Sir Paul Adds Toronto, Montreal Dates to Current Tour

They don’t get much bigger than this. Sir Paul McCartney, currenly on the road with his ‘Up and Coming’ Tour, has added dates in Toronto and Montreal this August. The rock n roll legend will hit the stage at the Air Canada Centre Sunday August 8th, and a few days later he’ll be at Montreal’s [...]

The “Starting to Feel Like Summer” Shuffle Report

The Shuffle Report: 10 songs I listened to, in order, on my iPod in shuffle mode at a given point in time. No editing, no skipping. It is what it is. Finally. It’s finally starting to feel like summer. I don’t even mind the walk to and from the subway now. The actual ride itself…well, [...]

The British Are Coming–Paul McCartney; Sting hitting the road. Also: frontman of classic rock band seeks guitarist to make beautiful music together.

Bunch of good stuff to report on today. First up is news that Sir Paul McCartney will be hitting the road this year. Tour details are just starting to trickle in, with only five dates announced so far: Sunday 28th March Jobing.com Arena, Glendale AZ Tuesday 30th March Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles CA Wednesday 31st [...]

All-stars to record R.E.M.’s “Everybody Hurts” for Haiti relief

Everyone’s favourite alt-rockers have announced that a new version of their hit Everybody Hurts is being recorded in the UK and will be released as a charity single to aid Haiti in its earthquake recovery efforts. The project is being spearheaded by Simon Cowell and among the performers who may be involved are George Michael, [...]

From The Ticket Stub Vault: Paul McCartney

October 10, 2005–Air Canada Centre, Toronto In stores today, Good Evening New York City, is a cd/dvd chronicle of McCartney’s July 2009 performance at Citi Field in NYC. The release of this album got me thinking back to a night just over four years ago when Mrs. B and I saw McCartney live in T.O [...]

The Who to play 2010 Super Bowl?

In 2005, it was Paul McCartney. Then came the Stones, followed by Prince (in the rain, natch) Tom Petty and last year’s great performance by Bruce Springsteen. I have to admit, I’m not a big football fan (I prefer hockey and basketball), but like millions of others I usually jump on the Super Bowl bandwagon [...]

The “Sleep. My kingdom for some more sleep.” shuffle report

The Shuffle Report: 10 songs I listened to, in order, on my iPod in shuffle mode at a given point in time. No editing, no skipping. It is what it is. It was one of those nights. Everyone has one of those nights. You go to bed at a decent hour, manage to fall asleep [...]

New albums a-comin’…

The Fall is always a busy time of year for new album releases, and this year is no exception. Today I thought I’d highlight three upcoming releases that you may find of interest. “Natural Forces”–Lyle Lovett (October 20th) Two of my favourites, Lyle Lovett and John Hiatt, will be starting a co-headling tour tomorrow night [...]

The “Hey, it’s warm out. Time for some ice cream!” shuffle report

Since it was warm out, decided to take a stroll up to the neighbourhood B&R for some ice cream. Had something called Nutcracker Sweet–”Nut ice cream swirled with a sweet caramel ribbon and packed with macadamias, pistachios, cashews, hazelnuts, pecans, walnuts and almonds.” Suffice it to say, it was goooooooood. And of course, what’s a [...]

Paul McCartney on Letterman

Tomorrow, Wednesday July 15th, Paul McCartney will be making his first-ever appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman. Sure to be a must-watch as McCartney is also scheduled to perform. Of course, the legendary Ed Sullivan Theatre where the Late Show is taped is where The Beatles made their live U.S. television debut back [...]