[Image-1] How long ago last summer seems. Twelve months past, it was all the news could talk about when Scotiabank bought up the naming rights for what we then called the Halifax Metro Centre. It was a 10-year, $6.5-million agreement with HRM which will help fund major capital upgrades. Six months after being announced, the […]
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Mooseheads = T1000s
After a game where the Moncton Wildcats put on a show for their own fans (a 7-3 win, with the Cats Barbashev having 4Gs and 2As), Nikolaj Ehlers—the Mooseheads dashing dane—put on a show of his own, which could have been his last as a Moose. The Mooseheads set the tone after puck drop, controlling […]
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Counting Crows in Halifax May 21
WHAT WE KNOW: Counting Crows haven’t toured across Canada in 15 years. Counting Crows will be, though. This spring. Counting Crows is touring 2014’s Somewhere Under Wonderland. Counting Crows has a reasonable expectation of selling a good number of tickets at the Scotiabank Centre, for the evening of May 21—doors at 7, show at 8. […]
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JRDN’s living the dream
“The fans might not be there to see me, but every chance I get, I’m gonna’ show them what kind of R&B I’m bringing to the table,” says JRDN (AKA Jordan Croucher). The silky-voiced singer is opening a Canadian tour with pop-rockers Hedley, his biggest gig so far. But this smooth operator is just getting […]
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Tegan and Sara’s pop cult
“All I wanna get is a little bit closer,” sings Tegan Quin on “Closer,” the first single from Tegan and Sara’s synth disturber of a record, Heartthrob. “All I wanna know is, can you come a little closer?” It’s about a person, seemingly, but it could also be considered a thesis statement from your favourite […]
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Why the Rush?
A lot has happened since November 2, 1987. That was the last time Canadian rock legends Rush played Halifax. The show was at the Metro Centre, with Chalk Circle opening. Rush has released eight studio albums since then. It went from the band with the screechy singer who played “Tom Sawyer,” the weird one your […]
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Freshly popped
There’s nothing tragic about the Arkells joining The Hip on tour again this weekend (they last toured together in 2009) for a pop-rock/indie-rock/rock on mashup night of Canadian talent and they’ve come a long way from the crowded campus bars and dorm room hits that won their debut album Jackson Square a Juno Award. The […]
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The long ride
I was a toddler when Blue Rodeo released its debut album Outskirts, which let’s not talk about how many years later landed at number two on NOW‘s list of 50 Best Toronto Albums Ever. I was seven when Lost Together came out—the first album that the band produced itself, and one of the main albums […]
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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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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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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 […]