“Strangers” no more: The Wilderness ready to release new album and hit the road
The Wilderness have been a band for nearly 10 years, but it’s the past 12 months that have been among the most intense in their career.
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Covid
I’ve got some good news and bad news about the post-COVID music scene
[This was my column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] For almost two years, COVID-19 saw to it that there was no live music. Tours stopped, roadies lost their gigs, venues suffered, and support staff were laid
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Random music news for Monday, August 14, 2023
People in San Francisco are using robotaxis for…what? As for music news for August 14, 2023… More music news? Look here.
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The economy is so bad for British musicians that 25% are having to skip meals
The UK music industry is facing some really, really hard times. Energy prices have skyrocketed, affecting everyone from someone living in a flat to music venues that need lots of electrons to keep
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There’s a class-action lawsuit against Ticketmaster Canada regarding ticket refunds. Are you eligible?
Did you buy a ticket to a show that was canceled or postponed because of COVID? If so, you might want to know about a new class-action lawsuit moving ahead in Canada against
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Pearl Jam’s Gigaton tour finally makes it to Ottawa 2 1/2 years late. Here is a review along with photos.
[Another Ottawa report from Ross MacDonald. – AC] At the beginning of the pandemic in 2020, Pearl Jam was an early victim, one of the first bands forced to cancel a world tour that
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Random music news for Thursday, August 18, 2022
The Montana Toilet Man. Be afraid. Calm down with some music news for August 18, 2022. Depeche Mode is back in the studio to help work through the death of Andy Fletcher. We
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Gen Z seems to not know how to properly go to concerts
Now that COVID has receded for the moment (or has it?), concerts are back in a big way. Analysis shows that Gen Z is among the most enthusiastic when it comes to the
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Pearl Jam can’t catch a break, cancels the rest of their US tour
Pearl Jam’s Gigaton tour keeps running into issues. First, the whole thing was canceled in March 2020 in the first weeks of the COVID pandemic. When it finally did get back on track
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Here’s an interesting side effect of the whole COVID thing: Increased sales of stereo gear
Sales of vinyl rocketed over the course of the COVID pandemic as people sought to pass the time whilst in lockdown and isolation. In general, sales were up somewhere close to 30%, which,
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Random music news for Wednesday, May 4, 2022
“I’m not dead yet!” No kidding. “I’m not dead yet, either!” Oops. Once you shiver at the implications of those stories, move to music news for May 4, 2022. A Garth Brooks show
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