052513 The Rolling Stones, Toronto, ON
On May 25th, 2013 $85 and a bit of luck bought me three hours of Rock & Roll heaven…
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051915 Prince, Toronto, ON
On May 19th, 2015 my friend Doug and I drove to Toronto for what would prove to be my last ever Prince concert…
051011 Neil Young/Bert Jansch, Toronto, ON
Leave it to Neil Young to book folk legend Bert Jansch (1943-2011) to open the show – a classy pairing that would prove to be one of Bert’s last tours…
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…
040285 Public Relations, Toronto, ON
This is another one of the increasingly common “exceptions” that are creeping into these ticket stories…
032795 Page and Plant/Rusted Root, Toronto, ON
March 27th, 1995 was the closest I’ve come to seeing Led Zeppelin, and that alone makes it a day of legend in this little concert life of mine…
100284 Toronto/Red Rider, Moncton, NB
October 2nd, 1984 was my sixth-ever concert and it was my second time seeing Toronto headline at the Moncton Coliseum…
072307 The Police, Toronto, ON
On July 23rd, 2007 I finally saw The Police live. I would say that the concert came after many years of anticipation but that would be utterly false; I never dreamed I would ever see The Police…
060395 Ian Anderson, Toronto, ON
On June 3rd, 1995 I went to see Ian Anderson at Massey Hall in Toronto. It was a pretty unique setting for the Jethro Tull frontman; rather than leading one of the many lineups of his ever-morphing legendary rock band the singer/songwriter/flautist/everythingist was fronting a New Age ensemble in support of his recent album Divinities…
052708 Eric Clapton/Robert Randolph, Toronto, ON
Clapton delivered a quality blues show top-to-bottom. The guy really is one of the greats of the genre, there’s just no denying it…
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