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Author: Todd Snelgrove

I've been having a lot of fun these past fifty-odd years. I've busked and bicycled through more places I can count, taught music and caught dengue fever, managed a band that toured all over North America and worked with Canada's National Orchestra for two decades. I've traveled countless miles to see a thousand concerts, played hundreds of gigs, won in Vegas and lost in Estonia, worked as a concert promoter, university instructor, janitor, and entertainment writer, seen the Grateful Dead and hiked the Dogon Valley, ran the stairs of the CN Tower and pedalled across Scandinavia once and Newfoundland twice. I've visited the graves of Alexander the Great and the great Robert Johnson, drunk excessively with some of the best and worst people you can imagine, and I've slept in some very, very weird places. Several years ago I started writing some of it down, and much of it is collected here for your perusal.
April 29, 2025 Ane Brun / Peter Gabriel / Ticket Stories

042910 Peter Gabriel/Ane Brun, Montreal, QC

On April 29th, 2010 I went to Montreal to see Peter Gabriel. He was touring in support of an album of cover songs set to orchestral music called Scratch My Back. I’ve long been a fan of Peter Gabriel’s solo career and the few times I had seen him live before this were nothing short of astounding…

April 28, 2025 galleries / Ticket Stories

042806 Norval Morrisseau exhibit, Ottawa, ON

On April 28th, 2006 I was honoured to attend an exhibit of works by Canada’s genre-defining master First Nations artist, Norval Morrisseau…

April 26, 2025 Cirque du Soleil / Ticket Stories

042609 Cirque du Soleil: The Beatles Love, Las Vegas, NV

In short: I was in awe for the whole show and sat with my ears wide open and my jaw fully agape throughout. All things considered The Beatles Love remains solidly in my top three Cirque du Soleil experiences…

April 25, 2025 Ozzy Osbourne / Ratt / Ticket Stories

042584 Ozzy Osbourne/Ratt, Toronto, ON

By the time Ozzy encored with his Black Sabbath signature song Paranoid I was a changed man…

April 24, 2025 Fishbone / Ticket Stories

042402 Fishbone, Ottawa, ON

Could it be that this Fishbone show was my last time walking into Ottawa’s infamous nightclub Zaphod Beeblebrox?

April 23, 2025 moe. / Ticket Stories

042397 moe., Ottawa, ON

On April 23rd, 1997 I saw moe. for the first time. The show was at Zaphod’s, a small bar in downtown Ottawa…

April 21, 2025 theatre / Ticket Stories

042105 Bread & Puppet, Ottawa, ON

I’ve had a thing for puppets for as long as I can remember…

April 18, 2025 The Dead / Ticket Stories

041809 The Dead, Worcester, MA

April 18th, 2009 was the second show in a two night engagement between me and The Dead, the latest name (at the time) for the remains of post-Jerry Garcia Grateful Dead…

April 17, 2025 George Thorogood / Ticket Stories

041790 George Thorogood, Ottawa, ON

Thorogood raged his hits and I kept my arms raised in delight throughout…

April 15, 2025 Bruce Cockburn / Ticket Stories

041511 Bruce Cockburn, Ottawa

On April 15th, 2011 I saw Bruce Cockburn at the soft-seat hexagon that is the National Arts Centre. It’s a pretty great room to see a performer like Cockburn…

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