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The Rolling Stones UNZIPPED Exhibition opens today at THEMUSEUM in Kitchener, Ontario

November 30, 2021November 30, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments exhibit, Kitchener, Museum, Rolling Stones, THEMUSEUM, Unzipped

If you’re a fan of rock’n’roll-themed museum exhibits (Think David Bowie Is…, Pink Floyd’s Their Mortal Remains, etc.), then you’ll

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Music News 

UNZIP the Rolling Stones at THEMUSEUM next November

November 5, 2020November 6, 2020 Amber Healy 0 Comments exhibit, Kitchener, Museum, museum exhibit, Rolling Stones, THEMUSEUM, Touring, Unzipped

Looking for a way to scratch that concert and live music itch? The Rolling Stones are coming to THEMUSEUM —

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If Dublin won’t build a U2 visitors centre, the band will do it themselves

June 29, 2018June 28, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Dublin, Hanover Quay, Museum, U2

When The Wife and I went to Dublin a couple of years ago, one of our first stops was the

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Music News 

A Pearl Jam museum exhibit is in the works

May 8, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Museum, Museum of Pop Culture, Pearl Jam, Seattle

Both David Bowie and Pink Floyd have proven that if you still all your old gear, costumes, and props into

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Music History 

Fun: The Museum of Endangered Sounds

November 25, 2017November 24, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments GameBoy, Museum, Windows 95

Do you remember the sound Windows 95 made when it started up? How about when that US Robotics dial-up modem

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Music News 

Random Music News for Monday, September 25, 2017

September 25, 2017September 25, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Beatles, Hip-hop, John Niven, Kill Your Friends, Madonna, Museum, Neil Tennant, Pet Shop Boys, Rio, Rock in Rio, Spotify, USSR

According to a Christian numerologist, the world was supposed to have ended this past Saturday. I hope you didn’t max

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Music History Music Industry Music News 

We Now Have a Site of the Official Hip-Hop Museum

June 12, 2017June 11, 2017 Alan Cross 3 Comments Hall of Fame, Harlem, Hip-hop, Museum

It takes a long time to build a museum. You need funding, a location, architects, curators, artifacts and a location.

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Music History 

Explore Canadian Music History Online with New National Music Centre Collection Archive

March 17, 2017 Mathew Kahansky 0 Comments Calgary, Collection, Digital, Drums, Elton John, History, Museum, National Music Centre, Neil Peart, Online, Piano

Calgary’s National Music Centre (NMC) has launched a new online platform in celebration of Canada 150, allowing fans to browse

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Iceland Now Has Its Own Punk Museum

December 15, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Iceland, Museum

There are maybe 320,000 people in all of Iceland but just about every single one of them seems to be

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Aireum: Preserving Canada’s Broadcast History

August 19, 2016August 18, 2016 Nerhys 0 Comments Aireum, Canadian Broadcast History, Canadian Broadcast Museum Foundation, Museum

Canada is not very good at protecting and preserving its cultural history and for our broadcast history, that’s a really

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Music News 

The Stompin’ Tom Connors Museum. Wait, What?

August 6, 2016August 6, 2016 Larry Lootsteen 0 Comments Museum, Stompin' Tom Connors

Canadians of a certain age will remember Stompin’ Tom better than most but I doubt too many haven’t heard at

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The Backstage Project Podcast with Mark Silver focuses on the stories behind the biggest and best entertainment products, events, and companies. We go behind the scenes with amazing people who have done or are doing extraordinary things to entertain you, the audience. From sporting events to concerts, from cable tv to music apps; if it’s made an impact on the entertainment world, we cover it.

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