041100 Oscar Peterson, Toronto, ON
April 11th, 2000 was the last time I had the honour and privilege to hear the great, great Oscar Peterson play the piano…
Category: Ticket Stories
041000 The Dave Holland Quintet, Ottawa, ON
On April 10th, 2000 my good friend Wayne brought the Dave Holland Quintet to the Alumni Theatre at Carleton University…
040916 Steve Martin and Martin Short, Rama, ON
When a friend told me that Steve Martin was going out on a minitour with Martin Short I immediately searched for tickets and had my heart broken. The half-dozen or so dates were all pretty far away and most importantly they were all sold out…
040614 Mike Gordon, Burlington, VT
The Higher Ground people are famous for their tight security at the door and it always takes longer than you think it will to get it, no matter how many times I go through the process…
040516 Stewart Copeland, Ottawa, ON
I was so excited to see Stewart Copeland play at the Dominion Chalmers Church…
040491 Paul Simon, Ottawa, ON
April 4th, 1991 was my first time seeing the great, great Paul Simon. The show was relatively small, taking place in the 9,000 seat Ottawa Civic Centre just a short stroll from Carleton University’s campus…
040285 Public Relations, Toronto, ON
This is another one of the increasingly common “exceptions” that are creeping into these ticket stories…
040189 Metallica/Queensrÿche, Moncton, NB
When Metallica hit the stage they did so in a blistering cavalcade of open-E palm-muted sixteenth notes absolutely synched with Lars Ulrich’s double kick drum flams. Out of the gate they were undeniably the tightest band my young ears had ever heard and I was hooked in for the next two hours…
033190 Toronto/The Gutterboys, Ottawa, ON
The Gutterboys was my first taste of professional music…
033093 Robby Krieger, Gatineau, QC
My only brush with The Doors came on March 30th, 1993 when Robbie Krieger played a very unlikely venue in Gatineau called Houblon. I went with my good friend Jojo and we had a whale of a time…
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