The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band is celebrating a 50th birthday this month, and PBS aired a BBC documentary called ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Musical Revolution,’ a few days ago. How popular were the Beatles in 1964? In the week ending April 4th, 1964, the Beatles had five songs in the Billboard Top 100. Did […]
How U2 Came to Be
Here are a few things about you too you may not have known about U2… In 1977 the band as we know as U2 was called ‘Feedback,’ then ‘Hype,’ and eventually evolved to ‘U2’ as its name. How did the boys come up with U2? Well one of Adam’s friends was a punk rocker by […]
Shawn Mendes’ Jam Packed July Tour Dates
Although Shawn Mendes is only 18, he’s accomplished a great deal in a matter of a few years. Born in Toronto and raised in suburban Pickering, ON, Shawn learned to play guitar via YouTube at the age of 13, writing and performing his own music at 15, then being discovered on Vine. Shawn admits John […]
The Weeknd Makes Huge Donation to Help in Uganda
The Weeknd has proven himself to be a man that loves to give back and just recently he proved that yet again. It has come out that he has donated $100,000 to a medical facility in Uganda! This medical center is one that focuses on children and maternity in Budondo. Rumor has it that it […]
Bruno Mars, Trey Songz and More to Perform at BET Awards
The BET Awards are going down June 25 and so it’s no surprise we’re starting to hear more about who will be doing what at this year’s show. Recently a great list of performers were announced and we wanted to share it with you. Bruno Mars, Trey Songz, Future, Tamar Braxton and Migos are set […]
Jimmie Johnson Takes Home 83rd Victory
How about a big shout out to driver and soon to be hall of famer Jimmie Johnson, earning the checkered flag in Dover. With his victory, Jimmie tied his hero, NASCAR Hall of Famer Cale Yarborough for that spot on the all-time win list. Jimmie was thrilled to have reached this level of success we’re […]
Jimmie Johnson se lleva la 83ª victoria
¿Qué tal un gran grito al conductor y pronto será sala de la fama Jimmie Johnson, ganando la bandera a cuadros en Dover. Con su victoria, Jimmie empató a su héroe, Cale Yarborough del Salón de la Fama de NASCAR para ese lugar en la lista de victorias de todos los tiempos. Jimmie estaba encantado […]
This Year’s Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame Inductees
America has its Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, its Song Writers Hall of Fame, and its Grammy Hall of Fame. Canada has its Juno Awards (their Grammy) and it’s Canadian Music Hall of Fame. Our dear friend to the north also has its Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame; that 2017 class has just been […]
Chris Cornell’s Suicide Not Due to Drugs
Chris Cornell took his own life not too long ago and since then people have been trying to find answers to their questions. One of those questions was if anything influenced his decision making during his final moments. According to a recent autopsy report, drugs were not the reason why he killed himself. This report […]
The Top Movies of 2017
2017 has been great to the movie business with multiple flicks out that crushed it at the box office. Most recently, Wonder Woman had a huge debut at the box office bringing in just over $100 million at theaters. This number is so huge that in just one weekend it ranks 12th so far this […]