Simple Plan brings romance to Rexall Place Feb. 14
The plan was simple: Form a simple band that plays simple music – and then call that band Simple Plan. It sure worked wonders for these Montreal titans of emo. Now you can mark your calendar – buy a 2012 calendar and mark that – for Feb. 14 when Simple Plan brings its zippy romantic […]
TONIGHT: The Notorious Vince Neil expected to rock the EEC
It must be tough to be a 50-year-old rock star whose very name has become synonymous with excess, overindulgence and general rock ‘n’ roll decadence. Imagine the inner dialogue: Oh, Christ, not Dr. Feelgood again … Do I really have to swig that bottle of Jack Daniel’s? My freakin’ liver’s gonna explode … I don’t […]
TONIGHT: Ke$ha to get $leazy at Rexall Place
Britney Spears is too robotic, Lady Gaga is too bizarre, Katy Perry is too bossy – but when it comes to pop tarts we love to hate and hate to love, Ke$ha is JUST right. Playing Wednesday night at Rexall Place on her Get $leazy Tour, this chick at least doesn’t take herself too seriously […]
DEJA BLUES – Johnny Winter and James Cotton return to Polish Hall Oct. 14
Great news for blues fans – if you can tear yourself away from the Beaumont Blues Festival for a moment – blues legends Johnny Winter and James Cotton are coming to play the Polish Hall on Oct. 14 and … hey, wait a minute! Didn’t we just do this? We sure did: The same bill […]
TRUE TALES OF THE ROAD: Paul Bellows bonds with his fans
Edmonton folk musician Paul Bellows was on the road quite a bit before he made it big in the business world as the founder of the Yellow Pencil web design company. So no – he doesn’t NEED to promote his new CD, Shipwreck Looking Out for a Beach, released Friday at the Haven, the day […]
VENUE CHANGE: Cee Lo, Metric, Cake and more….are heading indoors
SONIC BOOM 2011 is moving inside! The annual modern rock festival happening Sunday, Sept. 4 celebrating the local modern rock radio station Sonic 102.9 FM has changed its venue to Northlands Expo from the outdoor Northlands grounds. The headliners will remain the same: Jane’s Addiction, Cee Lo Green, Metric, Social Distortion, Cake and more; and […]
CONCERTS: Smash Mouth on Oct. 1, Wilderness of Manitoba on Aug. 31
Without the casino circuit, one-hit wonders would be an endangered species – and some people seem to feel this is a bad thing. But consider Smash Mouth, coming to the River Cree Casino on Saturday, Oct. 1. Here was a fun little band that had a fun little song called Walkin’ in the Sun in […]
Avril Lavigne plays Edmonton’s Rexall Place Oct. 10
She was, indeed, a Sk8tr girl. Then some dude in Hollywood gave her a record deal. Now, she’s an aging pop princess from Ottawa. Will fans keep supporting Avril Lavigne? She plays Rexall Place Oct. 10 with openers yet to be announced. Hmmm…. time will tell. It’s the great unknowable, whether a young artist will […]
Living With Lions tells FACTOR where to stick their 13 grand
Now this is fortuitous. We were just having a friendly debate about government arts funding and along comes Living With Lions to play the Pawn Shop on Friday night. This is the Vancouver punk band at the centre of the storm of controversy surrounding its new CD, “Holy Shit” and its allegedly blasphemous artwork, which […]
