Movember this. Wednesday November 30 will henceforth be known as Prince Day. His Symbolic Freakness is coming to Halifax to play the Metro Centre, solve all your worldly problems and make it rain. Purple rain, that is! I’m exhausted! Get here already you short little lightning bolt of sexgrease! Welcome 2 Canada you fucking sexy […]
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Did TCL act properly?
The improper loans to Power Promotions were funnelled through the Metro Centre, a city-owned facility that is managed by Trade Centre Limited. Officials at TCL have said that they were under no obligation to vet the appropriateness of the loans—the city owns Metro Centre, so when city official Wayne Anstey called them up and directed them to loan Power Promotions money from Metro Centre accounts, they simply complied without asking questions. But what if Anstey had called and directed TCL to cut a cheque to his wife? Would TCL have complied without question? What exactly are TCL’s responsibilities to vet
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Oh, Canada Games
Halifax’s Jordan Croucher (now better known as JRDN) has been popping up on radios across Canada, owning Much Music and just finished a national tour with Danny Fernandez. But you might not have known he was a Canada Games athlete once too (JRDN shared his basketball skills with team Nova Scotia for summer games in […]
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Art Garfunkel is bringing along a buddy
Aw, BFFs It’s not that I don’t like Art Garfunkel—-he was pretty good in Catch 22—-but we all need a little help from our friends sometimes, and in accordance with this, Garfunkel has nixed his solo dates and instead re-scheduled to play a cluster of shows with his old songwriting partner Paul Simon. According to […]
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Five things you should know about Michael Bolton
Five things you should know about Michael Bolton 1. His metal band Blackjack (!) once toured with Ozzy Osbourne. Aaah! 2. His famous mane (now shorn, sob!) once rippled with the power of 1,000 Tritons. 3. Yes, he was engaged to the blonde Desperate Housewife, but did you know he also recorded a song with […]
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NO GODDAMNED WAY! Busta cancelled!
The new date for Busta’s Cunard Centre show is Friday, January 22 at 10pm. Tickets for September 19 and December 11 will be honoured. If customers do not wish to attend the new date, they may get a refund at point of purchase. SIGH. UPDATE: Show’s cancelled. Tickets can be refunded at point of purchase. […]
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Snoop Dogg at the Metro Centre on September 13
Basically a Laura Peek video, but with dogs Legendary rapper, producer and actor Snoop Dogg will return to Halifax for a performance in support of his 2008 release Ego Trippin’ with his band Snoopadelics at the Metro Centre on Sunday, September 13 at 8pm. Tickets are $54.50 for P1 seating and $44.50 for P2 seating […]
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Marilyn Manson in Halifax: Why the hell not?
Marilyn “Paul from the Wonder Years” Manson is coming to the Metro Centre on September 25. What’s your take on him? Mine is that he is an innocuous nerd with a good film collection.