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The Foo Fighters cancel a big LA show because of COVID

The Foo Fighters‘ show at the Forum in Los Angeles Saturday night was supposed to be a big post-COVID celebration

Canadian Thanksgiving. I get that. But why is Columbus Day still a thing? Think about that while you browse through

I wouldn’t want to be anywhere near Los Angeles these days, even if Dave Grohl has started his own BBQ

Well, that’s quite a way to open your set at Los Angeles’ Greek Theatre! Arcade Fire performed Funeral in full

Chad Kroeger (no, not that one) recently appeared before LA City Council. Please, please, please let this guy be the

As part of the launch for The Joshua Tree, U2 set up on the roof of a liquor store at

We’re deep in the midst of Awards Season, which covers ever many of music, movies, TV and whatever other fields

Diffuser found this short doc called The New Wave, which dealt with punk and the nascent New Wave scene in

And here’s how the LA KISS was born, kids. The home opener is April 5. (From AdWeek via Rupinder)

If you’ve taken the obligatory cruise down Sunset in LA, you’ve probably seen the Whiskey a Go Go. It was

Filmmaker Dave Markey discovered this lost footage of Nirvana’s final LA gig which took place at the Great Western Forum

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