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Ice Sculptures, Paul Simon, J.T. & More!

Feb 9, 2018 | 11:13 AM

New concert information is awaiting you as you scroll down, but first we wanted to share some terrific photos from our Beach Radio Texters. James Bennett and his grandaughter took in the Snow Sculpture competition as part of Vernon Winter Carnival events. Here are just a few of the snow sculptures you can see up at Silverstar Mountain this weekend.

These two photos are of the winning sculpture.

Beach Radio Texter Rory White shared these photos of the hot-air balloons up on Saturday over Vernon as part of the 27th Annual North Okanagan Hot Air Festival. Rory says

Hey Mel. Yesterday I was heading out to a business meeting around 10 and soon as I went outside the door of my building I heard this loud whoosh and looked up in the balloon was right above me hitting the burner. Yesterday they made it out to the Landing area and I know at least two of them landed right at Fulton school so hopefully we get to see them again today (Sunday). Here’s a couple of pics of the balloons yesterda!”

Again we hope you’ll share your photos. Details at the bottom of this blog. Now for the latest concert listings from Live Nation:

 

PAUL SIMON
HOMEWARD BOUND – THE FAREWELL TOURWEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 2018
PEPSI LIVE AT ROGERS ARENA – VANCOUVER, BC
Doors:  7:00PM            Show:  8:00PMTICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9 @ 10AM

What is your favourite Paul Simon tune? Maybe it’s something from his Simon & Garfunkel days like music from The Graduate or maybe it’s You Can Call Me All. Remember this famous actor Chevy Chase was in the video for it!

 

Tickets available at www.livenation.com
Charge by Phone 1-855-985-5000

Tickets (incl. GST) $59.00, $89.00, $129.00, $189.00
(Plus Service charges)
**RESERVED SEATING / ALL AGES**

 

PAUL SIMON ANNOUNCES HOMEWARD BOUND – THE FAREWELL TOUR

Artist to stage ultimate concert performances in North America, UK and Europe, promising audiences an historic evening of career-spanning hits and timeless classics

Legendary songwriter, recording artist and performer Paul Simon, will embark on his farewell concert tour on May 16 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada at Rogers Arena. Homeward Bound – The Farewell Tour will encompass shows across North America, the United Kingdom and Europe, with Simon and his band bringing to the stage a stunning, career-spanning repertoire of timeless hits and classic songs which have permeated and influenced popular culture for generations.

According to Simon, the Homeward Bound tour is a fitting culmination of a performing career that began in the early 1960s and has coincided with his artistic journey as a songwriter and recording artist until the present day.

He said of this farewell tour, “I’ve often wondered what it would feel like to reach the point where I’d consider bringing my performing career to a natural end. Now I know: it feels a little unsettling, a touch exhilarating and something of a relief. I love making music, my voice is still strong, and my band is a tight, extraordinary group of gifted musicians. I think about music constantly. I am very grateful for a fulfilling career and, of course, most of all to the audiences who heard something in my music that touched their hearts.”

Having created a distinctive and beloved body of work that includes 13 studio albums, plus five studio albums as half of Simon & Garfunkel, Paul Simon is the recipient of 16 Grammy Awards, three of which—Bridge over Troubled Water, Still Crazy after All These Years, and Graceland—were Album of the Year honorees. In 2003, he received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award for his work in Simon & Garfunkel, and has sold more than 100 million records worldwide.

During his unparalleled career, Simon has achieved 29 Top 40 singles in the U.S. alone, with 14 of those reaching the Top 10 or higher, including “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover” (which reached #1), “Kodachrome,” “Loves Me Like A Rock,” “Mother and Child Reunion,” “Late In The Evening,” “You Can Call Me Al” and many others. With Simon & Garfunkel, he wrote and performed the #1 singles, “The Sound of Silence,” “Mrs. Robinson,” “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” and numerous other timeless hits.

Paul Simon is a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame and has been inducted into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame, both as a member of Simon & Garfunkel and as a solo artist. Simon was a recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors in 2002 and was named one of Time magazine’s “100 People Who Shape Our World” in 2006. In 2007, Simon was awarded the inaugural Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, which recognizes the profound and positive effect of popular music on the world’s culture. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2011. And in 2012, he was named the recipient of the prestigious Polar Music Prize along with classical cellist Yo-Yo Ma.

Simon’s philanthropic work includes the co-founding of the Children’s Health Fund (CHF), which donates and staffs 53 mobile medical units that bring health care to low-income children and their families in urban and rural locations around the United States. Since its inception in 1987, CHF has provided more than 3 million doctor/patient visits.

