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Toronto’s Budweiser Stage will soon be no more. HOWEVER… People have been flocking to Toronto’s Ontario Place for live since the funky circular Forum opened in the spring of 1971. It’s long gone, of course, replaced by the much bigger Molson Amphitheatre

ICYMI: Toronto’s Budweiser Stage will soon be no more. HOWEVER… #musicnews

Now that Andrew is just a regular person (I love this: "The r*pist formerly known as Prince"), the British press see blood in the water. The whole #Epstein thing could unravel from the UK.

Fingers crossed.

Sting to headline pre-Super Bowl show Sting will headline a pre-Super Bowl concert in San Francisco.

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Beware bootleg vinyl from China and Russia Vinyl hasn’t been this hot in, what 40 years? And with so many people purchasing their music this way, dark elements have re-emerged. The Recording Industry Association of America warns of bootleg records

Beware bootleg vinyl from China and Russia #musicnews

There’s a new Beatles song (well, sort of new) out today The Beatles, producer George Martin, and all the boffins at Abbey Road Studios saved and catalogued everything to do with The Beatles, which is why, 50 years after their breakup, we’re still finding

ICYMI: There’s a new Beatles song (well, sort of new) out today #musicnews

Neil Young rips Trump and his oligarch bros a new one with a new video Neil Young DGAF. He never has. When it comes to Trump, his Project 2025 enablers and his oligarch buddies, he has plenty to say. Uncle Neil’s latest bit of commentary comes via a

Neil Young rips Trump and his oligarch bros a new one with a new video #musicnews

Uncharted: Crime and Mayhem in the Music Industry, episode 52: Gigs for dictators, oligarchs, and criminals It was the summer of 2007. At a hotel in Italy, guests started arriving in the early evening. The location was kept secret, and security was extremely high. People were dressed in the

ICYMI: Uncharted: Crime and Mayhem in the Music Industry, episode 52: Gigs for dictators, oligarchs, and criminals #musicnews

This historical figure appears in more song lyrics than any other. Wanna guess who? One of the most interesting metal bands in the world is Sweden’s Sabaton, a group that takes most of their musical inspiration from historical events. Wars and battles are popular, but so are

ICYMI: This historical figure appears in more song lyrics than any other. Wanna guess who? #musicnews

Rush has a sneaker deal The Rush reunion tour is still almost a year away, but the merch opportunities are already here. This includes a series of sneakers from both Adidas and Nike via a store called IPrinitfy.

Rush has a sneaker deal #musicnews

Photos and a review of Black Pistol Fire [Zachary Resnick was there for us in Ottawa. – AC] The Toronto-born, Austin-based duo Black Pistol Fire played Ottawa’s Bronson Centre as the last Canadian stop on their tour on October 23rd.  This

ICYMI: Photos and a review of Black Pistol Fire #musicnews

This upcoming Eddie Vedder film is a different sort of music documentary A couple of years ago, Eddie Vedder performed a series of benefit concerts at Benaroya Hall in Seattle to raise awareness of a rare genetic skin disease called Epidermolysis Bullosa, which causes painful

This upcoming Eddie Vedder film is a different sort of music documentary #musicnews

Ongoing History Daily: Florence Welch’s near-death experience Florence Welch of Florence + The Machine has several health challenges. She’s dyslexic. She has a condition called dyspraxia, which affects movement and coordination. She’s battled an eating disorder, along with anxiety, and

ICYMI: Ongoing History Daily: Florence Welch’s near-death experience #musicnews

The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 1061: Medical mysteries of music (6) Here’s a simple question with a very complicated answer—and I’m not even sure we know the answer: why do we have music? There’s no known evolutionary or biological need for it. We could

The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 1061: Medical mysteries of music (6) #musicnews

Ongoing History Daily: A rare (and somewhat ghoulish) Nirvana collectible How’s this for a rare collectible?  Legend has it that a Toronto man may have the last-ever autograph signed by Kurt Cobain. This guy just happened to be in Seattle on April 2,

Ongoing History Daily: A rare (and somewhat ghoulish) Nirvana collectible #musicnews

Random music news for Tuesday, October 28, 2025 There has been a study on our chances of surviving a zombie apocalypse. Good luck to us all. Onto music news for October 28, 2025… BONUS: Let’s listen to the sounds of a

ICYMI: Random music news for Tuesday, October 28, 2025 #musicnews

Random music news for Friday, October 31, 2025 No, it’s not your imagination!!! Women use more exclamation marks than men!!! THREE TIMES AS MANY!!! Me, too!!! Here’s music news for October 31, 2025!!! BONUS: US tech executives are falling for honeypot

Random music news for Friday, October 31, 2025 #musicnews

Victor Shi posts: “This was published one year ago. Everything is right.” The image shows a New York Times Sunday Opinion page with bold black text reading: “DONALD TRUMP SAYS HE WILL PROSECUTE HIS ENEMIES, ORDER MASS DEPORTATIONS, USE SOLDIERS AGAINST CITIZENS, ABANDON ALLIES, PLAY POLITICS WITH DISASTERS. BELIEVE HIM.”

