022093 Kim Mitchell/Look People, Daytona Beach, FL
MuchMusic was presenting a weekend of Canadian bands on one of Daytona Beach’s beer-guzzling hotel patios and broadcasting it all live back to Canada…
Category: Ticket Stories
021909 Barack Obama, Ottawa, ON
When I first heard that the most famous person on the planet was planning to visit Ottawa on February 19th, 2009 I knew I couldn’t miss it…
021810 Olympic Hockey: USA vs Norway, Vancouver, BC
Our first event of the Vancouver Olympics was on February 18th, 2010, and it was a bit of a doozy…
021692 The Hippodrome, Bangkok, Thailand
The following story doesn’t at all fall into the usual parameters of these ticket stub memories but I would feel remiss in excluding this…
021508 NACO plays Cole Porter, Ottawa, ON
The National Arts Centre Orchestra playing the Cole Porter songbook is the very definition of a Pops concert…
021488 Supertramp, Moncton, NB
Rick Davies sat at his grand piano and belted out so many great songs…
021398 Oliver Jones/George Shearing, Ottawa, ON
Oh, how I wish this ticket was as it appears to be…
021205 The Flaps, Ottawa, ON
On February 12, 2005 I walked two blocks from my home to Irene’s Pub and had my mind completely torn to shreds by a local band…
021106 Lyle Lovett/John Hiatt/Joe Ely/Guy Clark, Ottawa, ON
On February 11th, 2006 I had the seemingly unique opportunity of experiencing a deceptively intimate performance by one of my favourite songwriters, and it was truly enthralling…
021006 NACO featuring Vadim Repin plays Shostakovich, Bach, and Haydn, Ottawa, ON
Contrary to the information provided on the stub this concert did not include conductor Pinchas Zukerman. In his place was a Dutch conductor named Kees Bakel…
