Me 'n Tom Cochrane, who plays Rock Maple Ridge By Steve Newton FRIDAY: B.C. rockers Chilliwack perform with Trooper and Harlequin at day one of the Rock Maple Ridge classic-rock festival at Albion Fairgrounds. "Fly at Night" baby! FRIDAY TO SUNDAY: the Fashion Fictions exhibition, running until October 9 at the Vancouver Art Gallery, explores … Continue reading Newt’s top 10 (or 15) things to do in Metro Vancouver this weekend, August 11 to 13
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Newt’s top 10 things to do in Metro Vancouver this week, August 7 to 11
Chilliwack performs at Rock Maple Ridge on Friday By Steve Newton MONDAY: California hard-rock/metal band Avenged Sevenfold plays Rogers Arena, with guests Alexisonfire and Kim Dracula. MONDAY: screening at the VIFF Centre of director Kathryn Bigelow’s hugely entertaining 1987 vampire flick Near Dark. “Shitkicker heaven!” MONDAY & WEDNESDAY TO FRIDAY: the Fashion Fictions exhibition, running until October 9 at the Vancouver … Continue reading Newt’s top 10 things to do in Metro Vancouver this week, August 7 to 11
Newt’s top 10 (or 11) Metro Vancouver concerts in August
Steve Vai plays the Rickshaw By Steve Newton AVENGED SEVENFOLD: hard-rock/metal band from Huntingdon Beach, California, with guests Alexisonfire and Kim Dracula. August 7 at Rogers Arena. ROCK MAPLE RIDGE: three-day classic-rock festival features headlining performances by Tom Cochrane, Kim Mitchell, and Trooper. August 11 to 13 at Albion Fairgrounds. Canuck rock rules. Jeff Goldblum … Continue reading Newt’s top 10 (or 11) Metro Vancouver concerts in August
Newt’s top 10 (or 12) things to do in Vancouver this weekend, June 2-4
Playland opens this weekend By Steve Newton FRIDAY: Rodney DeCroo and his band the Metaphors celebrate the publication of his new poetry collection Fishing for Leviathan with a performance of his songs and poems at Backspace, with guests CR Avery and Fraser Mackenzie. FRIDAY: Rage Against the Machine and Soundgarden tribute bands Calm Like a Bomb and … Continue reading Newt’s top 10 (or 12) things to do in Vancouver this weekend, June 2-4
Newt’s top 10 things to do in Vancouver this week, May 29 to June 2
The Cure plays Rogers Arena By Steve Newton TUESDAY TO FRIDAY: the Vancouver Canadians take on the Eugene Emeralds in Minor League Baseball action at Nat Bailey Stadium. WEDNESDAY: the Vanimation Film Festival at the Rio Theatre celebrates films created by Vancouver’s animation community, from hand-drawn to computer generated, including short works by 24 local filmmakers. … Continue reading Newt’s top 10 things to do in Vancouver this week, May 29 to June 2
Newt’s top 10 Vancouver concerts to see in the second half of 2023
Nita Strauss plays the Rickshaw By Steve Newton There were some darn fine concerts to see in Vancouver during the first half of 2023--including gigs by Jason Isbell, Larkin Poe, John Mellencamp, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Now here's my top 10 picks for the second half of the year. Rock on, people! Nita … Continue reading Newt’s top 10 Vancouver concerts to see in the second half of 2023
Newt’s top 10 things to do in Vancouver this week, Feb. 13-17
Wild at Heart screens at the Rio By Steve Newton MONDAY: Timbre Concerts presents Toronto jangle-pop band Ducks Ltd. at the WISE Hall, with guests Tough Age. MONDAY AND TUESDAY: afternoon screenings at the VIFF Centre of All Quiet on the Western Front, Edward Berger's epic adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque's WWI novel. There will … Continue reading Newt’s top 10 things to do in Vancouver this week, Feb. 13-17
Roger Waters brings the best of Pink Floyd to Vancouver
crappy iPhone photos by the Newt By Steve Newton I've seen Roger Waters in concert a few times--although never with Pink Floyd, I hate to say. The first time was in June of 2007 at Vancouver's GM Place on his Dark Side of the Moon Tour. Then I saw him in December of 2010 at the … Continue reading Roger Waters brings the best of Pink Floyd to Vancouver
Black Sabbath gets all Paranoid at final Vancouver gig
By Steve Newton Every Black Sabbath freak has his fave Sabbath album. I for one have long trumpeted the supreme awesomeness of 1975's Sabbath, Bloody Sabbath. Others point to the band's spooky self-titled debut of 1970 as its pinnacle achievement. But most of the Sabbath fans I've encountered tend to regard Paranoid--also released in 1970--as the heavy-metal … Continue reading Black Sabbath gets all Paranoid at final Vancouver gig
Neil Young’s ragged glory undermined by shitty sound in Vancouver
The sound from the stage was great--until the band got up there. By Steve Newton Yesterday I wrote a fun little blog about how nice it would be if Neil Young topped off his show in Vancouver last night with one of my fave tunes of his, "Long May You Run". He didn't do that--opting instead to … Continue reading Neil Young’s ragged glory undermined by shitty sound in Vancouver
The Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl rides the rock throne to glory at a hellraising show in Vancouver
all crappy iPhone photos by the Newt By Steve Newton Nobody really expects a millionaire rock star to, after breaking his leg falling off a stage, design a special chair--or "rock throne", if you will--that allows him to get around like royalty on stage. Is it a burning need to rock out that compels a fellow … Continue reading The Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl rides the rock throne to glory at a hellraising show in Vancouver
Rush powns health issues to kick royal ass in Vancouver on R40 Tour
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON JULY 18, 2015 By Steve Newton For 40 years now the trio of Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, and Neil Peart has been traversing the world, taking their patented brand of challenging prog-rock to the masses, proving to all and sundry that Canada is more than just hockey, beer, and maple syrup. And … Continue reading Rush powns health issues to kick royal ass in Vancouver on R40 Tour
Neal Schon’s fierce guitar dulled by Journey’s corporate-rock vibe
Journey has long been criticized for being one of the prime purveyors of "corporate rock", along with Foreigner, Boston, and Styx.