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Posted by
Shane Macaulay on
2012/04/17
Sugarland's tour manager Hellen Rollens is now being questioned for her role in the Indiana State Fair stage collapse that took seven lives and injured many others last August. Rollens had kept the band out of danger by calling a backstage...
Posted by
Shane Macaulay on
2012/04/17
Garth Brooks will be playing this year's Calgary Stampede as they celebrate the festival's 100th anniversary. Tickets went on sale Saturday and 15,322 tickets were sold in just 0:58 seconds, leaving not a single ticket left! Fan's who missed...
Posted by
Shane Macaulay on
2012/04/17
Fresh off a Canadian Radio Music Award nomination for his Top 10 debut single, 'I'm Your Man', Country singer/songwriter RYAN LAIRD now starts a Girl Crazy epidemic beginning this week opening for country superstar ALAN JACKSON. Laird's self...
Posted by
Shane Macaulay on
2012/04/16
Keith Urban's We're All for the Hall benefit concert on April 10 raised $465,000, tallying the event's 3-year total to $1.5 million.
Close to 14,000 fans packed Nashville's Bridgestone Arena to watch performances from Vince Gill, Merle...
Posted by
Jeunesse Montgomery-Spencer on
2012/04/13
Hey there!
I just finished the weekend Events Schedule and we have a bunch of great stops planned in the KX Cruiser.
Our first stop this weekend is the Permanent Blood Donor Clinic on Taunton and Harmony in Oshawa. I have been eating lots...
Posted by
Shane Macaulay on
2012/04/13
Rascal Flatts lead the Billboard Country Album chart with "Changed." The CD is the third best selling in the U.S. overall with 130,000 units sold. The album is the bands eighth top 10 on the Billboard 200 and seventh number one on the country...
Posted by
Shane Macaulay on
2012/04/13
Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush of Sugarland are in Charleston, West Viginia yesterday and today for video depositions about the stage collapse at the Indiana State Fair that killed seven people and injured many others. The Indiana State...
Posted by
Shane Macaulay on
2012/04/13
Josh Turner is slated to release his fifth studio album, "Punching Bag," on Tuesday, June 12. The first single from the new album "Time Is Love" has made its way into the Top 20 on the Country Billboard chart .
Josh wrote 8 of the 11 songs,...
Posted by
Shane Macaulay on
2012/04/13
Lady Antebellum has sold over 750,000 tickets after hitting the half way mark of their Own the Night World Tour.
"This tour has exceeded our expectations in every way," said Lady A's Dave Haywood. "Every day is new and exciting...I really...
Posted by
Shane Macaulay on
2012/04/13
Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber have written a song together called "Believe" for Bieber's upcoming album. When asked if their song had a country incluence, Bieber confirmed that it does. When talking about the new release, he added "It doesn't...
Posted by
chris koppin on
2012/04/12
I'm not usually impressed by what school board officials do. I find they react too quickly and never with the majority but instead with the vocal minority..it drives me crazy! But I have to give credit toTrustee Angela Kennedy of the Toronto...
Posted by
Shane Macaulay on
2012/04/12
From August 10-12, 2012, thousands will rock out to the world’s top country acts at the first annual Boots and Hearts Music Festival. Taking place at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, this will be the largest international country music festival...
Posted by
chris koppin on
2012/04/09
Sacrifice...it's a word that means a million different things to a million different people. To some it is in the everyday activities, sacrificing for your children, sacrificing for your partner, sacrificing for your own sanity! It's all about...
Posted by
Peter Walker on
2012/04/05
New to our airwaves these last few weeks: New stuff from Josh Turner and his forthcoming 5th album - songss called "Time Is Love" and in addition to Josh's growling baritone, it features a neat instrumental section. Also new, is the latest from...
Posted by
Jeunesse Montgomery-Spencer on
2012/04/05
Hello,
This weekend the Easter Bunny is going to be making visits all across the GTA, and we are going to be right there with him.
Our first stop this weekend is the Pickering Easter Parade on Saturday. It starts in Millenium Square on...
Posted by
chris koppin on
2012/04/02
Now they've done it! The powers that be have decided that I should start a blog and here today.... our very first one! Ta Da! The fact of the matter is that I never have enough time to really get into the stories I bring you and this will give ...
Posted by
Jeunesse Montgomery-Spencer on
2012/03/30
Hello,
I'm very excited about our weekend in the KX96 Cruiser! Lots of great stops planned.
For starters, we will be at the Sunderland Maple Syrup Festival all weekend long. There is a full schedule of fun actitivies waiting for us including...
Posted by
Jeunesse Montgomery-Spencer on
2012/03/23
Hello,
We have a great weekend planned in the KX96 Cruiser!
Tomorrow, we'll be at Purple Woods in Oshawa for the 37th Annual Maple Syrup Festival. There is lots to learn, see and do. For starters, you can see how maple syrup was made 400 years...
Posted by
Peter Walker on
2012/03/14
New to our airwaves this week - the debut from local (Brooklin) gal Lindsay Broughton; I heard Lindsay first a couple of years ago at Canadian Country Music Week in Edmonton and was completely blown away by this young woman's voice. We'll be...
Posted by
Jeunesse Montgomery-Spencer on
2012/03/09
Hello!
I am very excited to share with you all the fun stops that we will be at this weekend.
Tomorrow, we'll be at Black Creek Pioneer Village for wagon rides, old fashioned spelling bees, crafts and more. Oh my! We're also going to the Ajax...
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Upcoming Concerts
Tin Pan North
May 24th 2012GTA, Various Locations
School Alliance of Student Songwriters
May 24th 2012Oshawa, Regent Theatre
KX96 Supports the CKDO Golf Tournament
May 31st 2012Brooklin, Lakeridge Links