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What about the 2020 Juno Award winners? Will we ever find out who won?

March 26, 2020March 26, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments 20/20, Juno Awards

The short answer is “not for a while.” The 49th Juno Awards were supposed to have already happened in Saskatoon,

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Eurovision, the world’s most batshit-crazy talent competition, has been canceled for 2020.

March 18, 2020March 18, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments 20/20, Eurovision

Around this time each year, the good people of Europe (and Australia, for reasons that still baffle me) go to

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It had to happen: 50th anniversary Glastonbury Festival will not go ahead.

March 18, 2020March 18, 2020 Alan Cross 1 Comment 20/20, Coronavirus, Glastonbury

A few weeks ago, the organizers of Glastonbury, the most famous music festival in the world, we optimistic that things

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Canadian Music Week postponed. It had to be done.

March 16, 2020March 16, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments 20/20, Canadian Music Week, CMW, Coronavirus, COVID-19

Canadian Music Week, the massive annual music conference and festival that happens in Toronto every May, has been postponed until

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Yep, the Junos are cancelled for 2020.

March 12, 2020March 13, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments 20/20, Cancelled, Juno Awards, Saskatoon

The rumours of a cancellation started early this morning as people associated with the event (performers, nominees, crew) were told

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Music Industry 

Canadian Music Week is still very much on this May. Take THAT, COVID-19!

March 11, 2020March 11, 2020 Alan Cross 1 Comment 20/20, Canadian Music Week, CMW, Coronavirus

The music industry has been hammered by cancellations and postponements. SXSW. Coachella, Madonna’s Madame X tour. Pearl Jam’s Gigaton tour.

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Coachella finally postponed. Festival will move to October.

March 10, 2020March 10, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments 20/20, Coachella

It was inevitable. With SXSW down for the count and dozens of other tours, concerts and music conferences either postponed

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Here is the full list of Record Store Day 2020 exclusive releases

March 6, 2020March 7, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments 20/20, Record Store Day

Unless we’re all wiped out by the coronavirus over the next six weeks, music fans will descend on retailers for

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Here are the top 20 nominees for the 2020 Prism Prize

February 28, 2020February 27, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments 20/20, Prism Prize

The eighth annual Prism Prize offers a $20,000 cash prize (up from $15,000 this year) to the best Canadian music

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Festival d’été de Québec goes BIG for 2020

February 26, 2020February 26, 2020 Gilles LeBlanc 0 Comments 20/20, Bulls on Parade, FEQ, Festival d'été de Québec, Rage Against the Machine, Summer Festivals

At 52 years young, Festival d’été de Québec is one of Canada’s longest-running music events. It has also become one

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Here are your winners at the 2020 Brit Awards

February 18, 2020February 18, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments 20/20, Brits

The Brits–the UK’s version of the Junos and the Grammys–were held in London Tuesday night. Here’s who won what. MALE

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