come to. pursue something like. closer to destruction. long soon starting may twenty third d. w. . welcome to euro max we've got plenty of music few today is what's coming up. avatar act pop legend album prepare for a computer generated comeback. act lisbon gears up to host your a visit. and balancing act professional slack line

a leading tuna tiptoes across dizzying heights. we start off with everyone's favorite swedish export last week abba shocked i'm delighted fans by now and saying they've been back in the studio after more than three decades out of the limelight but the joy was coupled with confusion as the band stated that while they would be touring the world they wouldn't themselves be on stage rather they would use holographic avatars or as they call them abba taz piano vegas was at the album museum in stockholm to present a new exhibition so my colleague mike a kuga set off to sweden to find out more. it's the event journalists have been waiting for but whether the opening of a new permanent exhibition at the end of a museum which is now five years old would have done so much international media attention is questionable reporters are hoping your innovations will drop some nukes. about new recordings or about the avatars slated to stand in for the band on

their world tour next year. after the abba reunion i'm here to find out if there is a tiny little chance to see the real abba live on stage again. but the army isn't playing along he and his team calmly open the exhibition. it explores the solo careers the four have pursued since their split in one nine hundred eighty three and the films in musicals that have kept up the hype the band's marketing has always been a well oiled machine the exhibition is interactive allowing visitors to conduct the gothenburg symphony orchestra playing a tune from the musical chairs. or to sing thank you for the music with two famous swedish musicians.

but what about the reported reunion there's no mention of it in the exhibition so i asked directly why this sudden idea to go back into a studio together the idea came from this avatar project that we're doing there are techno artists in san francisco building my head as we speak. and so we thought wouldn't it be fun. if we had a new song which they the avatars could perform so we wrote two new songs we called them last year and it was this great fun. there are already a few avatars at the museum these were developed three years ago on the basis of wax figures. professional dancers provided the movements gestures and facial expressions. the avatars appear on a small stage visitors can join them for a short song and dance but the avatars for the twenty nineteen world tour will

apparently sing and dance like the original ever members for the duration of an entire show and pull in the crowds see. they look exactly like us in nine hundred seventy nine you will not be able to say it's not a human being. and they. lips. every word that we have recorded last year is not amazing. one of the new songs is said to sound exactly as if it was recorded in one nine hundred seventy nine but no further tracks are planned apparently although no one's ruling it out especially after a tweet released by the former band members in which they said they'd had an extremely joyous experience in the recording studio it was like time had stood still as if they'd just been away on a short holiday. so what do the new tracks sound like.

but all i can say is that it's really. why why i can't sing them to you now. wouldn't that be yes i would spoil everything. but the. funeral vegas and the other album members may want to turn back time but it will never be the same as it was ever because abbott has ruled out a live comeback here and says he wants to watch the concerts at home on t.v. . well abba had the big breakthrough when they won the your vision song contest in one thousand nine hundred seventy four with the hit waterloo this is competition is already underway as artists battle it out in the preliminary rounds in the hopes of

making the cut for saturday's big showcase and the host city lisbon is caught up in your vision fave up an old portuguese saying states that if you haven't seen lisbon you haven't seen beauty so let's take a closer look at the city and this is song contest. lisbon is an old seafaring city built across seven hills and perched above the tigris river it's the capital and cultural center of portugal and it attracts some six million tourists annually from around the globe so the city's five hundred fifty thousand residents are unfazed by a major event like the euro vision song contest. it's the best city in the world for it then we have good grades i think lovely people as well. as a fantastic city and music is part of our city.

we meet up with the german candidate michele show into the air of vision organizers are encouraging the artists from forty three different countries taking part to go out and get a feel for the city so in between rehearsals and interviews charlotta and the german delegation are visiting some of lisbon sites such as the ballet tower. is not usual it's very multicultural simply because there are people from so many different countries here and it's one of the nice things about the euro vision song contest that regardless of what country you're from who you are what gender you are everyone's welcome and has a great time with its lives. spin is rolling up the carpet in european blue for euro vision on the banks of the target in front of the mass the new museum for art architecture and technology this is where the euro vision song contest will officially open.

