paul and collaborated with a who’s–who–according to Billboard–including: Flo Rida, Crash Test Dummies, David Guetta, Avicii, Samantha Fox, and Netflix’ Trailer Park Boys.

As a philanthropist, Marc has supported the One Fund Boston in support of terrorist victims(marathon), and WBC Cares, the charity arm of WBC Boxing.

As a celebrity, he’s covered by: TMZ, Billboard, BBC, ESPN, Irish Star, CBS, Daily Mail (UK), Fox News, and followed on X by NY Post Page 6 and Radar Online.

From September 1st 2023–August 31st, 2024, Marc received 80,000,000+ streams on Amazon Music resulting in US Billboard Hot Dance/Electronic Chart (“The Dancefloor”) and scores of Amazon Top Songs Chart appearances.

However, now Marc is suing Amazon and DistroKid alleging that he wasn’t properly compensated for these streams and Fans have been receiving a “streaming error” since September 10th, 2024 when attempting to stream his music and/or request it via Alexa due to “Shadow–Banning.”

Shadow–Banning is the practice of blocking/partially blocking live content so that the ban is not readily apparent to the artist.

“We filed this lawsuit to make sure that Marc Mysterio gets the fruits of his labor as one of the top performers on Amazon Music in 2024, and injunctive relief to end the shadow–ban. Shadow–banning successful artists is an unfair tactic and it allows Amazon, by throttling streams of a song, to interfere with Amazon/Billboard Charts thereby tortiously manipulating the music–business at the expense of creators–IT MUST END!” notes Marc’s Attorney, Michael H. Joseph of Law Office of Michael H. Joseph, PLLC of New York who filed the case in US District Court For The Southern District of New York (Case No. 1:25–cv–01705).

Furthermore, the shadowban has also extended to music distributed–to Amazon–by UnitedMasters according to an email from UnitedMasters Support, with VP of Music, David Melhado, in cc:
“I am currently in the US, and I'm having the same issue with streaming your music. I've followed up with Amazon a few times, and am still not hearing back. I'm touching base with our higher–ups to see if we have any further operational contacts we can reach out to.”

Marc Mysterio posted screenshot evidence in support of his claims to his X Account @marc_mysterio directly from his Amazon Music Artists’ Account, for media, including: 1,250,000+ fans/followers, 80,000,000+ streams 15,000,000 unique listeners in 2024, 45,000 Alexa requests in August, Amazon and Billboard Chartings and more.

“DistroKid was paid to distribute Marc’s music and remit 100% of royalties received, whilst Amazon charged Marc’s Fans to stream his music. Defendants need to account royalties due, as well as compensate future losses proximated from the shadow–ban. These losses are already in the ‘millions’ and will increase by trial date.” Joseph concludes.

Marc Mysterio:
x.com/marc_mysterio

Press–Photo:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/azq61qdhe3rm9rfsnsmyg/Marc–Mysterio.jpg?rlkey=26mng6mkcs8ffrkrap5hp0wqv&e=1&dl=0

Press–Mentions:
https://www.tmz.com/people/marc–mysterio/
https://radaronline.com/exclusives/2013/06/brandy–flo–rida–dj–sued–brags–spending–settlement–teams–up–ex/
https://www.billboard.com/music/chart–beat/travis–kelce–jason–kelce–billboard–charts–debut–1235502120/
https://www.the–express.com/sport/boxing/124448/jake–paul–st–patricks–day–fight–irish

Source:
Law Office of Michael H. Joseph
18 West 33rd Street/Suite–400
New York, NY 10001
Tel: +1.212.858.0503
[email protected]

Marc Mysterio Streams, Listeners, Alexa Requests on Amazon from Amazon Music For Artists Account
http://ml–eu.globenewswire.com/Resource/Download/90b360e0–fbb3–49f0–aceb–487fcbe83249

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Saudi Arabia’s Visual Arts Commission Announces Curatorial Team for Inaugural Art Week Riyadh

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, March 03, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Visual Arts Commission of Saudi Arabia announces the curatorial team for the inaugural edition of Art Week Riyadh, taking place from 6 to 13 April 2025 at JAX District, with activations across the city: Vittoria Matarrese, Artistic Director and Curator; Basma Harasani, Associate Curator; Victoria Gandit Lelandais, Associate Curator; and Shumon Basar, Curator – Public Programme.

