The history of rock music in Vancouver
West Coast rock in North America is its own little thing, a musical melting pot that’s physically separated from the rest of the continent by the Rocky Mountains. Historically, this has meant that
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Vancouver
It’s Grey Cup Day. Let’s revisit a halftime musical mystery: Who were The Parablegics?
Over the year, the Grey Cup Halftime Show has featured some solid entertainment: Tom Cochrane, Shania Twain, Bryan Adams, Sam Roberts, The Guess Who, The Tragically Hip, Black Eyed Peas, Lenny Kraviz, Blue
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Right on cue, Vancouver Taylor Swift fans are complaining about the price of tickets to her shows. Let’s go through things again.
Tickets for Taylor Swift’s Vancouver show went on sale earlier this month and people are disappointed that they couldn’t get any. Now they’re blaming Ticketmaster. *Sigh* Let me explain things one more time:
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Random music news for Saturday, September 9, 2023
At some point, the Hollywood writer’s strike will end and Bill Maher will return to work on HBO. He’ll have to answer to his writers for saying this. On to music news for
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Lil Baby was a no-show at a festival in Vancouver. Naturally, the crowd rioted
Crowds had gathered for hours on Sunday at the Breakout Festival at the PNE Amphitheatre in Vancouver. But when it was announced that Lil Baby was too ill to perform–a message that came
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Vancouver bands coming together to support Rocket Norton of PRiSM
It’s been a long few years for Rocket Norton, the former drummer for Vancouver-based PRiSM. In 2021 he was diagnosed with rectal cancer and endured months of chemotherapy and radiation. He was given
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Random music news for Friday, January 22, 2021
More shroom research. Just sayin’. Let’s try some music news for January 22, 2021. No Glastonbury this year. Again. The Rio, a Vancouver music venue, has turned itself into a sports bar to
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RIP Mr. Chi Pig
The above image is from Ken Chinn’s AKA Mr. Chi Pig’s last-ever interview with BeatRoute Magazine, and pretty much says everything you need to know about him – Punk rock ’til the very
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Vancouver’s Skookum: How to hold a big outdoor multi-day music festival downtown
There are precious few cities on the planet that can hold a massive music festival smack in the middle of (or at least very close to) downtown. There’s New York City (Central Park),
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Foo Fighters facilitate mother-daughter act in Vancouver (except it wasn’t a mother-daughter act)
If you’ve been following the Foo Fighters Concrete and Gold Tour, you’ll know that Dave has been bringing members from the audience up onstage to perform with the band. We’ve seen a bunch
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If Seth Rogen is doing transit announcements in Vancouver and Toronto, why can’t Terry from FUBAR do the same in Calgary?
With Seth Rogen now providing the guest voice for both Toronto and Vancouver transit, Terry Cahill from FUBAR (think Bob and Doug meet Beavis and Butthead with a big dollop of Trailer Park
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