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Timberlake to kick off tour in Montreal
Pop superstar Justin Timberlake will kick off his solo tour in Montreal on Oct. 31, just weeks after releasing the highly anticipated follow-up to his latest album, The 20/20 Experience. The sequel to...
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Just for Laughs 2013: Ready, set …
The jazz fest wrapping up Sunday night can only mean one thing. (Well, I guess technically it can mean many things, but I’m trying to make a point here …) In any case – Just for Laughs is upon us! The...
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New Arcade Fire album to drop Oct. 29
We knew that Montreal rock superstars Arcade Fire were planning to release their fourth studio album in 2013; now we have a date. The group rather casually announced – via its official Twitter account...
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Beyoncé attacked by big fan in Montreal (video)
I’m still coming down from Beyoncé ‘s exhilarating concert at the Bell Centre Monday night – you can read my colleague Jordan Zivitz’s spot-on review here - which, to my mind, was a nearly perfect pop...
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Just for Laughs 2013: Review of Dave Chappelle at Théâtre Maisonneuve, July 24
Just after 8 p.m. Wednesday night, with one cigarette already in hand and another tucked behind his ear, Dave Chappelle ambled onto a Montreal stage for the first time in 13 years. The temptation to...
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Just for Laughs 2013: Review of Dave Chappelle at Théâtre Maisonneuve, July 26
What a difference a couple of days can make. When I saw Dave Chappelle’s first show in Montreal in 13 years on Wednesday, it was a an odd and disjointed affair, with Chappelle spending most of the...
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Basem Boshra at Osheaga 2013, Friday: Capital Cities, Hyphen Hyphen, Wild...
Capital Cities River Stage 1 p.m. It’s hard to take this L.A. synth-pop act too seriously, and maybe that’s the point. The coordinated, monogrammed silk baseball jackets, the dopey dance routines, the...
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Basem Boshra at Osheaga 2013, Saturday: Wild Nothing, The Heavy, Deap Valley,...
Wild Nothing Green Stage 1:10 “Dream pop” or “shoegaze” are the labels affixed most often to Virginian Jack Tatum’s outfit – a five-piece live – and they are not misplaced. Awash in synths and prone to...
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Basem Boshra at Osheaga 2013, Sunday: MNDR, Frightened Rabbit
MNDR Green Stage 1 p.m. Singer Amanda Warner’s shimmery synth-pop sounds great on record. Live, too. But while Warner seemed game and charming during her festival-opening set Sunday, just watching her...
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Rap titans Kanye West, Jay Z headed to Montreal
Friday morning was a rather noteworthy one for rap fans in Montreal. First Kanye West, the mercurial superstar, announced that his Yeezus world tour would touch down at the Bell Centre on Nov. 14, with...
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Basem Boshra’s favourite music of 2013
1. ‘Bound 2,’ Yeezus, Kanye West. The spectacularly wrong-headed video featuring West and half-naked baby mama Kim Kardashian on a peyote-fuelled motorcycle ride through Day-Glo heaven (or something)...
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Kanye West to play Bell Centre Feb. 17
Fans who were disappointed when Kanye West cancelled his Bell Centre concert scheduled for Nov. 14, 2013, will be heartened to learn that the hip hop superstar is once again scheduled to play the arena...
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Bruno Mars returns to Bell Centre on July 23
MONTREAL – Pop superstar Bruno Mars will perform at the Bell Centre July 23, promoter Evenko announced Tuesday. Mars, who is scheduled to take centre stage during the halftime show of Super Bowl XLVIII...
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Katy Perry coming to Bell Centre July 15
MONTREAL – July is shaping up to be a busy month for big concerts at the Bell Centre. Add Katy Perry to the list of superstars performing at the arena that month. Perry will play there July 15,...
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Concert recap: Kanye West at the Bell Centre, Monday, Feb. 17
Here’s my “real-time” recap of Kanye West’s concert at the Bell Centre Monday, the long-awaited Montreal stop on the mercurial rap superstar’s Yeezus tour, cribbed from my Twitter account: 8:08: At...
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Young Montreal pianist wows Ellen DeGeneres
video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player Daniel Clarke Bouchard, a gregarious 14-year-old pianist from the Montreal suburb of Saint-Lambert who has been turning heads in Montreal and...
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New music: Almost Like the Blues, by Leonard Cohen
Legendary Montreal troubadour Leonard Cohen has announced that he’ll be releasing a new studio album, his 13th, titled Popular Problems, on Sept. 23, two days after his 80th birthday. On Tuesday, Cohen...
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Phil Collins is coming to POP Montreal! (No, not that Phil Collins …)
It’s the British visual artist, not the ’80s pop star and ex-Genesis frontman, who’ll be in town next month for the 10th anniversary of Art POP, the arts component of POP Montreal. Collins, a past...
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Off the Hook earns its stripes with new adidas collaboration
Every once in a while, David and Goliath find themselves on the same side. Consider the case of Off the Hook and adidas. OTH is an independent boutique, co-founded and co-owned by Harry Drakopoulos and...
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Just for Laughs review: Dave Chappelle at Théâtre Maisonneuve, July 20
One of the hallmarks of masters at work is how effortless they can make the unfathomably difficult seem. Consider the deceptive ease with which, say, Roger Federer surgically strikes that elegant...
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