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OZZY OSBOURNE Announces Rescheduled “No More Tours 2” 2020 UK And European Dates
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and Grammy-winning singer and songwriter OZZY OSBOURNE has just announced rescheduled shows in the UK and Europe on his “NO MORE TOURS 2” tour.
The six-week trek–originally scheduled for January–now kicks off in OZZY’s native UK on October 23, 2020 before wrapping December 7 in Helsinki, Finland. The tour includes stops throughout the UK and sees the “Prince of Darkness” return to Birmingham for a hometown Halloween show. European dates include stops in Germany, Austria, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden and Finland. Judas Priest remain as Special Guest across all dates.
Says OZZY: “I can’t wait to get off my ass and get going again, but you’re just going to have to be a bit more patient. I want to be 100% ready to come out and knock your fucking socks off.”
OZZY’s rescheduled 2020 European dates are below:
DATE CITY VENUE
Fri 23/10 Newcastle, UK Utilita Arena
Sun 25/10 Glasgow, UK SSE Hydro
Wed 28/10 London, UK The O2
Sat 31/10 Birmingham, UK Resorts World Arena
Mon 02/11 Manchester, UK Manchester Arena
Thu 05/11 Dublin, Ireland 3Arena
Sun 08/11 Nottingham, UK Motorpoint Arena
Wed 11/11 Dortmund, Germany Westfalenhalle
Fri 13/11 Prague, CZ O2 Arena
Mon 16/11 Vienna, Austria Stadthalle
Thu 19/11 Bologna, Italy Unipol Arena
Sun 22/11 Madrid, Spain WiZink Arena
Tue 24/11 Zurich, Switzerland Hallenstadion
Thu 26/11 Munich, Germany Olympiahalle
Sat 28/11 Mannheim, Germany SAP Arena
Mon 30/11 Berlin, Germany Mercedes-Benz Arena
Thu 03/12 Hamburg, Germany Barclaycard Arena
Sat 05/12 Stockholm, Sweden Friends Arena
Mon 07/12 Helsinki, Finland Hartwall Arena
Tickets remain valid for all rescheduled tour dates. Refunds can be sought at point of purchase.
Leonard Cohen on Preparing for Death
Just before Cohen’s death, in November, 2016, David Remnick had the opportunity to speak with the masterly songwriter as he looked back on his career.
Photo Gallery: Arkells with Coin at St. Catharines’ Meridian Centre
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My Next Read: Wendy Carlos’s Switched-On Bach from the 33 1/3 Series
So much, popular and scholarly, has been written about the synthesizer, Bob Moog and his brand-name instrument, and even Wendy Carlos, the musician who made this instrument famous. No one, however, has examined the importance of spy technology, the Cold War and Carlos’s gender to this critically important innovation.
Through a postcolonial lens of feminist science and technology studies, Roshanak Kheshti engages in a reading of Carlos’s music within this gendered context. By focusing on Switched-On Bach (the highest selling classical music recording of all time), this book explores the significance of gender to the album’s–and, as a result, the Moog synthesizer’s–phenomenal success.
Calgary’s Award-Winning Canadian Country Singer/Songwriter Lauren Mayell is “Tongue Tied” with new single
Canadian country artist Lauren Mayell finds herself “Tongue Tied” in this, the newest single off her forthcoming album — available now!
With six singles under her belt — her grandfather’s beloved “Pure Country” belt, to be sentimental and precise — the Calgary-based singer/songwriter has shared the stage with everyone from Dean Brody, Meghan Patrick, Kane Brown, Brett Kissel, The Washboard Union, and more.
To add to the tally, this year has seen her participate in the 2019 Project Wild showcase, as well as the CCMAs, ACMAs, the Calgary Stampede, countless festivals, and shows.
She was named ACMA Female Artist of the Year (2018), nominated for ACMA Female Artist of the Year (2017) and Album of the Year (2017), and took top nods as Country 105’s Rising Star in 2017.
BTS Joins CASETiFY’s Co-Lab Program to Launch their Tech Accessory Collection
Following an appearance at the ‘BTS POP UP: HOUSE OF BTS’ in Seoul, CASETiFY is bringing 2019’s most-talked about tech accessory collection to an online global release. Launching on Nov. 19, the BTS x CASETiFY collection introduces special edition accessories to celebrate the new partnership, giving shoppers a new and exclusive way to express themselves through dressing their tech.
The BTS x CASETiFY collection will debut with merchandise portraying BTS’s recent EP, MAP OF THE SOUL: PERSONA, particularly tapping into the video graphics from the album’s record-breaking lead single featuring Halsey, “Boy with Luv.” Consumers can look forward to shopping the different tech accessories taking on a “stage front” and “backstage” adaptation.
The collection expands to a wide range of accessories compatible with iPhone, Samsung devices, AirPods, Apple Watch, MacBooks, iPads, Phone Slings and other matching accessories, retailing $25 USD and up. Starting today, customers can join the countdown to release, and visit CASETiFY.com/BTS to sign up for the waitlist, earning priority access to shop the collection hours before global release.
The BTS x CASETiFY collection not only joins the roster of the brand’s newly launched creative program CASETiFY Co-Lab, but also follows widely successful musical partnerships, in which CASETiFY excited music fans everywhere through the introduction of exclusive merchandise. CASETiFY’s previous collaborations in the industry include collections with Pharrell, Victoria Monet, Jessica Jung, Alisa Ueno, and The Rolling Stones.
