Arts, Culture and Entertainment in Montreal
Here are my choice Montreal arts and culture highlights for the second half of July 2019: MUSIC Top acts at the Bell Centre include 1990s teen pin-ups Backstreet Boys (July 15), classic rockers Heart (July 16), British hard-rock legends Def Leppard (July 17) and South African stand-up comic Trevor Noah (July 26), host of The Daily […]
By Richard Burnett The last time rock legend Steven Van Zandt performed in Montreal solo, with his band Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul, was in October 1987 when he opened for U2 on their Joshua Tree Tour at Olympic Stadium for more than 66,000 screaming fans. Los Lobos was also on that bill. “Really? […]
Here are my choice Montreal arts and culture highlights for June 2019: MUSIC Many top touring acts headline various Montreal concert venues this month. American a cappella group Pentatonix (June 11) and Montreal’s very own Corey Hart (June 15) headline the Bell Centre, while Cincinnati rock band The National (June 21) play at Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier at Place des […]
Here are my choice Montreal arts and culture highlights for May 2019: MUSIC Many top touring acts headline various Montreal concert venues this month. Legendary British singer-songwriter Joe Jackson headlines Théâtre Maisonneuve on May 9, Toronto indie rockers Broken Social Scene play at the Corona Theatre on May 21, Metric + July Talk (May 5) and […]
A candid Q&A with pop icon Engelbert Humperdinck When I first interviewed Engelbert Humperdinck a decade ago, he was riding another wave of popularity after recording the song Lesbian Seagull for MTV’s 1996 adult cartoon film Beavis and Butt-Head Do America. The filmmakers liked that Engelbert – or ‘Enge, as in Stonehenge’ – has a sense of […]
Here are my choice Montreal arts and culture highlights for April 2019: MUSIC Many top touring acts headline various Montreal concert venues this month. Highlights include Ariana Grande at the Bell Centre on April 1, Brit Floyd at Salle Wilfred-Pelletier on April 6; The Tea Party at MTELUS on April 12, the legendary Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of […]
Here are my choice Montreal arts and culture highlights for March 2019: MUSIC Many top touring acts headline various Montreal concert venues this month. Highlights include Mumford & Sons (March 4), American rapper Travis Scott: Astroworld (March 5), Weezer & Pixies (March 13), KISS (March 19) and Muse (March 30), all at the Bell Centre. Over […]
Curtains Up interview with folk hero and pop icon Buffy Sainte-Marie I have interviewed everybody from Cher to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and I rarely get nervous. But when I called up folk hero and pop icon Buffy Sainte-Marie at her home in Hawaii last week, I had the butterflies. That’s because Sainte-Marie has […]
Here are my choice Montreal arts and culture highlights for February 2019: MUSIC Many top touring acts headline various Montreal concert venues this month. Highlights include three blockbuster nights by Quebec pop star Marie-Mai at the Bell Centre (Feb. 14-15-16), and British classical crossover soprano Sarah Brightman at Place Bell (Feb. 9). Concerts by Cher and […]
The smash Broadway hit Beautiful – The Carole King Musical chronicles the life and career of legendary singer-songwriter Carole King, from the late 1950s to the early 1970s. From being part of a chart-topping songwriting team with her husband Gerry Goffin – with whom she cranked out some of the most important records of […]