FYRE II is shaping up to be another disaster
The first FYRE Festival was such a fiasco that its promoter went to jail and two documentaries were made on it. But now that he’s out of jail, Billy McFarland wants everyone to
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Concerts
The 30th anniversary of NXNE has announced it’s first 100-ish artists
The 2025 edition of NXNE will be the festival’s 30th anniversary. Set for June 11-25 in Toronto, the first 100+ artists have been announced for more than 20 venues across the city including
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Another taste of summer: The Festival d’été de Québec (FEQ) lineup is out.
The Festival d’été de Québec (FEQ). an eleven-day summer festival in Quebec City, is back with for 2025. The lineup this year will include: Tickets start at $165 (including taxes and fees). Go
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Fyre Festival II is coming and there are plenty of ways for dumb rich people to spend their money
Convicted felon and fraudster Billy McFarland is trying again. After ripping off thousands of people with the original Fyre Festival in the Bahamas (he was fined and jailed, and two documentaries were made
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Another taste of summer: The lineup for Ottawa Bluesfest 2025 announced
[Ottawa correspondent Ross MacDonald was at the announcement event. – AC] The long winter with frigid temperatures and a couple of recent snow dumps (we won’t even start about the politics) has many
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Here’s another shot of summer: The lineup for Osheaga 2025
The lineup for the 18th annual Osheaga Festival has been announced. Here’s who we can expect to see at Parc Jean-Drapeau in Montreal August 1-3. Thoughts? Tickets go on sale this Friday (February
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The SNL 50th anniversary concert sounded like a good time
A big party was held at Radio City Music Hall in NYC last night (February 14). The occasional was a musical celebration of SNL’s 50th anniversary. Performers included Cher, Bad Bunny, Miley Cyrus,
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Black Sabbath announces a massive final show with all four original members
This surprised me given Ozzy’s health problems and some lingering animosity between the four original members of Black Sabbath. Yet here we are. These four guys haven’t played together in 20 years. Sabbaths
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Why Trump’s tariffs on Canada could be bad for live music and the price of concert tickets.
Here come the tariffs. The Orange Man seems intent on causing global economic havoc because…why, exactly? And now he’s threatening to do the same to the EU and possibly the UK. Can someone
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Here’s video and a setlist from Sum 41’s final-ever show
Sum 41 played their last-ever show in Toronto Thursday night (January 30), capping off a career that began in 1996. Let’s what video from the Scotiabank Arena. Scroll down for the setlist. Motivation
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Did you catch the Nirvana reunion last night?
FireAid, the big dual venue event designed to raise money for victims of the LA wildfires, had a few surprises last night, the biggest of which might have been the Nirvana “reunion.” Dave
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