If there’s one person you do not want to mess with is Garbage frontperson Shirley Manson. She has never taken fools lightly and isn’t beyond taking revenge in situations where she feels it’s
Read More
[Another report from on-the-ground correspondents Ross MacDonald (text) and Karen Coughtrey (text). – AC] Ottawa Bluesfest night four got off to a rocking start on the RBC mainstage with Ottawa rocker Sophia Radisch.
Read More
Olympics! Right. Probably should start watching, huh? But only after music news for July 24, 2021. To help get the US concert industry back on its feet, Live Nation is offering $20-all-in concert
Read More
Shirley Manson has always been a strong female role model. In this op-ed about her personal demons, she will become even stronger in the eyes of many more. The article is called “The
Read More
During ’67’s Summer of Love, anything seemed possible. Civil rights issues were finally being addressed. There was a feeling that the Vietnam War could be stopped. Drugs and free love were in the
Read More
The last weekend in July. Make it a good one. And now the music news. At a show in Toronto on Wednesday, Shirley Manson of Garbage broke down when talking about Donald Trump’s transgender
Read More
Were you around on this date in 1992 when the Blue Jays won the World Series? And now, the music news… There seems to be some kind of fight over the estate of
Read More
General Motors was founded on this day in 1908. That’s all I got–except for all this music news. Rush is going to get the key to the City of Toronto. Oh, and a
Read More
Terry Fox died 35 years ago today. And moving to music news… The Chili Peppers’ The Getaway debuted at #1 on the SoundScan sales chart in the US with sales of 108,000 copies.
Read More
At some point in everyone’s music career, they fall off the stage. The trick is to be a pro about it. Take a lesson from Shirley Manson of Garbage. If you’re gonna fall,
Read More
From the Wikipedia entry for March 10: 1977 – Rings of Uranus: Astronomers discover rings around Uranus. Write your own jokes. Very soon, Shazam will let you identify anything. So why didn’t Madonna
Read More