UPCOMING: NAGATA SHACHU presents 2019/2020 Season: Ancient Rhythms | Future Echoes
Japanese Taiko and Music Group PresentsAncient Rhythms | Future Echoes2019/2020 Season Nagata Shachu, Toronto’s premiere Japanese Taiko and Music Group, is pleased to announce their 21st season. Ancient Rhythms | Future Echoes will includethree performances at the Al Green Theatre: HIBIKI (reverberations), TAIKO X TURNTABLES!, and KAZÉ (wind). The season will open with HIBIKI (reverberations) on Saturday, November 30, 2019. This dramatic production, […]
UPCOMING: M For Montreal’s First Look at 2019 Program (Nov 20-23, 2019)
M for Montreal is pleased to announce the first look at 2019 programming this November 20-23. Once again the event welcomes 100+ showcasing artists over the four- day festival. M FOR MONTREAL ANNOUNCES FIRST LOOK AT 2019 PROGRAM FEATURING N0V3L, ADA LEA, TEKE TEKE, MIND BATH AND MORE This year’s ‘Official Selection’ program includes post-punk new wave-inspired N0V3L, emotive-experimental pop artist Ada […]
STEVE HACKETT Genesis Revisited 2019 Tour @ Danforth Music Hall (Sep 20, 2019)
Progressive rock faithful were in for a Genesis to Revelation when Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett announced a new 2019 tour showcasing the 40th anniversary of one of Steve’s most popular solo albums Spectral Mornings, along with the seminal 1973 Genesis album Selling England By The Pound in its entirety. The album went to No. 3 […]
CNE: Let’s Go To The Ex (2019)
Nearly 1.5 million people are estimated to have attended the CNE this year. It’s great. The community has certainly come in droves. We attribute that to some great programming, great Bandshell lineup, great festival food activation spaces, and they have come out in big numbers John Peco, CNE”s Chief Officer of Business Development and Innovation
A FAMILY CURSE @ Live on the Patio | Roy Thomson Hall Patio (Aug 7, 2019)
On a ‘cursed’ sunny, warm Toronto evening, the Patio at Roy Thomson Hall is a perfect venue for the cities office tower denizens to relax comfortably against the backdrop of the city-scape & live music in the background. A FAMILY CURSE features father & daughter duo Neil Osbourne (of 54-40 infamy) and rising star KANDLE […]
SMASHING PUMPKINS & NOEL GALLAGHER’S High Flying Birds w. AFI @ Budweiser Stage (Aug 13, 2019)
A fantastic triple-bill for 90’s lovers, Smashing Pumpkins, Oasis’ Noel Gallagher (& his High Flying Birds) and goth-alt band AFI. AFI SetList:Get Dark17 CrimesSnow CatsTrash BatFeed From the FloorEnd TransmissionBeautiful ThievesMiss Murder Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds SetList:Fort KnoxHoly MountainKeep On ReachingIt’s a Beautiful WorldShe Taught Me How to FlyBlack Star DancingThis is the PlaceWonderwall […]
HERBIE HANCOCK / KAMASI WASHINGTON @ Roy Thomson Hall (Aug 6, 2019)
Herbie Hancock and Kamasi Washington, two jazz generational heavyweights joined together for a unique, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to enlighten, enliven, and celebrate. So it’s not just what I’ve done in the past, but the fact that I’m physically here now and accessible Herbie Hancock (New York Times) Kamasi Washington started off the night with attendees already […]
It’s Alive! Classic Horror and Sci-Fi Art from the Kirk Hammett Collection @ Royal Ontario Museum
July 13, 2019, through January 5, 2020 Horror and sci-fi are among the most versatile, dynamic and enduring genres of cinema It’s Alive! Classic Horror and Sci-Fi Art from the Kirk Hammett Art Collection features rare cinema posters from the 1920s to1980 – – including the only surviving copy of the original 1931 Frankenstein poster – – as […]
THE WEDDING BAND f. Kirk Hammet & Rob Trujillo (Metallica) @ Cosmo Music (July 26, 2019)
Calling themselves “The Wedding Band”, Metallica‘s Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo decided to gather up some friends and play a “covers-only” night at Cosmo Music in Toronto, rounded out by Ugly Kid Joe frontman Whitfield Crane, Queens of the Stone Age drummer Joey Castillo and guitarist Dallas “Doc” Coyle (Bad Wolves). Unbarred, with only one […]
ROM SPEAKS: In Conversation with Kirk Hammett @ ROM (July 23, 2019)
On a red-eye from Russia, Metallica’s Kirk Hammett shared his obsession & dedication for classic horror and science fiction “I got into the business of collecting horror, which is really not a business at all, a long time ago. I think it’s become my midnight calling or maybe my lifetime obsession. I guess some would say […]
