Santana, Kings Of Leon, Brad Paisley, Tim McGraw, Rascal Flatts and John Mayer are among the summer concert performers at the newly renamed Molson Canadian Amphitheatre, formerly the Molson Amphitheatre.
The summer concert lineup to date was announced Tuesday morning as follows:
• Dave Matthews Band with The Felice Brothers, June 1
• Sugarland with George Canyon and Stephen Kellogg & The Sixers, June 4
• Jethro Tull with Procol Harum, June 18
• Scorpions, June 27
• Steve Miller Band, June 30
• Iron Maiden with Dream Theater, July 3
• Santana, with Steve Winwood, July 11
• Brad Paisley with Darius Rucker, Justin Moore, Steel Magnolia, Josh
Thompson and Easton Corbin, July 22
• Kings of Leon, July 28
• Canadian Carnage featuring Slayer and Megadeth with Testament, July 29
• Tim McGraw with Lady Antebellum and Love and Theft, Aug 7
• John Mayer, Aug 10
• Great Big Sea, Aug 20
• Uproar 2010 featuring Disturbed with Avenged Sevenfold and Stone Sour, Aug
24
• Rascal Flatts with Kellie Pickler and Chris Young, Sept 5.
Also in the mix with unconfirmed dates will be Blue Rodeo, and City and
Colour with Tegan and Sara.
Tickets for the previously announced shows by Dave Matthews Band, Sugarland,
Jethro Tull & Slayer/Megadeth are on sale now and on-sale information for the remaining shows will be announced in the next few weeks.
In other concert news:
Black Eyed Peas have announced two Toronto shows on July 27-28 at the Air Canada Centre with tickets, $125, $95 and $67.50, on sale Saturday at Ticketmaster.ca, by phone at 416-870-8000, and starting Monday at the Air Canada Centre box office if tickets remain.
Reggae star Jimmy Cliff pulls into Massey Hall on July 19 with tickets, $69.50 to $49.50, on sale Saturday at 416-872-4255, online at MasseyHall.com or the Roy Thomson Hall box office. Tickets go on sale to FriendsFirst members beginning Thursday.
Alexisonfire, Robert Charlebois, former Primus frontman Les Claypool, Pierre Flynn and Duma have been confirmed to perform at the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame gala on March 28 at The Toronto Centre for the Arts. Along with host Gregory Charles, the performers will pay tribute to
this year’s CSHF inductees including Rush and Charlebois. Tickets for the CSHF Gala, starting at $110, are on sale now at 416-870-8000 or on-line at ticketmaster.ca.
Alexisonfire will perform Rush’s Tom Sawyer and Claypool will deliver Rush’s Spirit of Radio while YouTube phenom Jacob Moon will present his rendition of Rush’s Subdivisions.
