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Three Days Grace

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(Halifax, NS) – evenko presents Three Days Grace with special guests Nothing More and Fozzy at Casino New Brunswick in Moncton, Nov. 21 and at the Cunard Centre in Halifax, Nov. 23. Both shows are for all ages.
 
Three Days Grace, the internationally acclaimed and multi-platinum certified Canadian band with over a billion streams on Spotify, released their new album, Outsider, earlier this year on Music For Nations. 
 
Outsider is the sixth full-length album from the band, and is their latest since 2015’s chart-topping album, Human. “To me, Outsider represents the journey to find your place,” says bass player Brad Walst. “The world feels crazy at times. We try to get away from that every once in a while. We do our own thing, and we’re comfortable doing it. We have always looked forward—and not backwards. That’s an ongoing theme.” 
 
Buy Outsider on all formats here: 3DGOutsider.
 
The Mountain also earned the band their 13th #1 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Songs chart – tying with the legendary Van Halen who reached this record in 1998.

Outsider feels right at home alongside a catalog of fan favorites from Three Days Grace. Since 2003, the band has staked a spot amongst the hard rock vanguard, breaking records, toppling charts, and moving millions of units worldwide. With their current single “The Mountain,” the band made chart history yet again by besting their previous all-time record for “most #1 singles at US Active Rock Radio ever” now with their 14th number #1. In 2015, Humanmarked the group’s second straight #1 slot on the Billboard Top Hard Rock Albums Chart as well as their fourth consecutive debut in Top 20 of the Top 200. It spawned two #1 singles “Painkiller” and “I Am Machine,” signaling their 13th overall and 5th consecutive number ones on the Active US Rock Radio chart. Moreover, the four-piece consistently averaged a staggering 3.9 million monthly listeners on Spotify – remaining one of the most listened to rock bands in the world.

In 2012, Transit of Venus soared to the Top 5 of the Top 200 and garnered a nod for “Best Rock Album of the Year” at the Juno Awards. The seminal One-X [2006] notched an RIAA triple-platinum certification as Three Days Grace [2003] was minted platinum and Life Starts Now went gold. To date, their veritable arsenal of number one includes “Chalk Outline,” “The High Road,” “Misery Loves My Company,” “World So Cold,” “Good Life,” “Break,” “Never Too Late,” “Animal I Have Become,” “Pain,” “Just Like You,” and “Home.”

For more information on Three Days Grace, visit: threedaysgrace.com.
 
Tickets for both the Moncton and Halifax shows go on sale this Friday, July 20 at 10 a.m.

Tickets for the Moncton show range in price from $58.00 – $63.00 (including tax and applicable service charge) and will be available at the Casino Gift Shop (located at 21 Casino Drive in Moncton, exit #450 off the Trans-Canada Highway), by calling 1-866-943-8849 and online at evenko.ca.
 
Tickets for the Halifax show range in price from $55.75 – $59.25 (including tax and applicable service charge) and will be available at the Ticket Atlantic Box Office at the Scotiabank Centre, at participating Atlantic Superstore outlets, by calling (902) 451-1221 / 1-877-451-1221 and online at evenko.ca.
 
Show time is 7:30 p.m. with doors at 6:30 p.m.

John Mellencamp to play the Halifax Forum

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John Mellencamp To Embark On Canadian Sad Clowns & Hillbillies Tour

05.29.2018 – Following two hugely-successful U.S. concert tours, John Mellencamp will set out once again this Fall for 20+ stops across Canada for his Sad Clowns &Hillbillies Tour. Hailed by critics and fans alike as one of Mellencamp’s most authentic and crowd pleasing concerts of his career, the tour will begin September 26th in Moncton, NB and span two months.

Tickets will be available to the general public beginning Friday, June 1stat 10 a.m. local time. Mellencamp.com and VIP pre-sale tickets will be available beginning Wednesday, May 30th at 10 a.m. local time until Thursday, May 31st at 10 p.m. local time.  For more information and all ticketing information, please visit: Mellencamp.com.

Tickets for Moncton show range in price from $70.45 – $119.15 (including tax and applicable service charge) and will be available by phone at 1-855-985-5000 and online at evenko.ca.

Tickets for the Saint John show range in price from $63.00 – $108.00 (including tax and applicable service charge) and will be available at the Harbour Station Box Office (99 Station St.), by phone at (506) 657-1234 / 1-800-267-2800 and online at harbourstation.ca and evenko.ca.

