Posted on February 5, 2012
By Albert Smith
Contests, Film
Interested in seeing Nicolas Cage’s head catch on fire like you’ve never seen it before? Sure you are. This is your lucky day. We have five double guest passes to give away for a sneak preview screening of the new Sony Pictures 3D feature Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, Thursday, Feb. 16 at 9 p.m. […]
Posted on February 2, 2012
By Albert Smith
Music
From the “It’s About Time” file comes Ben Folds – who is finally playing in Edmonton. And it won’t be Ben Folds Five (which was actually a trio) or by himself. The acclaimed piano-rocker will perform with no less a big band than the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, at the Winspear Centre on Thursday, March 29. […]
Posted on January 31, 2012
By Albert Smith
Music, The Latest
Pondering where it cut like a knife in the summer of ’69 is going to get a lot easier when Bryan Adams comes to Rexall Place on Tuesday, June 19 – to explain it all for us in song. Tickets go on sale Monday. Adams is expected to evoke a rush of incontinent nostalgia from […]
Posted on January 23, 2012
By Albert Smith
Front Slider, Music
The jury’s out on whether there is much of a cross-over audience between the Trans-Siberian Orchestra and Kathleen Edwards – because both are playing on the same night in Edmonton, Monday, April 9, the former at the Jubilee Auditorium, the latter down the road at the Myer Horowitz Theatre. Tickets for both shows go on […]
Posted on January 21, 2012
By Albert Smith
Culture, Music, The Latest
Much effort is made on the part of record companies, concert promoters and radio stations to guess the music “kids today are into.” The people at Axe Music don’t need to guess. They know, thanks to its annual Axetremefest school program, which brings a complete professional sound and lighting rig into selected Alberta high schools […]
Posted on January 20, 2012
By Albert Smith
Front Slider, Music
Time for another buzz band you’ll probably not get a chance to see in a small theatre again: Said the Whale, winner of best new group at the 2011 Juno Awards, is playing the Myer Horowitz Theatre on Wednesday, April 25. Crafting a crisp, snappy, happy, jingly-jangly poppy sound into a threat of modern rock […]
Posted on January 18, 2012
By Albert Smith
Music
Imagine two identical figure skaters, both brilliant and amazing enough to win a gold medal. One skates to Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5 in D minor, the other to You Give Love a Bad Name by Bon Jovi. Who wins? The answer is of course obvious, as is the idea that the music selected by a […]
Posted on January 11, 2012
By Albert Smith
Front Slider, Music
The band we hate to love and love to hate is returning to the scene of the crime. In other words, Nickelback is coming back to Edmonton. The band, whose early gigs and rise to fame were based in Edmonton, or hereabouts, will perform on Tuesday, May 15 at Rexall Place with Bush, Seether and […]
Posted on January 9, 2012
By Albert Smith
Culture, Music, The Latest
Some good news on the Albertan country music front, for a change: Lacombe, Alberta’s own Gord Bamford has finally earned the big country deal – a record contract with Sony Music Entertainment Canada. His Sony debut album, Is It Friday Yet?, comes out March 6. Well played, Alberta boy. But what does all this mean? […]
Posted on January 9, 2012
By Albert Smith
Front Slider, Music
Like a bridesmaid to bride, it is high time for Joel Plaskett to take that leap to headlining status – and now the Nova Scotia rocker will get that chance when he and his Emergency play Thursday, April 19 at the Winspear Centre as part of the “Scrappy Happiness Tour.” The new album will be […]
Posted on January 9, 2012
By Albert Smith
Front Slider, Music
In case you missed The Black Keys in June, the Ohio alt-rock duo will return to alt-rock you a second time at Rexall Place on Saturday, May 12, with the Arctic Monkeys in support. Tickets go on sale Friday. And in case you’re still wondering who the hell the Black Keys are, at least know […]
Posted on January 7, 2012
By Albert Smith
Culture, Front Slider, Theatre
Musical theatre is taking over the world – and something must be done or we’re all going to wind up prancing gaily down the street in our bloomers belting out Tomorrow from Annie. Even to know what that is without looking it up is bad enough! Edmonton is well on the way to being overcome […]
