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…
Saturday’s concert at Olympic Island had an enviable conclusion, and some unfortunate openers. Nick Krewen Special to the Star, Published on Mon Jun 21 2010 Playing to the hometown crowd has its advantages. While Saturday’s Olympic Island Festival 2010 concert marathon headlined by Pavement may have marked the return of the influential New York lo-fi cult legends to Canada, there was no mistaking that this was Broken Social Scene’s party….
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…