Throughout his career, Simon has also raised millions of dollars for worthy causes as varied as Autism Speaks, The Nature Conservancy, CURE, Tibet House and the E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation’s Half-Earth Project, which is committed to stopping the species extinction crisis by conserving half the planet’s lands and oceans.

 

 

JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE ANNOUNCES EUROPEAN & U.K. DATES AND NEW NORTH AMERICAN LEG TO PREVIOUSLY SOLD OUT THE MAN OF THE WOODS TOUR

Over 450,000 Tickets Already Sold in North America Alone
With Second Shows Already Confirmed in 10 Cities!

 

 

 

Los Angeles, CA (February 5, 2018) – Following the release of his highly anticipated album Man of the Woods and his epic Pepsi Super Bowl LII Halftime Show performance, Justin Timberlake has announced European and U.K. The Man Of The Woods Tour dates, as well as a second leg of North American dates due to sell out shows. European and U.K. dates will kick off June 22 in Paris and make 16 stops including London, Amsterdam, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Berlin, and more.

In addition to second shows already announced in 10 North American cities, Timberlake will add a new fall leg with an additional 31 new shows across the U.S. and Canada including second and third shows in Chicago, Toronto, New York City, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington, Houston, Dallas, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Atlanta and Memphis.  A slew of new cities have also been announced for the new leg including Milwaukee, St. Paul, Portland, Lexington, Buffalo, New Orleans, Omaha, Kansas City, St. Louis, Indianapolis, Charlotte, San Antonio, Oklahoma City, Denver, Edmonton, Vancouver, Quebec City, and Ottawa.

The Man Of The Woods Tour has already sold over 450,000 tickets across previously announced North American dates. Produced by Live Nation Global Touring, Wright Entertainment Group, LBI Entertainment & Tennman Touring, the North American outing kicks off March 13 in Toronto.

Timberlake’s fourth studio album Man Of The Woods was released on Friday, February 2. Yesterday, he performed for the third time at the most watched musical event of the year, the Pepsi Super Bowl LII Halftime Show. Timberlake’s last tour was the critically acclaimed The 20/20 Experience World Tour, which sold out arenas and stadiums around the globe in 2013 and 2014.

 

JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE THE MAN IN THE WOODS TOUR

 

NEW DATES ANNOUNCED – NORTH AMERICA!

4-November                  Edmonton, AB               Rogers Place                            On sale Feb. 12
8-November                  Vancouver, BC             Rogers Arena                           On sale Feb. 12

For Complete Tour, Ticket and VIP Package Information visit: JustinTimberlake.com

This concert info courtesy of Warner Music

THE SHEEPDOGS

Sat, Feb 17                              CJ’s (Kamloops)                                  Jelly Events

Sun, Feb 18                              Kelowna Community Thtre                Live Nation

 

JIM CUDDY/WMC

Sat, Feb 24                              Vernon Performing Arts Centre                        Live Nation

 

GLASS TIGER/HALO            (opening for JOHNNY REID)

Mon, March 5                          Sandman Centre (Kamloops)

Tues, March 6                          Prospera Place (Kelowna)

BIG WRECK/WMC

Mon, March 5                          Kelowna Community Thtre.

 

MATTHEW GOOD                (co-headline with OUR LADY PEACE)

SFri, March 30                          Prospera Place (Kelowna)                   Live Nation

Sat, March 31                          Abbotsford Centre                             Live Nation

 

OUR LADY PEACE/COA                 (co-headline with MATTHEW GOOD)

Fri, March 30                            Prospera Place (Kelowna)                   Live Nation

Sat, March 31                          Abbotsford Centre                             Live Nation

 

Today’s New Music Releases…

David Duchovny – “Every Third Thought”

Franz Ferdinand – “Always Ascending”

Sister Hazel – “Water” (seven-song EP)

Various – “Black Panther: The Album”

Various – “Fifty Shades Freed Official Soundtrack”

Today’s New Music Reissues…

Jethro Tull – “Heavy Horses: New Shoes Edition” (1978 album with two live discs)

John Kay & Steppenwolf – “Steppenwolf at 50” (three CDs)

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – “San Francisco Serenades” (three-CD set of 1997 show)

Toto – “Greatest Hits: 40 Trips Around the Sun”

Various – “Stax Singles, Volume 4: Rarities & Best of the Rest”

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Hope you enjoy some great music and the last weekend of Vernon Winter Carnival activities.

Melanie.