Tickets for the Halifax show range in price from $62.80 – $109.50 (including tax and applicable service charge) and will be available at the Halifax Forum Box Office (2901 Windsor St.), by phone at (902) 490-4614 and online at evenko.ca.

Show time is 7:30 p.m., doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the show is open to all-ages.

 

Mellencamp’s live shows have garnered huge critical acclaim with the Hollywood Reporter calling it a “triumphant, career-spanning show” and a “superb performance…still full of fiery defiance” by the Boston Globe. His extensive touring and live shows have solidified the Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famer’s place at the forefront of American music for the past 40 years.

ADDITIONAL PRAISE FOR JOHN MELLENCAMP

“…a triumphant career spanning show…[Mellencamp] still displays joy in performing.” Billboard/The Hollywood Reporter

“Mellencamp’s music felt as timeless as it did nostalgic Monday night before what was essentially a sold-out crowd.” Green Bay Press-Gazette

“If you mixed a PREACHER, a PUNCH PRESS OPERATOR and an OLD BLUESMAN together in the back of a cement mixer, John Mellencamp would come out in the pour.” Duluth News Tribune

JOHN MELLENCAMP CANADA 2018 TOUR DATES
Sept. 26 – Moncton, NB – Moncton Events Centre
Sept. 27 – Saint John, NB – Harbour Station
Sept. 29 – Halifax, NS – Halifax Forum
Oct. 2 – Ottawa, ON – TD Place
Oct. 4 – Kingston, ON – Rogers K-Rock Centre
Oct. 6 – Oshawa, ON – Tribute Communities Centre
Oct. 7 – St. Catharine’s, ON – Meridian Centre
Oct. 10 – Sudbury, ON – Sudbury Community Arena
Oct.11 – Sault Ste Marie, ON – Essar Centre
Oct.13 – Thunder Bay, ON – Thunder Bay Community Auditorium
Oct. 23 – Winnipeg, MB – Bell MTS Place
Oct. 24 – Brandon, MB – Keystone Centre
Oct. 26 – Estevan, SK – Affinity Place
Oct. 28 – Lethbridge, AB – Enmax Centre
Oct. 29 – Saskatoon, SK – Sasktel Centre
Nov. 1 – Cold Lake, AB – Imperial Oil Place Arena
Nov. 3 – Dawson Creek, BC – Encana Events Centre
Nov. 4 – Prince George, BC – CN Centre
Nov. 6 – Kamloops, BC – Sandman Centre
Nov. 7 – Cranbrook, BC – Western Financial Place
Nov. 10 – Kelowna, BC – Prospera Place
Nov. 12 – Victoria, BC – Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre
Nov. 14 – Abbotsford, BC – Abbotsford Centre

ABOUT JOHN MELLENCAMP

John Mellencamp’s career in music, spanning more than 35 years, has seen him transition from pop star to one of the most highly respected singer/songwriters of a generation. Mellencamp is incredibly acclaimed; he is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, a Grammy winner, a recipient of the John Steinbeck Award, ASCAP Foundation’s Champion Award, The Woody Guthrie Award and Americana Music Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award and more recently, the Founders Award, the top honor assigned by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. Additionally, he will be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame on June 14, 2018. He is also one of the most successful live concert performers in the world. In 1985, Mellencamp, together with Willie Nelson and Neil Young, created Farm Aid. The social activism reflected in his songs helped catalyze Farm Aid, the concert series and organization that has addressed the struggle of American family farmers for more than 25 years.

John Mellencamp’s album, Sad Clowns & Hillbillies, featuring Carlene Carter, is his 23rd over the course of a remarkable career. Sad Clowns & Hillbillies returns Mellencamp to the musical eclecticism that is, itself, a reflection of his wide-ranging musings on life and showcases a poet who has wisely used the years between youth and the present day to become an absolute master of songwriting and interpretation. That passion and experience resonates most beautifully in this showcase of his music.

John also wrote the title song for the film, The Yellow Birds, an American war film directed by Alexandre Moors and based on the novel The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers. The film stars Tye Sheridan, Jack Huston, Alden Ehrenreich, Jennifer Aniston, and Toni Collette. A theatrical release of this movie will debut June 15, 2018. As well, John journeyed into the darkness of coal mining life in his reverent cover of Merle Travis’ 1946 song “Dark as a Dungeon,” recorded in support of National Geographic’s acclaimed documentary about the mining industry, “From The Ashes,” produced by Michael Bloomberg, former NYC Mayor.

