Last spring, Halifax’s now-infamous “concert scandal” broke when city staffer Cathie O’Toole revealed that mayor Peter Kelly and the city’s deputy CAO, Wayne Anstey, had improperly extended millions of dollars in loans to concert promoter Harold MacKay’s firm, Power Promotional Events, and that the last two of those loans, totalling $400,000, were not repaid. Anstey […]
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Deal with Harold MacKay makes city look bad, weakens bargaining position with TCL
I was wrong: contrary to my earlier supposition, the payment from Harold MacKay to the city just before the Metallica show was in fact related to the concert loan scandal, and not simply pre-payment for Metallica costs. Council Tuesday released this statement: 13.3 Contractual Matter – Concert Update That Halifax Regional Council approve the settlement […]
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Merch rep says Harold MacKay still owes $63,000 for Black Eyed Peas show
On Monday it was announced that Metallica will perform on Citadel Hill on July 14. The promoter is none other than Harold MacKay, whose Power Promotional Events company put on the failed Black Eyed Peas show at the heart of the city’s concert loan scandal. Power Promotional Events has since gone out of business; the […]
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Black eyes for Peas?
It’s the age-old Behind the Music story: band members who can’t be in the same room. Rumour (from a very reliable source) tells me that Black Eyed Peas’ Fergie and will.i.am are in such a bad way, they refuse to appear together, off stage, at press events, etc. But does it really matter? We don’t […]
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Black Eyed Peas to Crush Common with Lady Lumps
start working on awkward poses now The Chronicle-Herald and Metro have both confirmed via Twitter that the Black Eyed Peas, Weezer and Classified will all be tearing the shit out of the Common on July 24. The cost? Your soul. More acts TBA, as well as announcements for the July 23rd show (Stephen Cooke says […]