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If you’re a Belieber or just a fairweather fan of the Canadian pop superstar Christmas came a little bit early today as Justin Bieber took to YouTube this afternoon to announce that he’ll be back in 2020 with a new album and a massive North American tour!

Tour set to visit 10 cities in seven provinces in fifth season, opening in Calgary for the first time

The Royal Winnipeg Ballet is going to perform seven shows of The Nutcracker at the National Arts Centre December 4th through 8th.

COVID-19 STATEMENT
James here. I’ve had so many messages urging me to announce a decision regarding our upcoming Canadian tour. We were so looking forward to the tour, it breaks my heart to call it off. But that’s what we must do. All the medical information suggests that small and large gatherings may well put people at risk. That is the last thing we would ever want to do. I hope we can reschedule for the not-too-distant future

Canadian tour update!

The tour will be rescheduled, and previously purchased tickets will be honored for all dates.
Fans are encouraged to hold on to their tickets until new dates are announced, since previously purchased tickets will be honored on the new dates. However, refunds will be available for those who want them.
For refund questions, please reach out to your point of purchase. More information will be released as it becomes available.
~ James Taylor via Facebook

Founded in 1969 in Toronto, Downchild, formerly known as the Downchild Blues Band, is said to have paved the way for Canadian Blues musicians. The band was co-founded by brothers Donnie and Richard Walsh and most notably served as inspiration for the famous Saturday Night Live Belushi/Aykroyd duo The Blues Brothers. In fact, two Downchild songs, “Shotgun Blues” and “(I Got Everything I Need) Almost” were even covered on The Blues Brothers’ 1978 multi-platinum album Briefcase Full of Blues.

Sometimes you need squealing solos, mosh pits and eyebrow scorching pyro. I mean, hey, who doesn’t a bit of that stirred into their Monday night, amiright? But sometimes, yeah sometimes, your chainsaw mangled, steamroller backed over heart just needs the mellow mood vibes provided by Dallas Green’s usual melancholy  City and Colour. Tunes with names like “Difficult Love”, “Lover Come Back” and “We found Each Other in the Dark”…oh yeah, that’s the sentimental sombre saccharine my stung sorrow-filled soul yearned for. (It also, apparently, requires a shitload of alliteration!)

Before we sling some Silver with David Usher and the Moist boys (a band name I’d bet an unencumbered ride on the LRT was only bypassed for the shorter Moist due to it fitting better on album covers), I gotta’ give props to the new digs over at the Bronson Centre. No, waits, my apologies, the Bronson Centre Music Theatre.

If you haven’t been to the former 1920s nun run school  turned office space turned one O-town’s hidden gems of concert hubs, you owe yourself a visit. Heck, even the Wikipedia page will throw you as it mentions seats! Renos have removed those, opened up the floor space, added a few bars and turned it into a full-fledged zone to get your 90s alt rock on!

Yarr!  Alestrom washed ashore in Ottawa and if you weren’t there ye best have been in Davey Jones locker.

The AMA and People’s Choice Nominated Breakthrough Artist To Bring The Worldwide Beautiful Tour to Dublin, London, Amsterdam, Paris, Berlin and the US

Brown’s Worldwide Hit “One Thing Right” Surpasses 370 Million Streams