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Music News 

After 1,243 days of renovation and restoration, Massey Hall reopens. It’s awesome.

November 25, 2021November 25, 2021 Alan Cross 5 Comments Deane Cameron, Gordon Lightfoot, Massey Hall, Music Venues, Renovations, Reopening, Toronto

Massey Hall, Hart Massey’s gift to the city of Toronto back in 1894, reopens tonight after about three-and-a-half years of

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Music News 

Toronto gets a new and much-needed music venue this weekend

November 4, 2021November 5, 2021 Alan Cross 2 Comments History, Live Nation, Music Venues, Toronto

A couple of years ago, Live Nation bought an old off-track betting site east of downtown Toronto with the goal

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Recommended Music 

This band has released a song honouring Toronto music venues

September 7, 2021September 7, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Jo Ryder, Music Venues, Toronto

Jo Ryder, the Toronto duo, knows that Toronto music venues have gone through some trying times. The video for their

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Music News 

How did a small coffee shop outside of Ottawa become an important concert stop?

July 17, 2021August 6, 2021 Alan Cross 4 Comments Burnstown, Music Venues, Neat Coffee

[This is from Ross Macdonald who has been keeping an eye on a little venue outside Ottawa that keeps booking

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Music News 

Random music news for Wednesday, July 14, 2021

July 14, 2021July 14, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Britney Spears, David Spade, Munsters, Music Venues, Rob Zombie, Sony, Speakers, Steve Aoki, Toronto, UK

If you’re over 30, you might be able to relate to this. (Via Tom) Stretch. Then try some music news

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Music News 

Random music news for Wednesday, June 9, 2021

June 9, 2021June 9, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Auction, Cats, Juliens, Kid Rock, Munsters, Music Venues, Nick Cave, Post Malone, R Kelly, Record Store Day, Rob Zombie, Vinyl

That was some internet outage yesterday, huh? When Amazon goes down, you know it was bad. We’re okay now, so

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Funny/Weird 

This is perfect for anyone who needs to be thrown out of a bar

March 23, 2021March 22, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bars, clubs, Music Venues

We’ve all see it. Some guy (or woman) becomes unruly at a bar/club and has to be removed by security.

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Music News 

Random music news for Thursday, October 15, 2020

October 15, 2020October 14, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Astronomy, Chainsmokers, Elton John, Flaming Lips, Fleetwood Mac, Jay-Z, Kanye, Metallica, Music Venues, Smashing Pumpkins, Speakers

Skull cakes? Kinda cool, actually. As for music news on Thursday, October 15… Coronavirus update 1: Remember that no social

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Music News 

Random music news for Saturday, October 10, 2020

October 10, 2020October 11, 2020 Alan Cross 1 Comment AI, Coronavirus, Megan Thee Stallion, Music Venues, Starma, Streaming Music, Tesla, TikTok, Toronto, Tory Lanex, Van Halen Fleeetwood Mac

Hello, Newman. You do bring up some good points. More info in today’s round-up of music news for October 10,

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Music News 

Random music news for Thursday, July 23, 2020

July 23, 2020July 23, 2020 Alan Cross 1 Comment AIR Studios, Apple, Cardiacs, Chris Martin, dance clubs, David Byrne, Eagles, Kanye, Kim Kardashian, Motorhead, Music Venues, Smash Mouth, Spike Lee, TikTok

Drunk pigs result in better bacon? Uh, okay. Off to look at music news for July 23, 2020. Coronavirus update

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Music News 

#SupportCanadianVenues to help them survive COVID

June 20, 2020June 19, 2020 Amber Healy 0 Comments Canadian Independent Venue Coalition, CIVIC, Concerts, COVID-19, METZ, Ministry of Heritage, Music Venues

This has been a rough few months for concert lovers, but it could turn into the end of the road

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