Singer Jon Bon Jovi seems to be trying awfully hard to sustain interest ROCK Bon Jovi What About Now (Island/Universal) 1.5 stars Bon Jovi may have been responsible for some of the most bombastic hairspray rock of the past two decades, but at least those albums registered a pulse. On What About Now, the immeasurably popular New Jersey rockers’ first album since 2009’s The Circle and…
Pink rocked the Air Canada Centre Monday night with such mind-boggling stamina that it made you wonder at times whether she was superhuman. The Phillie-born Pink was back in the air at the ACC Monday night. She sang “Raise Your Glass” — portions of it upside down — as a trio of beefcakes held her and her bungee cord aloft. By: Nick Krewen Special to the Star, Published on Mon…
The house music stalwarts pull in 60,000 partygoers for two soldout nights at the Rogers Centre. By: Nick Krewen Special To The Star, Published on Sat Feb 23 2013 The Swedish House Mafia may be pulling the plug a tad prematurely. Even though house music stalwarts Axel “Axwell” Hedfors, Steve Angello and Sebastian Ingrosso are in the final throes of their reported last hurrah — the DJ/producers have…
Adam Levine and Maroon 5 thrilled the ACC Tuesday night with a show that had 18,000 fans singing and dancing along with their infectious hits. By: Nick Krewen Special to The Star Published on Tue Feb 19 2013 If your name is Adam Levine, you’re living a rather charmed life these days. You’re a month shy of your 34th birthday, your current girlfriend is a Victoria’s Secret model (as…
Plagued with sound problems, Jon Bon Jovi brings out the showman but also shows moments of great musical restraint. Even without pyrotechnics, Jon Bon Jovi and his five-piece band kept the audience happy in the first of two shows at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto. By: Nick Krewen Special to the Star, Published on Mon Feb 18 2013 For the first of two shows at the Air…