John continues to focus on another facet of his artistic expression: painting. His style has progressed over the years as evidenced by several gallery shows and published portfolios, and in recent years he has increased his output by completing over 100 new works. Currently John’s second solo exhibition at the ACA Gallery titled “Life, Death, Love, and Freedom” opened on April 26, 2018 running through June 2, 2018.

Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, a musical/play with music and lyrics by John Mellencamp, a libretto by author Stephen King and production by T Bone Burnett will travel to various colleges and regional/local theaters in 2018.

Mellencamp continues his journey as the walking embodiment of heartland rock; passionate, plain-spoken, and a self-proclaimed rebel. John Mellencamp continues to live and work in Bloomington, Indiana.
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An Evening With CHICAGO

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TICKETS ON SALE THIS FRIDAY,  MAY 11 AT 10AM

(Halifax, NS) – evenko and Live Nation present An Evening With Chicago at the Moncton Events Centre in Moncton on Saturday, Sept. 15 and Centre 200 in Sydney on Sunday, Sept. 16. Both shows start at 8 p.m.

Tickets for the Moncton show range in price from $73.75 – $105.65 (including tax and applicable service charge) and will be available at the Moncton Events Centre Box Office (1100 Main St.), by phone at 1-855-985-5000 and online at evenko.ca andlivenation.com.

Tickets for the Sydney show range in price from $68.00 – $98.00 (including tax and applicable surcharge) and will be available at the Centre 200 Box Office (481 George St.), by phone at (902) 564-2200 and online attickets.capebreton.ca, evenko.ca andlivenation.com.

Doors open at 7 pm. and it is an all-ages show.

Hailed as one of the “most important bands in music since the dawn of the rock and roll era” by former President Bill Clinton, the legendary rock and roll band with horns, Chicago, came in at #9, the highest charting American band in Billboard Magazine’s Hot 200 All-Time Top Artists. And Chicago is the first American rock band to chart Top 40 albums in six consecutive decades.

Chicago was inducted into the 2016 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!  This was their first nomination. They’ve been eligible since 1994. A long time coming!

Chicago’s first album, Chicago Transit Authority, was inducted into the GRAMMY Hall Of Fame in 2014, and the band performed on the Grammy stage for the first time that year.

Robert Lamm and James Pankow have become the latest inductees of the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2017. These legendary songwriters wrote mega-hits such as, “25 or 6 to 4,” “Saturday In The Park,” “Feelin’ Stronger Every Day,” “Make Me Smile,” and many others.

More than 40 years after its debut, Chicago II still sounds like nothing else. Released in 1970, Chicago’s second album brims with confidence and inspiration as it draws on everything from orchestral music to heavy rock. It spawned a trio of Top Ten hits, and the timeless classic has been remastered to reveal unprecedented clarity and definition. For the first time a new stereo remix, created by British musician and producer Steven Wilsonfrom the 16-track multi-track tapes, made it possible to bring out elements that were muffled or submerged in the mix. The result is a new stereo version of CHICAGO II that boasts clearness, punch and definition that it didn’t have before.  It has recently been released by Rhino Records on CD and vinyl.

This year CHICAGO is planning a show unlike any other that they’ve done before. Chicago will perform their historic album, Chicago IIin its entirety as the first set of the concert. While some artists have performed an entire record as their complete show, for Chicago, this will only be the first set before intermission. Chicago II, like the band’s first release, is a double album, and contains the hits “25 Or 6 To 4,” “Make Me Smile,” “Wake Up Sunshine” and “Colour My World,” the #1 song for weddings and proms for more than 40 years.  Chicago IIis being considered for the Grammy Hall Of Fame. The second set will be the “world’s longest encore,” as the band jokingly refers to it, filled with their greatest hits. This concert will be the band’s longest show ever.

Also this year, two of the most successful and critically acclaimed rock bands: Chicago and REO Speedwagon – who have sold 140 million records combined – recently announced a co-headline North American summer tour kicking off June 13, 2018 in Concord, CA. The 30+ date tour, promoted by Live Nation, will take the multi-platinum selling groups through major cities including Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Toronto, Atlanta and Nashville for a night of unforgettable live music. The tour will conclude August 12 in Detroit, MI.

CHICAGO’s award-winning documentary film, Now More Than Ever: The History Of Chicago premiered on CNN on New Year’s Day and ranked No. 1 among adults 25-54.  This is per “Nielsen Fast National Time Period Based Data” for 1/1/17 from 8 PM -10 PM. The documentary film was originally shown at the Sedona International Film Festival in February, 2016, and won the Film Festival’s Best of Fest Audience Choice Award.  The band opened the festival with back-to-back sold-out performances.

