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Back in the saddle with rock legend and Mississippi rolling stone Nanette...
Nanette Workman still rocks (Photo by JC Lussier, courtesy Nanette Workman) “I’m not a name-dropper,” warns famed Montreal singer Nanette Workman who has pretty much met or recorded with, well,...
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Rolling Stones 101: random thoughts and suggested readings for the golden...
Pussy Riot’s imprisonment for being critical of their country’s leader has thrown pretty much the whole history of rock’n’roll “rebellion” into a new light. Suddenly all the supposedly citadel-storming...
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Get back! Beatles tribute band Day Tripper perform live outdoors on Montreal...
Day Tripper performing on the rooftop terrasse of Les 3 Brasseurs on Rue St-Denis (Photo by Richard Burnett) The Beatles gave their final public performance atop the Apple building in London with...
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Playlist: Day Tripper – The Beatles Experience
There’s not much to add to the coverage given to Day Tripper – The Beatles Experience by my friend and colleague Richard Burnett (click here to read it and see some video) – except maybe a playlist....
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The Grammy Awards: It’s all a blur
I have a Grammy Awards hangover. I can’t really remember much of what happened. A couple of odd French guys with skidoo helmets won a bunch of awards, with Daft Punk taking home five trophies. And...
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Beatlemania Forever!
Zep rules in this town — for certain people, anyway — but there is no doubt in my mind that The Beatles were the greatest band ever. That was reaffirmed for me today as I drove down the Laurentian...
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Brownstein on The Beatles: 50 years ago at the Forum
MONTREAL — All you need is love? Not really. Cash also comes in real handy to get a Beatles bash off the ground. So when Barry Lorenzetti, insurance exec and über-fan of the Fab Four, got the call to...
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Camilli: Food stamps used up? Paltrow scrounges food from friends
Attention poor Americans: when your food stamps run out, do like Gwyneth Paltrow: have dinner with David and Victoria Beckham. Uncle Sam subsidizes food for the poor through the “Supplemental Nutrition...
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Doug Camilli: There's a big hitch in Tom Cruise's alleged marriage plans
Tom Cruise supposedly about to marry his young personal assistant? Not so much. The rumour went viral last week, remember? Cruise was head over heels in love with his aide Emily Thomas, and ready to...
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Nobody plays it like Ringo Starr
When John Lennon was recording Double Fantasy in 1980, he had a simple instruction for session drummer Andy Newmark. Newmark — a man with a CV that included the likes of Sly and the Family Stone,...
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Concert review: Ringo Starr finds thousands of somebodies to love
As Ringo Starr indulged in some spirited call and response with a capacity audience at the St. Denis Theatre Wednesday night, he had the look of a genuinely happy man. “Do you need anybody?” the crowd...
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Doug Camilli: Ringo Starr clears out the attic, makes $9 million
Every now and then you get busy and clean out the attic and basement and garage, right? Anything serviceable, you give to Renaissance or your brother-in-law; everything else goes to the curb. Not if...
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Cirque du Soleil refreshes Beatles show Love for 10th anniversary
LAS VEGAS — You don’t just go and change Love, the Cirque du Soleil’s Beatles show. If you want to even tinker with the phenomenally popular production, which has been packing the theatre at the Mirage...
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Ringo Starr cancels concert in North Carolina over anti-LGBT law
Ringo Starr has joined Bruce Springsteen in taking action over a North Carolina law that blocks anti-discrimination laws for the LGBT community. The rocker and former Beatle said in a statement...
View ArticlePlaylist: Day Tripper – The Beatles Experience
There’s not much to add to the coverage given to Day Tripper – The Beatles Experience by my friend and colleague Richard Burnett (click here to read it and see some video) – except maybe a playlist....
View ArticleReview: Good Ol’ Freda
Do you want to know a secret? Beatles documentary is short on insight, but fans won’t care
View ArticleBrownstein on The Beatles: 50 years ago at the Forum
The Beatles played Montreal on Sept. 8, 1964, and some of their biggest local fans are set to mark the anniversary
View ArticleDoug Camilli: Paltrow reduced to scrounging food from friends
Other tidbits today: JLo gets a new role; Will & Kate get a discount; Don Henley gets an apology; and Ringo gets autobiographical, sort of.
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