What higher strategy to heat your soul in wintry climate than by testing a few of the hottest rock, pop, hip-hop and extra – from the likes of Bastille, Blue Rodeo, Inexperienced Day and Dinosaur Jr. – at lots of Montréal’s most superb venues? Let the next be your information to nice music and good occasions within the cool coming months.
Elevation Montréal, January 27 (Bell Centre) EDM followers get their New Yr’s prayers answered early when the primary version of Elevation Montréal brings the bass for an enormous dance partaaay. Delivered to you by the effective minds behind summer time dance music fest ÎleSoniq, Elevation will function headlining home duo DVBBS in addition to Australian bass duo Knife Get together and U.S. livetronica group Massive Gigantic.
Mogwai, January 31 (Théâtre St. Denis) Glaswegian post-rock monsters Mogwai make a uncommon Montréal look in help of their newest launch, Atomic, which consists of reworked variations of tunes they composed for the acclaimed 2016 BBC documentary Atomic: Dwelling in Dread and Promise. The soundtrack is claimed to “encapsulate the nightmare of the nuclear age.” Enjoyable!
Blue Rodeo, February eight (Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, Place des Arts) It’s all the time an excellent day when these legendary nation rockers come to city, and so February eight is shaping as much as be a terrific day. The band that has bought over 4 million albums within the final 30 years can be enjoying songs off their 14th studio album, 1,00zero Arms in one of many metropolis’s (nay, the nation’s) most prestigious soft-seater theatres.
I LOVE THE 90’S TOUR, February 16 (Bell Centre) Who doesn’t love the ’90s? Particularly whenever you get a loopy crew like Salt-N-Pepa, Colour Me Badd, Montell Jordan, Rob Base, Younger MC and C+C Music Manufacturing unit collectively on one stage to relive the dangerous (and by dangerous we imply good) previous days of hip-hop, R&B and pop. To not be missed.
Maroon 5, February 24 & 25 (Bell Centre) That is the make-up date (now make-up dates) for a present initially scheduled for September, however postponed because of the delivery of frontman Adam Levine’s daughter. The band’s newest album, V, debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Prime 200, and the only Maps set a document for the very best debut by a gaggle on Prime 40 radio charts worldwide in 18 years.
Billy Expertise, March 1 (Bell Centre) If raucous punk-influenced rockers Billy Expertise weren’t already the most effective, then how about this: $1 from each ticket bought on their present tour in help of latest album Afraid of Heights goes to help MusiCounts, a Canadian non-profit that gives faculties with musical devices.
Sting, March 6 (Metropolis) This presents a really, very uncommon alternative to catch the previous Police frontman in a venue that doesn’t usually home knowledgeable sports activities franchise. The two,400-capacity Metropolis will see Sting enjoying songs from his first rock/pop album in over a decade, 57th & 9th.
Dinosaur Jr., March 9 (Corona Theatre) Since their 2005 reformation, following a strong run of recognition from the mid-’80s by way of the ’90s, trailblazing Massachusetts alt-rockers Dinosaur Jr. have by no means seemed again. J. Mascis and Co. shall be shredding tunes from their 2016 launch, Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not.
Easy Plan, March 15 (Bell Centre) It will seem that singer Pierre Bouvier’s vocal chords obtained the doctor-ordered break that they wanted and the present, initially deliberate for final November 23, will certainly go on. Montreal’s pop-punk superstars headline the Bell Centre as a part of their rescheduled Taking One for the Staff tour.
The Lumineers, March 18 (Bell Centre) The Lumineers’ (inexplicable) tidal wave of recognition rolls ever onward unabated. Final yr’s single Ophelia, from newest album Cleopatra, ranked as the choice track with probably the most radio airplay in 2016. Go determine.
Inexperienced Day, March 22 (Bell Centre) These 2015 Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame inductees (whoda thunk!) don’t ever appear to lose a step, as greater than evidenced on raging punk rocker Bang Bang from final yr’s Revolution Radio full-length. You'll probably hear it when Inexperienced Day thunder into city with openers Towards Me!.
Bastille, March 26 (Bell Centre) And the month of March closes out with an look by, based on Rolling Stone, “Brit pop’s new crown princes,” Bastille. And who’s going to argue? The London-born four-piece, kicking off their Wild, Wild World Tour, now measure every thing in tens of millions.
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