country that really likes to receive. and open to the world and we are not. close so we don't have. the border they don't have borders that's how we we would like to be in the world. the monument to the discoveries. the most a or complex rose in front of it portugal six centuries of seafaring history are reflected everywhere and lisbon so the graphic design for your a vision also plays with maritime motifs the euro vision arena is right on the tigris river on the former grounds of expo nine hundred ninety eight this year is motto of all aboard was coined by gonzalo might die. oceans mean everything for as india seemed all the way of living with our different cultures beliefs and dollars and races so that's where we got to these all aboard ship mean everything inclusive imperative i mean very theme at the same time. and it means everything to us. this is the year of

vision stage which two hundred million television viewers will be admiring it was designed by the german florian feeder who opted to use seafaring motifs. nets and i thought i meant to design it's basically three elements there's navigation reflected in these three arcs which are also found in the portuguese flag what he they represent a spherical astrally but navigation instrument the second element is ship building that's reflected in these three waves or ribs which are familiar from traditional ship building and finally there's the sea or waves and water which is in the form of the construction in the background and those who took them to. the euro fishing village has taken up residency for a week on the process make a mass you know. some of the candidates are even performing your life such as portugal's cloudy oh pasqual.

do you think the sea wait to meet you up i mean it's amazing i am from the beautiful country of canada and i'm here for the year of vision called best here in lisbon. far from the euro vision search. yes in the neighborhood of barrio alto the strains of fado music can be heard. in that arms at least doos paul twelve points. now is going to round up of what's happening across the continent today's express is an english french affair starting off with a royal visit to nice. prince

charles was made an honorary citizen of nice in the south of france on monday the british crown prince and his wife camilla duchess of cornwall were welcomed by the city's mayor at the good of mussina the royal couple also a visitor to the memorial to the victims of the terrorist attack that took place almost two years ago prince charles laid flowers and sign the condolence book he also spoke with relatives of the victims nice is the first stop on a five day trip to france and greece far charles and camilla. start your engines this past weekend the seven english town of billings first hosted the opening event for the annual lawnmower racing season participants competed on various lawn more models to earn points toward the championships that take place in october the competition was created in one nine hundred seventy three supposedly in a pub in west sussex after organizers enjoyed several pints of beer today there was even an official body of the british lawnmower racing association it has decreed

that the cutting blades must be removed from all vehicles before the races for safety sake. con kick off on monday evening the jury for the film festival met for the first time in the city on the cultures or. this year's paddle. under president cate blanchett features a female majority there are five women on the nine member jury including american actress kristen stewart the seventy first con film festival opens officially on tuesday evening with twenty one films competing for the main prize the palm door or golden palm the festival will run until may nineteenth. well with the cannes film festival just underway we've based this week's audience on the topic of film head to our website d.w. dot com slash lifestyle and tell us how you most like to enjoy movies i'm quite keen on going to the cinema but sometimes it's nice to just relax at home so what

do you think. now to another one of high fives and today it's all about parties i'm joe graffiti let's find out where those two topics me. five places that you may not know play a big role at parties for. the most famous brandy in the world comes from this medieval city in southwestern france cognac is our number five. this spirit is made from a dry and acidic white wine region both the perfect conditions for growing the right grapes and the black growth found on the walls of some buildings in time yeah apparently comes from evaporation during the distilling process. the real in northern spain gives its name to our number for the real hot region you've surely tasted real hot wine before it's a dry red wine and goes extremely well with the local ham and cheese specialties.

people have been making wine in real time for almost a thousand years some three hundred million liters are produced each year. another famous european wine region is county in italy it's located between the cities of florence and sienna and it's our number three its vineyards have shaken off a bad reputation and enjoyed a renaissance the higher quality ones are marketed under the classical label easily recognized by a redesigned black rooster seal. who. it sings and has more energy. we have fantastic wineries excellent wines were full of passion and we've invested a lot in quality today. is much more acknowledged on the market and it used to be.

eighty percent of the why. is exported to. apple harvesting season in northern france is about making juice cider and also cover those are number two this is not only the name of a spirit but also of an administrative department of normandy. or they caused. the apples to make juice this is left to ferment and turn a decider this is then distilled in order to make the calvin dos. you need twenty kilos of apples to make one liter of colorado's locals have been making it for about four hundred fifty years now. this marketing wine also shares its name with a place prosecco is our number one it's the name of a village not far from tree esta in northeastern italy near the border with slovenia as well as the great that's generally used to make the wine only wines

made in the beneteau and feel even next year junior regions can be sold as per second. plenty of interesting facts that you'll be able to chat about at your next. now we're heading to paris when old building has been completely modernized to house a new art center funded by the french department store chain lafayette it's called lafayette and his a patients and the dutch architect koolhaas was hired to retrofit the creative space but it's not just his architectural design that makes it unique. describes itself as france's first multidisciplinary cultural center and it's opened in paris is historic monterey district. it is not only displayed here it's also produced. the first work was

completed during the construction phase. the video by french dancer and choreographer berger millipede said to music by baroque composer. mother the remodelling work is complete the center is ready to serve a wide range of artists. our focus lies in accompanying the artistic process we want to be there for artists when they have doubts. to help them realize their ideas. to that end we have the means and spaces studios and a team of people who are specialists in their different areas of production. enough or you're done to suppose is funded by the gun every law for your department store chain its cultural foundation wants to provide support and high tech spaces for artists as they conceive and create work.

