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Posted 18 March 2025 - 07:01 AM
Nickelback is set to revisit Those Days and make their long-awaited return to Vancouver Island this summer to perform at the Laketown Amphitheatre.
The band last performed on the Island two decades ago, and is now set to perform at the Laketown Amphitheatre in Lake Cowichan on Aug. 9.
https://cheknews.ca/...august-1244355/
Edited by Victoria Watcher, 18 March 2025 - 07:01 AM.
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Posted 26 March 2025 - 04:20 PM
Phillips Brewery has announced the lineup for the 2025 Phillips Backyard Festival series, with headliners including The Roots, Peach Pit and more.
The festival is returning for two weekends this summer, with the first, called “Tilt,” scheduled for July 4 to 6, followed by “Reverb” on the weekend of Aug. 8 to 10.
Headliners for the first weekend of the festival include American indie rock band Cold War Kids and New Zealand group Unknown Mortal Orchestra.
Rapper G-Eazy will also perform in July, as well as the B.C. hip hop group Snotty Nose Rez Kids and the Polar/Juno-award-winning Haviah Mighty.
https://cheknews.ca/...summer-1245988/
Edited by Victoria Watcher, 26 March 2025 - 04:21 PM.
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Posted 27 March 2025 - 07:54 AM
BTO at the arena this Tuesday. Randy is 81 years old.
Tal (son) and his wife (drums!) also in the band.
Crazy respect.
MORE: https://www.timescol...o-rock-10432901
Edited by Victoria Watcher, 27 March 2025 - 07:56 AM.
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Posted 27 March 2025 - 03:23 PM
Where: McPherson Playhouse, 3 Centennial Sq., Victoria
When: March 28, 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: $58.25-$91 from the Royal McPherson box office (250-386-6121) or rmts.bc.ca
Why: There’s no sense in denying the nostalgia at play when you see Glass Tiger perform in 2025. And if the Newmarket, Ont., group was like many of its peers, who phone in paper-thin performances, fans would be advised to proceed with caution Friday night. Glass Tiger is a rock solid unit, with a boatload of songs that still resonate, including Don’t Forget Me (When I’m Gone), Someday, Thin Red Line, My Town, and Diamond Sun. The band (and its excellent frontman, Alan Frew) will do everything but disappoint tomorrow. Don’t miss them.
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Posted 28 March 2025 - 12:32 AM
Back in September, The Guess Who founding singer Burton Cummings and guitarist Randy Bachman reached a settlement with their former bandmates Jim Kale and Garry Peterson over the use of the band’s name, and it appears that may be a catalyst for a reunion tour.
In an interview with American Songwriter, the 81-year-old Bachman reveals that he and Cummings are talking about hitting the road together again.
“[Burton is] finishing up his stuff this year, I’m finishing up my [Bachman-Turner Overdrive] stuff,” Bachman shares. “And we have a plan for 2026 to be The Guess Who, where … we do a set list of about 30 hit songs, and it’s probably gonna be a two- or three-hour Springsteen kind of marathonic show.”
He adds, “And we’re all geared to do that in 2026. It’ll be the unveiling of ‘The Guess Who are back.’”
In the lawsuit, filed in October 2023, Cummings and Bachman accused Kale and Peterson of tricking fans into thinking Cummings and Bachman were still performing with The Guess Who, when they were actually getting a “cover band.” The suit’s settlement resulted in Cummings and Bachman acquiring the trademark for the band’s name.
But until a reunion tour happens, Bachman is keeping busy. He’s launching a Canadian tour with his other band, Bachman-Turner Overdrive, on April 1 in Victoria, British Columbia. He’ll also hit the States this summer with The Marshall Tucker Band and Jefferson Starship, starting July 18 in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
The band is also set to drop the new single “60 Years Ago” on Friday, with proceeds benefiting The Bridge to Nowhere charity bike ride, which helps raise money to end chronic homelessness in Winnipeg, Canada.
https://www.everettp...ur-in-the-works
Edited by Victoria Watcher, 28 March 2025 - 12:34 AM.
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Posted 31 March 2025 - 08:04 AM
Edited by Victoria Watcher, 31 March 2025 - 08:08 AM.
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Posted 31 March 2025 - 11:53 AM
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Posted 15 April 2025 - 12:15 PM
'They're on their way, to the city lights'... and, THE predominant Canadian Rock 'n' Roll band of the 1970s - The Stampeders - are bringing along all their classic hits: Wild Eyes, Carry Me, Oh My Lady, Devil You, Monday Morning Choo Choo, Minstrel Gypsy, Hit the Road Jack and, of course, the quintessential Canadian - and Hall of Fame - song, Sweet City Woman! A veritable soundtrack to a whole generation that will 'carry you home'... maybe not to Birmingham... but back to a time of tie-dyed t-shirts and elevator shoes, 15¢ coffee and homemade apple pie, dating and dreaming... By the time The Stampeders get to the first chorus of the first song, everyone will be singing along.
No seventies group represented Canada's musical identity to the world like The Stampeders. A quick look at Canada's music scene from 1971 until 1976 confirms The Stampeders were truly the country's international musical ambassadors, touring more extensively in Canada and overseas than any other Canadian group during that time. In 1977 the trio, Rich Dodson (lead guitar), Kim Berly (drums) and Ronnie King (bass) parted company but reunited, fittingly at the Calgary Stampede, 15 years later in 1992. Since then they've been recognized by SOCAN for their Lifetime Achievement, been inducted into the SOCAN Songwriters Hall of Fame on five occasions and the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame for their 1971 seminal hit Sweet City Woman.
In March 2024, just before the Ontario leg of this tour, Ronnie King passed away. In the final days, while in palliative care, he insisted that his band mates carry on. Dave Chabot, renowned bassist and long time friend of the band, who was already scheduled to be on the tour to sit in for Ronnie as needed, was the obvious choice. Still, Ronnie remains a presence at every show, as Rich and Kim share stories from 50-plus years on the road and pay tribute with a retrospective video.
The enduring musical legacy of The Stampeders ... One More Time ... 'better catch a noon train, better get there for a rock 'n' rolling good time!'
Edited by Victoria Watcher, 15 April 2025 - 12:15 PM.
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Posted 17 April 2025 - 07:44 AM
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Posted 20 April 2025 - 06:26 AM
Fans paid hundreds for what they thought would be a sold out Beyoncé tour. Now they’re shocked she can’t fill a stadium
EXCLUSIVE: The Independent crunched the numbers and found thousands of unsold tickets to the superstar’s 2025 Cowboy Carter tour — with over 3,200 unsold seats remaining for her opening night in Los Angeles alone
https://www.independ...s-b2734565.html
Edited by Victoria Watcher, 20 April 2025 - 06:26 AM.
Posted 20 April 2025 - 06:56 AM
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Posted 25 April 2025 - 06:32 AM
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Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind | Documentary (2018)
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Edited by Victoria Watcher, 25 April 2025 - 06:33 AM.
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