CONCERTS AT THE JUBE: Jim Cuddy Jan. 13, Theory of a Deadman Jan. 27
Theory of a Deadman may have been lumped into the category of Bands That Sound Like Nickelback – which is so large it requires its own stack at the record store, or would if there were any record stores left – but at the rate these guys are going it won’t be long until Nickelback […]
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast coming to the Jube in January
Can’t go to Broadway? Then Broadway – the Great White Way, Iowa on the Hudson, name your Broadway nickname – can come to you! The aptly named Broadway Across Canada will bring Disney’s Beauty and the Beast to the Jubilee Auditorium Jan. 3-8, 2012. The smash hit musical – aren’t they all – tells the […]
Kathy Griffin cancels Canadian tour
Bad news for area Kathy Griffin fans – her Oct. 12 show at the Jubilee Auditorium has been cancelled. “Scheduling issues” is the official reason given for the decision, which includes all four Canadian dates, also including Saskatoon (Oct. 13), Calgary (Oct. 14) and Vancouver (Oct. 15). Ticket refunds are available at the point of […]
City and Colour brings Little Hell to the Jube January 25
Going unplugged turned out to be a great career move for Dallas Green, who became “City and Colour” (Dallas = City, Green = Colour) for a solo career that one could argue far outshines his work in his punk band Alexisonfire – or at least opened up his songwriting gifts to a new audience. Said […]
WHO’S IN THE BAND: Bachman & Turner tonight at the Jube
It’s all well and good if you’re Pearl Jam and stay together 20 years before some bigshot Hollywood director makes a movie about you. That’s easy. Twenty? Try 20 DIFFERENT bands over 50 years, Sonny Boy, when you’re actually entitled to be called “classic rock” and you argue about who was in the room when […]
Paul Brandt, nice guy and country singer, returns to the Jubilee Auditorium Dec. 12
We can’t get enough of Paul Brandt. What’s not to like? The guy is almost supernaturally nice. And generous? To a fault! So fans ought not to be getting tired of this behatted Albertan any time soon. On the spurred bootheels of his sold-out Slave Lake benefit at the Winspear Centre on Wednesday night comes […]
REVIEW: Jerry Seinfeld’s best bits
Mankind is Jerry Seinfeld’s business. His mission is to explore tiny human stupidities, leaving the larger idiocies to other comedians. His tool is a microscope. His result is universal humour. EVERYBODY’S done the dumb little things he talks about, we’re all guilty of the trivial human mistakes he’s built a career on – even Jerry […]
Matthew Good comes to Jubilee Auditorium Nov. 15
Whether you love to hate him or hate to love him, Matthew Good is at least one of the more interesting characters on the Canadian music scene. And now for something completely different: Matthew Good in a soft-seater. The deep-thinking Vancouver rocker has announced a string of theatre dates across Canada that brings him to […]
Moody Blues brings ‘Precious Cargo’ to Jube Oct. 3
It’s been far too long since a visit from one of the founders of “symphonic rock,” for which we all owe a huge debt of gratitude – so let’s roll out the welcome mats for the Moody Blues, returning to the Jubilee Auditorium on Monday, Oct. 3. With the 1967 hit Nights in White Satin […]
YOU SAID IT: Jethro Tull plays Edmonton
Posted on June 22, 2011 By Staff Music
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