Held under the theme At The Edge, Art Week Riyadh will feature a curated selection of works from over 30 local, regional, and international galleries, collections, and a public programme of talks, performances, and more. At The Edge will delve into the dynamic essence of Riyadh, highlighting its evolving cultural landscape and growing presence on the international stage.

Matarrese, formerly the Director of the Bally Foundation in Switzerland and of the performing arts department at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris says: “Art Week Riyadh represents an extraordinary opportunity to engage with a city and region undergoing profound cultural transformation. The inaugural edition, At the Edge, is a platform to explore these shifts and reveal how tradition and acceleration coexist and evolve.”

Saudi curator and art advisor Harasani says: “Being the first of its kind, Art Week Riyadh is a testament to the remarkable progress the country has made in establishing itself within the global cultural narrative, while still preserving its authenticity and showcasing the very best the Kingdom has to offer.”

Gandit Lelandais, a specialist in contemporary art from the Arab world, says: “The very fact that Art Week Riyadh exists demonstrates the intentional development of a thriving art ecosystem, with a clear vision to foster a healthy environment for growth among all the key players—galleries, artists, institutions, scholars, collectors, and more. This initiative is invaluable, offering a city–wide platform for critical discussions, dialogue, and reflection under one roof.”

Writer, curator and cultural convenor in the Gulf, Basar says: “Art Week Riyadh offers a moment to frame everything that has happened arts–wise in Riyadh, in the Kingdom, and in the region over the last years and decades, and to dialogue that with global scaled conversations in an increasingly multipolar world.”

For press enquiries please contact
Pelham Communications: Rania Habib / Zara Doshi:
[email protected] / [email protected].

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Uma celebração sem fronteiras: Nova Gorica e Gorizia inauguram a Capital Europeia da Cultura

As cidades de Nova Gorica, na Eslovênia, e Gorizia, na Itália, estão se unindo para escrever um novo capítulo cultural sem fronteiras. Em 8 de fevereiro de 2025, durante o feriado cultural da Eslovênia, as cidades gêmeas organizarão uma espetacular celebração de inauguração que durará o dia todo. Com o título De Estação a Estação, as festividades se desdobrarão pelas ruas e praças, ganhando vida com músicos, dançarinos, folcloristas e artistas

NOVA GORICA, Eslovênia, Feb. 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Na Europe Square, o coração simbólico de ambas as cidades, a Capital Europeia da Cultura, será oficialmente inaugurada. Durante o anoitecer, os holofotes se voltarão para o palco ao ar livre em frente ao edifício municipal de Nova Gorica, onde ocorrerá um espetáculo cultural inesquecível.

Saiba mais sobre a inauguração oficial

Nos próximos meses, o GO! 2025 trará mil eventos inesquecíveis para a região, incluindo shows musicais, teatro, exposições de arte, exibições de filmes, experiências culinárias e muito mais.

Após a grande cerimônia de abertura, March for Europe (1 a 9 de maio) transformará as travessias de fronteira em arte, enquanto o Tastes Without Borders (26 a 28 de setembro) oferecerá um banquete de delícias gourmet. A Enlightened Closing Ceremony (1 a 3 de dezembro) iluminará ambas as cidades em um final espetacular. Os destaques também incluem shows de Alexander Gadjijev, Borderless Body, Dodecalogy 1972–1983, EPIC, ISOLABS, e Benedetti Life, celebrando a união, a criatividade e o patrimônio cultural.

Programação oficial

O GO! 2025 também é o momento para explorar a região onde a história, o modernismo e a deslumbrante natureza convergem. Nova Gorica, a cidade mais jovem da Eslovênia, exibe impressionantes exemplos de arquitetura modernista e está situada ao longo do deslumbrante Rio Soča, um paraíso para os amantes da natureza. De trem, os visitantes podem conhecer o Vale do Soča e descobrir os encantos de Tolmin, Kobarid e Bovec.

Enquanto isso, os amantes de vinho e entusiastas da gastronomia podem se deliciar em duas notáveis regiões vinícolas:

Para viajar pela Capital Europeia da Cultura com facilidade, convidamos você a usar o aplicativo da web Wherever You Go! – GO!2025, que traz atualizações sobre os últimos eventos, performances e acontecimentos culturais, ou o aplicativo BulevAR, que utiliza realidade aumentada para dar vida ao passado e ao presente de Nova Gorica e Gorizia.

O Slovenian Tourist Board está profundamente envolvido na promoção do GO! 2025, reconhecendo as artes e a cultura como tema central das atividades promocionais de 2024–2025.

