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Concert Review: AC/DC, CanadInns Stadium, Winnipeg, MB, 8/22/09
I was as close to the stage as you could be, but the band still appeared as ants. Thankfully, there were three giant video screens. The band's arrival on stage was preceded by short animated film of...
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Concert Review: Progressive Nation 2009 Tour, Burton Cummings Theatre,...
Ticket prices for the first nine rows had dropped from over $300 and $187 down to $62.50, which is what the regular floor seats had cost. There were only 1,100 fans in the 1,649-seat venue, with many...
View ArticleConcert Review: Alice Cooper/ Rob Zombie MTS Centre, Winnipeg, MB, April 26,...
In October, 2007, I witnessed the sensory overloading spectacle that was Rob Zombie (January 12, 1965) open for the Prince of Darkness himself, Ozzy Osbourne. Ozzy seemed to be a mere shell of his...
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Concert Review: Classical Mystery Tour – The Music of the Beatles, Winnipeg,...
Classical Mystery Tour is a Beatles tribute band who answer the question of what the Beatles playing live with an orchestra would have sounded like. For three shows, the band stopped in Winnipeg,...
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Concert Review: Ozzy Osbourne/ Halford – MTS Centre, Winnipeg, MB 11/20/10
This was a better Ozzy show than his last show in October, 2007, when he was upstaged by then opener Rob Zombie. After that show, I blogged that I wouldn’t see Ozzy again unless I ended up within the...
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Concert Review: Motorhead/Clutch/Valient Thorr – Burton Cummings Theatre,...
Fans began lining up about 40 minutes before the doors opened, with some hoping to snag a ticket to what was rumored to be a sold out show. It was quite warm during the day, with the snow melting, but...
View ArticleConcert Review: Lucy Rose/The Darcys/Bombay Bicycle Club at West End Cultural...
The February 25 show was sold out at the West End Cultural Centre, which has a capacity of 400. A few people arrived at 6:00 p.m., thinking the doors would open at 7:00 p.m. The ticket said doors at...
View ArticleConcert Review: Farewell 274 CD Recording at Aqua Books, Winnipeg, MB, 3/2/12
Aqua Books has hosted many cultural events over the years at its 274 Garry Street location in downtown Winnipeg. Recently, they announced that they would be moving less than a kilometer away to 123...
View ArticleConcert Review: Aaron Goldberg Trio at the Berney Theatre, Winnipeg, MB 3/10/12
A few years ago, I was in my local Future Shop store, browsing through the computer section, when I heard this amazing jazz tune emanating from a desktop PC. It was Aaron Goldberg’s “Oam’s Blues,” a...
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Concert Review: Curtis Nowosad at the Park Theatre, Winnipeg, MB, 11/8/12
Jazz drummer Curtis Nowosad has established himself as one the most popular musicians in the Winnipeg jazz scene, seemingly gigging all the time with a crop of young, rising players, and many of the...
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