Troye Sivan with Carlie Hanson and Kim Petras at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, 11/08/18 The final show of former YouTube star Troye Sivan’s Bloom Tour sparked both a rippling sea of energy and a sen...
Live Music Reviews
98° bring early Christmas cheer to the Vogue Theatre
98° at the Vogue Theatre, 11/6/18 The temperature rose inside the Vogue Theatre last night (November 6), but it wasn’t because of global warming. 98° brought early holiday cheer to Vancouver with a...
Drake flaunts big money at visually stunning Vancouver show
Drake, Migos, and Roy Woods at Rogers Arena, 11/3/18 Drake and Migos’ Aubrey and the Three Amigos Tour has been mired in postponements and cancellations. Saint Paul, Salt Lake City, Denver, and Mia...
Passenger takes Vancouver on a lively and touching musical journey
Passenger at the Vogue Theatre, 10/30/18 Few artists are able to evoke as wide a range of emotions in an audience as well as Brighton-born singer Michael Rosenberg, known professionally as Passenge...
A band of brothers
Vancouver Weekly interview with Iceage The childhood bonds people form while growing up stay with them forever, building a foundation for greater things to come. For Copenhagen’s Iceage, that is th...
BANNERS cap off tour in Vancouver
BANNERS at the Commodore Ballroom, 10/26/18 UK-based artist Michael Joseph Nelson brought his live band to the Commodore Ballroom Friday night for an intimate display of heart-tugging alternative r...
Arctic Monkeys were damn good on the Pacific Coliseum dance floor
Arctic Monkeys and Mini Mansion at Pacific Coliseum, 10/25/2018 Lagers, lads and ladies packed the Pacific Coliseum on Thursday evening, eagerly awaiting Britain’s finest (and grimiest) Arctic Monk...
Vancouver fans show Luke Bryan and friends what makes them country
Luke Bryan with Carly Pearce, Jon Pardi and Sam Hunt at BC Place, 10/13/18 Country music mega star Luke Bryan was in town Saturday night. He was joined by three other musical acts on the final leg ...
That gypsy sound on Granville Island
Django’s Jewels at the Backstage Lounge, 10/5/18 Dimmed lights, a small crowd and a good view. That was the setting for a night of gypsy jazz at the Backstage Lounge on Friday, Oct. 5, hosted by th...
Vancouver feels sparks fly between JAY-Z and Beyoncé at BC Place
JAY-Z and Beyoncé at BC Place, 10/2/18 It’s a no-brainer to say Vancouver went “APESHIT” for JAY-Z and Beyoncé at BC Place last night. But more importantly, Vancouver felt sparks fly between the cu...
Copperhead Road revisited: Steve Earle and the Dukes back in Vancouver
Steve Earle and the Dukes with The Mastersons at the Commodore Ballroom, 9/29/18 “It’s a pretty fucking political record!” Steve Earle exclaimed a third of the way through his set at Vancouver’s Co...
Natalie Prass embraces the emotional power of pop music at the Fox Cabaret
Natalie Prass with Stella Donnelly at the Fox Cabaret 9/25/18 For fans of pop music that takes influence from the musical traditions of yesteryear, Natalie Prass’ concert at the Fox Cabaret was a r...