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Ein grenzüberschreitendes Fest: Nova Gorica und Gorizia eröffnen das Kulturhauptstadtjahr

Das slowenische Nova Gorica und das italienische Gorizia schlagen gemeinsam ein neues Kapitel kultureller Begegnungen auf – eines ohne Grenzen. Am 8. Februar 2025, dem slowenischen Kulturfeiertag, veranstalten die Partnerstädte eine spektakuläre ganztägige Eröffnungsfeier. Unter dem Motto „Von Station zu Station“ wird auf Straßen und Plätzen gefeiert. Musiker, Tänzer, Folkloregruppen und Künstler gestalten das umfangreiche Programm.

NOVA GORICA, Slowenien, Feb. 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Auf dem Europaplatz, dem symbolischen Herzen beider Städte, findet die offizielle Eröffnung des Kulturhauptstadtjahres statt. Bei Einbruch der Dunkelheit richten sich die Scheinwerfer auf die Freilichtbühne vor dem Rathaus von Nova Gorica, wo ein unvergessliches Kulturspektakel veranstaltet wird.

Mehr zur offiziellen Eröffnung

In den nächsten Monaten finden im Rahmen des offiziellen Programs, GO! 2025, tausend unvergessliche Veranstaltungen in der Region statt, darunter Konzerte, Theater, Kunstausstellungen, Filmvorführungen, kulinarische Erlebnisse und vieles mehr.

Nach der großen Eröffnungsfeier verwandelt der „March for Europe“ (1.–9. Mai) die Grenzübergänge in Kunstwerke, während „Tastes without Borders“ (26.–28. September) ein Fest für Feinschmecker zu werden verspricht. Die Abschlussfeier (1.–3. Dezember) wird beide Städte in einem spektakulären Finale zum Leuchten bringen. Weitere Höhepunkte sind die Konzerte von Alexander Gadjijev, Borderless Body, Dodecalogy 1972–1983, EPIC, ISOLABS und Benedetti Life, die Einheit, Kreativität und kulturelles Erbe feiern.

Offizielles Programm

GO! 2025 bietet auch die einmalige Chance, eine Region zu entdecken, in der Geschichte, Moderne und atemberaubende Natur aufeinandertreffen. Nova Gorica, die jüngste Stadt Sloweniens, wartet mit atemberaubenden Beispielen modernistischer Architektur auf und liegt am atemberaubenden Fluss Soča, einem Paradies für Naturliebhaber. Mit dem Zug können Besucher das Soča–Tal und den Charme von Tolmin, Kobarid und Bovec entdecken.

Weinliebhaber und Feinschmecker können zwei bemerkenswerte Weinregionen erkunden:

  • Das Vipava–Tal, oft auch die slowenische Provence genannt, ist bekannt für seine sonnenverwöhnten Weinberge und Boutique–Weingüter.
  • Goriška Brda

Um sich in der Kulturhauptstadt Europas mühelos zurechtzufinden, empfehlen wir Ihnen, die Wherever You Go! – GO!2025–Web–App zu nutzen, die Sie über die neuesten Veranstaltungen, Aufführungen und kulturellen Ereignisse auf dem Laufenden hält. Zusätzlich können Sie mit der BulevAR–App mit Hilfe von Augmented Reality die Vergangenheit und Gegenwart von Nova Gorica und Gorizia zum Leben erwecken.

Auch die Slowenische Tourismuszentrale unterstützt GO! 2025 und stellt Kunst und Kultur in den Mittelpunkt ihrer Werbeaktivitäten für 2024–2025.

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Une célébration sans frontières : Nova Gorica et Gorizia inaugurent la nouvelle capitale européenne de la culture

La ville slovène de Nova Gorica et la ville italienne de Gorizia s’unissent pour écrire un nouveau chapitre culturel qui transcende les frontières. Les villes jumelles transfrontalières organisent une célébration d’ouverture spectaculaire qui durera toute la journée du 8 février 2025, journée de la culture en Slovénie. Sous le titre From Station to Station (De gare en gare), les festivités se dérouleront dans les rues et sur les places et seront animées par des musiciens, des danseurs, des folkloristes et des artistes.

NOVA GORICA, Slovénie, 10 févr. 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — C’est sur la place de l’Europe, cœur symbolique des deux villes, que la capitale européenne de la culture sera officiellement inaugurée. À la tombée de la nuit, les projecteurs illumineront la scène en plein air, située devant le bâtiment municipal de Nova Gorica, où se déroulera un spectacle culturel inoubliable.

