100318 Diana Ross/National Arts Centre Orchestra, Ottawa, ON
On October 3rd, 2018 I attended the National Arts Centre’s annual fund-raising Gala for the first time…
Category: Ticket Stories
100205 Ween, Burlington, VT
On October 2nd, 2005 I drove down for the first night (only) of a two-night run of the great Ween at Higher Ground in Burlington, Vermont. The show was fantastic…
062215 War/Tower of Power, Ottawa, ON
What’s in a name…
071209 Joe Cocker/Kid Koala/Hubert Sumlin/The Soul of John Black, Ottawa, ON
One of the things I’ve always loved about music is how quickly it can bring people together…
062816 Buffy Sainte-Marie/Jon Cleary & the Absolute Monster Gentlemen, Ottawa, ON
The Ottawa Jazz Festival started out pretty small, it grew to a respectable size and has had the good sense to stay there…
071813 Bob Dylan/Wilco/My Morning Jacket, Darien Lake, NY
July 18th, 2013 was day one of an epic journey across North America; 46 days on the road, 16,000 kilometres to cover, and tickets to nineteen concerts in eight states and provinces…
092722 Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band, Kingston, ON
On September 27th, 2022 I woke up in Ottawa excited for an in-and-out to Kingston to see Ringo Starr…
070809 Jeff Beck/The Black Keys/Monkeyjunk, Ottawa, ON
Jeff Beck was one of the quintessential guitarists in rock history…
060907 Ween, Montreal, QC
Around this era in my life I had a strange habit: whenever I would meet an artist after a show that I enjoyed I would make a point of including something negative about their show among my gushing accolades…
092416 Murano Glass Museum, Murano, Italy
On September 24th, 2016 I awoke in the most pleasant of surroundings deep in the heart of Venice…
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