Entries from Torontoist tagged with 'ledzeppelin'
May 23, 2008
Rumours are flying about Led Zeppelin potentially playing the Rogers Centre this summer. (See Torontoist's breaking post from last weekend here.) Let Torontoist give you a sneak preview: the tickets, targeted for an aging boomer base with money to burn, will be insanely expensive; the band will give a competent but unremarkable performance that will have every paper exclaiming in an enormous font "THEY'VE STILL GOT IT!" when in truth they only barely have......
Continue Reading "The Song Is Still The Same, Baby Abandoners Found, and Tim Hortons Does Something Stupid (Again)"May 17, 2008
Big news! According to MuchMusic's (quite reliable) blog, Led Zeppelin will be in Toronto in August to play (and, we assume, easily sell out) four dates at the Rogers Centre. No other details have yet been leaked. Since tickets for London's show on December 10 of last year were resold easily online for more than $3,000; since tickets are to be available via Ticketmaster; and since, according to MuchMusic's blog, there will be "no fancy......
Continue Reading "All That Glitters is Gold"August 28, 2007
With music download trends showing that the coveted male 18–24 demographic is more interested in the music of their ancestors than anything current, music store HMV is dropping CD prices on oldies like Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin. HMV hopes that the move will convince young men to abandon the web and start stealing from retail stores again. Ontario Conservative Party leader John Tory says that, if elected, he would save $1.5 billion in......
Continue Reading "HMV & Tory Both Get Cheap, City Hates Nature, So You Think You're Married"March 13, 2007
Australian 70's-arena-rock-inspired Wolfmother created some buzz last week when they were in town for a soldout show at the Kool Haus, as well as a brief performance at the Indie Awards. We're a little late reporting on it (blame CMW), but last Tuesday's show was nothing short of a marathon set, if we've ever seen one. Frontman Andrew Stockdale took to the stage sporting full facial hair and his trademark giant afro, and along with......
Continue Reading "Wolfmother Are Colossal"March 30, 2006
The weather is lovely and it's probably best for you to be spending your time walking or biking or sipping coffee outdoors. If you have a portable radio machine, bring it along on today’s adventures so that you can tune into CIUT 89.5FM at 6:00pm. Alternately, tune in to the radio station at home or in your vehicle (although we imagine that you opt for a car-free lifestyle). If you listen to CIUT on Thursday......
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