STAGE: Cirque Du Soleil goes far out with the far east
There are few odder sights than a performance of Cirque Du Soleil in full flight and fewer odder success stories. When Le Cirque rolls into E-Town in July for its performance of of its new show Dralion at Rexall Place, it won’t be quite the rare spectacle a Cirque performance used to be, back in […]
Foo Fighters return to Rexall Oct. 28
Who wrote “Foo for Your Love?” No, it wasn’t Mr. T, chumps. The song hasn’t been written yet – but we still sing the praises of the Foo Fighters, returning us to rock us an umpteenth time at Rexall Place on Friday, Oct. 28. Tickets are $39.50, $49.50 or $59.50 and go on sale Friday […]
CONCERTS: Blink-182 at Rexall Aug. 27, Bachman & Turner at the Jube Sept. 26
Get ready for the “Punk Concert of the Decade” – and that’s enough of that nonsense. Tickets for go on sale Friday for Blink 182’s show at Rexall Place Saturday, Aug. 27. Opening will be Rancid and Against Me, which are popular modern punk bands very much in the spirit of the headliner. Blink’s drummer […]
Rise Against returns to rock Rexall Oct. 8
Again we ask a musical question: Rise Against what? Why, everything, of course – and we have a dandy subject for a WHO NAMED THE BAND feature when the mainstream punk band (not an oxymoron) returns to Edmonton, at Rexall Place on Saturday, Oct. 8 with Flogging Molly and the Black Pacific in support. Tickets […]
Michael Buble returns to woo our women Aug. 8
Were Frank still alive, you have to wonder whether he’d accept Michael Buble into the Rat Pack – or would he think this Canadian kid has a little too much chutzpah to roll with the cool Vegas crowd? Moot point. Buble rules in his own way, master of the knowing smirk, the well-placed cuff-pop and […]
WHO NAMED THE BAND? The Trews wear the pants
When people are constantly asking about your band name, chances are you have a silly one. Ask the Trews about their name. Go ahead. They won’t mind. The band whose name means “trousers” in Scotland – not to be confused with “pants,” which the Brits call underwear – opens for Kid Rock at Rexall Place […]
Pearl Jam hits Rexall Sept. 23
Gosh, has it been 20 years? Break out your old flannel. It’s high time for a grunge rock revival – and we can think of no better (living) rock band than Pearl Jam to mark the occasion. The band plays Edmonton’s Rexall Place on Friday, September 23, part of a Canadian tour that includes Mudhoney […]
YOU SAID IT: System of A Down in Edmonton
Posted on May 11, 2011 By Andrea Scharner Music
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