Additionally, Now More Than Ever: The History of Chicago won three awards in April, 2016, at the 10th Annual Fort Myers Beach Film Festival, taking home top prizes in the Documentary and Audience Award categories. Director Peter Pardini was awarded the festival’s Rising Star Award in direction and was on hand to accept all three awards.
Earlier that month the documentary was the runner-up for Audience Award at the Sarasota Film Festival.

Chicago’s newest record of new studio tracks, “NOW”CHICAGO XXXVI,  was released on Frontiers Records. It includes eleven brand new songs, recorded on the road. Chicago has built a new recording system that is flexible, portable, powerful and musical. This new “recording rig” travels with the band.  They have even created an online collaboration portal that allows even more performances to be worked on around the clock from remote locations. The CD package is a six-panel digipack with a beautiful 16-page full color lyric booklet.

Chicago’s lifetime achievements include two Grammy Awards, multiple American Music Awards, Founding Artists of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, a Chicago street dedicated in their honor, and keys to and proclamations from an impressive list of US cities. Record sales top the 100,000,000 mark, and include 21 Top 10 singles, 5 consecutive Number One albums, 11 Number One singles and 5 Gold singles. An incredible 25 of their 36 albums have been certified platinum, and the band has a total of 47 gold and platinum awards.

Chicago have toured every year since the beginning – they’ve never missed a year.  The original four band members are Robert Lamm on keyboards and vocals, Lee Loughnane on trumpet and vocals, James Pankow on trombone and Walt Parazaider on woodwinds. The band line-up also includes Wally Reyes, Jr. on drums, Keith Howland on guitar and vocals, Lou Pardini on keyboards and vocals, Ray Herrmann on sax and flute, Neil Donell on vocals, Brett Simons on bass and Danny Reyes on percussion.

For five years, Chicago raised over a quarter of a million dollars to fight breast cancer for the American Cancer Society by having a winning bidder come on stage and sing “If You Leave Me Now” in concert.  Chicago generously support other charitable causes, donating a portion of ticket sales to Kelly Cares, established by Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly and his wife Paqui, to support local, national and global organizations that strive to improve their communities in the areas of health and education.  Portions of ticket sales also benefit the Ara Parseghian Medical Research Foundation, which seeks a cure for a fatal children’s disease, Niemann-Pick Type C. Chicago manager Peter Schivarelli, who played football for Coach Parseghian, is on Notre Dame’s Board Of Directors for their Athletic Commission.  Chicago has also associated with Hannah & Friends, an organization that serves children and adults with special needs. Hannah & Friends is the personal mission of Maura Weis and her husband, Charlie Weis, the former coach at the University of Kansas.

From the signature sound of the Chicago horns, their iconic Vocalists, and a few dozen of ever-Classic Songs, this band’s concerts are celebrations.  2018 marks the band’s 51st consecutive year of touring, without missing a single concert date!

Chicago continue to be true ambassadors for their beloved hometown, carrying the city’s name with pride and dignity around the world.

Some of Chicago’s hits:

Make Me Smile                       Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?
25 or 6 to 4                              Saturday In The Park
Beginnings                              Questions 67 and 68
Happy Man                             (I’ve Been) Searchin’ So Long
Old Days                                 Free
Just You ‘N’ Me                       Feelin’ Stronger Every Day
If You Leave Me Now             Hard To Say I’m Sorry
Look Away                              Wake Up Sunshine
Hard Habit To Break               Baby, What A Big Surprise
Colour My World                     Another Rainy Day In New York City
Call On Me                              Dialogue (Part I and II)
I’m A Man                                You’re The Inspiration

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Nancy Wilson of Heart

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August 15 – Rebecca Cohn Auditorium – Halifax
The show starts at 8:00 pm
Tickets on sale Friday, April 27 at noon at Dalhousie Arts Centre Box Office $49.50 – 64.50

Nancy Wilson is celebrated as one of the seminal musicians in the history of Rock n’ Roll. A guitar virtuoso from the age of 10, Nancy, and her sister Ann, led the multi-platinum rock group, Heart. Together they have gone on to sell 35 million records.

Wilson is revered as an ingenious guitar player and a gifted vocalist. As a songwriter, she has co-written a collection of indelible songs that have earned their way into the classic rock canon including, “Magic Man,” “Crazy on You,” “Barracuda,” and “Straight On.”

