Category Archives: Rock, Alternative & Punk

The Band CAMINO, an alt pop-rock band based in Nashville, has wrapped up the second leg of their North American headlining tour. The second to last stop was in Columbus, Ohio where they performed for a packed house of exuberant fans at Kemba Live!

Grand OnStage will be welcoming over 50 diverse and enthralling performances from across Canada and around the world. With an eclectic mix of artists representing dance, theatre, music, comedy, and circus, all of us involved with the Grand OnStage program look forward to seeing you at Kingston Grand this fall.

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June 21, 2022 – OTTAWA (Canada) – CityFolk organizers today announced that they will be moving forward with a star-studded lineup of live acts for this year’s festival. CityFolk will take place on the Great Lawn at Lansdowne Park on September 8, 9, 10 and September 15, 16, 17, 2022.

Concerts To Feature The ‘Hotel California’ Album In Its Entirety, Followed By Full Greatest Hits Set 

USS (Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker) came through Edmonton on June 3^rd, 2022, and played their last show at Midway in part of their “Final FINAL Freakquency Tour”. I was lucky enough to shoot them when they played Together Again in the summer of 2021; I was not going to miss a chance to photograph them a second time.

Progressive rock lovers of all ages congregated at Vancouver’s Orpheum Theatre  on Sunday evening to see prolific funksters, Primus.

While seeing Les Claypool is enough to get anybody’s blood pumping, Sunday’s spectacle was particularly important for those who are fans of Canadian prog-rock pioneers, Rush. 

Not many may see the connection between these two legendary bands, but if you listen close enough you can find the undeniable similarities and the immense influence on had on the other. This is why Claypool felt it fitting to tour in tribute to his 70’s predecessors, performing his meticulously practiced renditions of Rush’s quintessential album A Farewell To Kings

Primus makes a stop in Edmonton on their “Tribute To Kings” tour, featuring the band covering Rush’s classic 1977 album “A Farewell To Kings” in it’s entirety.

Former Sepultura members Max & Iggor Cavalera brought their Return Beneath Arise Tour to The King Of Clubs in Columbus, Ohio for a sold out show on Friday night.

Avril Lavigne @ Scotiabank Center in Halifax

Approaching the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax there was no mistaking the crowd heading to the show. Many lined up around the corner eagerly awaiting to get in donned plaid skirts, fishnets, and fingerless gloves. As a twenty-something music lover I grew up listening to Avril and was surprised to see the age range in the crowd of passionate Avril fans.

Thursday night started off with a favorite of mine, The Beaches. The Toronto based rock band brings to the stage with lots of energy, and typically have on flashy outfits you can always count on them for a fast paced set filled with hair flips and high kicks. The crowd who were still mingling around when the set started quickly tried to find their seats once they could hear what they were missing and the arena filled up. The Beaches have a number of summer dates set for 2022 including festivals like Ottawa Bluesfest and Festival d’été de Québec in July, plus their “Future Lovers” tour stars in Toronto in August.

Avril kicked things off with balloons which have been a signature piece of the Bite Me Tour. The crowd took to their feet and kicked off the night with two songs from her new Love Sux album, Cannonball and Bite Me. Shooting off confetti and releasing large balloons, the audience was loving the show. The energy really kicked up when she jumped into throwbacks like What the Hell from her Goodbye Lullaby album. The show was high energy, filled with a balance of nostalgia and throwbacks with lots of new songs (2022 marks the 20 year anniversary of Avril’s Let Go album which has a number of well known hits including Sk8r Boi and Complicated).

This was the last stop on this leg of Avril’s Bite Me Tour, but she has more dates scheduled throughout the summer including Madison Square Garden in NYC Jun 28th and Scotiabank Arena in Toronto on July 6th. Avril will be touring well into 2023 globally and her full tour schedule can be found HERE.

Set List: 

Cannonball

Bite Me

What the Hell

Here’s to Never Growing Up

Complicated

My Happy Ending

Smile

Losing Grip

Love it When You Hate Me

Hello Kitty

Girlfriend