Arcade Fire ignites Toronto’s Olympic island | Toronto Star Montreal alternative music darlings play Toronto’s Olympic Island. Win Butler leads the Arcade Fire into an examination of his childhood. Nick Krewen Special To The Star, Published on Sun Aug 15 2010 Full throttle or second gear? On Saturday night at Olympic Island, it seemed to be one or the other for Arcade Fire, the Montreal alternative music darlings…
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 Singer Jack Johnson doesn’t rely on flash to impress the crowd at the Molson Amphitheatre. . By: Nick Krewen Special to the Star, Published on Mon Jul 19 2010 Nothing fazes Jack Johnson. After successfully navigating through the slower intro of “Bubble Toes,” the surfing songwriter from Hawaii accidentally launched into the second verse of the lively love song once he switched tempos. Johnson didn’t break a sweat, but instead…
