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El Mocambo

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Time travel with the Rolling Stones and the El Mo

May 8, 2022May 8, 2022 Amber Healy 0 Comments David Bluestein, David Marskell, Duff Roman, El Mocambo, Jeff Woods, Michael Wekerle, MusiCounts, Rob Bowman, Rolling Stones, The Cockroaches

It’s one of those shows thousands of people claim they witnessed in person but few were actually there: The night

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The Rolling Stones release more audio from their legendary 1977 shows at the El Mocambo in Toronto

May 6, 2022May 6, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Cockroaches, El Mocambo, Live, Rolling Stones

Come next week (May 13), tapes of a couple of 1977 performances at the El Mocambo in Toronto that have

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The Road to Recovery starts at the ElMo

March 28, 2022March 28, 2022 Amber Healy 0 Comments Canadian Music Therapy Fund, Covid, El Mocambo, Lemmon Stage, Music Therapy, music therapy month, Shad, Taya Marquis

The Canadian Music Therapy Fund is kicking off a new initiative to help those struggling from the COVID-19 pandemic: The

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For the first time EVER, the complete Rolling Stones set at the El Mocambo is being officially released

March 25, 2022March 25, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1977, April Wine, Cockroaches, El Mocambo, Rolling Stones, Secret Show, Toronto

On March 4 and 5, 1977, a band called The Cockroaches was booked to play the El Mocambo at Spadina

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Toronto’s legendary El Mocambo reopens for public gigs

November 1, 2021November 1, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments El Mocambo, Our Lady Peace, Toronto

It was long overdue–bloody COVID–but the El Mocambo, the legendary club on at Spadina and College in Toronto, is back

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Random music news for Tuesday, September 21, 2021

September 21, 2021September 21, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments ByteDance, El Mocambo, Josh Klinghoffer, Metallica, Nickelback, Nigel Kennedy, Pearl Jam, Silver Dollar, Toronto

Looks like Brits measure things a lot like Canadians do. What can we take from music news for September 21,

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Random music news for Monday, June 28, 2021

June 28, 2021June 28, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alex Lifeson, Arctic Monkeys, Bill Wyman, Courtney Love, Covid, El Mocambo, GWAR, Harvey Weinstein, Lars Ulrich, Marilyn Manson, Metallica, Nandi Bushell, Olivia Rodrigo, Rolling Stones, Rush, Travis Barker

Will we get more truth about UFOs/UAPs this week? Maybe. Bookmark that time after you check out music news for

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When Dave Grohl voted, he wore an El Mocambo t-shirt

November 7, 2020November 7, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Dave Grohl, El Mocambo

That’s one of the new Elmo designs. I wonder where he got it? (For those readers who don’t know, the

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Random music news for Tuesday, October 20, 2020

October 20, 2020October 19, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Adele, Bee Gees, Ed Sheeran, El Mocambo, Electric Circus, Flaming Lips, Fleetwood Mac, Hipignosis, Ice Cream Truck Music, Merck Mercuriadis, New Zealand, SNL, Teenage Head, TikTok

Two weeks until the US presidential election. And wouldn’t you know it, but this could happen the day before. So

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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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Geeks and Beats podcast, episode 289: The Elmo is Back!

September 9, 2020September 9, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments El Mo, El Mocambo

It’s finally happening: A beloved Toronto music venue, the El Mocambo, is coming back to life, palm tree lights and all.

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