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Rumours about TWO new albums from U2 pick up steam

Earlier this month, the Red Hot Chili Peppers announced that they were going to release a second album in 2022

Kate Bush is all the rage today, thanks to the resurrection of “Running Up That Hill” via Stranger Things. In

Matt Bellamy apparently had a rough time with COVID and is most concerned with the rise of authoritarianism around the

Arcade Fire knows a thing or two about marketing, especially when it comes to building hype around a new release.

Green Day has been posting clips of them working in the studio, so it’s safe to assume that we’ll see

We’ve all seen the artists live-streaming performances in the past week, an effort to remain sharp and creative while providing

It’s the kind of media stunt that’s so obvious and so good, you wonder why it didn’t happen earlier. Ozzy

For a band that’s been around for 30 years and is one of the foundational building blocks of alternative rock,

We’re due for another Foo Fighters album in 2020 and it looks like Dave and Co. are only too happy

When word started coming down about a new Leonard Cohen album there was real buzz. Since his death in 2016

On Thursday, word came down that blink-182 was jumping from BMG (an indie label these days) to Columbia (part of

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