February 2013

Swedish House Mafia: Concert Review

The house music stalwarts pull in 60,000 partygoers for two soldout nights at the Rogers Centre. By: Nick Krewen Special To The Star, Published on Sat Feb 23 2013     The Swedish House Mafia may be pulling the plug a tad prematurely. Even though house music stalwarts Axel “Axwell” Hedfors, Steve Angello and Sebastian Ingrosso are in the final throes of their reported last hurrah — the DJ/producers have…


Maroon 5 thrills the ACC: concert review

Adam Levine and Maroon 5 thrilled the ACC Tuesday night with a show that had 18,000 fans singing and dancing along with their infectious hits. By: Nick Krewen Special to The Star Published on Tue Feb 19 2013   If your name is Adam Levine, you’re living a rather charmed life these days. You’re a month shy of your 34th birthday, your current girlfriend is a Victoria’s Secret model (as…


How The Beatles got their start in Canada

Paul White recalls that “Love Me Do” was a “love me not” when he released it on Feb. 18, 1963 By: Nick Krewen Special to the Star, Published on Mon Feb 18 2013     Fifty years ago Monday, the song that launched The Beatles was released in Canada. Feb. 18, 1963, may have been the date that “Love Me Do,” the debut single from the most influential pop group…


Rockers Bon Jovi: Review

Plagued with sound problems, Jon Bon Jovi brings out the showman but also shows moments of great musical restraint. Even without pyrotechnics, Jon Bon Jovi and his five-piece band kept the audience happy in the first of two shows at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto. By: Nick Krewen Special to the Star, Published on Mon Feb 18 2013     For the first of two shows at the Air…


The GRAMMYS Are Listening

From England and Australia to Canada and Paris, current nominees Ed Sheeran, Gotye, Carly Rae Jepsen, and M83 have found that the world is listening NICK KREWEN GRAMMYS   MAY 15, 2017 – 2:36 AM GRAMMY.com Whether you’re on the West Coast, East Coast, somewhere in the middle, or somewhere far beyond U.S. borders, the GRAMMYs are listening. More than 80 nominees up for this year’s 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards…