TRUE TALES: Close encounter of the Prince kind
I crashed the meet ‘n’ greet at the 2002 Prince concert in Edmonton – and couldn’t get a word in edgewise because my wife kept badgering him about birthdays. See, Jehovah’s Witnesses don’t believe in birthdays because birthdays are pagan rituals. Besides, they’re not going to die, so what’s the point? Too many candles on […]
Heaviest winter on record as Deep Purple comes to Edmonton Feb. 21
Slowhand Walter, fire in this guy? No, it’s just one of the most famous misheard lyrics from one of the most famous rock classics ever pressed into service – Smoke on the Water – and soon we’ll get a chance to mishear it again live when Deep Purple comes to Rexall Place on Tuesday, Feb. […]
Lady Antebellum to Own the Night at Rexall March 27
The South lost, didn’t it? Maybe not. A little country group calling itself Lady Antebellum – its last name usually used as a reference to pre-Civil War southern U.S. during the era of slavery – is taking the world by storm. The Grammy-winning band will play Rexall Place on March 17 as part of its […]
Prepare for the Coming of Neil Diamond on July 16
Forever In Blue Jeans, Cherry Cherry, Sweet Caroline, Girl You’ll Be A Woman Soon, You Don’t Bring Me Flowers, Red Red Wine, America – are we sensing a theme yet? You guessed it: All of the above are songs by the one and only Neil Diamond, who is mounting a huge Greatest Hits tour next […]
Roger Waters adds second Edmonton show for The Wall
There sure are a lot of Pink Floyd fans in Edmonton. Due to popular demand, as they say, a second Roger Waters date has been added: Tuesday, May 29 at Rexall Place. The first show on Monday, May 28 has sold out. Tickets start at $45 and end at $225 and will go on sale […]
FESTIVALS: Jazz and Canadian Finals Rodeo coexist in perfect harmony
Get set for nine days of jazz as Edmonton’s jazz community celebrates its jazz … and didn’t we do this already? Sure did, in June. Now we’re doing it again at the Yardbird Jazz Festival. Festivals aren’t just for summers in Festival City anymore. They’re just more concentrated. An all-Canadian line-up of jazz stars will […]
Hedley moves to the big time: Rexall Place on March 21
Canadian Idol certainly didn’t do Hedley any harm. Its singer Jacob Hoggard didn’t even make it to the top in the much-maligned, now-defunct clone of American Idol (which itself is modelled after British Pop Idol) – and we challenge anyone to name any of the winners of the six seasons. Can’t do it? And even […]