It was never “Trump Derangement Syndrome.” It was also a clear warning of what was to come.

Kim Kardashian Insists the 1969 Moon Landing Was Fake: ‘It Didn't Happen' Kim Kardashian revealed that she believes the conspiracy theory that the 1969 moon landing did not actually happen, and she tried to convince her 'All's Fair' costar Sarah Paulson to believe it, too, ...

Oh, FFS…

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This could be a landmark deal in the history of AI and music. A while back, Universal Music Group sued Udio, a company with AI-generated music technology. The accusation was that Udio was scraping copyrighted material for the training of its AI models without permission or

This could be a landmark deal in the history of AI and music. #musicnews

Time for the weekly Canadian vinyl and CD sales report with some streaming numbers thrown in (30 Oct 2025) The hysteria over Taylor Swift’s Life of a Showgirl has largely played out as all the Swifties have completed their purchase. What does that reveal about everything else happening with CDs, vinyl, and

Time for the weekly Canadian vinyl and CD sales report with some streaming numbers thrown in (30 Oct 2025) #musicnews

Photos and a review of the VERY short Of Monsters and Men show in Toronto. Here’s what happened. [Ross MacDonald was there for us. – AC] On Friday 17 October, Icelandic indie rockers Of Monsters And Men released their album ‘All Is Love and Pain in the Mouse Parade’. And on

Photos and a review of the VERY short Of Monsters and Men show in Toronto. Here’s what happened. #musicnews

Blue Jays fans are using record amounts of data during the World Series If you’re a Blue Jays fan, this has been a surreal season. A team that finished last in their division in 2024 and was at one point eight games out of first place

Blue Jays fans are using record amounts of data during the World Series #musicnews

Need a little pick-me-up this Monday? Try this NWA-Chicken Dance mashup It’s called “Cluck the Police,” of course. This comes from the very briliant There I Ruined It.

ICYMI: Need a little pick-me-up this Monday? Try this NWA-Chicken Dance mashup #musicnews

Blue Jays fans setting new records for data usage - Broadcast Dialogue Rogers says Canadians have already smashed internet data usage records during the first three games of the Toronto Blue Jays run at the World Series.

The #bluejays are causing Canadians to use record amounts of data on their devices.

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Some interesting bands are taking on “The Whitney Houston Challenge” The strangest things can go viral. Ove the last few weeks, TikTok has been awash in bands messing with the Whitney Houston version of “I Will Always Love You.” The goal is to

Some interesting bands are taking on “The Whitney Houston Challenge” #musicnews

The term “mainstream music” is outdated. Here’s why. [This was my column for GlobalNews.ca. – A] Before the internet really exploded around 2000, our access to music was limited. It began at the record label level. Without a deal, getting distribution

ICYMI: The term “mainstream music” is outdated. Here’s why. #musicnews

The first Nirvana record to ever be played on the radio is going up for auction Sometime in either late October or early November 1988, Jonathan Poneman, one of the co-founders of a tiny, struggling, and broke label called Sub Pop, walked a new 7-inch into the studios of

The first Nirvana record to ever be played on the radio is going up for auction #musicnews

Sunday Lunch with Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox is all ready for Halloween You have to wonder where Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox get all those costumes. This Sunday Lunch, they’re prepping for Halloween with this version of AC/DC’s “Highway to Hell.”

ICYMI: Sunday Lunch with Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox is all ready for Halloween #musicnews

Ongoing History Daily: Weird concert happenings You don’t need me to tell you that freaky things can happen at concerts.  May I offer two examples?  In 2004, a Norwegian couple stormed the stage during a festival, stripped down to

Ongoing History Daily: Weird concert happenings #musicnews

Ongoing History Daily: What was the first musical score written for a movie? Writing musical scores for movies is big, big business and is an integral part to every film made today. But what was the first-ever movie with an original score written for it? It

ICYMI: Ongoing History Daily: What was the first musical score written for a movie? #musicnews