Archive for the ‘Music’ Category

Billie Joe Armstrong is headed to rehab

Monday, September 24th, 2012

Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day is headed to rehab for substance abuse after this incident at the iHeart Radio Music Festival in Las Vegas.  A rep has said Green Day will postpone some of their upcoming appearances. 

Check out the new Aerosmith video

Tuesday, July 17th, 2012

Aerosmith has released a video for their new song Legendary Child!

We pulled Sherri Hawthorne out of a staff meeting today because we just had to know how the Roger Waters concert was Saturday night in Toronto.

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Cruise Sings

Friday, June 1st, 2012

Tom Cruise tries his hand at a musical film this month, playing Stacee Jaxx in the movie Rock of Ages, which comes out June 15th.  Until now all we’d heard were snippets of songs in the trailers, but here at The Fox we got our hands on the soundtrack this week.

Here’s Cruise’s version of the Guns ‘n’ Roses classic Paradise City.

Whaddya think?

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Gowan Rocks The Capitol Centre tonight!

Wednesday, April 4th, 2012

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the release of Gowan’s classic album “Great Dirty World”.  Lawrence Gowan is celebrating with an album re-release and a Canadian tour.  Tonight we are lucky enough to have him at The Capitol Centre.  There are still a few tickets available for the show.  Dont ‘s miss a Canadian legend!

We had a chance to talk to Gowan a couple of weeks ago and asked him about one of his most famous songs, “Strange Animal”.  Have a listen to the great story he shared with us.

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Britain’s Got Talent has discovered another unlikely star.  First it was Susan Boyle, now comes a shy teenage boy named Jonathan with a voice that will blow you away.  Check out the video!

New Slash!

Tuesday, February 28th, 2012

Take a listen to ‘You’re a Lie’. This is the first single from Slash’s new album ‘Apocalyptic Love’. The album is set for release May 22…what do you think?

http://loudwire.com/slash-youre-a-lie-song-review/

Local Talent Auditioning in Toronto This Week

Thursday, September 29th, 2011

Yesterday we talked to Paige Cipparone, a West Ferris student who is headed to Toronto today to audition for Canada’s Got Talent.  Paige and her uncle, Tim Beckett will perform for judges this afternoon.

We’ve discovered that there’s plenty of local performers in Toronto this week showcasing their talent.  The local contingent includes  Chris Renaud, Nathalie Restoule, Tena Jones and Tom Carriere.  Good luck to all of our locals competing for a spot on the show.

Check out Paige and Tim in this YouTube video.

The Foos Rock!

Tuesday, September 20th, 2011

The Foo Fighters always go above and beyond the music! They posted a very cool video of the band dressed up as truckers to set fans up with concert dates and they recently broke out the trucker costumes again in Kansas City. The Westboro Baptist Church came to picket outside the Foo Fighters show and were treated to a surprise concert.

Hurricane Irene Dance

Monday, August 29th, 2011

Four kids took to the streets to shoot a video during Hurricane Irene.  Some people will do anything for their 15 minutes of fame.  What do you think? Funny or dumb?