Madoff’s ‘criminal soul mate’ claims to be victim

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Finance

An Austrian businesswoman accused of being Bernard Madoff’s “criminal soul mate” has claimed she was a victim of the banker’s illicit operations herself.Madoff was sentenced to a maximum 150 years in jail by a court in New York City in the United States for what is widely considered to be the largest so-called Ponzi scheme […]

Joe Cocker to rock Austria

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Culture

Famed rock singer Joe Cocker will perform in Vienna in November, it was confirmed today (Fri).The 66-year-old Sheffield-born star is set to hit the stage at the city’s 12,000-capacity Stadthalle on 17 November, according to Britishrock.cc.Cocker rose to fame in the 1960s and has toured and released albums ever since. “With a little help from […]

Marla Glen lined up for Viennese Africa festival

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Culture

Marla Glen will headline this year’s Afrika Tage Wien (Africa Days Vienna) festival, it has emerged.Online music newspaper Britishrock.cc reports today (Fri) that the American soul singer is set to top the bill at the 17-day event which will start on 30 July.German singer-songwriter Hans Söllner and Austrian funk icon Kurt Hauenstein’s band Supermax are […]