The iconic Steve Miller Band is all set to bring their electrifying presence to Kingston at the Slush Puppie Place on June 25. With a career spanning over five decades, Steve Miller has captivated audiences worldwide, selling tens of millions of records and amassing billions of streams. His album “Greatest Hits 1974-78” even received the prestigious RIAA Diamond Award for selling over fifteen million copies, solidifying its place among the top 25 best-selling albums of all time.
The Glorious Sons Bask in the Glory
The Glorious Sons, along with guests The Blue Stones, brought their Glory tour to a packed TD Place on Thursday night.
Gord Bamford and friends bring Canadian Dirt to Kingston
Blue Rodeo celebrates 30 years in July with marathon show at Leon’s Centre in Kingston
Regardless of where your musical preferences fall on the spectrum I can almost bet that every Canadian is familiar with Blue Rodeo. First established in 1984 by Jim Cuddy and Greg Keelor, October 26, 2023 marks the 30th anniversary of Five Days in July, the band’s firth and most commercially successful album, it has been certified six times platinum as of 2008. What better way to celebrate than with a tour and a, nearly, 3 hour party?
Jordan Davis announces The Damn Good Time World Tour
MULTI-PLATINUM, 3X CMA NOMINEE JORDAN DAVIS EXTENDS HIS DAMN GOOD TIME HEADLINING TOUR WITH DATES ACROSS THE US, CANADA, AND EUROPE
The Award-Winning Artist’s Headlining Tour, Which Initially Started August 31st In Atlanta, Adds Mitchell Tenpenny and Ashley Cooke As Support
And Kicks Off February 2nd in Copenhagen, Denmark
Tickets Available Through The Parish Pre-Sale Starting Wednesday,
October 11th, And For General On Sale On October 13th 10 a.m. Local Time
Billy Talent rocks Kingston 20 years after debut
Is anyone else having a hard time believing that Billy Talent released their debut album Billy Talent 20 years ago this August? What about Gob? Their album The World According to Gob turns 23 in less than a month. Thanks to both of these acts the Kingston Fronts will need to wait a bit to start their upcoming season while staff at Leon’s Centre rebuild the roof that got blown off the venue last night by a powerhouse display of Canadian rock…or are we calling them classic rock now?!?
Tegan and Sara Announce The “Not Tonight Tour”
An Intimate Evening of Music and Storytelling
ONTARIO RUN OF NOT TONIGHT TOUR KICKS OFF MARCH 2024
Tickets On Sale To General Public Starting September 8th At 10am Local Time
Blue Rodeo’s Five Days in July 30th Anniversary Tour Continues
TORONTO, ON (August 21, 2023) – This October, legendary alt-country rockers Blue Rodeo will be on tour celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the band’s massively successful fifth studio album Five Days in July. Fans can look forward to seeing the band hit the stage in Montreal, Hamilton, Kingston, London, Moncton and Halifax and hearing songs from the six-time platinum classic record, while also enjoying some more favourites from over the years.
Lee Brice brought his beer drinking opportunity tour to Kingston
I’ve only really considered myself a “Country Music” fan for about that last 15-16 years and even at that I’m often drawn more to the Canadian indie scene. That said Lee Brice has long been an artist on my bucket list that I’ve been wanting to see and this past week I got the best of both worlds as Lee Brice along with two rising stars on the Canadian Indie scene, Josh Ross and Tenille Arts, paid a visit to Eastern Ontario, first with a stop at Canadian Tire Centre followed by a stop at Kingston’s Leon’s Centre.
Kingston Gets Some Northern Happiness!
What do you get when The Northern Pikes and The Pursuit Of Happiness get together? You get the Northern Happiness Tour and they rolled through Kingston last night at The Grand Theatre.
34 years ago, The Northern Pikes started their journey together. Over the years there have been a couple of personnel changes, but they have remained pretty much intact since the mid eighties with the exception of adding Kevin Kane to the lineup on guitar and vocals.
The Pikes are one of those bands who I think you have to see live to appreciate. With hits like She Ain’t Pretty or Girl With A Problem, we’ve heard them before but until you hear them play live I don’t think you get the idea of just how hard these guys rock. This is no light weight band, they rock with the best of them!
The band resurrected their recording career in 2019 after 16 years with the release of Forest of Love after Kevin Kane joined and it seemed to breathe new life into the Pikes. Another new album was in the works but had to be sidelined with travel and COVID restrictions during the pandemic, I’m sure this project will be available soon for fans.
After a short intermission, we were treated to a performance by The Pursuit of Happiness, another great Canadian Band from about the same era. Moe Berg and company are always a good time and their anthem I’m An Adult Now is remembered by all rock’n’roll fans who also remember the mid eighties. The band has obviously gone through changes but have had a stable lineup since 1997 when singer Renee Suchy joined.
When you see a band like The Pursuit Of Happiness, it is partially nostalgic, you hear those old songs and it brings unlocks memories of different times in your life. It was the glory days of MuchMusic and that video we all remember of a young Moe Berg proclaiming to be an adult now.
The current lineup of the band are amazing in their own right. Moe and drummer Dave Gilby are the only remaining original members but Kingston’s own Kris Abbott was a popular attraction at last night’s performance for sure. Her guitar and singing talents did not go unnoticed. The other singer in the show was Renee Suchy, with a voice of an angel. Rounding out the lineup was bassist Brad Barker doing a tremendous job as well.
This tour was a great idea. Two bands from a similar era in Canadian rock music on one bill like this works very well. It was a night for people to reminisce over some songs they may not have heard in a long time, hear some new stuff and just have a good time again. We needed that.
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