Blues

BLUESFEST tickets to next year's festival have gone on sale ahead of any line-up announcements ... "As always we are completely dedicated to the ideal that Bluesfest is not simply another multi-day event full of bands and crowds," he said.  

Opening the evening on Saturday is Rev. Raven and the Chain Smokin’ Altar Boys from Milwaukee. Closing out this year’s festival is The Brooks Family Blues Dynasty. Led by Chicago Blues icon Lonnie Brooks and rounded out by his two sons, Wayne and ...  

Other highlights include Van Morrison, Tom Jones, George Benson, Robert Cray and renowned actor, turned pianist & singer, Hugh Laurie who will be making a highly anticipated homecoming in Manchester to perform music from his globally acclaimed 2011 debut ...  

John Mellencamp, LMFAO, Snoop Dogg, Skrillex and Iron Maiden are also among the scheduled performers at the festival, which runs July 4 to July 15. Other Canadian artists confirmed for the festival include Blue Rodeo, the Sheepdogs, Metric, Grimes and City ...  

WINDSOR, Ont. -- Edgar Winter headlines opening night at the 18th annual Bluesfest International on Windsor’s waterfront in July. The veteran blues rocker had major hits in the 1970s, including Frankenstein and Free Ride. Winter last appeared in Windsor ...  

Bluesfest 2012 will include Grammy award winners Lauryn Hill, Norah Jones, John Mellencamp and Seal ... will join A-Trak and Paul Oakenfold as high-profile disc jockeys joining the lineup. While the schedule has yet to be released, music fans should ...  

The festival's director, Peter Noble, said the iconic music festival, whose headline acts this year include Cold Chisel, John Butler Trio and Earth Wind ... Byron Shire has received support from the Sydney Opera House's head of indigenous programming ...  

Legendary stage rock star Alice Cooper and emerging popular American rock band Mastodon are also on the lineup     Other big highlights is that world renowned Dutch Trance DJ Tiesto is headlining the first night. And world renowned English Trance DJ ...  

Tickets are on sale now. Check out the complete schedule below. June 26- The Robert Cray Band in London and John Hiatt in Manchester June 27- Eric Bibb and John Hiatt (two different venues in London) June 28- George Benson in London and Southside Johnny ...  

CTV Ottawa's Michael O'Byrne interviewed Bluesfest executive Mark Monahan live during CTV News at Noon Wednesday. Viewers learned the price of a week-long festival pass will increase, the festival will aim to go cash free, and executives have hired an ...  

Alice Cooper, Lauryn Hill, David Gray and DJ Tiesto are among the headlining acts scheduled to play at Ottawa's annual Bluesfest music festival. For years the music festival, scheduled to run from July 4 to 15, has moved away from a traditional blues ...  

Cody Allen Band; Cole; Conor Oberst; Current Swell; Damon Fowler; David Gray; David Maxwell; Deep Dark Woods; Deltron 3030; Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi; Detroit Cobras; Dirty Heads; Dirty Projectors; DJ Illo; Down With Webster; Downchild Blues Band ...  

THE Easter bunny left plenty of musical treats for Bluesfest fans yesterday. The fourth day of the annual festival saw headliners The Pogues and John Butler Trio both attract big crowds despite their late-night closing sets. Pogues front man Shane MacGowan ...  

FORMER Creedence Clearwater Revival frontman John Fogerty closed the Byron Bay Bluesfest last night in dramatically different circumstances to Saturday night, when a fan died just before he came out on stage. A 49-year-old woman went into cardiac arrest ...  

“We’re hoping for the sunshine, but the forecast does have some rain in it,” said Aimee Frey, event coordinator for Downtown Washington Inc., festival sponsor. “We have a large tent so if people need to take cover it won’t be a problem,” said ...