The legendary British rock band Queen is to feature on a series of UK postage stamps over the summer to celebrate its 50th anniversary. They become only the third band to be honoured by Royal Mail, following the Beatles in 2007 and Pink Floyd in 2016.

The gallery of Goethe Institut in Sofia is opening its doors to visitors once again with a new exhibition. The World Never Stopped Turning is a project informed by the pandemic, but one that focuses on the dangers of forgetting about crucial social and political topics rather than on the dangers of the virus.

The first ever Bulgarian photo exhibition by Stoyan Yorgov, who has been living and working in Los Angeles, California, for the past 26 years, will be opened on 24 June at the Rakursi Art Gallery in Sofia.

Leaving Bulgaria is not just a desire to get out of poverty and earn more money. It is something much more fundamental, which is obviously so significant that most of the emigrants are willing to pay a very high price to have it, Demetra Duleva says in an interview to EUROPOST.

The US folk and rock legend and Nobel winner Bob Dylan released his first album of original songs in eight years on Friday, AFP reported. "Rough and Rowdy Ways" is Dylan’s first collection of new material since "Tempest" in 2012, although he has released a number of cover albums in the interim.

The European music celebrates a restart with the 31st Ravenna festival, which will kick off on 21 June with a concert by the Giovanile Cherubini Orchestra conducted by Riccardo Muti. It is the first festival not directed by Cristina Mazzavillani Muti, who is now honorary president, and features a programme of 40 events running until 30 July, ANSA reported. They will all take place with full respect of the measures imposed due to the Covid-19 emergency, in the open theatre at the Rocca Brancaleone castle.

Following the vibrant virtual studio tour with American sculptor Jonathan Prince in May, next week Stephanie Manasseh, Director of SM Art Advisory, is inviting the art lovers for an informal chat with Simon de Pury. The talk will be about his extensive and varied career, life in lockdown, and the state of the art market during the coronavirus outbreak. The meeting will take place on 18 June at 5:00pm (Brussels), 11:00am (New York), on Zoom.

This month, Goethe-Institut in Sofia provides its backyard to cinema lovers. This new initiative, called Backyard Cinema - HOFKINO, aims to present some of the most interesting contemporary German film productions, covering various plots and genres of the contemporary German fiction and documentaries.

Jose Carreras is set to guest star in the Opera D'amore show scheduled for 19 December in Sofia. “The great tenor will make an appearance at an unexpected time with an unexpected repertoire,” the organisers said. Given that Carreras has not taken part in opera shows in the past seven to eight years, his presence will be incorporated in an extremely interesting and never-before-seen way, the organisers explained.

California will allow film, television and music production to resume from 12 June if conditions permit after months of lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, the governor's office said Friday.