since was remodeled by dutch our good care to us the result is sleek and functional exactly what the financial backers wanted. it of course it helps promote gallery that fiats image but of publicity campaign would cost a lot less there isn't really any other institution that helps artists to produce their works and to develop production methods. artists have already moved into the studios. if you show the norm is working with the stucco plaster on a sculpture. she's grateful for the opportunities provided by the foundation. it's just what i can offer abou the plasterer this kind of set up my studio isn't big enough and i don't have

a team that can lift a three hundred kilo table or one with the technical know how i also think it's great that we're both in a neutral space so we can both get to know the team and see how well we work with something like a moment coming up it. just works to be performed or displayed in the areas above the studios i misspoke mobile flooring system offers more than eight hundred square metres of flexible exhibition space. with its interdisciplinary focus and its commitment to showing new work nothing yet on to suppose cion promises to foster a newfound guard of artistic output. final report of the day makes me feel a little dizzy as part of this week's sporty series we're taking a closer look at slacklining which is similar to tightrope walking it may look pretty straight forward but i can say from personal experience that you'll probably

fall on your first few attempts pros like however make it look easy the german slack line it takes his wedding all over the world and shows off his balance in the most spectacular settings. to. total freedom at one with nature. versus breathtaking abuses all over the world dancing between deserts and canyons rivers and streams all his senses are focused on the line. the frequency the amount of concentration you muster is unbelievable and at the same time you're so calm you just feel totally awake and alive and everything feels a bit more intense. preety is arguably one of the world's best slack liners here in his hometown of rosenheim near munich he practices yoga to help block out disturbances concentrating on regular breathing

and body tension. that plays a huge role in the balance spaceports like this where you have to concentrate and constantly tense and relax your body especially when you walk on long high lines and have to balance for an hour or two. the deeper the canyon the stronger the butterflies in his stomach since free he discovered slacklining nine years ago he has practiced almost every day he prefers to do it intended. for monica mungle is also addicted to the sport in the great outdoors like here in the us some climb gorge south of munich. neither is afraid they're taking excessive risks they trust their equipment and each other. there cannot because i can't get a crucial thing is communication you have to consult well beforehand how are the safety anchors who is setting what up who's responsible for what and of course you have to develop trust in each other the preparations in the middle of the forest

are elaborate what's the best place to do this where a stable anchor points for the hooks and rope the slack line is two and a half centimeters wide in places enormous strain on the trees. this is the this is to protect the trees bark from where i want the bark to remain as it is in general and slacklining you want to leave this few traces behind as possible when explaining the lesson today the line stretches forty meters from one end to the other enclosed on the other secures me perfectly it all seems very hazardous and daring to a viewer but for free it's no big deal almost routine heights and depths no longer terrify him. everyone has a primal fear of heights but the more you climb up the highline the more your fear dwindles. now it feels like i'm floating just a metre over a meadow like it is when i practice in the park. but it always requires the most concentration.

the wind every step the slightest movement of his torso all are enough to make the fin line vibrate. freely is a master of the balancing game. but . this sport originated in the united states. freddie and his american girlfriend katrina cisco came to select lining through mountaineering. they met at an international meeting of the slacklining seen in france. catrina is impressed with talent and skills i think when he is walking on the sidewalk you constantly is bumping into me or cutting me off or something but when he is still on the high line it. perfection like there is really no mistakes

that are made and i hope there is no mistakes that i ever made. a mistake could be fatal because free sometimes walks the line free solo that means with no securing lines. in the summer of two thousand and sixteen in canada he went boldly where no man had gone before crossing a four hundred meter abyss over a waterfall. can mine to face this vice i know my abilities but i have everything under control and i've walked this line a hundred times i can do it i'm not afraid of being afraid would mean that i think something could go wrong. i'm more afraid of telling my mother about my free cell the highlighting and that i've set a world record it that a free soloing itself. he believes he's not reckless just mentally stronger and more confident than others. the secret of this sport is to control your innate fear

trust yourself and tie yourself to this lifeline. this minute this is what i like the most. so why does he do it. to any of the many of the other personal benefits of slacklining is that you compose yourself challenges playfully and without rules you can be totally creative. and pretty cool is always ready to take his dance on the line another step further and. that's all from us for today but of course we're back tomorrow with plenty more european culture and lifestyle till then you can follow us on facebook and instagram d.w. your remarks where you post new content every day and now. from the next edition of your own max the wedding of prince harry could make an markel is less than two weeks away on may nineteenth ever since their engagement was announced there's been speculation about the u.s.

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