Vampire Weekend with guest Dum Dum Girls & Beach House – Malkin Bowl, Stanley Park – August 28, 2010 Malkin Bowl is a diamond within the jewel that is Stanley Park in Vancouver. A small scale version of the Hollywood Bowl, Malkin has hosted a number of great concerts in addition to being home of Theatre…
Category: Concerts
KT Tunstall at Fairmont Pacific Rim
Summertime, friends, patios, martinis, music…what a perfect combination! That’s what we were treated to on Aug 25th at the Fairmont Pacific Rim as they along with EMI Music Canada a private performance by KT Tunstall in the Lobby Lounge. I was a bit sceptical at first of how a concert performance, even an acoustic set,…
Lady Gaga – Don’t Believe The Hype?
Lady Gaga – Rogers Arena – August 24, 2010 Perhaps one of the most anticipated concert events of the year blew through Vancouver for two shows. Unfortunately anticipation was the downfall of this concert for me. After reading and hearing about so many great things about Lady Gaga’s shows in other cities I had huge expectations for an amazing show. Of course being…
Fran Healy – Mr Nice Guy
Fran Healy – The Vogue Theatre – August 17, 2010 Without a doubt this has to be one of the most special shows I’ve ever been fortunate enough to attend (a big thank you to my friend, David). I’ve seen Travis on numerous tours but this was lead singer Fran Healy’s first solo journey into…
Chromeo – Won Over!
11Aug2010 – Chromeo at Commodore Ballroom (I forgot my camera so you’ll have to get a taste via the Momma’s Boy video instead) One word! Awesome! Such a fun show. I’d heard of and listened to Montreal based Chromeo a bit before and like their blend of retro style dance-pop so thought I’d take the…
Backsteet Boys w/ Dan Talevski & Shawn Desman
Backstreet Boys – Rogers Arena (formerly GM Place) – August 6, 2010 Friday night and thanks to a good friend I had two tickets to the Backstreet Boys show so May and I went off to our first show at the newly renamed Rogers Arena (the last event in the venue when named GM Place…
Summerfest at Lonsdale Quay
Andrew Allen – SummerFest at Lonsdale Quay – August 2, 2010 A beautiful, sunny BC Day was a perfect day for an excursion on the SeaBus to Lonsdale Quay in North Vancouver to catch Andrew Allen perform. Part of the SummerFest series of free outdoor concerts this was an opportunity to finally see this BC…