Upcoming Concert Statuses, A New Live-Streamed Concert, And More!!
A new month is upon us, so let's kick things off with our 47th straight daily post at the SMS, though we might as well address the ongoing concert cancellation & postponement slate to start. Given the pessimistic reports about the future of concerts in general in 2020, you could infer a lot more than this, but these are just shows to firmly be called off by the bands or promoters online. For one, the Queen: It's A Kinda Magic tribute concert at The Sault Community Theatre Centre on June 17th has been postponed, so click here or contact the former Kiwanis Theatre for details on refunds. On April 16th, Hamilton hardcore punk band Pantychrist announced on their Facebook page that their upcoming tour (including the Rockstar Bar stop on June 1st) "is not looking good", and while they stopped short of calling dates off then, they promised to keep fans updated. As of this writing, other local hard rock/punk concerts through June 2020 have not visibly been cancelled on social media, though expect that to change.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford did advise last week that concerts will "continue to be restricted for the foreseeable future" (source here), and I'm not getting into the divisive back-and-forth in Michigan right now, but I will keep you guys posted as word rolls in on upcoming concerts, as I don't think we're anywhere near done for concert cancellations this year, sadly.
We'll close today with an update video from local/Thompson, Manitoba solo alt-hard rock musician Mike Haggith's Facebook page yesterday, which starts with the news that this year's Nickel Days festival (basically Thomspon's Rotaryfest equivalent) and the Blueberry Jam Music Gathering in Flin Flon, Manitoba have both been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Of course, Mike was slated for both events, and he had played at Nickel Fest the last two years, so this is a bummer for him & fans out west! The rest of the video is good news, as he plugged tomorrow's #LockdownLive concert at home (which will be themed around covers that impacted Mike in the past) and his planned "If Ever Comes The Day" at-home release show on May 15th, with the #LockdownLive series tentatively scheduled for every Saturday until he's back to work. Tune in tomorrow night on his Facebook page for "The Cover Story", and watch the full update video below!
That's all for today, but stay tuned for this month's "Where Are The New Albums?" post on the site tomorrow! Thanks everyone!
...Little Texas' "What Might Have Been", Carly Simon's "Nobody Does It Better", Extreme's "More Than Words", The Beatles' "Blackbird", Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'", Night Ranger's "Sister Christian", Skid Row's "I Remember You" (well, part of it), Ozzy Osbourne's "Crazy Train", The Beatles' "Lady Madonna", Extreme's "Hole Hearted", his own original "The Hard Stone", Bryan Adams' "Summer of '69", Paul McCartney's "Maybe I'm Amazed", Lonestar's "Amazed", The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's "Fishin In' The Dark", and Journey's "Open Arms". With four exceptions, every song from Tym's abbreviated Tuesday show returned here, so if you want to see those songs with smooth video quality, keep this one in mind! As usual, Tym's performances are great, especially for fans of the covered songs, including more of a Beatles this time, so give everything a watch below, and look for his likely 10th & 11th live-streamed concerts next week!
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