Monday, March 19th
HeavyMtl annouce lineup for this year
It is official, Slipknot, System of a Down, Lamb of God, Marilyn Manson Suicidal Tendencies and Five fingers death punch and many more will be part of the next edition of HeavyMtl which will take place at Parc Jean-Drapeau on August 11th and 12th.
More names are to be added to the set, but passes are already available at www,evenko.ca
Friday, January 27th
Two major blues icons coming to Montreal
It is official, we will have the pleasure this spring to welcome two of the most influencial names of the blues as living legend Buddy Guy and B.B. King will be coming to our town respectively on April 14th at Metropolis and on May 29th at Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier.
King who is now 87 years old as always said that he was not ready to stop touring yet. He as been saying that other people had mentionned that it was his last tour, but never asked him about it, laughing as he was saying it.
Buddy Guy, wich is renowned not only for his music, but for his many collaborations with other blues artist will be in Montreal for the first time in a long time.
This will be to shows not to be missed.
Tickets are on sale at www.montrealjazzfest.com
Friday, January 20th
Montreal's own Fallstaf heading for the studios
South west Montrealers metal band Fallstaf, after the release of their first album and their first videoclip are heading back into the studios to record three new songs and should come out with something new and exciting.
Since their album release, the band has received great reviews and attention from media around the planet as well as featuring in several charts throughout the globe.
To check them out, go to www.reverbnation.com
Sunday, January 15th
A whole lot of rock concerts coming our way!
2012 will be a great year for concerts, especially for old school rock fans.
It as been annouced for a few days now, Van Halen, with David Lee Roth will come to the Bell Centre on March 15th. Coming to our city with their brand new album, this will be a date not to miss.
As well on February 3rd, Gigantour will make their usual stop to Montreal with headliner Megadeth, but also with old road dogs and metal legend Motorhead.
Please check the <<upcoming shows section of our website to see future concerts.
Friday, August 5th
Metallica at the Quebec summer festival...well what I have seen...
It was the beginning of spring. I had purchased my pass for the Quebec Summer Festival an finally, I got it through the mail.
A few months later, even if I had lost my job and was short of cash, I gathered the little money that I had, fuled up the car and drove 3 hours to get to Quebec City. I got to Quebec about 5 hours before the doors were scheduled to open.
Panels were pointing towards the line to enter and 3 km later, here I am waiting to enter the site.
Around 6h30 pm, the line starts moving and I figured that even if I was far behind the first persons in line I could make my way up once on the site since I was alone.
About a 100 feet before the gates, a police officer approched us and told us that the site might be closed due to overcrowding. I was surprised, but I knew that it had happened in the past years as the Festival sells more passes than the total capacity of the site. This is by the way the only Festival that I know of that uses that kind of practices.
I was at about 20 feet from the entrance when the order came to shut down the gates. At this moment, the police told us that we could watch the show from the back of the site on the giant screens. A few fans stayed at the gates wishing that the gate would reopened, but this never happened. At one point, the police mentionned again that places were available at the back of the screen. I decided to go to the back of the site and see how it was. I found myself in the middle of about 40 000 fans, on top of a hill with a semi blocked view of the screen.
At that point, I decided to walk back to my car and leave back to Montreal.
This roadtrip was a total waste of time and money. I do seriously think that the festival put in jeopardy the festival's integrity by selling more passes than the site can accomodate and I do not think that they realise how that practice could cause a potential security threat.
The festival excuse themselves by saying that the passes does not garanty the entrance to the site, which honnestly suprises me. I have never seen a purchased service not being garantied. Most of all, the passes were acquired through the Metallica Fan Club.
I had made excellent comment about the Quebec Summer Festival before, but this experience makes me doubt about the seriousness of the Festival and especially, their sense of customer service.
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