Concerts

Legendary Japanese musician DJ KRUSH will be at Fortune Sound Club Feb. 26th and Timbre Concerts and VancityBuzz want you to go. It’s simple, to enter just tweet the following:

Update: A second show has just been added. Tickets go on sale for that show on February 13th as well.

With her record shattering halftime performance at Super Bowl XLVI (viewed by a record 114 million people) still fresh in peoples minds, details of the Madonna 2012 World Tour have been announced. It begins May 29 in Tel Aviv, Israel and touches down in Vancouver on September 29 at Rogers Arena. Surprised that she isn’t playing B.C. Place Stadium. This show will sell out, tickets go on sale February 13th via Live Nation.

Vancouver party enthusiasts: Ring in the new year with 5,000+ of your closest friends at one of the city’s biggest NYE parties. Solid Entertainment presents SOLID NYE bringing a stellar lineup of DJs and music-makers including Tiesto ‘The Greatest DJ Of All Time’ alongside superstar Gareth Emery, BassJackers and rising house star Otto Knows at the Pacific Coliseum. You can still buy tickets here.

Come celebrate New Year’s Eve at Western Canada’s premium venues for electronic dance music and count in the new year with good beats.

We’re giving away a pair of tickets to the event!

Any hint of frustration you might have felt after the 50 minute delay, mostly due to massive lineups and rigorous security search for cameras (quite pointless in the era of smartphone), would have melted away once the lights went out and the funky royalty appeared on the stage. No matter what you think about him, his ego or his sometimes eccentric behavior, one thing is undeniable – never in history of music has that much charisma been packed in such a small bundle.

This past week was quite possibly the best for Vancouver music fans in a long, long time. For many, it culminated with the crowning of the number 1 party rock DJ in the world at the RedBull Thre3style World Finals. The finals took place in the famous Commodore Ballroom last night in Vancouver and the winner was Vancouver’s own DJ Hedspin!

Sting kicked off his long weekend in Vancouver last night with an amazing 2 hr + performance in front of a sold out crowd at the Queen Elisabeth Theatre. There are 2 more shows scheduled and it’s possible that there are tickets still available for Saturday’s one.