“The Beatles sounded great when they were the Beatles, but there’s not a lot of roots in that music. I think they got carried away. Why not? If you’re the Beatles in the Sixties, you just get carried away – you forget what it is you wanted to do. You’re starting to do Sgt. Pepper. Some people think it’s a genius album, but I think it’s a mishmash of rubbish, kind of like Satanic Majesties – ‘Oh, if you can make a load of shit, so can we.'”
— Keith Richards, Esquire Magazine
Adele has announced that she will play a special one-night-only concert at Radio City Music Hall in New York on Nov. 17, three days prior to the release of 25, sure to be a #1 album on Billboard for the next, oh, year or so.
Ticket information won’t be available until next week, but fans can pre-register for information here.
Round Hill Music has entered into a worldwide administration agreement with Slaight Music. Slaight Music was founded in 2011 with a mandate to support the Canadian music community through a variety of initiatives, and to develop Canadian talent via strategic partnerships with industry peers. Together, we will be working with their artists from across the country and across the musical spectrum.
“Slaight is synonymous with great music in Canada. We’re proud to have Gary and Slaight Music as our partners,” says Josh Gruss, Round Hill Music CEO.
Slaight Music is a true music incubator, an organization committed to fostering the ideal conditions for maximum creativity, carefully aligning promising talent with key players and influencers on the Canadian musical scene while also being invested in the technology sphere, helping Canadian music entrepreneurs develop the next generation of digital platforms and services.
Gary Slaight, President & CEO of Slaight Music and Slaight Communications, shared, “We at Slaight Music, including all of our artists and partners here in Canada, are very excited to be teaming up with Josh, Neil, and the talented professionals at Round Hill Music. Our primary mission is to develop Canadian songwriters and artists for the global marketplace, and we’re confident that our partnership with Round Hill Music will play a significant role in accomplishing that goal.”
Slaight Music has worked closely with over twenty Canadian musicians and bands to further their career development and help put their music in front of as many new fans as possible. Round Hill Music is thrilled to be working with Slaight’s roster of talent, including rising pop band Ascot Royals, as well as Slaight’s It’s Your Shot songwriting and artist development winner Jillea, who releases her first single, “Shattered”, this fall.
Bob Wood is eighty years old, but he doesn’t let his age stop him from not just being an amazing guitar player, but crossing fingers, he just might make the Billboard viral charts as this video is over 1 million views.
Whether your team wins or loses, this is what the press conference sounds like after the game. Every time.
Steven Wilson has launched the stunning animated video for ‘Routine’. The hugely emotive track featuring a beautiful guest vocal performance by Ninet Tayeb is taken from his latest album Hand. Cannot. Erase.
Steven Wilson “Amongst the hundreds of songs I have written over the years Routine has a very special place. It’s a deeply sad story of loss and denial, but at its conclusion the clouds lift and there is acceptance at least. Having worked with her on 3 previous videos, I knew as soon as I wrote it that it was perfect for Jess to do something amazing with. Even then nothing prepared me for the organic beauty and power of the film she made, a painstaking labour of love that took her months to produce. When we play the song live I look out into the audience and see people swept away with emotion at the combination of music and animation. To find poetry and beauty in sadness is a wonderful thing I think.”
Director Jess Cope of Owlhouse Studios talks about working with Steven Wilson and the creation of the ‘Routine’ video “Routine is the forth film that Owl House Studio has made in collaboration with Steven Wilson and the biggest one yet. The story centres on a woman dealing with the tragic loss of her family and the routine she creates for herself to try and cope. The themes in Steven’s music are often quite morbid and macabre and when we heard Routine for the first time, Tom Kaye (Writer/Producer) and I knew the story had to be really strong, to do justice to the music.
“Working with Steven is always a fantastic experience for us creatively. In the early stages, Steven often has a strong concept in mind for a song or album, but allows us the creative freedom to add our own style and ideas to it.
“Our use of traditional animation and the painstaking efforts of the whole Owl House Studios team, have resulted in a film with a level of beauty and detail not previously achieved by the studio – at the same time it is simple enough that the music always drives the story.
“We’re so pleased with the look of the puppet and sets, and especially the level of detail Alison Cross (Art Director/Prop Maker) managed to get into the props. This project also saw us working with Adam Oehlers (Concept Artist) for the first time and he was able to capture the tone from our script so perfectly. Working with such a diverse team and amazingly talented animators, we were able to bring this woman’s world to life.
“I’m proud of all the films we’ve made with Steven Wilson, but I’m especially fond of ‘Routine’. The response we’ve received has been phenomenal. It’s incredibly humbling to see that something we’ve helped create has touched so many people and reduced a good number of them to tears… It’s an extraordinary and ironic satisfaction!”
Hand. Cannot. Erase. the fourth solo album from the four-time Grammy nominee, multi-instrumentalist and producer has received universal praise from the media and fans alike rewarding Steven Wilson his highest chart positions worldwide including UK #13 ,Germany # 3, Netherlands #2, USA – #39 Billboard Top 200, Canada #24 & Finland #4 national album charts. Steven Wilson was, recently, awarded an unprecedented 3 PROG Magazine Awards for Hand. Cannot. Erase. including Best Album, Commercial Breakthrough, and Boxset Design alongside a nomination for Classic Rock Magazine’s Album Of The Year.
With sold out shows around the world including his 2 recent performances at London’s prestigious Royal Albert Hall Steven Wilson will be continuing to tour Hand. Cannot. Erase. starting in Germany on January 12th, the 2016 European tour takes Steven to Belgium, Holland, UK, France, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Hungary, Italy and Greece.
