The much anticipated lineup for the 2020 edition of RBC Bluesfest arrived just after midnight this morning. Major additions include Alanis Morrisette, Blink-182, Billy Talent, Boyz II Men, Garbage, Blue Rodeo, Travis Tritt and more!
Saskatoon’s The Sheepdogs to headline event benefiting MusiCounts
TORONTO – The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) today announced that tickets for a highly anticipated JUNO Week event, JUNO Kick-Off Concert Presented by CBC Sports, are now on sale. JUNO Award winners and Saskatoon’s own, The Sheepdogs, will headline the event along with a night of classic Canadian covers and collaborations with your favourite JUNO artists and players from JUNO Cup. Proceeds from the event support MusiCounts, Canada’s music education charity associated with CARAS and the JUNO Awards.
Billy Talent closes out Calgary Stampede’s Coca-Cola Stage
The Coca-Cola stage featured The Static Shift and Billy Talent to close out the Calgary Stampede. The music and the crowd was wild and left you wishing there was more to come back to tomorrow. Unfortunately, there are 51 weeks until the next Stampede.
Calgary Stampede 2018 – Coca-Cola Stage Preview
Each year, country legends, rock royalty and rising stars grace the stages of the Calgary Stampede. Check out all of the concerts and music headliners for 2018.
Canadian Live Music Industry Award Nominees Announced—Voting Begins!
100 outstanding individuals, companies and organizations from across the Canadian music and live industries spanning over 20 categories will be honoured on Friday, May 11 at The Sheraton Centre Hotel in Toronto, ON. The full list of nominees is below. The Live Music Industry Awards are brought to you by Canadian Music Week in partnership with the International Festival Network (IFN) and Music Canada Live, and promise to be a memorable highlight of CMW’s Live Music Summit.
Warner Music Canada caps JUNO Weekend with an epic party 50 years in the making!
We’ve developed a close relationship with the folks at Warner Music Canada and the artists that they represent. It was an honour and thrill for us to be invited to the Lowertown Brewery in downtown Ottawa for their JUNO After Party to celebrate 50 years of Warner Music in Canada.
***UPDATED with photos*** 2017, The Juno Awards in Ottawa – Hip, Cohen and Women
It’s 2017, Canada is 150, the JUNO Awards are in Ottawa for only the 3rd time ever, and it’s an amazing year to be a woman in music. Tonight 8 awards were handed out at Canadian Tire Centre out which 4 were given to women and the rest to either the Tragically Hip / Gord Downie, Leonard Cohen or Shawn Mendes.
Billy Talent heats up frozen TD Place
The always amazing Billy Talent brought the third last stop of the Canadian leg of their ‘Afraid of Heights’ –tour to the jam packed TD Place, and was set to play to an exceptionally enthusiastic crowd.
TD Place rolling out the time machine starting later this week!
Remember the 90’s? How about the 80’s? Remember the amazing music we used to listen to on our Sony Walkmans? Well over the course of the next month, or so, TD Place in Ottawa is going to take you on a journey back to the good ol’ days of the 80’s and 90’s.
Billy Talent set to rock Canada in 2017
Warner Music Canada recording artists Billy Talent will begin 2017 on a high note, heading out on a coast-to-coast Canadian tour that will take them all the way across the country. Dates for the 12 city tour run from February 16 through to March 6, with tickets going on sale on October 28th and 29th at www.livenation.com. Joining the band on tour are fellow Canadian rockers Monster Truck & The Dirty Nil. For a full list of dates and on sale dates, see below or go to BillyTalent.com.