During an era when females in rock n’ roll were scarce, Wilson helped carve out a place for women to front a band and dominate a rock stage. Her icon status was cemented when Heart was inducted into the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame in 2013. That same year, she and her sister received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The Wilson sisters celebrated another career milestone in 2013 when they performed Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway To Heaven” at the Kennedy Center Honors. Their note-perfect performance was met with rowdy cheers and a standing ovation in the staid hall and brought members of Led Zeppelin to tears.

AVENGED SEVENFOLD with special guest Bullet For My Valentine: The Stage World Tour

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(Halifax, NS) – Heavy Montreal, evenko and Live Nation present Avenged Sevenfold with special guest Bullet For My Valentine: The Stage World Tour at Harbour Station in Saint John on July 17 at 7:30 p.m.

Avenged Sevenfold became one of the world’s biggest rock bands by creating a sound that broke through obstacles of language, distance and culture. They raised the stakes and standards for the genre with a string of blockbuster albums, including their 2005 platinum-selling breakthrough, City Of Evil, 2007’s platinum selling Avenged Sevenfold and two consecutive No. 1’s on Billboard’s Top 200 Albums chart: 2010’s Nightmare and 2013’s Hail To The King.

They’ve achieved Diamond, Platinum and Gold awards for album sales in nearly a dozen countries, racked up over a billion video views and a billion-plus Spotify streams, have consistently been one of the most-played bands on rock radio for over a decade with multiple No. 1 singles, and have headlined arenas and the biggest rock festivals around the globe, amassing a diehard international fan base whose members number in the millions. Their most recent release, The Stage, is a work of immense scope and ambition tied together by an Artificial Intelligence theme. Inspired by the writings of Carl Sagan and Elon Musk, the album is the band’s first thematic release and its epic 15-minute-plus closing track, “Exist,” features a guest appearance by award-winning astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson giving a spoken word performance he penned specifically for the album. The album hit No. 1 on Billboard’s Rock, Hard Rock and Alternative Albums charts and drew praise from a plethora of outlets, among them Rolling Stone, NME, Q, The Guardian, Guitar World, Metal Hammer, Revolver, Loudwire, Metal Injection, Alternative Press, Drum, Total Guitar and Classic Rock, with the latter calling it “a metal masterpiece.”

For more information on Avenged Sevenfold, visit: AvengedSevenfold.com.

Tickets go on sale this Friday, April 27 at 10 a.m.

Tickets for the Saint John show range in price from $53.00 – $88.00 (including tax and applicable service charge) and will be available at the Harbour Station Box Office (99 Station St.), by phone at (506) 657-1234 / 1-800-267-2800 and online at harbourstation.ca, evenko.ca and livenation.com.

Kevin Hart Returns to Halifax

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Tickets on sale tomorrow, Wednesday, April 4 at noon
(Halifax, NS) – evenko and Live Nation present The Kevin Hart Irresponsible Tour at the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax on Friday, May 4 at 7 p.m.

Last month, Kevin Hart announced he was expanding his widely successful and massively hysterical ‘The Kevin Hart Irresponsible Tour,’ adding over 100 new dates across the U.S., Canada, Europe, Australia and Asia. The new tour dates kick off on March 23 in Baltimore, MD and hit all new cities, including New York, Atlanta, Chicago, Toronto, Paris, London, Sydney, Auckland, Singapore, and more.

Hart’s last multi-city domestic and international WHAT NOW comedy tour sold out large venues all over the world, including being the first comedian to sell out an NFL stadium, selling over 50,000 tickets in one show at Lincoln Financial Field. Internationally, he sold out over a dozen arenas in the European market, selling over 150,000 tickets, and sold out arenas across Australia, selling 100,000 tickets. Hart’s hit comedy tour grossed over $100 million worldwide.

2017 was a banner year for Hart, his memoir I Can’t Make This Up: Life Lessons debuted at Number One on the New York Times Bestseller list and remained on the list for ten consecutive weeks.  The book also topped records on the Audible platform, selling over 100,000 copies in the first five weeks. Earlier in the year Hart voiced a title character in Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie.  To close 2017, Kevin appeared in the Sony reboot of the classic film Jumanji alongside Dwayne Johnson and Jack Black.  Jumanji has been Kevin’s highest grossing box office release to date, the movie has made over $800 million worldwide.

