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How is Bon Jovi involved in Trump’s latest fraud woes? Like this.

Back in 2014, Donald Trump started making noises about becoming an NFL owner. Specifically, he wanted to buy the Buffalo

NOW Magazine, Toronto’s alternative weekly, has been struggling for the last couple of years. It’s been caught in the same

Elton John, who has always been close with members of the Royal Family, was in Toronto for his last-ever show

Dave has been tight with Geddy and Alex (and, once upon a time, Neil) for years. This week, Dave was

[Words and photos by Alex Lupul. -AC] Celebrating 20 years of music together, Glasgow, Scotland’s Franz Ferdinand brought their aptly

If you’ve been to any concert in Toronto over the last thirty years, it was inevitable that you would have

[A report from Alex Lupul. – AC] More than two-decades since their previous Toronto performance, the recently reunited Rage Against

A big chunk of Canada was paralyzed for much yesterday because of the Rogers outage caused by…well, we’re not sure,

As agents and promoters scramble to schedule postponed gigs as well as deal with new tours, Toronto is getting a

Oh, how we’ve been waiting for this to happen: North By Northeast is returning to Toronto for a full week

Why are gas prices so stupidly high? This video helps explain it. Once you’re done with that, let’s move to

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