Franz Ferdinand begin their greatest hits tour at the Rockhal in Luxembourg on the 14th of April! Tom at down with band-member Bob Hardy over zoom for a chat about how they put their greatest hits album 'Hits to The Head' together, being excited to tour again after the pandemic, a look back at their beginnings, and what's coming next for the band.
Local Matters: Cycling in urban traffic
Daniel Erpelding organizes the Critical Mass events in Luxembourg. We discussed road safety for cyclists with him.
Interview with Out Of The Crowd Festival
The 18th edition of Out of The Crowd festival is taking place On the 30th Of April. This Morning Festival programmer Nicolas Przeor came on the Breakfast Show to chat to Tom about this year's line.
Local Matters: Cycling class for adults
Many people, especially women, never had the chance to learn how to ride a bicycle. The association ProVelo provides classes for adults.
Delano Top Of The Week
Teodor Georgiev was in the studio this morning for Delano's Top of the Week. Up for discussion were the meetings that are being held this week between the Trade Unions LCBG and OGBL and the Luxembourg confederation of commerce to discuss Sunday work in the country.
Interview With Voices International
On Saturday 2nd of August, Voices International will celebrate their 25th Anniversary by performing at the Conservatoire de la Ville de Luxembourg. Director, James Libbey came on to the Breakfast Show this morning to talk with Tom about the upcoming performance and how people can get involved with the Choir
Petition For A Paediatric Oncology Ward In Luxembourg
Tom's guest in the studio this morning was Julia Dauphinee, who came on the show to discuss the petition she has launched to get a paediatric oncology ward opened in Luxembourg.
Julia's daughter Caroline was diagnosed with brain cancer at the age of twenty months. Upon Caroline being diagnosed, Julia and her husband were told that there wasn't the possibility for her to receive the necessary chemotherapy here in Luxembourg because the infrastructure does not exist here. Instead, Julia and her family were recommended to a ward in Paris and had to take regular car journeys with Caroline in order for her to receive her treatment.
Luxembourg currently does not have a children's chemotherapy ward. Families are reimbursed for the cost of having to travel for treatment but the long journeys can be exhausting and stressful for children who are already undergoing so much.
Now that Caroline is in remission, Julia has decided to launch a petition for a ward to be opened here in Luxembourg so that other families whose children have cancer might have an easier experience than she did after Caroline's diagnosis. She has received support from medical professionals working here in Luxembourg and the petition requires 4500 signatures before it is discussed in front of the Chambre des Deputées.
The petition can be signed and shared here: www.petitiounen.lu/en/petition/223…af1c6df16a50a73
Local Matters: Towards better lighting
Daniel Gliedner advises municipalities, companies and private people on how to adjust their lighting to reduce health risks and light pollution.
Interview With Nicolas Van Elsué From Pride Luxembourg
Pride Luxembourg will celebrate its 22nd Edition this year in Esch-sur-Alzette between the 1st and 10th of July. Nicolas Van Elsué from Rosa Lëtzebuerg joined Tom on the Breakfast Show this morning to discuss what the festival has in store this year.
Local Matters: Light pollution
Light pollution has increased rapidly in the past few decades. Even in Naturpark Our, animals suffer from the lack of darkness.
Acid House to Aaliyah: A look at The Roland TB303
Today's Lost in Music on the Breakfast Show had a bit of a twist. Instead of focusing on a genre, theme or decade of music, tom focused on the sound and legacy of the Roland TB303 bassline synthesizer for international 303 appreciation day (the 30th of March).
Delano Top Of The Week
This week Cordula Schnuer from Delano joined Tom on the Breakfast Show to talk about the Tripartite discussions that are being held in Luxembourg this week in response to the energy crisis that has been sparked by the invasion of Ukraine.
Interview with William Engelen
On the 27th of March, as part of the exhibition celebrating 25 years of the MUDAM collection, William Engelen will perform Verstrijken, a collaborative work made in cooperation with André Pons-Valdès from the Luxembourgish instrumental ensemble United Instruments of Lucilin.
Local Matters: Awareness on Human trafficking
Human trafficking happens here in Luxembourg. Severla associations try to raise awareness.
Interview With Vincent Crapon From Esch2022
Vincent Crapon is Project Manager of Exhibitions for Esch2022 in Belval. Over the course of the year he will be overseeing 3 major exhibitions as part of the European Capital of Culture programme in the impressive locations of the Möllerei and the Masse Noire
Interview With The Luxembourg Ice Hockey Federation
Liam McEvoy and Sacha Backes joined us in the studio this morning to talk about the upcoming International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) division IIIA World Championships which will be hosted in Luxembourg between the 3rd till the 8th of April.
Luxembourg will play host to United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Chinese Taipei, Turkmenistan over the 6-day tournament. All teams will play each other in a league format with the winning team gaining promotion up to division IIB.
All games will take place at the Patinoire Kockelscheuer with Luxembourg playing at 19:00 on Sunday 3rd , Tuesday 5th , Thursday 7th and Friday 8th. Tickets cost €10 with a tournament pass available at €35.
To get tickets or find out more head to: www.icehockey.lu/home
Local Matters: Human trafficking in Luxembourg
Luxembourg is a target country for human trafficking, victims work in forced labor in construction, restaurants, in prostitution and private households.
Local Matters: Ayo's story - Human Trafficking
As concerns about the security of the female refugees from Ukraine are growing, our topic on Local Matters this week is human trafficking. Ayo was trafficked to Europe, on our microphone she told her story.
Covid-Kids: Interview With Unicef Luxembourg
Paul Heber from Unicef Luxembourg joined Tom on the Breakfast Show today to speak about the findings of the Covid-Kids II study that was conducted by Unicef in collaboration with the university of Luxembourg to assess the affect that the Pandemic has had on the lives of children living in the country.
Delano Top of The Week
Today on the show Tom and Cordula from Delano discussed the upcoming visit of a delegation from Luxembourg to the closing of the world expo in Dubai.