AP Dillon leaves the California desert. Coachella has announced that the Punjabi-Canadian star will not perform during the festival's second weekend as scheduled. Due to schedule conflicts. The festival made the announcement in a follow-up tweet announcing the addition of rapper Kid Cudi.
In his debut performance at Coachella, the Punjabi-Canadian star paid tribute to the fallen icon. As he performed his hit song “Brown Munde,” a message in capital letters appeared on the screen behind him: “Justice for Sidhu Moosewala.”
Sidhu Moose Wala, an influential Punjabi artist, actor and politician, was shot dead in India in May 2022 and his murder remains unsolved. Brampton-based Moose's Walla helped pave the way for Punjabi music in Canada and remains on the charts two years after his death.
Dillon's first weekend performance was well-received by the Coachella crowd and many supporters, but there was some backlash due to the way he ended his set, which received a lot of attention in the Indian media.
The artist ended his performance by slamming his guitar on stage.
Some fans have criticized Dhillon's move to Rockstar as a sign of disrespect and arrogance, citing India's cultural respect for musical instruments.
“The guitar that gave you life, love, peace, success, and respect ends up being destroyed!” read one popular comment on Dillon's post featuring footage of Smash. .
In a subsequent post, Dhillon shared a photo paying tribute to the late Sidhu Moose Wala with the caption, “The media is in control and I am out of control.” The final slide of the post features footage of Kurt Cobain destroying a guitar, linking Dillon's move to a long-standing rock and roll tradition. – Rosie Long Decter
As Latin music grows in Canada, Live Nation aims to spread it across Canada
This week, Live Nation announced that Shakira's Las Mujeres Ya No Jolan tour will be coming to Canada in December. This is the third time in the Colombian superstar's illustrious 33-year career that he has scheduled two tour dates in Canada, and the first time he has returned to the country since 2018.
In the six years since she last performed in front of a Canadian audience, the country's Latin music scene has grown more than she ever expected. This is an expanding market that Live Nation has focused on in recent years.
In 2022, Live Nation hired Ricky Taco as Director of Canadian Latin Music with a mission to grow the genre in venues across the country and focus on one of North America's fastest growing markets. Ta.
In an interview with Billboard Canada, Taco listed some numbers. “In Canada, the overall Latin genre is up 48% from last year. [in online streams]. When it comes to airplay, Latin music across Canada has increased by 2,100% in the last year. Now he's playing to 37.5 million Canadians, compared to 2.5 million last year… It's been insane the last five years. In other words, there has been growth, [big]”
Despite not having as much of an impact on the charts in Canada as they do in the United States, the latest generation of Latin musicians are enjoying touring success. Bad Bunny sold out Toronto's Scotiabank Arena in April, but it's a far cry from 2018 when they performed at the small REBEL nightclub. Peso Pluma, a 24-year-old Mexican artist making waves around the world, made his first stops in Canada exactly one year ago at Place Belle in Laval, Quebec and Budweiser Stage in Toronto. But in 2024, she'll be performing “Lady Gaga” in front of sold-out crowds at Scotiabank Arena and the Bell Center in Montreal.
Latin music has made incredible progress over the past few years, and Live Nation Canada plans to bring the genre to a wider audience and build an even stronger fan base, so There is still much to do. Compared to Punjabi music, which has seen a similar explosion in recent years and has been given a similar focus by Canada's Live Nation, Latin music has an even steeper hill to climb, Taco says.
“Toronto only has one Latin FM radio. [station]'' says Tako. “Compared to British artists or Punjabi artists, their communities are bigger and they have more resources to play with. We have grown a lot in the last three to five years, but we still have our limits and we want to keep growing. ”
Live Nation plans to take Latin music outside of the city, beyond festivals and radio stations Canadian fans are used to seeing regular tour announcements.
“Right now, our main markets are definitely Montreal and Toronto, but our plan is to continue to grow. [We want to] Do as many concerts as you can in places like Calgary and Vancouver and even places like Ottawa,” says Taco. – Pablo Gonzalez Legendre
Burton Cummings speculates to give up royalties to stop 'cover band' suspicions
Canadian musician Burton Cummings has given up his royalties to protect his estate.
The “American Woman” singer and co-founder of the traditional Winnipeg band The Guess Who has signed off on a performance licensing agreement to prevent the current band from performing. Canceled.
The move comes after Cummings and fellow Guess Who songwriter Randy Bachman filed a lawsuit against what they called a “cover band” for false advertising. This is an escalation in the ongoing legal battle. They were able to increase concert sales by giving the impression that Cummings and Bachman were still part of the band. This iteration of the band owns his Guess Who trademark, and the original drummer, Garry Peterson, is featured.
While the case is still ongoing, Cummings is taking a new approach to shutting down the alleged cover band. The majority of concert venues in the United States have licensing agreements with performing rights organizations (PROs) and can host live performances of any music in the PRO's catalog. In recent months, Cummings has terminated his contracts with these PROs, meaning that his music can no longer be licensed to be performed at live venues. This action is possible because Cummings owns the publishing rights.
The move is drastic and relatively unprecedented, as it would strip Mr. Cummings of potential royalties. He will lose payment for his live performances as well as radio shows, television appearances, shopping his mall playlists, etc. The loss applies not only to recordings in which Cummings performed, but also to recordings of songs he wrote, such as Lenny Kravitz's popular cover of the Guess Who's “American Woman.”
Cummings says it's worth the sacrifice. “I'm going to do whatever it takes to stop these fake bands,” he told Rolling Stone. “These are not the people who made these records, so we shouldn't act like them.”
The Guess Who have already canceled five concert dates in Florida and Alabama since Cummings suspended their license.
“This is more than just money. If it wasn't for the catalog, I wouldn't have pulled it,” Cummings explains. “This is about the legacy of the song and the fact that cover bands are doing everything they can to erase me and Bachman from the group's history. When I see the ads for their shows, I'm like, 'American Woman.' ” – Rosie Long Decter.
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