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Music Trophies Handed Out During Canadian Screen Awards

More than 40 trophies were handed out Saturday, at a pre-show gala, and Sunday during the CBC televised ceremony at the Four Season’s Centre for the Performing Arts. Highlights pertinent to musicians and the music biz:

Achievement in Music: Howard Shore for Maps To The Stars, David Cronenberg’s satirical drama about a child star and a washed up actress.

Achievement in Music: Manjeet Ral, Parmjit Sarai for Dr. Cabbie, and the song “Dal Makhani.” The Bollywood-style Rom-Com tells the story of an Indian doctor who emigrates to Canada and runs into red tape that leads him to become a taxi driver.

Achievement in Overall Sound: Greg Chapman, Peter Persaud, Andrew Stirk, Andrew Tay, Mark Zsifkovits – Pompeii.

Achievement in Sound Editing: Steve Baine, Kevin Banks, Stephen Barden, Fred Brennan, Alex Bullick, J.R. Fountain, Kevin Howard, Jon Mooney, Jill Purdy – Pompeii.

Ted Rogers Best Feature Length Documentary Award: Super Duper Alice Cooper – Sam Dunn, Reginald Harkema, Scot McFadyen. Celebrated Toronto production firm Banger Films earns kudos for its fast, funny and stylized tale of Vincent Furnier’s journey from preacher’s son to the shock rock superstar known as Alice Cooper.

Best Editing in a Feature Length Documentary: Reginald Harkema, Alex Shuper –- Super Duper Alice Cooper.

‘You Have To Be Bored’: Dan Deacon On Creativity

I understand there’s a great story behind the song “Learning to Relax.”

Yeah. I was doing what I thought was relaxing, but was actually just killing time: I was on Facebook. And a friend of mine posted a video from the Toronto Film Festival of Bill Murray talking about his approach to acting — or his philosophy about life, I guess. And it just completely blew me away, because he said, “Whatever your job is, the more relaxed you are, the better you are.

And to me this was just like, “What are you talking about? I forgot that word even existed!” Because I very much was a person who was motivated by stress; I would use a deadline as a motivator. I think a lot of people do that, where they’re like, “I’ll just wait until the last minute, and that’ll light a fire underneath me and I’ll get it done.” And I just kept thinking, “Well, that’s a terrible way to live. Why am I building a house and lighting a fire in the basement just to see if I can finish the roof before it burns down my whole house?”

I started realizing how important it is to truly relax, and in relaxing, to be bored. You have to be bored. If you’re not bored, your mind is never gonna wander, and if your mind never wanders, you’re never gonna get lost in thought, and you’re never gonna find yourself thinking things you wouldn’t have otherwise thought.

Via NPR

Canadian Arts/Media Job Posts For March 2, 2015

The Oakville Chamber Orchestra is a registered charity and not for profit organization. They have been providing classical music to the community since 1984. Their mandate is to promote the arts and music to or community with a special emphasis on youth. They are seeking an enthusiastic and highly capable General Manager to provide support to the Board and musicians.

RBC in Toronto, ON has an opening for a Director, Wealth Management and Insurance Communications.

Naked News is currently looking to for a full time writer for their Toronto studio. You should understand the flow and feel of a television broadcast, and be comfortable writing across a broad range of genres including news, sports, entertainment, technology, etc.

The Kidney Foundation of Canada Manitoba Branch is seeking a Program Coordinator.

TIFF, a vibrant not-for-profit arts organization, is accepting applications for the full-time position of Receptionist.

Charming Media is looking for an intermediate public relations professional (2-3 years of PR experience) to join their team on a three month contract, starting in March 2015.

MA Talent is North America’s fastest growing live entertainment booking agency for Juno award winning and internationally established artists. Due to recent exponential growth, they are seeking highly motivated individuals with a strong sales background to become booking agents.

The Skylar Creative Team is looking for a Graphic Designer with production + prepress knowledge/experience for full time employment. The graphic designer is responsible for delivering against a wide range of design mandates in a fast paced environment.

TIFF, a vibrant not-for-profit arts organization, is accepting applications for the full-time position of Coordinator, Adult Learning.

Sheridan College’s Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences is looking for an outstanding and creative individual to join our faculty team. The Professor will be responsible for curriculum leadership and teaching in the area of Literary and Cultural Studies within the School of Communication and Literary Studies.

Concord Pacific in Vancouver has an opening for a Marketing and Public Relation Officer.

