In The Future...Both Simon & Garfunkel Cancel; The Wilderness of Manitoba @ The WECC; And More

>> Friday 18 June 2010

First up, you know that Simon & Garfunkel MTS Centre show that was rescheduled to the same Thursday as Folk Fest (July 8th), thereby creating a big ol' conflict, especially since the Venn Diagram of Folk Fest attendees and Simon & Garfunkel fans would display some serious demographic overlap? Well, Simon & Garfunkel's tour has officially been nixed because Art Garfunkel is still ailing from what Live Nation dubbed, "a vocal paresis." Sounds like once he's all healed up - no time frame for recovery was given - the cancelled dates will be rescheduled (again).

So those FF/S&G loving fans originally planning to drive out to Bird's Hill on Wednesday, returning to Winnipeg on Thursday, then trekking back to Folk Fest can now emit a collective sigh of relief.

The Wilderness of Manitoba (who, despite the kinda misleading name, call Toronto home) and Newfoundland band The Mountains & The Trees play the West End Cultural Centre on July 31st. Hopefully WoM won't face a lawsuit like poor Caribou did.

Music Trader recently announced its Street Stage lineup for Canada Day. Bands featured this year include:

  • KING MINER
  • THE LYTICS
  • THE PAPERBACKS
  • TRUE HUSSARS
  • THE OKTARS
  • MR. McCURDY
  • THE THRASHERS
  • KIDS ON FIRE
  • THE BLOWHOLES
  • THE MYSTICS
  • CRABSKULL’S HOMETOWN INVASION SOUND SYSTEM

Canada Day falls on a Thursday this year. Hmm. Talk about a conflict. Might be calling in "sick" Friday.

And last but certainly not least, huge congrats to local singer-songwriter / Friend of PoS blog Greg MacPherson on being long-listed for this year's Polaris Prize, an accolade much, much deserved. The short list comes out July 6th.

Best of luck to him!

1 comments:

willlllllll,  19 June 2010 at 23:25  

as of last week, you can add wolf parade to the cancellation list too.
ridiculous.

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