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Feb 9, 2021 · According to nearly every public recommendation available, the large-scale live music events that we're familiar with will be among the last types of gatherings to be allowed. Most...
- 2021: the biggest headlines in Canadian music | CBC Music
From the return of live music, to the Canadian artists who...
- 2021: the biggest headlines in Canadian music | CBC Music
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Jan 12, 2021 · Back in November, we brought you an overview of what 2020 was like for live music – closed venues, creative covid-safe live music solutions, and the major tours and festivals that are (re)scheduled for 2021 and beyond.
- What's Old Is New
- Avril's Back and Angsty as Ever
- Bieber Collaborating with Everyone
- The Weeknd Breaking Records
- The Juno Awards
- Jessie Reyez
- Return of Live Music
- Drake's Certified Hit
- Prairies Love at The Polaris Prize
- Bruce Liu's Prodigious Piano Performance
If there's one thing that TikTok has taught us, it's that what is old can be new again. Although no one could have predicted the return of a trend that was first popular in the 1800s. That's right — sea shanties. You couldn't swing a cat without hitting someone singing a sea shanty, or another cat for that matter. Thanks to TikTok, and perhaps a li...
TikTok also saw the return of the Princess of Pop Punk. That's right, Avril Lavigne posted her first TikTok, and used it to commemorate her 2002 hit song "Sk8rboi" with none other than sk8r dad Tony Hawk. But we would learn this was just the beginning, as Lavigne followed that up with a new single. Called "Bite Me," the song harkens back to her pop...
In 2021, our boy Justin Bieber continued to break records and break bread and, well, doughnuts — but more on that below. That's right, in March, Bieber's eighth album, Justice, led the artist to break a record set by Elvis Presley 59 years ago. With the strength of world-dominating songs like "Peaches," featuring Giveon and Daniel Caesar — a song s...
The Weeknd also continued to dominate everything music this year. Well, almost everything. The Grammys kicked off the year by completely snubbing the Weeknd, failing to give the singer or his record breaking song "Blinding Lights" a single nomination. That didn't slow Abel Tesfaye down though. In February, he became the first Canadian to play the S...
The Juno Awards were held in June, and the Weeknd became the first person to sweep the awards for artist, album, single and songwriter of the year — twice. He did it the first time in 2016, then again this year. Of course, he wasn't the only artist to shine brightly at the Junos, which celebrated the 30th anniversary of the rap recording of the yea...
Jessie Reyez also turned in a spellbinding performance with her flawless medley of "Do You Love Her" and "Before Love Came to Kill Us." Reyez's star was only seeming to get brighter as she was set to open for Billie Eilish on a sold-out world tour, which was unfortunately pushed back to 2022 due to COVID.
But not all live music was cancelled, and if 2021 taught concert organizers anything, it was how to work under new COVID restrictions. In the summer and fall, concerts returned both to the small stage and the big festival set, with events such as Montreal's Osheaga adjusting to the new norms in order to make sure the show would still go on.
Drake finally released his highly anticipated sixth studio album, Certified Lover Boy, which he'd been teasing to fans since 2019. The first single, "Way 2 Sexy," also featured a very choice sampleof a 1991 song by U.K. duo Right Said Fred, complete with a music video that you can't unsee. Even Kawhi Leonard didn't know how he got there. Whether yo...
Edmonton rapper Cadence Weapon won the prestigious Polaris Music Prize for Parallel World, an exploratory and moody rap album that uses references to Black experiences, histories and archives, which you can hear on songs like "Eye to Eye," which deals with racial profiling. In his acceptance speech, he also said he would use some of the prize money...
Canadians also came out on top in the classical world, particularly 24-year-old Bruce Liu from Montreal, who won first prize at the 18th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, arguably the most prestigious piano competition in the world. His inspired playing earned him a standing ovation, and you can see why. How about a round o...
Jan 13, 2020 · Billboard has compiled an ongoing list of major concerts and festivals that have been rescheduled for 2021 due to the outbreak. Rescheduled Shows in January. Jan. 28: The SWANS shifted their...
Depending on who you ask, live music will be back by Easter, or maybe the summer, but it could be the end of the year. And even with a vaccine, it will be a while before tours can go back to...
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Aug 8, 2021 · Returning to live performances has been a privilege with a price. From mid-June to the beginning of this month, I went to six live events — five concerts and a festival. Different sizes ...
