An update on my winter speaking dates: Back in London ON TONIGHT.
No matter how cold or how snowy, my winter speaking gigs continue. Here are the latest dates: Something coming soon for Departure/Canadian Music Week in May. Stand by.
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Is Radiohead about to mount a comeback? [UPDATE: Yes.]
Radiohead hasn’t released a studio album since the spring of 2016. They haven’t toured since 2018. But is the inactivity about to come to an end? Maybe. The first clue
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The Cure’s dazzling Songs of a Lost World concert
I was lucky enough to get a ticket for last night’s (November 1) Cure show at the Troxy in London for a special concert unveiling the group’s first album in
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Here’s an update on the terrorist and the Taylor Swift Eras tour
Taylor Swift’s Eras tours moves into London’s Wembley Stadium for a five-night stand that begins tomorrow. Security will be extremely tight because of the threat that shut down three shows
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I’m back on the speaking trail this weekend in London and Thorold
Time to go back on the road for more of my salon encounters with music fans. These are free-wheelin’ discussions that can go off in a million different direction at
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Ever fancied a trip to the UK to explore some punk rock landmarks? Check this out.
[Calgary reader Scooter made a pilgrimage to London to revisit some punk rock landmarks. Read the write-up and stay for the pictures. – AC] Back in Cowtown it seemed to
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Ongoing History Daily: The cities that create the most musical inspiration
There are thousands of songs that namecheck various cities around the planet. A new survey went through a big, long list of song titles, names of albums, and lyrics to
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Indie Week 2023 Festival in London, ON: Lineup, venues and how to get early bird tickets
[A report by Elisa F.G. – Ac] A new multi-day festival is putting down roots in London, Ontario, in November. With over 50 artists slotted to set it off, VENUExVENUE
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You knew this was coming: A nightclub that only plays Taylor Swift
Whether you like her music or not, Taylor Swift is a cultural juggernaut, a once-in-a-generation-type performer whose imperial period–the time in a career when absolutely everything goes right–rivals those of
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There’s a new doc on the early New Romanic movement with The Blitz Kids
[Another one from Elisa F. G. -AC] “I’m never going to fit in so what’s the point?” A significant start to a documentary trailer. Clicking back to that sentence after
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A Live Aid-style concert for Ukraine is coming this summer at Wembley Stadium in London with U2 and the Rolling Stones
With Putin’s illegal, immoral, and evil war in Ukraine dragging on, there’s a certain amount of fatigue settling into some parts of the world. This can’t be allowed to happen.
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