LGBTQ

Corey Hart makes rare Toronto appearance Saturday

Concert planned for May in Montreal will be the ‘Sunglasses at Night’ singer’s ‘farewell’ show, Corey Hart says. Nick Krewen Music Published on Fri Nov 15 2013   Time to get out those sunglasses. If you’re planning to attend the It’s Always Something Gilda’s Club fundraiser at the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts this Saturday night, here’s an added incentive: it’s one of the last performances Corey Hart will…


Cliks lead singer Lucas Silveira changes tune on Black Tie Elevator

Rocker and LBGT icon reborn after completing physical transition from woman to man By: Nick Krewen Music, Published on Tue Apr 23 2013   To describe Cliks lead singer Lucas Silveira as a changed man doesn’t cover the half of it. When the Toronto rock band led by the transgendered Silveira last released an album, 2009’s Dirty Kings, he had yet to go through the physical transition that converted him…


Laura Jane Grace, Lucas Silveira Have Found A New Identity

  Artists have successfully transformed their careers and lives as transgendered musicians NICK KREWEN GRAMMYS   MAY 15, 2017 – 2:36 AM GRAMMY.com To say that Laura Jane Grace has had an eventful year would be an understatement. Until May 2012, she was known to the world as Tom Gabel, lead singer, songwriter and guitarist for Florida punk band Against Me! Then she openly announced her name change, that she…


Robyn opens venue in style

Robyn opens venue in style | Toronto Star Swedish electro-pop star Robyn christened Toronto’s newest general admission concert venue — the 4,000-person-capacity Echo Beach — Friday night with a core set that surprisingly lasted less than an hour. Nick Krewen Published on Sat Jun 04 2011 Swedish electro-pop star Robyn christened Toronto’s newest general admission concert venue — the 4,000-person-capacity Echo Beach — Friday night with a core set that…


Rihanna’s first headlining show dark and steamy

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…