Posted on May 25, 2012
By Albert Smith
Music, The Latest
Edmonton is so totally a Metallica kind of town. The band has added a second show – happening Saturday Aug. 18 at Rexall Place – because the Friday Aug. 17 show has already sold out. Tickets ($49.50, $89.50 or $125) for the new date are on sale now. The only other Canadian date announced so […]
Posted on May 24, 2012
By Michael Senchuk
Music
While many local music fans are anxiously await a performance of “The Wall” by Roger Waters at Rexall Place Monday and Tuesday nights, there are plenty of great options for the weekend, including some exceptional Canadian acts, like the eclectic Adaline on Friday night, and Winnipeg’s Royal Canoe on Saturday (right). There’s also some stellar […]
Posted on May 23, 2012
By Mike Ross
Culture, Music, TV and Radio
There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy – and too bad Hamlet wasn’t around to ponder an entire radio station devoted to Jesus. The very existence of Edmonton’s Shine 105.9 FM is a miracle. So is the fact there’s enough Christian music to sustain it. More than […]
Posted on May 23, 2012
By Albert Smith
Front Slider, Music
Attention all girls: Justin Bieber is coming to Edmonton a second time – Monday Oct. 15 at Rexall Place. OK, let’s get it out of the way: (Insert ear-splitting scream here, continue until Oct. 15). Tickets are expected to go on sale Friday, June 1, early for Justin Bieber fan club members – and you […]
Posted on May 22, 2012
By Mike Ross
Front Slider, Music
Once again, a notable rock band is choosing Edmonton to launch what is expected to be another massive Canadian tour – and this time it’s Metallica, playing Friday, Aug. 17 at Rexall Place. Tickets go on sale Friday. The band posted news on its website about an “all new, out of control, massive stage and […]
Posted on May 14, 2012
By Mike Ross
Front Slider, Music
If you want to know where you’re going, you have to know where you’ve been – and if you’re going to Nickelback on Tuesday night, chances are you’ve been to a bush party. Of course there was rock. There were rock songs about rocking or about rocking at a bush party where you’re listening to […]
Posted on May 14, 2012
By Mike Ross
Music, The Latest
“If there were no boobs, we wouldn’t have music videos,” declares Sal Costa, lead guitarist for My Darkest Days, which opens for Nickelback at Rexall Place Tuesday night. It sounds so crass. Yet it is absolutely true – if you’re making the kind of music videos that My Darkest Days (and also Nickelback) seem to […]
Posted on May 13, 2012
By Michael Senchuk
Music, The Latest
It’s almost a shame the Black Keys took this long to become known to the universe. The band had a total of five albums before the last pair – “Brothers” and “El Camino” – shot them into the stratosphere. Where have you been all this time? For 11,000 fans at Rexall Place Saturday night, the […]
Posted on May 12, 2012
By Robin Schroffel
Front Slider, Music
The jump kicks may be no more, but that doesn’t prevent David Lee Roth from executing some impressive moves for a man his age. Flamboyantly sparkly, all smiles, he shimmies and slides across the stage with the Van Halens rocking out behind him – guitarist Eddie, Alex on drums and Eddie’s son Wolfgang on bass. […]
Posted on May 10, 2012
By Michael Senchuk
Music
The highlight of this star-studded weekend of live music is undoubtedly the Black Keys, performing at Rexall Place Saturday night. With three well-deserved Grammy awards and counting, the Akron, Ohio duo has taken the world by storm with its low-fi garage-rock stylings. The same could be said for the opening act, Arctic Monkeys, from the […]
Posted on May 1, 2012
By Albert Smith
Music
Some folks are born to wave the flag, or with a silver spoon in hand, as the case may be, but John Fogerty ain’t no senator’s son. He’s a stone cold American troubadour whose powerful anti-war lyrics still hold up today. He didn’t go to war – he just sang about it. Time for a […]
Posted on April 26, 2012
By Albert Smith
Music, The Latest
Nothing like “overwhelming demand” to put the wind in your sails – the Red Hot Chili Peppers turn out to be so huge in Edmonton that a second show has been added on Thursday, Nov. 22 at Rexall Place. The first on Nov. 21 has sold out. Minus John Frusciante, the legendary Californicating band is […]
