Riyadh Welcomes the New Year With a Massive Concert

Trio Arabic Night poster.
Trio Arabic Night poster.
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Riyadh Welcomes the New Year With a Massive Concert

Trio Arabic Night poster.
Trio Arabic Night poster.

On December 31, Riyadh will host a concert “beyond your wildest dreams” to celebrate the new year. The biggest stars in Arabic music will take to the capital in what has been billed as the biggest concert in the Arab world.

Fans will get the opportunity to see 12 artists- Najwa Karam, Nawal Al Zoghbi, Asala, Angham, Elissa, Latifa, Nancy Ajram, Walid Tawfiq, Wael Kfoury, Assi Al-Hillani, Bahaa Sultan and Saber Al-Rubai- perform at the Mohamed Abdo Arena until 1 am.

Trio Arabic Night, a Riyadh Season concert, is the best way to introduce the new year, which Riyadh Season officials promise will be full of surprises. In its first edition of (Trio Arabic Night) last year, 14 artists, mostly from the Arab Gulf, introduced the new year against the background of a dazzling fireworks display.

This year, the biggest stars from across the Arab world are taking part, generating a lot of enthusiasm.

The stars seem excited. Many have said they cannot wait to celebrate the new year with their fans in Riyadh and share the stage with all the big names in attendance.

All the artists have made their way and begun preparing for what could be the most widely anticipated concert of the years.



Brazilian Police Arrest 2 People over Plot to Bomb Lady Gaga Concert

Fireworks are seen at the end of Lady Gaga's open concert, in Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil May 4, 2025. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares
Fireworks are seen at the end of Lady Gaga's open concert, in Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil May 4, 2025. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares
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Brazilian Police Arrest 2 People over Plot to Bomb Lady Gaga Concert

Fireworks are seen at the end of Lady Gaga's open concert, in Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil May 4, 2025. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares
Fireworks are seen at the end of Lady Gaga's open concert, in Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil May 4, 2025. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares

Brazilian police said on Sunday that they had thwarted a plot to detonate a bomb at Lady Gaga’ s concert in Rio de Janeiro.
The event, on Saturday, was the biggest show of her career that drew some 2 million fans to Copacabana Beach.
Rio de Janeiro's state police said they had worked with the Justice Ministry to disrupt an attack allegedly planned by a group that was spreading hate speech. Police said the group sought to radicalize and recruit teenagers to carry out attacks using Molotov cocktails and improvised explosives.
“The plan was treated as a ‘collective challenge’ with the aim of gaining notoriety on social media,” the police said, according to The Associated Press.
Authorities said they arrested two people in connection with the planned attack — the alleged leader of the group on illegal weapons possession charges in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul, and a teenager on child pornography charges in Rio.
Authorities said police raided the locations of 15 suspects across several states in Brazil and confiscated phones and other electronic devices.