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Touring bible Pollstar reveals biggest tours of 2021

This was the year when much of the live music scene tried to get back on its feet after COVID

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] If there’s one question I get most often about live shows,

It was three weeks ago today (November 5) when fans were caught in a crowd crush at the Astroworld Festival

The repercussions from last Friday’s (November 5) crowd crush tragedy at the Astroworld Festival in Houston are still playing out.

There are plenty of questions surrounding why eight people died and more than 300 were injured during Travis Scott’s set

The idea of general admission areas at concerts is again up for discussion following the crowd crush that killed eight

At least eight people are reported dead after a crowd crush at Travis Scott’s Astroworld Festival on Friday night (November

The Simpsons are good for your vocabulary. See? And now, let’s embiggen the music news for September 15, 2021. Kwyjibo

[A report from Ottawa-area correspondent, Ross Macdonald. -AC] If you were to ask music fans what they missed most during

“Man dies after using adhesive instead of a condom during sex.” That was in Florida, of course. The rest of

Ever wonder why those CAPTCHA pictures are so depressing? Turns out there’s a reason for it. Now that you know

The Goldilocks of Canadian Production Companies – Mark Bishop in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 037 November 25, 2021
Our latest guest on The Backstage Project podcast comes to us from the world of Canadian television. TBP was thrilled to have a chance to visit and catch up with marblemedia’s Mark Bishop. Mark is an accomplished entrepreneur, brand-builder and trusted media industry advocate. In 2001 Mark and Co-Founder Matt Hornburg founded marblemedia, one of […]
Andrew Dick
Chasing a Dream – Kevin Porter in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 036 October 11, 2021
Many of us – at one time or another – dream of being professional athletes. Most of us realize in high school that we won’t be making it to the big leagues – unfortunately. The lucky among us flirt with the minor leagues in hopes of that big break. But what happens when that big […]
Andrew Dick
Being your Authentic Self – Richard Crouse in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 035 July 2, 2021
You would be given a free pass if you forgot that before the rise of the social media influencer there were already pundits and personalities on TV, radio and print. There’s just been that much exponential change in the media business over the last 15 years. Yet today, those who were formerly the audience are […]
Mark Silver