Bassist Flea, drummer Chad Smith and guitarist Josh Klinghoffer walked on stage and broke into s jam session. Then singer Anthony Kiedis stomped up to sing the first of the band’s hour and forty-five minute set, Around The World.
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Must-See Montreal Events in June 2017
Here are my choice Montreal arts and culture highlights for June 2017: CLASSICAL MUSIC & OPERA One of the finest operatic singers of his generation, tenor John Mac Master co-stars in the McGill Chamber Orchestra’s much-anticipated June 6 production of Carmina Burana, a scenic cantata composed by Carl Orff in 1935 and 1936, based on 24 poems from the medieval collection Carmina Burana. Mac Master […]
Million Dollar Quartet Is A Rock N’ Roll Dream Team
When great artists unite, will it be chaos or triumph? Can talent set aside ego for the greater good of art? Million Dollar Quartet is an exciting, fun, and passionate story based on the 1956 recording session featuring Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Elvis Presley. It is a trip to a time […]
Must-see Montreal events in April 2017
Here are my choice Montreal arts and culture highlights for April 2017: CLASSICAL MUSIC A pairing generating a lot of buzz is famed British conductor Sir Andrew Davis who will direct pianist Louis Lortie and the OSM in a program that includes Chopin, Piano Concerto no. 1 in E minor, op. 11, and Tchaikovsky, Symphony no. 6 in […]
Must-see Montreal events in March 2017
Here are some Montreal arts and culture highlights for March 2017: CLASSICAL MUSIC AND OPERA Hands-down the most buzzed-about Montreal production of the year, the hotly-anticipated world-premiere of the Another Brick In The Wall – The Opera, commissioned by the Opéra de Montréal and based on Roger Waters’ legendary work The Wall, opens at Salle Wilfred-Pelletier at Place […]
The Brooks bring the funk!
The sound of walking footsteps leads to music in the background, a door opens and you feel like you are walking into the studio with The Brooks, however you are really entering into a funk house party. You are instantly hit with a jazzy instrumental, self described song, Funkyshit; highlighted by the keyboards of Dan […]
Must-see Montreal events in February 2017
Here are some Montreal arts and culture highlights for February 2017: MUSEUMS The blockbuster exhibition Chagall: Colour and Music at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts features some 500 works and documents—paintings, collages, watercolours, sculptures, stained glass windows and ceramics—which show how the aesthetic and artistic world of famed Russian-French artist Marc Chagall (1887-1985) is imbued with […]
Kinky Boots – What a way to start the New Year!
Kinky Boots! I have seen it on Broadway and now it is about to thrill Montreal audiences – and thrill it will! Based on a movie released in 2005, Kinky Boots is actually inspired by true events. Charlie Price inherits a shoe factory from his father. Charlie has no desire to take on the faltering […]
Must-see Montreal events in January 2017
Here are some Montreal arts and culture highlights for January 2017: The year kicks off with the Broadway touring production of the Tony-winning musical Kinky Boots which headlines Salle Wilfred-Pelletier from Jan. 3 to 8. After winning Best Original Score at the 2013 Tony Awards, Cyndi Lauper told me, “I didn’t stop to think I was the first woman to win that award […]