Entertainment / Music In rock bars on Toronto’s fringes, patrons live a dream in which an era of rock never lost its cachet. John Corabi ,formerley from Motley Crue plays at The Rockpile, a bar at Toronto’s west end dedicated to celebrating the rock of yesterday. Nick Krewen Special to the Star Published on Sun Aug 08 2010 Their hair may be greying with time, their stomachs may be a little paunchier…
Rihanna’s first headlining show dark and steamy | Toronto Star Welcome to her nightmares. Nick Krewen Special to the Star Published on Fri Aug 06 2010 Welcome to her nightmares. Psychiatrists would have a field day trying to figure out the meaning and the metaphors for what is going inside Rihanna’s head after what she unloaded on the Molson Amphitheatre audience Thursday night. For her first headlining show, The…
Entertainment / Music Despite a disappointing lineup, Mary J. Blige, Sarah McLachlan and many smaller musicians played to an approving audience Nick Krewen Special To The Star Published on Sun Jul 25 2010 When opportunity knocked, Canadian women answered. The departure of several headliners from the Lilith tour — Kelly Clarkson and Norah Jones among them — meant that space had opened up for several domestic acts to demonstrate their…
Entertainment / Music All Jon Bon Jovi had to do was flash his pearly whites Tuesday night and the crowd at the Rogers Centre was putty in his hands Nick Krewen Special to the Star Published on Tue Jul 20 2010 Oh, what that million-watt smile can get away with. Jon Bon Jovi exercised his considerable charm over the predominantly female crowd Tuesday night at the Rogers Centre for…
Entertainment / Music If you think the TV series Lost is cryptic and enigmatic, get a load of The Residents. Nick Krewen Special To The Star, Published on Sat Feb 13 2010 If you think the TV series Lost is cryptic and enigmatic, get a load of The Residents. For 38 years, the avant-garde California-based performance art collective – they’re most familiar to the masses as eyeballs dressed in top hats and…