Joe Fresh is a leading source for modern style and accessible design, offering comprehensive lifestyle collections for men, women and children. They have an opening for a Marketing Manager, Joe Fresh responsible for providing support and follow up for Joe Fresh Apparel and Beauty at Loblaw in helping achieve sales goals.

McGill University has an opening for a Director to lead the Concerts and Publicity unit, which provides concert and event production and management services, as well as marketing, communications and external relations for the Schulich School of Music.

680 CJOB has an opportunity for a Part Time News Announcer in their Winnipeg station to help cover shifts as required. Reporting to the News and Brand Director, the successful candidate will be responsible for compiling and presenting news on 680 CJOB.

TIFF, a vibrant not-for-profit arts organization, is accepting applications for the contract position of Manager, Industry Programming.

925 Fresh Radio has an exciting opportunity and are searching for the best and most unique talent to be part of their amazing team in Edmonton.

Lakeshore Arts is a not for profit local arts service organization (LASO) who uses the arts as a means to engage, entertain, educate and inspire, and they’re looking for a Program Manager.

Today’s Best Country, Country 101.1 Ottawa, is looking for their next Morning Show. This is a dream gig in a dream City for Country fans.

The Banff Centre is Canada’s creative leader in arts and culture, and they’re looking for a Summer Program Assistant.

PTPA Media in Vaughan, ON has an opening for a Sales Rep. The ideal candidate will be whip smart, have boundless energy and be able to build a strong rapport with small business owners and Fortune 500 key decision makers alike. You must have a positive, can-do attitude and be eager to contribute to the growth of the company beyond sales figures.

Asterisk is a full-service production company that produces digital content for some of North America’s most notable brands. An account coordinator is needed to join their team of creatives for a two-month contract with a potential full-time extension.

Next Issue – the country’s leading-edge, all-you-can-read subscription digital magazine service is looking for a Quebec Content and Engagement Manager to support French language services This is an exciting position, based in Montreal, for an innovative marketer with a love of content who can engage our Quebec users.

Asterisk is a full-service production company that produces digital content for some of North America’s most notable brands, and they have an opening for a Motion Graphics Designer.

Toronto’s 680News is seeking a Part-Time Audio Editor.

Algonquin College has an opening for a Budget Office, reporting to the Supervisor, Academic Operations & Planning the incumbent is responsible for the preparation, analysis and interpretation of finance information related to Applied Research and Innovation, Community Partnerships & Engagement and the Academic Schools.

Rock 105.3 – CKMH is seeking a Part Time Promotions Coordinator to assist the Promotions Director. Reporting to the Program Director at Medicine Hat this individual will be responsible for a variety of duties in the Rock 105.3 Promotions Department.

Inside Fitness Magazine in Oakville, ON is looking for a Graphic Designer to assist in the design, layout, and organization of articles and departments to appear both the print and in the online version of the magazine.

Sun Media in St. Catharines, ON is seeking a candidate who will find and capture compelling stories and features and who will thrive in a deadline-driven environment to produce content for our newspaper and online products.

Corus Entertainment has an exciting opportunity for a part-time News Reader in their Edmonton office. Reporting to the News Director and the Assignment Editor, the successful candidate will be responsible for news content and delivery as required on iNews 880 and/or 630 CHED.

The Rogers Sault Ste. Marie Radio Group is a leader in providing consultation and comprehensive marketing plans to help businesses grow. They are ready to add to our winning team and are seeking for a highly motivated, creative and dynamic individual to join them. The right individual will be a self-starter with excellent people skills and a must win attitude. They enjoy a challenge and understand that with hard work come great rewards. The successful candidate will innovate and grow their own account list as an Account Manager for KiSS 100.5 & Country 104.3.

FunnyFest in Calgary, AB has an opening for a Co-ordinator media relations.

Sportsnet 590 The FAN is seeking a Part-Time Sportscaster. Reporting to the Assistant Program Director, this talented individual will play a strong role as part of dynamic team, delivering sportscasts up to 4 times per hour.

570 News radio in Kitchener is looking for an experienced broadcaster to fulfill the duty of a Saturday to Wednesday Full Time News Anchor/Reporter position that has come open.

Rogers TV is currently looking for a Supervising Producer who will be responsible for our operations in Barrie and surrounding areas. The ideal candidate will be an innovative and results-oriented individual, who thrives on teamwork and collaboration. This position requires a dynamic individual with strong organizational, multi-tasking and communications skills. It’s a big, complicated and incredibly rewarding job.

