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25th anniversary

Concerts 

There will be a concert celebrating 25 years of South Park

March 17, 2022March 17, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments 25th anniversary, Comedy Central, Primus, Red Rocks, South Park, Ween

Music has always been integral to the production of South Park. Robert Smith, Rush, Radiohead, and tons of others have

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Music History 

Back to Eden(fest): The awesome and disastrous 1996 Ontario music festival

July 12, 2021July 13, 2021 Alan Cross 6 Comments 25th anniversary, Edenfest, Mosport

[Gilles LeBlanc remembers Edenfest, a weekend music festival at Mosport Park east of Toronto that didn’t quite turn out as

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Movies Music History 

The Foo Fighters have released a documentary looking back 25 years of making music. Times Like Those is as fun as you’d expect.

November 23, 2020November 23, 2020 Alan Cross 1 Comment 25th anniversary, Documentary, Foo Fighters

Had this year been like any other, the Foo Fighters would have spent much of the time on the road

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Music News 

Next for the Tragically Hip: 25th-Anniversary editions of Day for Night

July 26, 2019July 29, 2019 Alan Cross 1 Comment 25th anniversary, Tragically Hip

Yes, it’s been that long. I’ve checked the math, both with a computer and by hand. Come September, it will

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Music News 

25 Years Ago, Courtney Love and Hole Lived Through This

April 12, 2019April 12, 2019 Gilles LeBlanc 0 Comments 25th anniversary, Courtney Love, Hole, Kurt Cobain, Live Through This

I probably don’t have to tell readers of this site that 1994 was a landmark year for music releases. We’ve

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Music History 

Twenty-five years ago today, we heard that Kurt Cobain died. Here’s how it sounded on the radio that afternoon.

April 8, 2019April 9, 2019 Alan Cross 7 Comments 25th anniversary, Kurt Cobain, Nirvana, Suicide

Sometime on April 5, 1994, Kurt Cobain, who had walked away from a rehab facility in LA four days earlier,

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Music News 

Nirvana Played Their Last Show Ever 25 Years Ago Today (March 1)

March 1, 2019March 2, 2019 Gilles LeBlanc 0 Comments 25th anniversary, Heart-Shaped Box, Kurt Cobain, Nirvana

March 1st, 2019 isn’t the happiest of anniversaries as 25 years ago, Nirvana played their last-ever show ever at Terminal

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Music News 

Still No Imodium for Green Day’s Dookie, 25 Years Later

February 1, 2019February 1, 2019 Gilles LeBlanc 1 Comment 25th anniversary, Dookie, Green Day, Imodium, Pop-Punk

Sorry for the gross headline, but it’s pretty amazing to think how an album named after diarrhea has become more

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Music News 

A Thread on Nirvana’s In Utero Turning 25 Years Old

September 21, 2018September 21, 2018 Gilles LeBlanc 1 Comment 25th anniversary, In Utero, Nirvana, Twitter Thread

With Alan away in Las Vegas, he has passed the torch of writing about In Utero on its 25th anniversary to

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Music News 

Smashing Pumpkins and Siamese Dream: It sure doesn’t sound 25 years old

July 28, 2018July 27, 2018 Gilles LeBlanc 1 Comment 25th anniversary, Shiny and Oh So Bright Tour, Siamese Dream, THE SMASHING PUMPKINS

I’m usually not one for sentimentality, but July 27th marks the Big 2-5 of an album I’m going to go

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Ongoing History of New Music Radio 

25 years ago today, the first episode of Ongoing History of New Music aired on the radio

February 28, 2018February 28, 2018 Alan Cross 5 Comments 25th anniversary, Ongoing History of New Music

If you had told me on February 28, 1993, the night first Ongoing History of New Music episode aired, that

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The Backstage Project Podcast

The Backstage Project Podcast with Mark Silver focuses on the stories behind the biggest and best entertainment products, events, and companies. We go behind the scenes with amazing people who have done or are doing extraordinary things to entertain you, the audience. From sporting events to concerts, from cable tv to music apps; if it’s made an impact on the entertainment world, we cover it.

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