Heaven’s Door Spirit, Bob Dylan’s Celebrated Whiskey Collection, Announces the Inaugural Release of The Bootleg Series
Today, Heaven’s Door Spirits, which produces an ever-evolving collection of American whiskeys in collaboration with Bob Dylan, announces the first expression of its limited edition Bootleg Series, a rare 26-year old whisky finished in Japanese Mizunara Oak barrels. This first release, dubbed Volume 1 of the Bootleg Series, is both a celebration of the creative spirit of Bob Dylan and the craft of fine whiskey at its best. Offered in hand-made ceramic bottles featuring one of Bob Dylan’s best-known paintings, Train Tracks, this 2019 Edition comes beautifully housed in a uniquely designed and individually numbered collectible leather journal.
The 2019 edition of the Bootleg Series gives nuance to this whisky through a secondary aging in Mizunara Oak barrels, resulting in a distinctive and supple flavor profile. Bottled with a proof of 111.5, the low rye content of this whisky’s mashbill allows for the signature flavors from the Mizunara Oak barrels to shine through, with a smooth, long finish.
The Bootleg Series, which is named in tribute to Bob Dylan’s famed series of retrospective albums, will feature annual limited edition releases of specially crafted new whiskeys, uniquely aged, blended or finished, for a one-of-a-kind offering. Each annual release will be presented in hand-made ceramic bottles featuring one of Bob Dylan’s paintings, with each bottle being housed in its collectible case.
With fewer than 3,000 bottles for sale at a suggested retail price of $499.99 for a 750ml bottle, the 2019 Edition of The Bootleg Series is now available for pre-order via ReserveBar.com/products/the-bootleg-series-by-heavens-door and will be online and in select retailers nationwide in early December. Each Volume of the Bootleg Series is a one-time release, and once all the bottles are sold, they will be gone for good.
The Heaven’s Door portfolio of craft whiskeys includes Tennessee Straight Bourbon (90 proof, $49.99 SRP), Double Barrel Whiskey (100 proof, $49.99 SRP), and Straight Rye Whiskey finished in cigar barrels from Vosges, France (92 proof, $79.99 SRP). First introduced in 2018 to wide acclaim, Heaven’s Door is an ever-evolving line of handcrafted whiskeys which are the perfect melding of art and craft, as each bottle features co-creator Bob Dylan’s unique ironwork sculptures.
Heaven’s Door’s portfolio of whiskeys is available nationwide and online via Reservebar.com/collections/heavens-door.
Jeff Tweedy: Learning to Love the Music You Hate
When Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy was a young punk growing up in Belleville, Illinois, he felt sure about what sort of music he did and didn’t like: Minutemen, yes; Neil Young, no. “We thought that hippies were the enemies,” he says now. “I don’t know where we got that idea.” In an interview with Jancee Dunn recorded in April in Washington, DC, Tweedy explains how a fresh appraisal of his own musical tastes changed his palate – for the better – and why he thinks the idea of a generation gap was destructive to young musicians growing up in the ’70s and ’80s.
Stingray will support National Music Centre with a $525K contribution for classical music residencies at Studio Bell
The National Music Centre in Calgary, Alberta, will receive a $525,000 contribution from Stingray over the next seven years to support a classical music residencies at Studio Bell.
Several artists have already been selected to help launch the program over the second half of 2019. They include Montreal-based post-classical pianist Jean-Michel Blais, celebrated Calgary flautist Jiajia Li, and Edmonton musician Anders Muskens, who specializes in historical keyboards.
As previously announced, Montreal-based Jean-Michel Blais will be in residence at Studio Bell this summer, though his residency will now fall under the Stingray Classical stream. Blais will present an intimate workshop backstage in Studio Bell’s recording studios, illuminating his personal philosophy of improvisation on July 29 at 7:00 pm. Blais landed on the Polaris Music Prize Short List in 2018 for his sophomore record Dans ma main, an expansive album of post-classical piano music that blends his classical skill and precise pop sensibility with synthetic accompaniment. “I was able to preview the National Music Centre’s collection during a visit to Studio Bell in 2018,” said Blais. “To say that I was inspired by the breadth and depth of what was housed in the building is an understatement. I may not sleep during my time there.”
Born in Beijing and now based in Calgary, flautist Jiajia Li is a prize winner of the “Prinzessin Margaret von Hessen” competition (Germany), and three-time scholarship recipient from Banff Centre. As a soloist, Li has performed at the Calgary New Music Festival, Edmonton Art Festival “The Works”, Sled Island, and with the Kensington Sinfonia. Li will use her time in residence to record a new EP. She will perform a public workshop in December at Studio Bell. More details will be announced soon. “I’m super excited to explore NMC’s instrument collection and experiment with adding unique sounds to my music,” she said.
Edmonton’s Anders Muskens specializes in historical performance on keyboard instruments from the 18th and early 19th century—namely the forte-piano, harpsichord, clavichord, and organ. NMC will present an in-studio experience with the forte-piano master on October 25, 2019 at 1:00 pm. “NMC has a lovely collection of originals and replicas of historic instruments,” said Muskens. “I am really looking forward to showcasing the truly special sound that these instruments create: these are the sounds that inspired Bach, Mozart, Haydn, and Beethoven—and are vastly different from modern instruments.”
Stingray Classical Music Program is an offshoot of the National Music Centre’s Artist in Residence program designed to feed and nurture artistic creativity and technical innovation by providing artists at various levels of professional development with uninterrupted time and space, and the use NMC’s singular collection and expertise, to create new and innovative works in a supportive, world-class facility.
The Stingray Classical Music Program offers access to three historic recording consoles and over 300 musical artifacts, spanning 450 years of music technology and innovation.