Mandarin’s headquarters is currently looking to hire a Marketing Coordinator/Marketing Assistant (dependent on the successful candidate’s level of experience and their qualifications).

Margaret Atwood’s 10 Rules Of Writing

1. Take a pencil to write with on aeroplanes. Pens leak. But if the pencil breaks, you can’t sharpen it on the plane, because you can’t take knives with you. Therefore: take two pencils.
2. If both pencils break, you can do a rough sharpening job with a nail file of the metal or glass type.
3. Take something to write on. Paper is good. In a pinch, pieces of wood or your arm will do.
4. If you’re using a computer, always safeguard new text with a ­memory stick.
5. Do back exercises. Pain is distracting.
6. Hold the reader’s attention. (This is likely to work better if you can hold your own.) But you don’t know who the reader is, so it’s like shooting fish with a slingshot in the dark. What ­fascinates A will bore the pants off B.
7. You most likely need a thesaurus, a rudimentary grammar book, and a grip on reality. This latter means: there’s no free lunch. Writing is work. It’s also gambling. You don’t get a pension plan. Other people can help you a bit, but ­essentially you’re on your own. ­Nobody is making you do this: you chose it, so don’t whine.
8. You can never read your own book with the innocent anticipation that comes with that first delicious page of a new book, because you wrote the thing. You’ve been backstage. You’ve seen how the rabbits were smuggled into the hat. Therefore ask a reading friend or two to look at it before you give it to anyone in the publishing business. This friend should not be someone with whom you have a ­romantic relationship, unless you want to break up.
9. Don’t sit down in the middle of the woods. If you’re lost in the plot or blocked, retrace your steps to where you went wrong. Then take the other road. And/or change the person. Change the tense. Change the opening page.
10. Prayer might work. Or reading ­something else. Or a constant visual­isation of the holy grail that is the finished, published version of your resplendent book.

Via The Guardian

Red Hot Chili Peppers’ First time on TV back in 1984

Here are the Red Hot Chili Peppers making their first TV appearance back in 1984. The show was Alan Thicke’s Thicke of the Night (and yes, that’s Robin of Blurred Lines’ dad.)

http://youtu.be/jZRdjZFffnQ

Fox Searchlight release 1990s-style Birdman action figure television commercial

Hey kids! You too can now defeat Birdman’s arch-nemesis The Condor with this spiffy Birdman Action Figure! Batteries not included. Fox Searchlight has released a fantastic 1990s-style Birdman action figure television commercial to celebrate the film‘s recent “Best Picture” Oscar win.

March 3rd is International Ear Care Day

1.1 billion teenagers and young adults are at risk of developing hearing loss due to the unsafe use of personal audio devices and exposure to damaging levels of sound in noisy entertainment venues, according to the World Health Organization. Under the theme “Make Listening Safe”, WHO draws attention to the rising problem of noise-induced hearing loss due to recreational exposure to loud sounds.

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Data from studies in middle- and high-income countries analysed by WHO indicate that among teenagers and young adults aged 12-35 years, nearly 50% are exposed to unsafe levels of sound from the use of personal audio devices and around 40% are exposed to potentially damaging levels of sound at entertainment venues. Unsafe levels of sounds can be, for example, exposure to in excess of 85 decibels (dB) for eight hours or 100 dB for 15 minutes.

“As they go about their daily lives doing what they enjoy, more and more young people are placing themselves at risk of hearing loss,” notes Dr Etienne Krug, World Health Organization (WHO) Director for the Department for Management of Noncommunicable Diseases, Disability, Violence and Injury Prevention. “They should be aware that once you lose your hearing, it won’t come back. Taking simple preventive actions will allow people to continue to enjoy themselves without putting their hearing at risk.”

Safe listening depends on the intensity or loudness of sound, and the duration and frequency of listening. Exposure to loud sounds can result in temporary hearing loss or tinnitus which is a ringing sensation in the ear. When the exposure is particularly loud, regular or prolonged, it can lead to permanent damage of the ear’s sensory cells, resulting in irreversible hearing loss.

WHO recommends that the highest permissible level of noise exposure in the workplace is 85 dB up to a maximum of eight hours per day. Many patrons of nightclubs, bars and sporting events are often exposed to even higher levels of sound, and should therefore considerably reduce the duration of exposure. For example, exposure to noise levels of 100 dB, which is typical in such venues, is safe for no more than 15 minutes.

