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Tenerife is a sunny island, which attracts all over the year

Monday, October 1st, 2007
The biggest island of the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean with marvellous sunny beaches and warm temperatures during the whole year, this is Tenerife, the holiday island of the canary archipelago. The Beach in Las GallettasYou can admire wonderful landscapes of vulcanic origin and fertile, green areas abundantly covered with exotic plants. Tenerife is an ideal tourist destination at any time of the year. The island can be reached in only four hours of flight from Germany. Many flights arrive and leave daily at the two airports of the island. Tenerife offers a huge supply of accomodation like for example exclusive hotels, rural hotels, country houses and appartments. The tourist infrastructure of the island of Tenerife is ideal for all kind of holiday makers, for those who like shopping centers, beaches, restaurants, museums, ...

BBC Radio 1 coming to Tenerife

Saturday, July 14th, 2007
  BBC Radio 1 brings its hugely popular
  summer roadshow to Tenerife next weekend (July 21 th and 22 th 2007). The BBC is staying tight lipped about the actual location for its live broadcast, preferring to announce it live on air on Tuesday (July 17). The Tenerife roadshow is part of Radio 1’s ‘Six Weeks of Summer’ event, which also sees live broadcasts from other European holiday destinations such as Majorca, Ibiza and Zante. Confirmed presenters for the Six Weeks of Summer series include Edith Bowman, Vernon Kaye, Sara Cox and Nihal, but listeners have to tune in to the Chris Moyles show each Tuesday to find out who is going where and what they'll be up to. The Radio 1 roadshows have been a regular summer feature for many years, drawing huge crowds to the UK resorts chosen to host the live events.
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Joe Cocker has a date in La Laguna

Tuesday, June 26th, 2007
British blues legend Joe Cocker has switched the venue of his Tenerife concert on July 10 to the Pabellon Santiago Martin in La Laguna. Sheffield-born Cocker, who will be 63 by the time of the concert, embarked on a mammoth Europe-wide tour this month that will see him play 34 venues in Spain, Greece, Georgia, Lithuania, Russia, Poland, France, Ireland, England, Holland, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, Portugal, Norway and Denmark in little over two months. He has two dates in the Canary Islands, in La Laguna on July 10 and Gran Canaria the following day. Now based in America, Cocker’s musical career goes back over 40 years to his first UK number one in November 1968, a cover version of the Beatles song With a Little Help from My Friends. He followed it up with Delta Lady but then hit the big time in the States ...
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Jazz festival set to become an annual event

Tuesday, May 1st, 2007
A festival linking jazz music to dance takes place in La Orotava in the north of Tenerife on Saturday May 5. It is the second time the Jazzindance festival has been staged and it seems likely it will become a permanent fixture on the island’s cultural calendar. Admission to the festival, being staged in the town’s historic Plaza de Constitucíon, is free. A number of British performers are taking part, including the Jazzcotech Dancers from London, who will be organising a Jazzindance Workshop between 10.30am and 2.30pm. In the evening, a series of Jazz gigs and DJ sets takes place on two stages, starting at 9pm and going on into the small hours.
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Cocker brings heart and soul to Auditorio

Friday, April 20th, 2007
British blues legend Joe Cocker will appear in concert in Tenerife on July 10 during his summer European tour. The Sheffield-born star, who will be 63 by the time of the concert, starts a mammoth Europe-wide tour in June that takes in Spain, Greece, Georgia, Lithuania, Russia, Poland, France, Ireland, England, Holland, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, Portugal, Norway and Denmark – a punishing schedule of 34 venues in all in little over two months. He has two dates in the Canary Islands, at the Auditorio in Santa Cruz on July 10 and Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, the following day. Cocker’s musical career, which spans over 40 years, kicked off when he had his first UK number one in November 1968, a cover version of the Beatles song With a Little Help from My Friends. He had a second UK hit with Delta Lady but the real ...