ZZ Top @ O2 Apollo, Manchester July 25, 2017 Despite being around since the late sixties and just being slightly older than myself, I have never previously crossed paths with the band in a live setting. True like most people my attention was [...]
Elvis Costello & The Imposters @ The Sony Centre, Toronto July 20, 2017 When Elvis Costello & The Attractions first released Imperial Bedroom in 1982, it stood out. It wasn’t Thriller. It wasn’t synthpop. The album sounded nothing [...]
Gordon Lightfoot @ Rose Theatre, Brampton July 20, 2017 “I’m Gordon Lightfoot and the reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.” Seventy-eight-year old Can-Con icon Gordon Lightfoot borrowed Mark Twain’s famous line to introduce himself [...]
Soul Asylum W/ Cracker @ The Danforth Music Hall, Toronto July 18, 2017 The last time that Soul Asylum came to Toronto, I was in diapers. I was one month and a day shy of being one years old. October 23rd, 1995, Soul Asylum played the Palais [...]
Metallica w/ Avenged Sevenfold & Volbeat @ The Rogers Centre, Toronto July 16, 2017 This weekend, Metallica, along with show openers Avenged Sevenfold and Volbeat, brought their WorldWired Tour to Toronto’s Roger Centre, their first show in [...]
Festival d’Été de Québec @ Québec City, Québec July 6 – July 16, 2017 Bonne Fête Festival d’Été de Québec! Fifty years and counting! Here’s to many more! For the 50th consecutive year, beautiful, historic Québec City [...]
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers w/ Peter Wolf @ Air Canada Centre, Toronto July 15, 2017 Despite being happily married and about 20 years younger than him, ever since I was a child, I’ve heard how my mum, when she was a teenager, thought [...]
2017 RBC Ottawa Bluesfest – Day 5 & 8 – BLUESFEST AFTER THE CHAOS @ LeBreton Flats Festival Grounds, Ottawa July 11 & 14, 2017 After all of the barricade rushing, fights, young girls passing out and having to be carried away [...]
2017 RBC Ottawa Bluesfest – Day 4 @ LeBreton Flats Festival Grounds, Ottawa July 9, 2017 She’s already known for her colourful, unique personality, but this being Pink’s third show in four years, the crowd was unsure of what to expect. [...]
2017 Beaches International Jazz Festival @ Jimmie Simpson Park, Toronto July 9, 2017 As soon as I got to Jimmie Simpson Park for the last half of Sunday’s performances I knew it was going to be a good time because a very upbeat version of the [...]
2017 RBC Ottawa Bluesfest – Day 3 @ LeBreton Flats Festival Grounds, Ottawa July 8, 2017 With the biggest crowd so far at Bluesfest 2017, 50 Cent partied like it was his birthday, and this time it actually was. For 50 Cent’s 42nd birthday, [...]
2017 Bud Light Dreams Music Festival @ RBC Echo Beach, Toronto July 7-8, 2017 Toronto’s famous Echo Beach venue played host to the 6th annual Dreams Music Festival, originally named Digital Dreams this weekend; a festival dedicated to a diverse [...]
2017 Beaches International Jazz Festival @ Jimmie Simpson Park, Toronto July 7, 2017 The Beaches International Jazz Festival kicked off its 29th edition with The Happy Pals, and I cannot think of a better band to do so since it is not possible [...]
The Moody Blues @ The Sony Centre, Toronto July 6, 2017 The Moody Blues have been around since 1964. Of course the line-up changed in 1966 and they became a much bigger band (although their single “Go Now”, with the original line-up did make [...]
2017 RBC Ottawa Bluesfest – Day 1 @ LeBreton Flats Festival Grounds, Ottawa July 6, 2017 Sam Roberts headlined the Claridge Homes stage on the first night of RBC Bluesfest 2017 on Thursday, and brought members of Tribe Royal, who opened up [...]
Bob Dylan And His Band @ The Tribute Communities Centre, Oshawa July 4, 2017 While on an extensive tour across North America, the iconic Bob Dylan has decided to include a short tour of Ontario with six shows across the province. Catching him [...]
City & Colour, Blue Rodeo, The Strumbellas, Stars & Dear Rouge @ The Commons at Butler’s Barracks, Niagara-on-the-Lake July 2, 2017 Butler’s Barracks is not easy to get to. Especially if you have to take GO transit. A sparse bus schedule [...]
Electric Island Festival 2017 @ 50 Commissioners’ Street, Toronto July 1, 2017 The upside of throwing an electronic music festival in a parking lot is the acoustics. While the #150 Canada Day Electric Island moved to 50 Commissioner’s [...]
The International Bob Dylan Tribute Festival @ City Winery, Chicago June 28, 2017 On June 28th, The International Bob Dylan Tribute blew through to wind into City Winery. The annual event, now in its 11th year, celebrates Bob Dylan’s songs [...]
Cheap Trick w/ Stone Broken @ Manchester Academy, Manchester June 28, 2017 Cheap Trick dates in the UK have been few and far between over the years. So despite not being a long-standing fan I decided to avail of the opportunity -essentially to [...]
In The Park – SHAD Kick Off Concert @ First Canadian Place, Toronto June 28, 2017 There’s nothing better than a free, open air Shad concert on a warm Wednesday night. Shad opened the #InTheParkFCP In The Park summer concert series in the [...]
Kiefer Sutherland w/ Sound Of The Sirens @ Gorilla, Manchester June 26, 2017 I have noticed a trend over the last few years for many A-List actors who have hit a peak in their career to try to diversify and try to establish a secondary [...]
My Brightest Diamond @ The Famous Spiegeltent, Luminato Festival, Toronto June 24, 2017 History was made, on Saturday night, in Toronto for My Brightest Diamond. For the first time ever, all three core members played together on stage on [...]
NXNE 2017 @ Port Lands, Toronto June 23-25, 2017 Were you at NXNE this year? Nope? That’s OK, because nobody else was either. Toronto’s annual music and arts festival, North by Northeast, might need to re-evaluate their festival, as attendance [...]