Hart’s newest business venture is his digital platform the LOL NETWORK – Laugh Out Loud, the comedy brand and multi-platform network founded by Hart in partnership global content leader Lionsgate. Hart’s next feature film is Night School for Universal, a film in which he co-wrote, produces and stars in – all under the Hartbeat production banner.  The comedy follows a group of misfits who are forced to attend adult classes in the longshot chance they’ll pass the GED exam.

For more information on Kevin Hart, visit: kevinhartnation.com/irresponsible-tour-2017.

Tickets for the Halifax show go on sale tomorrow, Wednesday, April 4 at noon.Tickets range in price from $64.50 – $225.00 (plus tax and applicable service charge) and will be available at the Ticket Atlantic Box Office at the Scotiabank Centre, at participating Atlantic Superstore outlets, by calling (902) 451-1221 / 1-877-451-1221 and online at ticketatlantic.com, evenko.ca and livenation.com.

About evenko
evenko is a Quebec company which is the most important independent promoter and producer in Canada. Presenting more than 1,200 musical, family and sporting events annually throughout the province of Quebec, Atlantic Canada and the eastern United States, evenko plays host to the biggest entertainers in the world and invests in the development and promotion of Quebec artists. It is the creator and producer of: Osheaga Music and Arts Festival, Heavy Montréal, îleSoniq, ’77 Montréal all held at Parc Jean-Drapeau in Montreal, the Festival YUL EAT and Electro Parade Montreal. Moreover, evenko is the exclusive manager of the Bell Centre, the Corona Theatre, MTelus, Place Bell in Laval, L’Étoile Banque Nationale and Le Club Dix30 in Brossard. evenko is consistently ranked as the top independent promoter in Canada while also earning its place in the top 10 of the most important promoters in North America (Pollstar) and top 20 promoters worldwide (Billboard). The evenko trademark is the property of l’Aréna des Canadiens Inc.

About Live Nation Entertainment
Live Nation Entertainment (NYSE: LYV) is the world’s leading live entertainment company comprised of global market leaders: Ticketmaster, Live Nation Concerts, and Live Nation Media & Sponsorship. For additional information, visit: livenationentertainment.com.

 

ZZ TOP this August in Saint John & Summerside

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(Halifax, NS) – evenko and Live Nation present ZZ TOP at Harbour Station in Saint John on August 13 and at the Credit Union Place in Summerside on August 14. Both shows start at 8 p.m.

The legendary rockers announced new dates to The Tonnage Tour. After the acclaimed and successful tour in 2014, the band is ready to come back to Eastern Canada and is more than ready to play at Harbour Station and Credit Union Place.

ZZ TOP lay undisputed claim to being the longest running major rock band with original personnel intact and, in 2004, the Texas trio was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Of course, there are only three of them – Billy F Gibbons, Dusty Hill, Frank Beard — but it’s still a remarkable achievement that they’re still very much together after almost 50 years of rock, blues, and boogie on the road and in the studio.  “Yeah,” says Billy, guitarist extraordinaire, “we’re the same three guys, bashing out the same three chords.”  With the release of each of their albums the band has explored new ground in terms of both their sonic approach and the material they’ve recorded. ZZ TOP is the same but always changing.

ZZ TOP’s career retrospective The Very Baddest surfaced in 2014. It spans the entire course of their London, Warner Bros. and RCA years. Listeners can follow the evolution of the band’s sound from the early 70s into the 00s on either a 40-track double CD or a 20-track single CD. That same year Eagle Rock Entertainment released Live at Montreux 2013 on both Blu-ray and DVD formats, showcasing their live act, leaving no doubt as to why they have been such a huge concert draw for the last several decades. When it comes to the live experience, they’ve still got it. 2016 saw the release of ZZ TOP’s Live! Greatest Hits From Around The World album on Suretone, consisting of 15 songs recorded live in 13 cities across three continents.

ZZ TOP’s music is always instantly recognizable, eminently powerful, profoundly soulful and 100% Texas American in derivation.  The band’s support for the blues is unwavering both as interpreters of the music and preservers of its legacy. They have sold millions of records over the course of their career, have been officially designated as Heroes of The State of Texas, have been referenced in countless cartoons and sitcoms and are true rock icons but, against all odds, they’re really just doing what they’ve always done.  They’re real and they’re surreal and they’re ZZ TOP.

For all tour dates, visit: ZZTOP.com/tour.

Tickets go on sale this Friday, March 23 at 10 a.m.