Teenagers and young people can better protect their hearing by keeping the volume down on personal audio devices, wearing earplugs when visiting noisy venues, and using carefully fitted, and, if possible, noise-cancelling earphones/headphones. They can also limit the time spent engaged in noisy activities by taking short listening breaks and restricting the daily use of personal audio devices to less than one hour. With the help of smartphone apps, they can monitor safe listening levels. In addition they should heed the warning signs of hearing loss and get regular hearing checkups.

Governments also have a role to play by developing and enforcing strict legislation on recreational noise, and by raising awareness of the risks of hearing loss through public information campaigns. Parents, teachers and physicians can educate young people about safe listening, while managers of entertainment venues can respect the safe noise levels set by their respective venues, use sound limiters, and offer earplugs and “chill out” rooms to patrons. Manufacturers can design personal audio devices with safety features and display information about safe listening on products and packaging.

To mark International Ear Care Day, celebrated each year on March 3rd, WHO is launching the “Make Listening Safe” initiative to draw attention to the dangers of unsafe listening and promote safer practices. In collaboration with partners worldwide, WHO will alert young people and their families about the risks of noiseinduced hearing loss and advocate towards governments for greater attention to this issue as part of their broader efforts to prevent hearing loss generally.

Worldwide, 360 million people today have moderate to profound hearing loss due to various causes, such as noise, genetic conditions, complications at birth, certain infectious diseases, chronic ear infections, the use of particular drugs, and ageing. It is estimated that half of all cases of hearing loss are avoidable. To address this issue, WHO collates data and information on hearing loss to demonstrate its prevalence, causes and impact as well as opportunities for prevention and management; assists countries to develop and implement programmes for hearing care that are integrated into the primary health-care system; and provides technical resources for training health workers.

The dangers of digital: Brian Eno on technology and modern music

“It’s very difficult, and it’s continually under debate actually,” said Eno. “It doesn’t just apply with African recordings. It’s a problem everybody is having at the moment. Do I resist the temptation to perfect this thing? What do I lose by perfecting it? It’s difficult. Because now it is possible to mend anything, correct anything. The rhythm’s a bit out on that bar? OK, we’ll just stretch it a little bit. We can quantize everything now, we can quantize audio so the beat is absolutely perfect. We can sort of do and undo everything. And of course, most of the records we like, all of us, as listeners, are records where people didn’t do everything to fix them up and make them perfect.

“So the question that everybody’s asking is, is it getting any better as a result of all this? But it’s such a hard temptation to resist. You’re recording a song and find a note that is really quite out of tune. In the past, you’d have said, it’s a great performance, so we’ll just live with it. What you do now is retune that note. So you’re always asking yourself, have we lost something of the tension of the performance, of the feeling of humanity and vulnerability and organic truth or whatever, by making these corrections? It does make you question the role of new technology in the studio. And, of course, there are all sorts of reactions against it. You have Jack White with his studio in Nashville, which is all analogue, he doesn’t have any digital equipment in there. And I’ve worked with bands who’ve said, we’re going back to tape. They’ve got in all the stuff, 24-track recorders, all the gear – but within half a day they’re saying, fuck, we can’t edit this stuff. They’re just not used to working that way.

“There’s a very interesting exercise, I don’t know if you’ve ever tried it, not to use cmd-Z when you’re writing something. I write quite a lot on a Mac and like everybody I go back and change things. If you say to yourself, today I’m going to write exactly as if I was sitting in front of a piece of paper and writing – Jesus, it’s a whole different mind-set. Because you have to start thinking before you start writing. It’s really hard to go back to that. I’m not saying there is any advantage in going back to it, it’s just interesting to try it, to remind yourself of how completely you are now part of this new technology of writing.”

Via The Vinyl Factory

Q&A with Rolf Potts, author of the upcoming 33 1/3 on The Geto Boys

Rolf Potts is a journalist, essayist, and travel writer who has reported from more than sixty countries around the world. He is the author of two books, Vagabonding, and Marco Polo Didn’t Go There. His writing has also appeared in venues such as The New Yorker, The Atlantic, National Geographic Traveler, Salon.com, Slate.com, Sports Illustrated, The Best Creative Nonfiction, and The Best American Travel Writing.

His adventures have taken him across six continents, and include driving a Land Rover across the Americas, piloting a fishing boat 900 miles down the Laotian Mekong, and traveling around the world for six weeks with no luggage or bags of any kind. His research for 33 1/3 took him to Fifth Ward, Texas, the inner-city area northeast of downtown Houston that gave rise the Geto Boys and their pioneering gangsta rap sound.

