Posted on August 15, 2012
By Mike Ross
Front Slider, Music
Striker – an Edmonton speed metal band very much in the vein of early Metallica – has won the opening spot for this weekend’s Metallica concerts in a contest sponsored by the Bear radio station. They’ll play Friday and Saturday at Rexall Place. The band wasn’t immediately available for comment, but posted this statement on […]
Posted on August 13, 2012
By Mike Ross
Music, The Latest
Pop quiz: What modern pop-rock band sort of sounds like Nickelback and is named for the deepest point of the Earth’s oceans? If you answered Marianas Trench, you’re probably already hip to the Vancouver band’s impending tour, coming to Rexall Place Monday, Oct. 29. With Down With Webster in support, tickets go on sale Friday. […]
Posted on August 10, 2012
By Michael Senchuk
The Latest, Theatre
You can really summarize any Cirque du Soleil show by calling it an amped-up adult circus, a collection of incredible and joyous athletic feats punctuated by complete lunacy. Quidam, which runs through Sunday at Rexall Place, is no different. The stunts that are performed leave you spellbound, and then they usually crank it up a […]
Posted on August 7, 2012
By Albert Smith
Comedy, Front Slider, Music
One of the biggest stand-up comics who gets away with murder because he can blame it all on his racist puppets is returning to Edmonton. You guessed it: Jeff Dunham – along with Walter, Peanut, Jose Jalapeno on a Stick, Melvin the Superhero Guy and the ever-loving Achmed the Dead Terrorist, and many more! – […]
Posted on July 16, 2012
By LH Thomson
Front Slider
It’s time for everyone’s favorite game show…. It’s “Name the Classic Rock Band with the Most Original Members!” This year’s edition, coming to Edmonton Nov. 27th at Rexall, features Journey, Night Ranger and Loverboy – or, reasonable facsimiles thereof. Journey is headlining due to its recent revived popularity at the hands of Glee, we assume. […]
Posted on June 25, 2012
By Albert Smith
Front Slider, Music
A year and change after the band wowed the crowd at Sonic Boom 2011, Metric is returning to headline in its own right – inside the big building this time. At last. The band plays Thursday, Nov. 15 at Rexall Place, with Stars opening. Tickets go on sale Friday. On the strength of such killer […]
Posted on June 20, 2012
By Mike Ross
Comedy
There’s something strange that happens in the course of a stand-up comedian’s rise to success. While moving up from nightclubs to theatres is celebrated, prompting pats on the backs and kudos all around, hitting the next level – arenas – seems to result in a wee bit of a backlash. Consider that racist puppet guy, […]
Posted on June 20, 2012
By Robin Schroffel
The Latest
Escapism comes in many forms: rom-coms, daydreaming…. And Bryan Adams. With the Canadian icon’s endless list of sticky-sweet, hook-laden hits, listening to him is just like reading a good novel or eating half a pumpkin pie in one sitting. It just feels good. Adams passed down that comfort-zone spirit to the crowd at Rexall Place […]
Posted on June 16, 2012
By Mike Ross
Music, The Latest
Bryan Adams doesn’t do anything by half. It’s either now or never. There is no stalling for some indeterminate point in the near future. Everywhere you go, the kids wanna rock, not just certain places you go. The lack of direct empirical evidence doesn’t seem to matter. Has Bryan actually played everywhere just to make […]
Posted on June 1, 2012
By Albert Smith
Music, The Latest
Stop whatever has replaced presses: The Edmonton Folk Music Festival has sold out. Again. Like anybody didn’t see that coming. “It was crazy,” says producer Terry Wickham, who reports that 1,200 people showed up at the folk fest office to buy tickets in person at 9 p.m. Friday morning, where it’s usually around 400. Online […]
Posted on May 29, 2012
By Wayne Arthurson
Culture, Front Slider, Music
It’s quite obvious that Roger Waters was the smart one in Pink Floyd. The others may have been talented folks, but Waters was, and still is, the deep thinker. When the other version of Pink Floyd appeared in Edmonton several years ago, they had the bigger show in the bigger stadium. And it was all […]
Posted on May 26, 2012
By Mike Ross
Music
It hasn’t been any easier to discover the identity of Pink Floyd than those other bands whose names are often confused with people: Jethro Tull, Alice Cooper, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Blondie, Billy Talent, Bon Iver … Pink Floyd (named for two real people, American bluesmen Pink Anderson and Floyd Council) of course ranks far above any […]
