Mariah Carey is one of the best-selling recording artists of all time, the popstar has sold over 175 million albums and videos worldwide, and has had more number one singles than any female singer in history. Her most recent album, Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel, was released in 2009.
Mariah begins her eight week North American tour at NYC's Madison Square Gardens on New Year's Eve, before playing the Air Canada Center on February 9 at 7:30 PM
With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, CBC Radio 2 features performances of some of the world’s greatest love songs. Featuring the work of musical director Michael Shand, and the vocal talent of jazz artists Matt Dusk, Dk Ibomeka and Kellylee Evans, the performance will journey through the stages of love and romance. Location: CBC Building
British singer-songwriter Laura Marling brings her new tour to Lee’s Palace, only eight days after she turns twenty. The folk-pop artist's second album, I Speak Because I Can, comes out in March. Hailing from Hampshire, England, Marling has toured with artists such as Adam Green and Jamie T. Her debut album, Alas, I Cannot Swim, was nominated for the 2008 Mercury Prize. Her singles include “Ghosts,” “Cross Your Fingers/Crawled Out of the Sea,” “Night Terror” and the more recent “Goodbye England.” Location Lee's place
Feb. 12 2010
A staple of the Montreal music scene since the mid-1990s, The Planet Smashers bring its ska-punk sound back to T.O. with a gig at The Opera House. The band is known for its ironic, innuendo-laden lyrics and party-loving tone.
The Planet Smashers has toured the U.S., Europe and Japan and released six full-length albums since it formed in 1994, in spite of numerous lineup changes (most recently, drummer Fred Brenton replaced Scott Russell in 2006). The group's most recent album is 2005’s Unstoppable. Location: Opera House
Feb. 14 2010
John Mayer invites special guests Michael Franti and Spearhead to join him on a Canadian tour, following the release of fourth studio album, Battle Studies.
Mayer is a seven-time Grammy Award-winner who took home two 2009 awards for Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. LOcation Air Canada Center.
One of soul and R&B music’s legendary innovators and icons, George Clinton brings on the funk on his new tour with Parliament-Funkadelic, including a date at The Phoenix Concert Centre. The superstar’s most recent album is 2008’s George Clinton and His Gangsters of Love.
Clinton was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997, along with fifteen other Parliament-Funkadelic members. He began a successful solo career in the early 1980s and has produced albums for Red Hot Chilli Peppers and Bootsy Collins.
