Basque music
Olaia Inziarte launches new EP, "Wood"
The Ura Bere Bidean initiative has filled BEC with emotions and surprises with 11,000 people
There was no shortage of excitement and surprises last night at the BEC. 11,000 people filled the hall, joining the Ura Bere Bidean initiative. This edition has a wide participation of Basque music, supported as every year by the Bilbao Symphony Orchestra.
Water is back on His Way, with Evaristo, Leire Martinez, Sukena and Zea Mays' "Electricity"
The concert, which combines symphony music and popular classics of Basque music, has already become an essential date for the Basque music season. The Bilbao Symphony Orchestra and more than 24 groups and artists will combine their music on Fridays, October 24 and 25.
Gorka Urbizu launches his short work "Bakan II"
Gorka Urbizu, "nervous, liberated and excited" with the new EP
The musician Gorka Urbizu today released a two-song EP, "Bakan II." He recorded the songs "Diamond" and "Silver" in the mythical studios of Abbey Road in London.
Maite Eskarmendi, journalist for "Egun On", interviewed Urbizu before the presentation.
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Latzen: "Memento mori"
The Oñatiarra band is back! In 1998 he released "Ardi larruz", their previous studio album 27 years ago, and now they have presented "Memento mori", the first advance of what will be their new album. The quartet offered the first concerts of this new stage in Zorroza and Hatortxu Rock, and they have advanced that, with the new album under their arm, there will be more performances.
Tickets for La Oreja de Van Gogh concerts have run out, and new dates have been announced in Barakaldo, San Sebastian and Pamplona
The Donostiarra group has announced three new concerts in the Basque Country: on 10 May in Barakaldo (BEC); on 1 August in San Sebastián (Illumbe); and on 21 November in Pamplona (Navarra Arena).
Professional meeting point of the Basque music sector in Tabakalera
Starting today and ending tomorrow, Wednesday, Must + Pro, "an event where music professionals can share experiences, reflect on the challenges of the sector and create new links."
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Exactly 31 years after the first concert — the band's first performance was on the eve of the Kings in 1995 — the pop band Etzakit hernaniar triki will return to the stage, on January 5, 2026, at the Oialume ballroom, "at home." Xabier Solano (trikitixa and voice), Jon Mari Beasain (guitar), Aitor Zabaleta (bass) and Ander Barrenetxea (drums) will return to the stage.
"We wanted to reflect another image of Lurdes Iriondo."
Director Inge Mendioroz and screenwriter Idoia Garzes tell us about "Lurdes Iriondo, don't stay in vain." The documentary participates in the Zinemira section of the Festival and tries to vindicate different aspects of the life and career of the singer and writer.
Gipuzkoa will award the 2025 Gold Medal to singer Lourdes Iriondo, who died in 2005
The objective of the award is "to bring to the present day the extensive and innovative work carried out by Lourdes Iriondo in the revitalization of the Basque Euskera and Basque culture, and to do justice to ensure that his legacy occupies the place he deserves in the history of the territory".
Tickets for the second Zetak show in Bilbao are about to run out
Pello Reparaz: "The idea was not to keep people warm, and we have succeeded."
The ETB program "Egun On" has interviewed Pello Reparaz one day after the end of the ZETAK concert series "Mitoaroa II". He has also told us about the show that will be released on June 20 in San Mamés.
Pello Reparaz: "The show" Mitoaroa III "will be installed in 2084"
On June 20, 2026, Zetak will offer a show based on George Orwell's 1984 play "Silk Is Different" at the San Mamés football field.
We've embarked on the backstage of 'Mitoaroa II', another show
A total of 40,000 people are expected to attend this unprecedented music show in Basque, which can be followed this Saturday from 22:00 on ETB2 and on the free streaming platform BIKAIN.
The Water On Its Way concert will arrive in San Sebastian
Pello Reparaz: "Mythology is a more serious and more political work than Pamplona II."
Following last January's success at the Navarra Arena, there are five days left for the three days of the Mitoaroa show that Zetak will offer next weekend in Illumbe.
Pello Reparaz tells us that it will be the precuela of the Navarre Arena Mitoaroa and that it will have many innovations.
Gatibu has made the fans gathered at Aste Nagusia in Bilbao dance
The Gernika group has created a unique atmosphere in the Europa Park, with a concert on Thursday night, as part of their farewell tour of "crazy" fans, before getting off the stage forever.
Olatz Salvador, Kai Nakai and Marén have denounced the "mistreatment" they received from the City Council after the Abandoibarra concerts were suspended
The three artists who were going to perform on the stage of Abandoibarra on Saturday have issued a joint statement challenging the Bilbao City Council, which, among other things, stated that the City Council wanted to leave behind all responsibility for the cancellation of the concerts and tried to prevent the video explanation of what had happened.
Guide to Fermin Muguruza's evening concert in Irun
The multifaceted artist will play in his neighborhood, Urdanibia Square, after more than a decade, and as a crowd is expected, the City Council has completed a map with practical information.