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Beatles, Business, Canada, Collectibles, Education, Events, Music Industry (Trade), Toronto, United Kingdom September 22, 2024

He unearthed a recording of a legendary 1965 Beatles concert from Maple Leaf Gardens. Here’s why it might be worth a fortune

Toronto Beatles expert and author Piers Hemmingsen recently determined the reel-to-reel tape was higher quality than he initially believed. By Nick Krewen Special to the Star There may be no happier man on the planet right now than Piers Hemmingsen. In a story that broke a few weeks ago in Billboard magazine, the Toronto-based Beatles expert announced that he had a reel-to-reel recording of the Fab Four’s entire afternoon Maple…

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Americana, Arkansas, Bob Dylan, Business, Canada, Canadian Music Hall Of Fame, Collectibles, Drums, Education, Grammy, Guitar, Indigenous (Native), JUNO, Los Angeles, New York, Perspective, Piano, R&B, Radio, Robbie Robertson, Rock, Rock 'N Roll, Rock 'N Roll Hall Of Fame, Rockabilly, The Band, Toronto, Tourism, United States, Voice April 20, 2019

On the second floor of a Shoppers Drug Mart, there’s a shrine to Yonge Street’s musical history

July 4, 2018 Nick Krewen Special to The Star It’s not often that you have the opportunity to shop for acne ointments and body lotion before stepping into a museum that spotlights a bygone era of Toronto’s fabled musical history. But there The Friar’s Music Museum sits – on the second floor of Shoppers Drug Mart’s brand-new Yonge and Dundas location opposite the Eaton Centre – offering a time capsule…

Business, Collectibles March 14, 2005

A Trip Down Memorabilia Lane

Collecting Collectibles The Hard Rock Way… Nick Krewen GRAMMY.COM March 2005 At the recent Ft. Lauderdale kick-off for Mötley Crüe‘s Carnival Of Sins reunion tour, a man sat with Jeff Varner and other associates of the band’s 10th Street Entertainment management firm and witnessed bass player Nikki Sixx demolish his instrument. He smashed his weather-beaten bass repeatedly against the stage canvas before throwing it into the air, pausing only to…