The Stone Roses’ debut album released in 1989 was not an immediate success, its standing improved significantly among most critics, many of whom have since voted it high in polls of the greatest albums of all time. But, at the time, 2 guys who knew how great it was, are doing an interview to talk about it. Although ‘talk’ might be an understatement. Here’s singer Ian Brown and guitarist John Squire in a rather unforgettable interview.
Neil Gaiman on Facebook: Amanda and I, and our friend pianist Lance Horne, were on the road last year for Indies First , supporting local indie bookshops. We signed and did events in three different Bookshops, with about an hour’s drive between shops. The Indies First people asked to film it, in case anything interesting happened. Nothing did. So they put this up. My life in miniature.
Juno Award winners and multiplatinum chart-toppers Hedley announce their coast-to-coast 2016 Canadian arena tour in support of their sixth studio album, Hello. Joining Hedley on the 28 dates across the country will be very special guest Carly Rae Jepsen, and Francesco Yates. Tickets will go on sale in all markets on Friday, November 6. Complete tour listing below, and local on sale times are listed here. Check the band’s website October 30 for presale details.
Once again featuring a state-of-the-art stage production, the 2016 tour will be Hedley’s most impressive show to date, with staging elements that will bring the band closer to the fans than ever before. “Playing live is who we are, and going on tour is the ultimate way for us to interact with our fans,” comments frontman and creative force Jacob Hoggard on the upcoming tour. “We’re about to unveil the most spectacular tour we’ve ever embarked upon. We can’t wait to connect with each and every one of our fans, in person…and to pull some pretty amazing tricks out of our sleeves. We have amazing fans and we can’t wait to share this with them.”
Having sold close to 500,000 tickets in Canadian arenas since 2010, Hedley have quickly and quietly become one of the most successful touring acts in the country. In 2013 alone, the Wild Life tour sold 150,000 tickets across Canada.
Hedley have produced five consecutive multiplatinum albums to date – Hedley (2005), Famous Last Words (2007), The Show Must Go (2009), Storms (2011), Wild Life (2013) – explosive hit radio singles, multiple Juno and MMVA trophies and almost a million albums sold. In 2015, they continue along this path of pop music supremacy with the release of their sixth studio album, Hello. The album sees frontman Jacob Hoggard with writing, producing and creative direction credits, and features classic Hedley pop gems along with adventurous new sounds, proving that Hedley are back and ready to once again conquer radio airwaves & arenas coast to coast. The hit single and title track “Hello” is taking over the airwaves as the number one most added pop track at radio three weeks in a row.
Supporting Hedley on the Hello World Tour is multi-platinum GRAMMY® nominated artist Carly Rae Jepsen, whose infectious “Call Me Maybe” was one of the biggest hits in the world in 2012. Returning to the charts in 2015, Carly Rae’s latest album E·MO·TION features the hit singles “I Really Like You” and “Run Away With Me”. Rounding out the incomparable pop lineup, Francesco Yates is only 20 years old but his debut single “Better to Be Loved” has already rocketed him into stardom, and was quickly followed by the swoony ballad “Call”.
VIP packages are available now at hedleyvip.com. The packages include exclusive merchandise, a meet and greet with the band, and for the first time ever, an intimate one song acoustic performance at the meet and greet. VIP package holders will also be entered to win one of ten mysterious and very exclusive “Golden Tickets”. Check the site for details.
HEDLEY HELLO WORLD 2016 TOUR DATES
With special guests Carly Rae Jepsen and Francesco Yates
07-Apr-16 St. John’s, NF Mile One Centre
08-Apr-16 St. John’s, NF Mile One Centre
11-Apr-16 Moncton, NB Moncton Coliseum
12-Apr-16 Halifax, NS Scotiabank Centre
14-Apr-16 Kingston, ON Rogers K-Rock Centre
15-Apr-16 Peterborough, ON Peterborough Memorial Centre
16-Apr-16 Hamilton, ON FirstOntario Centre
18-Apr-16 Barrie, ON Barrie Molson Centre
19-Apr-16 Oshawa, ON General Motors Centre
20-Apr-16 London, ON Budweiser Gardens
22-Apr-16 Montreal, QC Bell Centre
23-Apr-16 Ottawa, ON Canadian Tire Centre
24-Apr-16 Sudbury, ON Sudbury Arena
26-Apr-16 Windsor, ON WFCU Centre
27-Apr-16 Kitchener, ON Kitchener Memorial Auditorium
29-Apr-16 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre
5-May-16 Saskatoon, SK SaskTel Centre
6-May-16 Regina, SK Brandt Centre
7-May-16 Winnipeg, MB MTS Centre
9-May-16 Medicine Hat, AB Canalta Centre
10-May-16 Lethbridge, AB ENMAX Centre
12-May-16 Dawson Creek, BC EnCana Event Centre
13-May-16 Calgary, AB Scotiabank Saddledome
14-May-16 Edmonton, AB Rexall Place
16-May-16 Prince George, BC CN Centre
17-May-16 Kelowna, BC Prospera Place
19-May-16 Victoria, BC Save On Foods Memorial Centre
20-May-16 Vancouver, BC Pepsi Live at Rogers Arena
The Marshall Amp is one of the most recognized amplifiers in the world, especially the deep, ‘crunch’ sound. Billy Gibbons, Slash, and Lemmy, among many others discuss how Marshall changed their sound and their perspective on Rock and Roll.
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Eric Alper is a 6-time nominee for Publicist of the Year during Canadian Music Week and has overseen the publicity campaigns for over 183 JUNO Award-nominated albums (and 16 in 2025), 45 Grammy-nominated albums, including 47 JUNO Award, 58 Canadian Folk Music Award, 126 Maple Blues Award-winning albums and is also truly honoured to work with some of the biggest and most important artists of our time.
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