It was only a few weeks ago Ed Sheeran broke the Spotify record with over 68million streams in one day. Following the release of Drake mixtape/playlist More Life on Saturday (March 18), the Canadian has set two new 24-hour Spotify high-water marks. Drake has officially surpassed Sheeran’s record for one-day streams, clocking up 76,355,041 plays on March 19 alone. Sheeran’s record was set just two weeks before, on March 3, with 68,695,172 streams. Also on March 19, Drake’s More Life racked up the best first day streams for a single album, according to Spotify. The set totalled 61,302,082 streams in the 24 hours, surging past Divide’s 56,727,861 streams on March 3.
Bob Dylan Extends Never-Ending Tour Into Canada
Earlier this year, news came down about a three-disc studio album from Bob Dylan, Triplicate, released on March 31, featuring 30 brand-new recordings of classic American tunes and marking the first triple-length set of the artist’s illustrious career.Now, with his so-called Never-Ending Tour approaching almost 30 years running, Bob has announced new dates for North America, including a slew in Canada.
Bob Dylan Tour Dates:
June
13 – Port Chester, N.Y. @ Capitol Theatre
14 – Port Chester, N.Y. @ Capitol Theatre
15 – Port Chester, N.Y. @ Capitol Theatre
17 – Dover, Del. @ Firefly Festival
18 – Wallingford, Conn. @ Toyota presents Oakdale Theatre
21 – Providence, R.I. @ Providence Performing Arts Center
24 – Kingston, N.Y. @ Hutton Brickyard
25 – Syracuse, N.Y. Lakeview Amphitheatre
27 – Kingston, Canada @ Rogers K-Rock Centre
29 – Ottawa, Canada @ Richcraft Live at the Canadian Tire Centre
30 – Montréal, Canada @ Centre Bell
July
02 – Barrie, Canada @ Molson Centre
04 – Oshawa, Canada @ Tribute Communities Centre
05 – Toronto, Canada @ Air Canada Centre
06 – London, Canada, @Budweiser Gardens
12 – Winnipeg, Canada, MTS Centre
14 – Saskatoon, Canada @ SaskTel Centre
15 – Moose Jaw, Canada @ Mosaic Place
17 – Calgary, Canade @ Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
18 – Medicine Hat, Canada @ Canalta Centre
19 – Edmonton, Canada @ Rogers Place
21 – Dawson Creek, Canada @ Encanta Events Centre
22 – Prince George, Canada @ CN Centre
24 – Kelowna, Canada @ Prospera Place
25 – Vancouver, Canada @ Pepsi Live at Rogers Arena
27 – Victoria, Canada @ Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre
Watch Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason Crash A $3 Million Car
This one’s going to hurt for music fans: Former Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason took his McLaren F1 GTR race car out for a spin at the Goodwood Circuit yesterday — and suffered a crash on a parade lap, running into a wall and damaging the vehicle. So good to know Nick wasn’t seriously injured. That car is worth somewhere in the neighborhood of $3.7 million, or a few weeks of Dark Side Of The Moon sales.
https://youtu.be/KPqEAwUfk9g
Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Isolated Guitar For “Pride And Joy”
From Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble’s 1983 album Texas Flood, Pride and Joy, it was also released as Vaughan’s first single and has become one of his best-known songs. Called “a classic Texas shuffle”, it has a twelve-bar blues arrangement, notated in the key of E (although with Vaughan’s guitar tuned one-half step lower, resulting in the pitch of E♭) in 4/4 time with a moderately fast tempo. The main guitar figure features a bassline along with muted chord chops to produce a percussive-like effect. Vaughan also “extracts extra sound from the guitar by choosing finger shapes that allow the maximum number of strings to ring at a time (often the top E-string [E♭]).
https://youtu.be/Kqb9IFVIIFg
Epic Heavy Metal Remake of Madonna’s ‘Like a Prayer’
Oltedal, Norway-based musician and vocalist Leo Moracchioli from Frog Leap Studios gives an epic metal makeover to Madonna’s greatest song, “Like a Prayer.”
Vintage Blues Remake of Cheap Trick’s ‘I Want You to Want Me’
The incredible Sara Niemietz returns to help Postmodern Jukebox turn Cheap Trick’s 1978 rock classic, “I Want You to Want Me” into a soulful, haunting blues song – with special guest, famed film composer Snuffy Walden on guitar!
Peter Murphy Is Performing His Best Solo Albums In Entirety During San Francisco Residency
Peter Murphy announces Residency at San Francisco’s The Chapel – a retrospective of his greatest solo albums played in their entirety, and more.
“I have always wanted to do a residency and while I was performing at The Chapel on the “Stripped” tour last year, I felt like this was the perfect venue and that the time to do this was now. There are a lot of songs on these albums that I haven’t sung in years. This is a rare chance for fans to see them performed live,” says Peter.
You can get your tickets here.
Depeche Mode Concert Film ‘101’ Will Be Screened At The Rose Bowl
Hot off the heels of its breakthrough album, “Music for the Masses,” British synth pop group Depeche Mode embark on the last leg of its 1989 North American tour. Acclaimed documentary filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker is on hand to document the trek from New York to California, focusing his lens on the band, its fans, but the minutiae of tour life. The documentary culminates with Depeche Mode’s final performance of the tour at the Pasadena Rose Bowl, 18 June 1988.
The Eat|See|Hear film festival have come up with a great idea – they’re screening Depeche Mode: 101 inside the iconic Rose Bowl Stadium where it was filmed on 18 June 1988. The concert was a cultural watershed moment for music and the “alternative” scene as Depeche Mode packed an unprecedented 65,000 people into the Rose Bowl.
Is there a better way to get psyched for the Depeche Mode “Spirit” tour? I don’t think so! Tickets here.