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Music News 

Quick-thinking tour bus driver saves all of Big Wreck’s gear when things catch fire

May 24, 2022May 26, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Big Wreck, Fire, Tour Bus

There was some unnecessary excitement following the conclusion of Big Wreck’s tour across America with Daughtry. Fortunately, though, there’s a

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Music News 

Bid on great music memorabilia to help ‘Healing in Harmony’

April 24, 2022April 23, 2022 Amber Healy 0 Comments Alex Lifeson, Big Wreck, Billy Talent, Canadian Music Week, Healing in Harmony, Junos, Make Music Matter, Rush, Sum 41, The Tragically Hip

Spring is a good time to redecorate your home and the Healing in Harmony online auction has some rare and

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Recommended Music 

Big Wreck covers Sting’s “Russians” to raise money for Ukraine

March 5, 2022March 5, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Big Wreck, Cover Version, Russians, Stings

Ian Thornley and Big Wreck must have been plugged in very early into what was happening along the Ukrainian border

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Big Wreck in pictures from their gig in Ottawa

December 12, 2021December 12, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Big Wreck, Broken Love, Monster Truck, Ross MacDonald

[Ross MacDonald was again dispatched to cover a gig in Ottawa. He sat down with frontman Ian Thornley.- AC] Before

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Concerts Music News 

The Saints and Sinners Tour has been canceled. Again. And probably for good this time.

August 21, 2021August 21, 2021 Alan Cross 2 Comments Big Wreck, Covid, Headtones, Moist, Saints and Sinners, Sloan, Tea Party

Way back in the Before Times (actually, February 2020, but it feels longer)I made a trip to Facebook HQ in

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Music News AJMT
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Random music news for Saturday, July 10, 2021

July 10, 2021July 13, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, Big Wreck, Chad Kroeger, Deep Fake Music, DMX, Four Seasons Landscaping, Music Festivals, Prince, Seinfeld, TikTok, UFEA, Viberate, World in Motion, YouTube

Beetle juice! And yes, I spelled that right. Enjoy that and then move on to music news for July 10,

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Music News 

Behold these photos taken at Big Wreck’s socially distant show in Ottawa

September 20, 2020September 20, 2020 Alan Cross 1 Comment Big Wreck, Ian Thornley

[Big Wreck has managed to play a couple of socially-distant gigs over the last couple of weeks. Ian Thornley and

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Music News 

Here are pictures of last night’s reopening of the El Mocambo

September 11, 2020September 13, 2020 Alan Cross 3 Comments Big Wreck, El Mocambo, Ian Thornley

After six years, $30 million, and a pandemic that threatened to derail everything, Toronto’s El Mocambo reopened with its first

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Toronto’s El Mocambo FINALLY reopens for business this Thursday.

September 8, 2020September 8, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Big Wreck, El Mocambo, Thornley

The last time Toronto’s El Mocambo hosted a live gig, Barack Obama was still president and Donald Trump hadn’t even

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Music News 

Toronto’s El Mocambo has an opening date!

August 27, 2020August 28, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Big Wreck, El Mocambo

After over five years of construction and tens of millions of dollars in renovations, the El Mocambo, one of Canada’s

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Music News 

How are musicians producing from home? Here’s an example.

August 11, 2020August 10, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Big Wreck

Forrest Williams was the drummer for the first two Big Wreck albums. Like most of us, he’s been cooped up

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