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Introducing Massey Hall+, a new livestreaming platform

September 28, 2022September 28, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Concerts, livestream, Massey Hall, MasseyHall+

Toronto’s Massey Hall has come a long way since it opened in 1894. After nearly $200 million in renovations, the

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Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History Daily: The first Canadian internet concert

November 24, 2021November 24, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Canadian, Internet Concert, livestream

First Canadian Internet Concert Trivia time: Who was the first band to live stream a concert on the Internet? It

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Music News 

Sound of Music Festival transforms into Return to Live Series, starting with Monster Truck

March 6, 2021March 6, 2021 Amber Healy 0 Comments Burlington, Concerts, Festivals, Helix, livestream, Monster Truck, Sound of Music, Sound of Music Festival, Summer Concerts

For years, Burlington’s Sound of Music Festival was 10 days of nearly non-stop shows throughout the city in June, a

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Music News 

System of a Down to premiere new single during live stream fundraiser

January 27, 2021January 27, 2021 Amber Healy 0 Comments Armenia, fundraiser, livestream, System of a Down, YouTube

Need more System of a Down in your pandemic life? It’ll cost you — while helping support humanitarian efforts in

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January will be the fifth anniversary of David Bowie’s death. There’s a special celebration planned.

December 17, 2020December 17, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments David Bowie, livestream, Mike Garson

it was Monday, January 11, 2016, that we awoke to the news that David Bowie had died the previous day,

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The Foo Fighters have a livestream from Hollywood’s Roxy on Saturday night

November 11, 2020November 11, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Foo Fighters, livestream

With a new song now in the wild (“Shame Shame“) and a full album called Medicine at Midnight coming in

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…Trail of Dead hosting shows to save Horseshoe Tavern, other venues

July 22, 2020July 22, 2020 Amber Healy 0 Comments ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, Concerts, Coronavirus, Covid, COVID-19, Horseshoe Tavern, livestream, livestreaming, spectrasonic, streamed concerts

We all know how crappy 2020 has been for musicians and venues, as hundreds if not thousands of shows have

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The Government of Ontario and the Canadian music industry are putting money into livestreams for artists

April 3, 2020April 3, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments livestream, MusicTogether

Every artist has been hit hard by the coronavirus. No gigs, no revenues. How are they going to survive? A

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Peter Bjorn and John to host 36-hour concert starting Friday morning

March 26, 2020March 25, 2020 Amber Healy 0 Comments Concert, Coronavirus, INGRID, livestream, Peter Bjorn and John, Twitch

Start whistling: Peter Bjorn and John are gearing up for a marathon 36-hour live-stream concert this Friday.  The trio announced

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