It is now rumoured that Bob Dylan will be the latest in the long line of artists coming to Israel this summer to perform. He is expected to give a concert at Tel Aviv’s Yarkon Park on May 27.

Veteran British singer Rod Stewart has announced he is coming to Tel Aviv to give a concert at the Ramat Gan Stadium on July 1.

Metallica have just announced that they expect to perform at the Ramat Gan Stadium, near Tel Aviv on 22 May.

Elton John has announced that he is coming to Israel in June to give a concert in the Ramat Gan Stadium near Tel Aviv.

UPDATE: UNFORTUNATELY THIS CONCERT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. Rock musician and guitarist Carlos Santana will include Israel in his summer tour, it has just been announced. He will come to Tel Aviv and perform at Jaffa’s Blumfield Stadium in June, joining Beyonce, Rihanna, Pixies, Elton John and U2 who are also going to be performing in Israel this year.

Paul Anka, the iconic 60′s singer had such a good reception at his two concerts in Tel Aviv in November 2009, that he’s returning, in May of this year.

Any film festival that brings together homages to Francis Bacon and Merce Cunningham, hosts a descendant of Felix Mendelssohn and presents a master class by self-confessed art geek Ben Lewis deserves to be called eclectic – or EPOS, the first International Art Film Festival, which will take place October 29-31 at the Tel Aviv Cinemateque.

Depeche Mode, Pet Shop Boys, Lady Gaga, Madonna, Leonard Cohen – and now Beyonce. R&B and pop singer Beyonce Knowles is slated to give three performances over three days in Tel Aviv’s Nokia Arena in January.

Leonard Cohen, 75, the Canadian singer-poet sometimes derided for making music to slit your wrists to, energized and transported a packed Ramat Gan stadium to a vibrant spiritual high on Thursday night.

Veteran singer Leonard Cohen landed in Israel on Tuesday ahead of his upcoming concert in Ramat Gan Stadium on Thursday night.