A little after 9pm loud speakers at the Bell Centre blasted Queen’s We Will Rock You so 13,700 people could get into a sing-a-long foot stomping mood. The beat of We Will Rock You continued on as a blonde female drummer on the mini stage pounded away. Country-pop queen Shania Twain appeared standing in the […]
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U2 nights of eXPERIENCE
Ever since 1991’s Zoo TV tour U2 has been at the forefront of recreating what a rock spectacle can achieve by pushing the boundaries of technology, staging and integrating it all with their music. The 2015 iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE tour took the reinvention of arena rock concerts to a whole new level. They incorporated a […]
Keith Urban rips a chord into his first Montreal concert.
Strobe lights flickered as band members took their respective places and Keith Urban appeared on a riser beside the drum kit, picking on a banjo, to the first song, Gone Tomorrow. It’s lyrics fit the theme of the night perfectly “It’s Gone Tomorrow but here today / I won’t let it slip away” he did […]
Coldplay’s Head Full of Dreams in Montreal
There was several beginnings to Coldplay’s two sold-out nights at the Bell Centre for their Head Full of Dreams tour. When the lights went down there was a spoken word intro from Charlie Chaplin’s speech in the Great Dictator. Then came a minute countdown. At last on the screen were three female fans holding up […]
Nickelback rock, talk and drink during Feed The Machine tour in Montreal.
“Cheers Montreal!” shouted Chad Kroeger several times as he downed yet another of his in between songs Jagermeister shots at last night’s Montreal Nickelback concert. It showed if nothing that his band was having a good time along with the audience who were singing along, playing air guitar or drums, and punching their fists up […]
Samantha’s Weekend Roundup
Ongoing Focus: Perfection Robert Mapplethorpe at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts until January 22, 2017 https://www.mbam.qc.ca/en/exhibitions/on-view/focus-perfection/ Notman, a Visionary Photographer. At the McCord Museum until March 26, 2017 http://www.musee-mccord.qc.ca/en/exhibitions/notman/ Burlesque Evenings Every 3rd Thursday night at JoBlo on Wellington in Verdun. http://www.joblorestaurantsteakhouse.com/Default-en.aspx La Cuisine Cooking Classes 5475 Royalmount Ave Info: [email protected] 514 439-1529
Samantha’s Weekend Roundup
Image from: http://tinyurl.com/z6cwetc Ongoing Toulouse-Lautrec Illustrates the Belle Époque at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts until October 30, 2016 https://www.mbam.qc.ca/en/exhibitions/on-view/toulouse-lautrec/ Gardens of Light at the Botanical Gardens until October 31 http://espacepourlavie.ca/en/programming/gardens-light Focus: Perfection Robert Mapplethorpe at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts until January 22, 2017 https://www.mbam.qc.ca/en/exhibitions/on-view/focus-perfection/ Burlesque Evenings Every 3rd Thursday night at […]
Samantha’s Weekend Roundup
Ongoing Toulouse-Lautrec Illustrates the Belle Époque at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts until October 30, 2016 https://www.mbam.qc.ca/en/exhibitions/on-view/toulouse-lautrec/ Arts Alive! • Hudson Artists Fall Art Expo, September 23 -25 & September 30 – October 2. http://2016.arts-alive-quebec.ca/eng/ArtsAlives/home Gardens of Light at the Botanical Gardens until October 31 http://espacepourlavie.ca/en/programming/gardens-light Burlesque Evenings Every 3rd Thursday night at JoBlo […]
Samantha’s Labour Day Weekend Roundup
Ongoing **Pompeii at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts until September 5, 2016 https://www.mbam.qc.ca/en/exhibitions/upcoming/pompeii/ Toulouse-Lautrec Illustrates the Belle Époque at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts until October 30, 2016 https://www.mbam.qc.ca/en/exhibitions/on-view/toulouse-lautrec/ Arts Alive! • Ta Da! Festival in Gatineau, September 9 – 11 • Craig Morrison’s retro band Vintage Wine at John Rennie High School, […]
Samantha’s Weekend Roundup
Ongoing **The Fashion and Design Festival until August 20 at Place des Festivals http://2016.festivalmodedesign.com/en **Hot Air Ballon Festival at St-Jean-sur-Richelieu until August 21 https://www.ballooncanada.com Pompeii at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts until September 5, 2016 https://www.mbam.qc.ca/en/exhibitions/upcoming/pompeii/ Toulouse-Lautrec Illustrates the Belle Époque at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts until October 30, 2016 https://www.mbam.qc.ca/en/exhibitions/on-view/toulouse-lautrec/