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The Circle Of 205: Swiss Sorceresses Fire Up The Masses At The Rainbow Bistro With Their All-Star Cast On April 22, 2026 Live photos by Andrew Depedro Hex!Hugs!Rock ‘n roll!Access (almost) all areas! Welcome to Witches Over America as it gives the ByWard Market a much-needed sweep courtesy of a howlingly wild gathering of local…
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Fire It Up! NWOBHM Firestarters Get Lit At The Rainbow On April 17, 2026 Photos By Andrew Depedro, KNAC Ottawa Correspondent Metal madness!Local support!Brave and efficient server’s assistants! You could take the live music events out of the much-missed/permanently-closed Brass Monkey, but you couldn’t take out their fire as this particular tour had alluded to,…
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Seasoning The Obese Steeltown Style: Sons Of Butcher Bring Their April Fools Tour To The Catacombs Of The House Of TARG With Special Guests Thunderkok And B.A. Johnston On April 4, 2026 Levity!Love!Lard!Late set times! ….and unquestionably, a concert bill that sounds like that it should be in reverse order. Three of Hamilton, Ontario’s lesser-known…
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Living His Life Like There’s No Tomorrow: Mammoth AKA Wolfgang Van Halen Lets The Fur Fly At His Hard Rock Casino Debut, Ottawa, Canada, March 7, 2026 Running!Cab rides!Finger tapping!And missing both the two opening acts and a possible case of pneumonia! It was a gamble when attempting to include an 8k jaunt with the…
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So Far, So Good, So Long? Thrash Legends Megadeth Take To The Killing Road One Last Time With Special Guests Anthrax And Exodus, Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa, Canada, March 1, 2026 Photos By Rob Silva Lights!Sounds!Drums!Guitars!And no 90’s dance remixes! On the same day that my sister also undertook her own farewell tour to her…
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Live Without The Net And All That Jazz: AST Plays All The Notes You’re Supposed To Hear AT The Brass Monkey ON November 16, 2025 Photos By Andrew Depedro Ironic how my first KNAC review since the much-heralded radio station resurfaced back both online and on terrestrial radio coincided with my first concert review at…
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Jukebox And CanCon College Rock Heroes Belt Out The Hits At TD Place On October 28th SAXON’s first full-length UK tour saw them co-headlining with the CLASH in 1979. REM once opened for RATT at a two-day arts &crafts festival in California in 1984. EXODUS and SUICIDAL TENDENCIES both opened for the RED HOT CHILI…