More Weekend Concert Previews, Including A Concert Cancellation!!

Hey guys, before we kick off this second weekend concert preview post, we have a big cancellation to announce, as the planned Whiskey Shits concert at The Algonquin Pub on Saturday night has been cancelled, as per promoter J.D. Pearce on his personal Facebook page and the deletion of it's Facebook event page. Reportedly, The Whiskey Shits' van broke down, hence the cancellation, and while J.D. recommended to the venue that local openers The Red & Black and Haggith (replacing Sykotyk Rampage) still play there on Saturday, that is not official as of this writing. If we hear anything, we'll let you guys know, but for now, let's touch on more weekend concert previews for this weekend, so here's what you should know!

With the Whiskey Shits' cancellation, we'll add this weekend's Banned concerts in Michigan's Easter Upper Peninsula to this post (Exiled are coming tomorrow), as the Kinross classic/hard rock trio have a busy weekend lined up, with three shows coming up in three days! First, the Traynors and Wayne will make their first ever stop in Goetzville (an hour southeast of Sault Michigan) when they play a special Thursday night show at The Raber Bay Bar & Restaurant TONIGHT, followed by a more typical weekend set of shows at The Runway Bar in Hessel (a half hour west of Goetzville) TOMORROW & SATURDAY NIGHT, so if you're in those areas or up for a drive south, don't miss Banned's shows this weekend for some entertaining covers and originals! All three shows have 9:00 PM start times, 21+ age limits, and no announced cover charges

For more details, check the above links! It's nice to see Banned staying busy, and though I'm unsure of any special occasion to link with the Raber Bay Bar show TONIGHT, hopefully it goes well for this well traveled trio! For a preview of all three shows, here's the guys covering C.C.R.!

Next up, we'll head north to The Rockstar Bar, where Toronto-based AC/DC tribute band Who Made Who will return to Sault Ontario for another headlining night of high voltage rock 'n roll TOMORROW NIGHT! Last seen here at this venue in March, Who Made Who are definitely one of the most frequently seen tribute bands in our area, and with their faithful sounding and looking AC/DC experience, fans of theirs shouldn't miss Who Made Who in the Soo! I wonder if they've added AC/DC's new single "Play Ball" to their set? Tickets for tomorrow night will be $10 in advance at The Algonquin Hotel's front desk or $14 at the door, everything starts at around 10:00 PM, and you must be 19 to attend. For more details, visit the official Facebook event page! If past Who Made Who shows here are any indication, fans should be in for a great night of AC/DC classics tomorrow night, so join what should be a packed house then, and here's Who Made Who's promo video from last year!



Also scheduled for tomorrow night is the return of local classic/hard rock quartet Griphook to the stage, as they'll be rocking The Rednecks Saloon TOMORROW NIGHT! Believe it or not, this one-nighter will be Griphook's first local concert set since Rotaryfest in July, and their first usual bar concert since rocking the former Nicolet Tavern in April, so if you've missed the guys this year, now's a good chance to see this union of 100 Gran, Hollow, Bigsuit, and Gsis Murphy alumni back on stage! For the record, I don't know why they're not playing tomorrow night, but I haven't heard an announcement regarding a different act that night either. You can take in their varied & often heavy covers at The Rednecks Saloon tomorrow night at 10:00 PM, there is no announced cover charge, and you must be 19 to enter. For more details, visit the official Facebook event page, don't miss Griphook's first show of the fall/winter, and here's the guys covering Bad Company at Rotaryfest!



Lastly for announced hard rock shows in Sault Ontario TOMORROW NIGHT is Caveman Morrison frontman Tym Morrison's return to The Harp Bar & Grill for another one-night-only gig! After spending two of the last three weekends (including last week) away from the former Madison's Pub, Tym's ongoing weekly concert arrangement there returns to it's usual weekly schedule tomorrow night as he hosts (and plays at) their weekly jam night tomorrow night, though if you miss his usual double bookings there, he'll be playing next Friday and Saturday! For the better part of 11 months, Tym has been delivering reliably entertaining acoustic hard rock covers to The Harp, and tomorrow night will be no different from this prolific local veteran! There's no announced cover charge tomorrow night, everything starts at around 10:00 PM, and you must be 19 to attend. For more details, visit the official Facebook event page, and here's Tym live at Mill Square!



That's all for today, but stay tuned for the Exiled concert previews and more TOMORROW! Thanks everyone!

LOCAL CONCERT ALERTS (The Strange Coyotes, Griphook, And Banned), And More!!

