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5 years ago this past September Sound Check Entertainment was still in its infancy. I had just started working with a small venue in Eastern Ontario, the Joshua Bates Centre, that had developed one heck of a resume for hosting some of the biggest names in music before they hit it big. One of the artists on the bill for my first season with the JBC was a young man from Alberta named Brett Kissel. Although still relatively unknown Brett was best known, at the time, for his musical plea to the NHL and the players union to come to terms and return to the ice with his song “Hockey Please Come Back”. At the time Brett had just released his debut, major label, single “Started with A Song” the video for which went #1 on CMT that very night.

We told you that back in February when Brett made his first appearance at Pembroke’s Festival Hall that he promised organizers that he would return to help raise the remaining funds for the playground at Holy Name Catholic School. Last weekend Brett made good on that promise and brought one of his best shows of the year to the PMC as crowds came out to End Summer with A Song.

Brett Kissel has already completed a busy first leg of his We Were That Song Tour and this morning he announced 30 new dates across Canada for the second leg of the tour!

BRETT KISSEL TO “END SUMMER WITH A SONG” & RAISE FUNDS FOR HOLY NAME SCHOOL PLAYGROUND AT PEMBROKE MEMORIAL CENTRE

London Ontario was lucky enough to be on the receiving end of two sold out Brett Kissel shows as the We Were That Song Tour rolled into the London Music Hall for two amazing nights of music! 

The school yard at Holy Name school in Pembroke is in desperate need of new playground equipment. They could’ve held a bake sale, a car wash or even sold nevada tickets but instead they decided to invite Brett Kissel to make Pembroke’s Festival Hall a stop on his We Were That Song tour…last night we had the pleasure of being part of an incredible night that will take be remembered, for many years, as one of the most amazing nights of live entertainment ever to rock the Ottawa Valley.

Brett Kissel is currently touring across Canada in support of his album We Were That Song, last week the tour stopped in Ottawa for an exclusive valentines day event at Algonquin Commons Theatre.

Brett Kissel – the CCMA Awards’ reigning Male Artist of the Year – has announced a three-month Canadian tour beginning in January (see full list of dates below). Tickets for the “We Were That Song Tour” go on sale this Friday. Visit www.brettkissel.com for more ticket information.