What, in particular, drew you to writing about this album?

I discovered The Geto Boys in college, and I became obsessed with their demented depiction of life in Houston’s Fifth Ward. At the time I was also a fan of Nirvana, a band whose Nevermind album has curious parallels to The Geto Boys. Both albums were major-label debuts by acts that had first been signed by regional indie labels (Seattle’s Sub Pop, Houston’s Rap-A-Lot), and both explored themes of rage and nihilism, albeit from different ends of the tonal spectrum. Perhaps most significantly, both Nevermind and The Geto Boys demonstrated that young men from backwaters like Aberdeen, Washington and Fifth Ward, Texas could tweak the stagnated assumptions of the rock and rap establishment and help nudge popular music into edgier new directions. Though Nevermind was probably more influential to my musical tastes than The Geto Boys, I never considered visiting Aberdeen. Grunge music was by definition an expression of the Pacific Northwest, but it wasn’t necessarily about the Pacific Northwest. Hip-hop, on the other hand, depicted sense of place with street-level specificity. Just as previous generations of young men had read swashbuckling pulp-travel narratives and dreamed of seeing Borneo or Siberia, I listened to the lurid lyrics of the Geto Boys and grew intrigued with the world behind the world they described.

After graduating college I worked as a landscaper in the Pacific Northwest for one year to save money for an eight-month van trip around North America. Seeing Houston’s Fifth Ward was my main impetus for stopping in Texas, and the experiences I had when I arrived there tweaked my assumptions in a complicated way. My book started out as an inquiry into why The Geto Boys inspired me to take that journey.

Via 333Sound

Madonna Announces 2015 Rebel Heart Tour

The list of Madonna concert dates for her highly anticipated 35-city ‘Rebel Heart’ Tour were officially announced today by Live Nation with the opening night scheduled for August 29th in Miami, Florida.  Additional performances to follow include New York, LA, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, Vancouver, Montreal and several other cities including San Juan, Puerto Rico.  Following the North American leg of the Rebel Heart Tour, Madonna will begin the UK/European series of dates on November 4th in Koln, Germany with stops in major cities including Barcelona, London, Paris and Glasgow amongst others. A complete list of tour dates follow this release. Tickets for The Rebel Heart Tour go on sale starting Monday, March 9th.  Additional tour dates for Asia and Australia are expected to be announced soon.  The Rebel Heart Tour is produced by Live Nation Global Touring.

“Madonna continues to be one of the most successful  touring artists in history – her shows are legendary and we are thrilled to have her going back on tour,” Arthur Fogel, President – Global Touring and Chairman – Global Music.

The “Rebel Heart” Tour follows the March 9th release of Madonna’s Rebel Heart album on Interscope Records (Germany and Japan March 6;  Europe/UK March 9; North America March 10).   Rave reviews for Madonna’s 13th studio album include: The Sun (UK) “The Queen of Pop will reign again – Madonna is about to release her best album in 17 years and one of the greatest of her career.”  NY Times:  “They won’t experience the celebrity of Madonna the fashion statement but the Madonna who has kept us listening for decades:  Madonna the musician”.

Following Madonna’s stunning performance on the Grammys®, three songs from Rebel Heart topped the Global iTunes Chart.   The multi-Grammy® winner’s s current single “Living For Love” is at No. 1 on the Billboard Dance Charts – her 44th time at the top spot.  Madonna also recently performed on The Brits in London and is scheduled to appear and perform on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in the US for the entire week of March 16th.  Other global TV performances include France’s Le Grand Journal on March 2nd, Italy’s ITV on Sunday March 8th, an interview on The Today Show on March 9th and 10th and a performance and interview on the Jonathan Ross ITV UK Special airing March 14th.

Along with extraordinary critical acclaim as an artist, songwriter and producer, Madonna’s reputation as one of the most successful live performers of all time speaks for itself. The 2008/2009 Sticky & Sweet tour is the highest grossing tour of all time for a solo artist and the 2012 MDNA tour was the most successful tour of that year.

General Sales for Madonna’s Rebel Heart Tour will go on sale starting Monday, March 9, 2015. From March 9th – March 30th every North American ticket purchased online will come with an exclusive digital download of the SUPER DELUXE version of “Rebel Heart” which includes 6 bonus tracks (including 4 previously unreleased studio tracks).