Plus d’informations sur l’inauguration officielle

Au cours des prochains mois, GO! 2025 proposera un millier d’événements inoubliables dans la région, avec notamment des concerts, des pièces de théâtre, des expositions d’art, des projections de films, des expériences culinaires et bien plus encore.

Après la cérémonie d’ouverture officielle, la Marche pour l’Europe (du 1er au 9 mai) transformera les passages frontaliers en œuvres d’art, tandis que le projet Tastes without Borders (Saveurs sans frontières) (du 26 au 28 septembre) offrira un festin de délices gastronomiques. La cérémonie de clôture illuminée (du 1er au 3 décembre) embrasera les deux villes lors d’une apothéose spectaculaire. Le programme sera également marqué par des temps forts autours des concerts d’Alexander Gadjijev et des projets Borderless Body, Dodecalogy 1972–1983, EPIC, ISOLABS et Benedetti Life qui célébreront l’unité, la créativité et le patrimoine culturel.

Programme officiel

GO! 2025 vous offre également l’occasion d’explorer une région où convergent l’histoire, le modernisme et une nature à couper le souffle. Nova Gorica est la plus jeune ville de Slovénie. Elle abrite de superbes exemples d’architecture moderniste et s’étend sur les berges de la Soča, une rivière à couper le souffle qui fait de ce lieu un paradis pour les amoureux de la nature. En train, les visiteurs pourront visiter la vallée de la Soča et découvrir les charmes de Tolmin, Kobarid et Bovec.

Les amateurs de vin et les passionnés de gastronomie pourront quant à eux se laisser tenter par deux régions viticoles remarquables :

  • Souvent appelée la Provence slovène, la vallée de Vipava est réputée pour ses vignobles ensoleillés et ses caves à vin de charme.
  • Le paysage plein de poésie de Goriška Brda vous séduira par sa beauté et ses vins exceptionnels.

Pour découvrir en toute simplicité la capitale européenne de la culture, nous vous invitons à utiliser l’application Internet Wherever You Go! – GO!2025, qui vous tiendra au courant des derniers événements, spectacles et manifestations culturelles, ou l’application BulevAR, qui utilise la réalité augmentée pour donner vie au passé et au présent des villes de Nova Gorica et Gorizia.

L’Office du tourisme slovène est profondément engagé dans la promotion de GO! 2025 et reconnaît les arts et la culture comme un thème central des activités promotionnelles de la saison 2024–2025.

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A Borderless Celebration: Nova Gorica and Gorizia Open the European Capital of Culture

NOVA GORICA, Slovenia, Feb. 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — At Europe Square, the symbolic heart of both cities, the European Capital of Culture will be officially inaugurated. As night falls, the spotlight will move to the open–air stage in front of Nova Gorica’s municipal building, where an unforgettable cultural spectacle will take place.

More about the official opening

Over the coming months, GO! 2025 will bring a thousand unforgettable events to the region, including concerts, theatre, art exhibitions, film screenings, culinary experiences and more.

After the grand opening ceremony, March for Europe (1–9 May) will transform border crossings into art, while Tastes without Borders (26–28 September) will offer a feast of gourmet delights. The Enlightened Closing Ceremony (1–3 December) will illuminate both cities in a spectacular finale. Highlights also include concerts by Alexander Gadjijev, Borderless Body, Dodecalogy 1972–1983, EPIC, ISOLABS, and Benedetti Life, celebrating unity, creativity and cultural heritage.

Official programme

GO! 2025 is also a chance to explore a region where history, modernism and breathtaking nature converge. Nova Gorica, Slovenia’s youngest city, boasts stunning examples of modernist architecture and sits along the breathtaking Soča River, a paradise for nature lovers. By train, visitors can visit the Soča Valley, discovering the charms of Tolmin, Kobarid and Bovec.

Meanwhile, wine lovers and food enthusiasts can indulge in two remarkable wine regions:

  • The Vipava Valley, often called the Slovenian Provence, renowned for its sun–kissed vineyards and boutique wineries
  • The poetic landscape of Goriška Brda, with beauty and exceptional wines.

To navigate the European Capital of Culture with ease, we invite you to use the Wherever You Go! – GO!2025 web app, which keeps you updated on the latest events, performances and cultural happenings, or the BulevAR app, which uses augmented reality to bring the past and present of Nova Gorica and Gorizia to life.

The Slovenian Tourist Board is deeply engaged in promoting GO! 2025, recognizing arts and culture as a central theme of 2024–2025 promotional activities.

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