Entertainment Today for Wednesday, June 22
Bollywood stars arrive in Toronto – Globe and Mail [New Window] Anil Kapoor, star of the Oscar-winning Slumdog Millionaire, arrived Tuesday evening looking dapper in a black jacket, blue jeans and dark shades. Mr. Kapoor was last in Toronto in January to promote this weekend’s Indian International Film Academy .. Tue, 21 Jun 2011 22:04:56 […]
Jeff Beck to thrill area guitar worshippers at the Winspear Oct. 25
The generational divide between Baby Boomers and Generation Xers can be summed up with one simple name: Beck. Which one came first to your mind? If you stand, or more likely, sit, on the Jeff Beck side of the line, this is your lucky day. It’s Tuesday, Oct. 25, to be precise. That’s when the […]
Entertainment Today, June 21
Will and Kate urged to skip Calgary Stampede – MetroNews Canada [New Window] A local animal-rights group has written to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge asking them to skip the Calgary Stampede during their stopover in the city next month. Tue, 21 Jun 2011 01:43:47 Dunn was charged with drink-driving offence back in 2005 […]
Moody Blues brings ‘Precious Cargo’ to Jube Oct. 3
It’s been far too long since a visit from one of the founders of “symphonic rock,” for which we all owe a huge debt of gratitude – so let’s roll out the welcome mats for the Moody Blues, returning to the Jubilee Auditorium on Monday, Oct. 3. With the 1967 hit Nights in White Satin […]
GIGGLE CITY: Neil Hamburger, hold the cheese
Once in a great while Edmonton is privileged to host one of the old-time stand-up comedians, a stubborn hold-out from the days of yore where men were men, women stayed in the kitchen where they belonged and show business was an honourable profession – not the cesspool of fart jokes it’s become today. Neil Hamburger […]
Entertainment Today, June 20
Gig City updates links for top entertainment stories several times daily, so check back for new reads. Amy Winehouse chased by boos, cancels tour [New Window] Amy Winehouse’s attempt at a European concert tour ended in Belgrade, Serbia, with a train wreck of a performance Saturday night in which she staggered around the stage and […]
LIVE TONIGHT: Steve Earle’s optimistic take on dependency
It’s only in those little moments when our mortality is brutally exposed – those short, often painful moments of life – that we really get to see how humanity puts the best of itself into art. Steve Earle knows it as well as anyone. Playing The Jube on Monday night with his full band and […]
NEW MUSIC: The heavy buzz on new cuts from Cults, Is Tropical
Two buzz bands released new albums in the last couple of weeks – New York’s Cults, who have raced through the blogosphere as instant favorites, and England’s Is Tropical, slower to catch on but equally acclaimed by many critics. New York’s duo Cults – Brian Oblivion and Madeline Follin (whose voice is very reminiscent of […]