Icon is Madonna’s official fan club. Lifetime Legacy members of Icon will receive first access to tickets and VIP Packages starting March 3, 2015. Fans may purchase an “Icon Live Pass” today, which gives them access not only to ticket & VIP Package pre-sales, but also a free membership to Icon, the official Madonna fan club, access to a tour devoted forum and an exclusive tour gift. Fans who are already registered simply need to upgrade their account with the Icon Live Pass on Madonna.com.

Citi® is the official card of Madonna’s Rebel Heart tour.  For concerts in the United States and Paris, France, Citi® cardmembers will have access to a presale beginning Wednesday, March 4 (10am) through Friday, March 6 (4pm) for applicable concerts going on sale to the general public on Monday, March 9; and a presale beginning Wednesday, March 11 (10am) through Friday, March 13th (5pm) for applicable concerts in the United States going on sale to the general public on Monday, March 16. For concerts in the United Kingdom, Citi cardmembers will have access to a presale beginning Wednesday, March 11 (10am) through Friday, March 13 (4pm) for applicable concerts going on sale to the general public on Monday, March 16.  For complete presale details visit:  www.citiprivatepass.com

For complete tour and ticket information, please visit www.madonna.com and www.livenation.com.

MADONNA

REBEL HEART WORLD TOUR 2015

NORTH AMERICA / PUERTO RICO:

Date                 City                              Venue                                     

Aug. 29             Miami, FL                      American Airlines Arena             On Sale Mar. 9

Sept. 2             Atlanta, GA                   Philips Arena                             On Sale Mar. 16

Sept. 5             San Juan, PR                Coliseo de Puerto Rico              On sale Mar. 21

Sept. 9             Montreal, QC                 Bell Centre                                On Sale Mar. 14

Sept. 12            Washington, DC            Verizon Center                           On Sale Mar. 16

Sept. 16            New York, NY               Madison Square Garden            On Sale Mar. 9

Sept. 19            Brooklyn, NY                Barclays Center                         On Sale Mar. 9

Sept. 24            Philadelphia, PA            Wells Fargo Center                    On Sale Mar. 16

Sept. 26            Boston, MA                  TD Garden                                On Sale Mar. 16

Sept. 28            Chicago, IL                   United Center                            On Sale Mar. 9

Oct. 1               Detroit, MI                     Joe Louis Arena                        On Sale Mar. 23

Oct. 3               Atlantic City, NJ                        Boardwalk Hall                          On Sale Mar. 16

Oct. 5               Toronto, ON                  Air Canada Centre                     On Sale Mar. 9

Oct. 8               St. Paul, MN                 Xcel Energy Center                    On Sale Mar. 16

Oct. 11             Edmonton, AB              Rexall Place                              On Sale Mar. 9

Oct. 14             Vancouver, BC              Rogers Arena                            On Sale Mar. 9

Oct. 17             Portland, OR                 MODA Center                            On Sale Mar. 23

Oct. 19             San Jose, CA                SAP Center at San Jose            On Sale Mar. 9

Oct. 22             Glendale, AZ                 Gila River Arena                        On Sale Mar. 23

Oct. 24             Las Vegas, NV              MGM Grand Garden Arena         On Sale Mar. 16

Oct. 27             Los Angeles, CA           Forum                                       On Sale Mar. 16

EUROPE / UK:

Nov. 4              Koln, Germany              Lanxess Arena                          On Sale Mar. 16

Nov. 7              Prague, CZ                   O2 Arena                                  On Sale Mar. 16

Nov. 10             Berlin,Germany              Mercedes-Benz Arena (02 World)  On Sale Mar. 16

Nov. 14             Stockholm, Sweden      Tele 2 Arena                              On Sale Mar. 16

Nov.17              Herning, Denmark          Jyske Bank Boxen                    On Sale Mar. 9

Nov. 21             Turin, Italy                     Pala Alpitour                             On Sale Mar. 16

Nov. 24             Barcelona, Spain           Palau Sant Jordi                        On Sale Mar. 16

Nov. 28             Antwerp, Belgium          Sportpaleis                               On Sale Mar. 9

Dec. 1              London, UK                  O2 Arena                                  On Sale Mar. 16

Dec. 5              Amsterdam, Holland      Ziggo Dome                             On Sale Mar. 9

Dec. 9              Paris, France                 Bercy                                        On Sale Mar. 9

Dec. 14             Manchester, UK             Manchester Arena                      On Sale Mar. 16

Dec. 16             Birmingham, UK            Barclaycard Arena                     On Sale Mar. 16

Dec. 20             Glasgow, Scotland        The SSE Hydro                         On Sale Mar. 16