The Week in Light & Sound
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France 2 said the film was still being edited, adding: "No transmission date had been fixed for the film..., which has not yet been seen by the station's management." Arthur Denouveaux, from the victims' group Life For Paris, told the Agence France Presse news agency: "Even if we have never asked for censorship, we are glad that modesty and restraint have prevailed."
Northern Lights - An 80m (260ft) long water fountain on the River Tyne will form the centrepiece of the launch of the Great Exhibition of the North, it has been announced. The attraction will be situated between the Tyne and Millennium bridges, which span Newcastle and Gateshead quaysides, with the first display on 22 June. It will be sound-tracked by three specially-commissioned pieces of music. Organisers hope three million people will visit the £5m exhibition. It aims to highlight art, design and innovation from the north of England and will run for 80 days.
On The Strip - Lady Gaga has announced a two-year residency in Las Vegas starting late in 2018. "The rumours are true!" she tweeted. "I will have my own residency at MGM's Park Theatre. Get ready for a brand new show! It's been my lifelong dream to be a Las Vegas girl, I'm so overjoyed!" The initial run will include 74 dates, with the possibility of more. According to Variety, Gaga is making more than $1m (£750,000) per show.
Radio Waves - The first of the off-shore pirate radio stations is to return to the airwaves. Radio Caroline was founded in 1964 and broadcast from ships until 1991, when the Ross Revenge was shipwrecked off the Kent coast. The station continued to exist, and is currently an internet and digital service. After a successful application to Ofcom, Radio Caroline has been given the medium wave frequency of 648kHz - once used by the BBC World Service.
Caroline was one of five stations granted a community radio licence by Ofcom in June. The award comes 50 years after the station was rendered an illegal - or pirate - station under the 1967 Marine Broadcasting Offences Act.
Thank you for the Music - Chuck Berry, Joni Sledge, John Geils. Chris Cornell, Greg Allman, Chester Bennington, Glen Campbell, Walter Becker, Don Williams, Troy Gentry, Charles Bradley, Tom Petty, Fats Domino, Malcolm Young, David Cassidy, Johnny Halliday, John Abercrombie.
(Jim Evans)
2 January 2018