Tickets for Saint John show range in price from $63.00 – $108.00 (including tax and applicable service charge) and will be available at the Harbour Station Box Office (99 Station St.), by phone at (506) 657-1234 / 1-800-267-2800 and online at harbourstation.ca, evenko.ca and livenation.com.

Tickets for the Summerside show range in price from $66.80 – $113.20 (including tax and applicable surcharge) and will be available at the Ocean 100 Box Office at Credit Union Place (511 Notre Dame St.), by calling (902) 432-3507 / 1-855-790-1245 and online atcupevents.ca, evenko.ca and livenation.com.

About evenko
evenko is a Quebec company which is the most important independent promoter and producer in Canada. Presenting more than 1,200 musical, family and sporting events annually throughout the province of Quebec, Atlantic Canada and the eastern United States, evenko plays host to the biggest entertainers in the world and invests in the development and promotion of Quebec artists. It is the creator and producer of: Osheaga Music and Arts Festival, Heavy Montréal, îleSoniq, ’77 Montréal all held at Parc Jean-Drapeau in Montreal, the Festival YUL EAT and Electro Parade Montreal. Moreover, evenko is the exclusive manager of the Bell Centre, the Corona Theatre, MTelus, Place Bell in Laval, L’Étoile Banque Nationale and Le Club Dix30 in Brossard. evenko is consistently ranked as the top independent promoter in Canada while also earning its place in the top 10 of the most important promoters in North America (Pollstar) and top 20 promoters worldwide (Billboard). The evenko trademark is the property of l’Aréna des Canadiens Inc.

About Live Nation Entertainment
Live Nation Entertainment (NYSE: LYV) is the world’s leading live entertainment company comprised of global market leaders: Ticketmaster, Live Nation Concerts, and Live Nation Media & Sponsorship. For additional information, visit: livenationentertainment.com.

 

evenko presents JOE JACKSON

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(Halifax, NS) – evenko presents Joe Jackson at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium in Halifax on Saturday, July 14 and at the Capitol Theatre in Moncton on Sunday, July 15. Both shows start at 7:30 p.m.

Legendary songwriter Joe Jackson has confirmed a 2018 summer tour visiting cities across the U.S. and Canada, adding one more “encore” to his long-running Fast Forward Tour. These new dates follow four acclaimed tours over the last two years.

Supporting Jackson once again will be long-time collaborator, Graham Maby on bass, along with guitarist Teddy Kumpel (Rickie Lee Jones, Feist) and drummer Doug Yowell (Suzanne Vega, Ari Hest).

The tour includes several cities where Jackson hasn’t been in years and several he’s nevervisited before. His set will once again feature songs from across Jackson’s entire catalogue, including a mix of songs from his earliest albums as well as 2015’s critically acclaimed Fast Forward. Jackson will also offer an unpredictable selection of covers and brand new, never before performed originals.

“Fast Forward combines the beauty and intelligence of his best earlier work with a new quality: warmth, generosity, possibly even contentment.” – The New Yorker

“…a set that perfectly balanced his masterful touch on a piano ballad with his ability to rock out.” – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

“Jackson’s loose arrangements left room for occasional lilting improv, and highlighted that his voice remains a marvel: pristine and soulful, and edged with vibrato and falsetto.”
– Cleveland Scene

Joe Jackson 2018 Tour

7/6 – Music Hall – Tarrytown, NY
7/8 – Flynn Center for the Performing Arts – Burlington, VT
7/9 – The Strand – Providence, RI
7/12 – The Music Hall – Portsmouth, NH
7/14 – Rebecca Cohn Auditorium – Halifax, NS
7/15 – Capitol Theatre – Moncton, NB
7/17 – Whitaker Center – Harrisburg, PA
7/18 – Carnegie Music Hall of Homestead – Munhall, PA
7/20 – Meijer Gardens – Grand Rapids, MI
7/21 – The Pageant – St. Louis, MO
7/25 – Burton Cummings Theatre – Winnipeg, MB
7/29 – Egyptian Theatre – Boise, ID

For more information on Joe Jackson, visit: JoeJackson.com, like on Facebook: OfficialJoeJackson and follow on Twitter: JoeJacksonMusic.

Tickets go on sale this Friday, March 16: noon in Halifax and 10 a.m. in Moncton.

Tickets for Halifax show range in price from $49.50 – $79.50 (including tax and applicable service charge) and will be available at the Dalhousie Arts Centre Box Office (6101 University Ave.), by phone at (902) 494-3820 / 1-800-874-1669 and online at artscentre.dal.ca and evenko.ca.

