CANADA MUSIC COVERAGE

Peter Hook & The Light Announce North American Tour

Following their sold out debut UK concerts in January 2013, Peter Hook & The Light are to debut their critically acclaimed performances of the first two New Order albums, “Movement” (1981) and “Power,... (more...)

Townshend Attends Stratford Festival TOMMY

Tony Award-winning composer/lyricist and rock icon Pete Townshend attended the revival production of his seminal rock opera TOMMY at the Stratford Festival in Canada last night and joined the cast ons... (more...)

Icona Pop to Launch North American Tour in Arizona, 6/2

Swedish pop duo Icona Pop are proud to announce they will be hitting the road later this year for their first ever headlining tour in the U.S. In true girl power form, they will be taking Grammy award... (more...)

Carly Rae Jepsen to Perform New Song, “Take a Picture” on Tonight's AMERICAN IDOL

People across the country have spoken and tonight their picks will come to life in “Perfect Harmony” on the big stage. Weekly input from AMERICAN IDOL fans helped complete chart-topping singer/songwri... (more...)

Rival Sons to Perform Acoustic Set on AXS-TV Today

Maximum-blues-infused, hard rock band Rival Sons will perform two songs acoustically Wednesday, May 15 at 7:00 PM PT live on AXS-TV: singer Jay Buchanan and guitarist Scott Holiday will do “Keep On Sw... (more...)

The Andreas Kapsalis Goran Ivanovic Guitar Duo Release BLACKMAIL

The Andreas Kapsalis Goran Ivanovic Guitar Duo will release 'Blackmail,' their first studio record since their 2009 self-titled debut, on Tuesday, June 4th, 2013. Greek-American ten finger guitarist ... (more...)

Pet Shop Boys 'Axis' Currently Premiering Via Mixmag

Pet Shop Boys return in triumphant form with their new studio album 'Electric', the first to appear on their own label x2 (via Kobalt Label Services). (more...)

UME's 'ICON' Series Continues with 16 New Collections in Stores Today

Today, May 14, Universal Music Enterprises (UMe) releases 16 new single-disc collections in its acclaimed ICON series from some of music's most legendary artists. (more...)

Shairah to Donate Percentage of Tour Sales to BC Children's Hospital

International Canadian Artist SHAIRAH (pronounced Shy-EE-rah) returns to Vancouver to kick off her 2013 world tour starting with the highly anticipated Sunday May 19th show at The Vogue Theatre sponso... (more...)

Cristin Milioti, Tonya Pinkins, Lin-Manuel Miranda and More Set for Joe's Pub, May-June 2013

Joe's Pub at The Public welcomes world premieres, highly-anticipated debuts and the return of many esteemed performers this May and June. Funny girl JULIE KLAUSNER makes her debut with two evenings of... (more...)

Flying Lotus to Perform at the House of Blues Sunset, 6/1

Hard Events—the world-renowned event and festival producer recognized for landmark festivals such as Hard Summer, Hard Day of the Dead and the three-day electronic music cruise Holy Ship!!!—has teamed... (more...)

Justin Timberlake Announces '20/20' World Tour

Billboard.com reports that Justin Timberlake have schduled his first solo world tour in six years, which will start in Montreal on October 31st and take place after Timberlake's stadium tour with Jay-... (more...)

Randy Scott to Release Debut Album 'Out Of The Blue', 6/18

Up-and-coming blues-rock guitarist, vocalist and Guitar Center's 4 th Annual King of the Blues Randy Scott will release his debut album Out Of The Blue on June 18. (more...)

NXNE Interactive Announces Presenters and Panels Including Mick Ebling, Keith Harris and Jared Ficklin

NORTH BY NORTHEAST (NXNE) announces presenters and panels for the fourth and strongest year yet of NXNE Interactive (NXNEi) including philanthropist Mick Ebling, Black Eyed Peas drummer Keith Harris a... (more...)

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeroes Announce New Album, Out 7/23

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros today announced the release of their forthcoming third studio album. (more...)

Lee Brice to Release PARKING LOT PARTY, 5/13; Kicks Off Tour 5/9

Curb Records and Lee Brice light things up with his new summer anthem, 'Parking Lot Party' which will be released on May 13th, 2013 and comes on the heels of his third #1 single in a row, 'I Drive You... (more...)

Brad Paisley's Summer Tour Kicks Off in St. Louis this Weekend

Brad Paisley's first leg of his 2013 tour, Beat This Summer Tour presented by Cracker Barrel Old Country Store kicks off this Thursday, May 9 in St. Louis, Mo., Friday, May 10 Indianapolis, IN and Sat... (more...)

NBC Taps Carrie Underwood to Perform SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Theme

NBC selected six-time Grammy Award-winner and multi-platinum recording artist, Carrie Underwood, to perform “Waiting All Day for Sunday Night,” the opening theme for primetime television's No. 1 prog... (more...)

Lee Brice to Release New Summer Single PARKING LOT PARTY, 5/13

Curb Records and Lee Brice light things up with his new summer anthem, 'Parking Lot Party' which will be released on May 13th, 2013 and comes on the heels of his third #1 single in a row, 'I Drive You... (more...)

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros to Release Self-Titled Album in July

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros today announced the release of their forthcoming third studio album. The self-titled offering will be released in the U.S. and Canada on July 23rd via Community Mus... (more...)

Nick Cave to Premiere 'Mermaids' Video at Henry Fonda Theater

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds have partnered with Rollingstone.com to premiere a new video of a stunning and uncensored rendition of 'Mermaids,' captured live in dramatic black and white by directors Iain... (more...)

Hoopla Digital to Offer More Than 250,000 Digital Music Albums

Midwest Tape, LLC. is pleased to announce new licensing agreements with Universal Music Group and Universal Music Canada, Warner Music Inc. and WEA International Inc., The Orchard, and Entertainment O... (more...)

ROLLING STONES Add Final Show to '50 & Counting' Tour

The Rolling Stones, who kicked off their '50 and Counting' tour to a sold out crowd at STAPLES Center on Friday, May 3, have added another show date to their summer tour. (more...)

Carrie Underwood Celebrates Grand Ole Opry Anniversary Tonight

The Grand Ole Opry presented by Humana will honor six-time Grammy winner Carrie Underwood on her 5th anniversary as an Opry member tonight, June 7. Underwood will celebrate five years with a special s... (more...)

Burt Bacharach & Elvis Costello Set for SiriusXM's TOWN HALL Series

SiriusXM Radio (SIRI) announced today that Oscar and Grammy winning composer Burt Bacharach will answer fan questions during an intimate Q&A session with an audience of SiriusXM listeners moderated by... (more...)