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Musical Christmas Special hosted by Benjamin Biolay.

1964. In the midst of the Cold War, ten young promising musicians from Mali are sent to Cuba to study music and strengthen cultural links between the two socialist regimes. They invent a whole new genre: Afro- Cuban Music and become the iconic group 'Las Maravillas de Mali'. New Year's Eve 2000. Richard Minier, a French music producer meets a former member of the band in Bamako and decides to bring the band back together.

Despite its Afro-American origins, the history of disco music, the soundtrack of the seventies, would be inconceivable without a handful of legendary European music producers who conjured up some of the biggest world-wide hits in the anonymity of their studios.

With the founding of Stax Records, the white siblings Jim Stewart and Estelle Axton created a label during the period of racial segregation that caused a revolution in the music scene with artists such as Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, Sam & Dave and Isaac Hayes. Their commercial success was closely linked to the civil rights movement of the 1960s and 1970s.

Live music performance from Accor Arena Paris.

Legendary Paris rock venue, the Bataclan, has reopened with an emotional gig by the British singer Sting, a year after jihadi gunmen burst in and killed 90 people during a series of terrorist attacks in the French capital. The former Police frontman, 65, appeared on stage to cheers as hundreds of concert-goers including families of the victims and survivors, crowded together struggling to comprehend how gunmen could have burst into the venue – now completely refurbished to cover up its lasting scars, including a new stage and red velvet curtains – and opened fire on music fans in one of the most brutal attacks on French soil since the second world war.

The musical was written by Richard Cocciante in co-authority with Elisabeth Anais on the famous book by Antoine de Saint-Exupery. This book of amazing humanity, written by the French author, is translated into 200 languages and dialects all over the world and is being sold annually in quantities of 1 million copies. The premiere of the musical was held in Paris in October 1, 2002. Ambitious project was carried out by the first-class artistic team, expects their performance to be able to win no less glory than the famous «Notre Dame de Paris». The pilot was played by Daniel Lavoie (Daniel was playing this role since October 2002 until April 2003 at the Casino de Paris). For the role of Little Prince producers invited 13-year-old debutant from Lyon

Glitter, charm and a powerful voice: Diana Ross has written music history. Even as a little girl, the "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" singer dreamed of becoming a world star. The glamorous diva owes the fact that she succeeded despite many obstacles to her talent, strength of character and unshakeable determination.