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STEVE MARTIN & MARTIN SHORT IN “AN EVENING YOU WILL FORGET FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE,” FEATURING THE STEEP CANYON RANGERS AND JEFF BABKO COMING TO A VENUE NEAR YOU

Identical twin brothers Charlie and Craig Reid, aka The Proclaimers, are on their way back to Canada for a 500 mile (x5?) journey from coast to coast.

A Tuesday night show time did not stop TD Place from filling up with Pink Floyd fans. Brit Floyd is the Pink Floyd approved tribute band and fans could see why! This was not my first Pink Floyd tribute, this was actually my third. The first two were Australian Tributes, who followed albums in order, gave a more predictable set, but the Brit Floyd show provided the audience with a unique experience. Bouncing between albums from throughout the bands history gave the audience a taste of all the hits. The sit down show often took to standing as eager and appreciative fans gave standing ovations to soloist including the Great Gig in the Sky. 

Former Skid Row front man, Sebastian Bach, took to Facebook yesterday morning to announce a massive North American ‘Home Away from Home Tour’ with special guests The Standstills.

The Harlem Globetrotters, founded in 1926, have been synonymous with family entertainment and great basketball skills for decades. The Globetrotters are known to have broken down barriers, performed goodwill acts, and made a commitment to fans that goes beyond the game.  This weekend they brought their show to the Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa much to the delight of their fans, young and old.

Humble. Friendly. Funny. Passionate. Versatile. Unique. Just some of the many adjectives I could use to describe Lights, who brought her unique brand of electronica-meets-pop-meets-scene to a near capacity crowd at the Algonquin Commons Theatre Wednesday night.

Coming of age in the 2000s, it was hard to not have been at least peripherally familiar with Nelly’s music, if not jamming to his songs on the radio or in the club on a regular basis. Once a huge household name in hip-hop music, Grammy award winner Nelly performed at a much smaller venue than one might expect last night in Ottawa: the 700-seat Algonquin Commons Theatre. Unsurprisingly, the show was sold out.

Sometimes when you look forward to seeing one of your idols perform, you maybe expect too much and you are sometimes left disappointed. That was not the case on Friday evening when Rod Stewart brought his 2018 World Tour to Canadian Tire Centre. The crowd was a mix of ages but leaned toward middle aged people there to hear the legend who started out in the early sixties with The Jeff Beck Group and The Faces before embarking on his own extremely successful solo career. Stewart has had a career spanning over 50 years in music, releasing his first single in 1964.

Judas Priest with their Firepower Tour united a capacity crowd at the TD Place in Ottawa and had no trouble reminding the world that metal is not a long lost art form. – it’s always been here.

It was a tour that was 40, well technically 41, years in the making as Foreigner, along with special guests Chilliwack, brought the second leg of their 40th Anniversary tour to TD Place in Ottawa and Rogers K-Rock Centre in Kingston.