Tickets for the Moncton show range in price from $57.00 – $87.00 (including tax and applicable surcharge) and will be available at the Capitol Theatre Box Office (811 Main St.), by phone at (506) 856-4379 / 1-800-567-1922 and online at capitol.nb.ca and evenko.ca.

BRYAN ADAMS THE ULTIMATE TOUR

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July 27 – Mile One Centre – St. John’s
July 30 – Centre 200 – Sydney
July 31 – Credit Union Place – Summerside– Tickets on general sale, Friday, March 2 at 10am – 

(Halifax, NS) – evenko and Live Nation present Bryan Adams The Ultimate Tour at Mile One Centre in St. John’s on July 27, Centre 200 in Sydney on July 30 and at Credit Union Place in Summerside on July 31. Shows start at 7 p.m.

Homegrown, multi-million selling recording artist Bryan Adams is back and will embark on a Canadian arena tour this summer. The tour comes in support of his new album, Ultimate which is out now and features two brand new tracks plus all the hits.

Bryan Adams The Ultimate Tour kicks off in Victoria, BC on June 5 before travelling across the country and finishing in Toronto on August 3.

Bryan Adams is one of the most exciting live musicians in the world and his energetic performance, effortless stage presence and incredible vocals are guaranteed to thrill and entertain. Bryan Adams The Ultimate Tour will see the showman perform a rip-roaring set of material from his forthcoming new album Ultimate, which features a mix of new tracks and enormous hits from an incredible back-catalogue, including “(Everything I Do) I Do It For You”, “Can’t Stop This Thing We’ve Started”, “Summer of ‘69”, “Heaven” and more.

Bryan Adams wowed critics during the recent ‘Get Up’ tour for his “rousing two-hour plus show” (Toronto Sun) and “cool and classy” (Daily Express) performance style. In 2017, he closed Prince Harry’s Invictus Games in Toronto with a mind-blowing concert where he was joined on stage by Bruce Springsteen.

The release of Ultimate marks Bryan Adams’ fourteenth studio album. Lead single“Please Stay” is out now.

Tickets for the three East Coast shows go on general sale, Friday, March 2 at 10 a.m. 

Tickets for the St. John’s show range in price from $56.50 – $106.50 (including tax and applicable surcharge) and will be available at the Mile One Centre Box Office (50 New Gower St.), by calling (709) 576-7657 and online at mileonecentre.com,evenko.ca and livenation.com.

Tickets for the Sydney show range in price from $58.00 – $108.00 (including tax and applicable surcharge) and will be available at the Centre 200 Box Office (481 George St.), by calling (902) 564-2200 and online at tickets.capebreton.ca, evenko.ca andlivenation.com.

Tickets for the Summerside show range in price from $61.15 – $112.65 (including tax and applicable surcharge) and will be available at the Credit Union Place Box Office (511 Notre Dame St.), by calling 1-855-790-1245 and online at cupevents.ca,evenko.ca and livenation.com.

Bryan Adams The Ultimate Tour – Canadian Dates 2018: 

June 5 – Victoria, BC – Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre                        
June 6 – Vancouver, BC – Pepsi Live at Rogers Arena
June 8 – Edmonton, AB – Rogers Place
June 9 – Calgary, AB – Scotiabank Saddledome
June 10 – Kelowna, BC – Prospera Place
July 27 – St Johns, NL – Mile One Centre
July 30 – Sydney, NS – Centre 200
July 31 – Summerside, PE – Credit Union Place
Aug. 2 – Lévi, QC – Festivent Ville de Lévi
Aug 3 – Toronto, ON – Air Canada Centre

About Bryan Adams
Bryan Adams has been touring the world for nearly four decades. In 2016, the acclaimed singer/songwriter was on tour for this 13th album GET UP and in less than a month after release, GET UP achieved Top 10 in 9 countries. All this shortly after celebrating the 30th anniversary of his iconic album Reckless in 2014.

His music has achieved #1 status in over 40 countries. He is a Companion of the Order of Canada, has been inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and Canada’s Walk of Fame and the recipient of numerous Juno Awards, 3 Academy Award and 5 Golden Globe nominations, a Grammy Award, American Music Awards and ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards.

Aside from being on the road doing over 100 concerts a year, he is currently working on writing the songs for the upcoming Musical, Pretty Woman.

For more information, visit: bryanadams.com.

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