Entertainment / Music Adam Levine’s machine races through hits while other band on Molson Amphitheatre bill meanders. Nick Krewen Special to the Star Published on Tue Aug 23 2011 It didn’t take long for the lead singers of last night’s Train/Maroon 5 doubleheader at the Molson Amphitheatre to reveal their diametric extremes: M5’s Adam Levine chose to channel his inner Jagger, while Train’s Pat Monahan decided to exhibit his inner…Rihanna? Yes, for…
Tea Party’s reunion steeped in worry | Toronto Star Hugely popular ’90s rockers buried the hatchet … eventually … and now play the Sound Academy. Nick Krewen Special to the Star, Published on Wed Jul 20 2011 A year ago, the prospect of a Tea Party reunion seemed laughable. When the hugely popular Canadian heavy rock band — seller of a million albums in this country in…
Entertainment / Music With a big voice, and a big venue, Josh Groban did his best to make those intimate connections with fans. Nick Krewen Special to The Star, Published on Mon Jul 18 2011 Josh Groban is all about breaking down barriers. Returning Monday night with a considerably different show than his extremely intimate “Before We Begin” two-accompanist affair, which stopped off at the Queen Elizabeth Centre earlier this year, Groban…
Entertainment / Music Pop visionary chats, just a bit, about Gershwin before Toronto show. Pop legend Brian Wilson got a chance to complete two unfinished George Gershwin songs for his recent album. Nick Krewen Special to the Star Published on Fri Jun 17 2011 Has pop music ever had a more tortured soul than visionary Brian Wilson? From the physical and psychological abuse inflicted by an intimidating father, to his…
Entertainment / Music It was the last phone call keyboardist Greg Hawkes expected to get: an invite from singer and chief songwriter Ric Ocasek to restart The Cars. Nick Krewen Special to the Star, Published on Thu May 19 2011 It was the last phone call keyboardist Greg Hawkes expected to get: an invite from singer and chief songwriter Ric Ocasek to restart The Cars. After all, it had been…