For a second straight day, we have a short notice second post on the site, as like yesterday, there's a SHORT NOTICE LOCAL CONCERT ALERT for tonight that is linked to a public show from yesterday and is getting a fair amount of Facebook advertising! Also read on for full public LOCAL CONCERT ALERTS for next weekend and some more assorted notes, so here's what you need to know, and check out lots of VM Radio updates (and the new Tuned episode) in the post below this one! (Updated at 9:24 PM)

Remember how Blood Shed Productions & Heavy North Entertainment hosted a publically advertised house party concert last night on Weldon Avenue? Well, that show was reportedly cut short due to a Foggy's-esque noise complaint and police visit, which cancelled plans for a Strange Coyotes headlining set and forced Rotopsy to only play one song. With that in mind, promoters are giving a short notice second try at this show TONIGHT at a different location, though still centrally located! Once scheduled to be held at an Oakbine Avenue location, the show was moved back to it's original 110 Pentagon Boulevard location for unannounced reasons on very short notice. Hopefully things go smoother for everyone tonight, despite the location jumbling! All performers except Telephone & Address and Mikey Thomas are back for tonight, which will definitely see The Strange Coyotes headlining in their first announced show since confirming their reunion, with Rotopsy, Crucify The Whore, Brutaly Fatal, and a "surprise special guest appearance" also teased.

The Facebook event page has current details for this show, which is ALL AGES, will start at 8:00 PM tonight, and will have no announced cover. Don't miss out if you love the Blood Shed, and hopefully they don't have similar issues tonight! For a preview, here's The Strange Coyotes live in January!

Next up, Kinross, Michigan hard/classic rock trio Banned have announced a surprise show for this Thursday, as they'll make their first ever advertised appearance at The Raber Bay Bar 'N Restaurant in nearby Goetzville! Our source is Banned's Facebook page yesterday, which added the show to their existing fall calendar. We've never plugged a show in Goetzville before, so in case you didn't know, Goetzville is a small Chippewa County community that's roughly an hour southeast of the Soo and 24 minutes east of Cedarville, and was among the areas of the E.U.P. added when we expanded our coverage range on the site two years ago. Given the Thursday setting, I'm unsure on if there's a special occasion to cause the booking, but it adds to a busy weekend for them, as Banned will be at The Runway Bar in Hessel (a half hour west of Goetzville) over the next two nights. A 9:00 PM start time is in effect on Thursday, you must be 21 to attend, and there's no announced cover charge. See above for more info, and stay tuned for updates on their Raber Bay Bar show!

Also in new show announcements, local classic/hard rock cover quartet Griphook will apparently return to the stage this Friday at The Rednecks Saloon! Though the band has yet to confirm this show online, the marquee board outside of the former Nicolet Tavern has advertised it for at least the last few days, and that has proven to be a reliable source for accurate show dates in the past. If this booking is still on, this will be Griphook's first concert set of the fall, and their first outside of Rotaryfest since playing at Rednecks in April, so if you've been missing Joel, Brian, Dan, and Tony in recent months, you'll want to mark this Friday's show down for a night of entertaining and often heavy covers! No word on why they're not playing on Saturday though, but the marquee at the saloon didn't list that day's entertainment. There's no announced cover charge on Friday, you must be 19 to attend, and there's a likely 10:00 PM start time in effect. For more details, visit the above links, and if we hear any changes, we'll let you know!

Finally for today, here's three assorted shorter items from the last little while, and as usual, these are in alphabetical order by artist name:

• A new instrumental song by the aforementioned Crucify The Whore was uploaded to their new Bandcamp page earlier this week, which fans will want to check out, but due to a name that some readers may find offensive, we won't post it here. Give it a listen if you want, and note that their other demos can also be streamed there!
• I've removed The Guitar Studio from our "Other Sault Michigan Links" section due to the expiry of their website and only substantial online page. Featuring prolific local guitarist Joey Beairl among it's staff, The Guitar Studio was notable for providing both music lessons and a summer rock camp that spawned real youth rock bands such as Tantrym Tyme, but online updates have been slow in recent years. If a new link turns up, we'll re-add them to our listings!
• Our congratulations go out to Sailor's Tongue frontman Kyle McKey, who will be inducted into the Great Northern Opry of the Northern Ontario Country Music Association tonight during their annual awards ceremony! Kyle joins fellow hard rock alum Ric Datson (That's Chester) among the dozens of regional country notables in the opry. If you've followed all of Kyle's music work in the area, you'll know this is very deserving, so congratulations once again, and click here for more info!

That's all for today, but stay tuned for more news and updates in the next few days! Thanks everyone!