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Five-time Emmy Award winner Wayne Brady will host the Dramatists Guild Foundation's annual Gala, honoring Sue Frost, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and R. Patrick Morrow.

IAN SWEET, the project of Jilian Medford, has released an official video for “987” from new album SHIVERSTRUCK and will launch a North American tour October 13 in New York City, with stops in Brooklyn, Chicago, Toronto, Seattle and San Francisco.

London post-punk band WORLD NEWS announced its debut album IN PURGATORY and released a new single, "The Way It Goes," alongside an official music video.

The 22nd Hamilton Fringe Festival will present six Affinity Performances designated for Indigenous, Black, LGBTQ2S+, and disability communities across multiple venues, alongside 400 performances and 50+ outdoor events.

Instrumental rock group Polyphia have shared details for their 2026 World Tour produced by Live Nation across North America and Europe. RJ Pasin will support all tour dates worldwide.

What did our critic think of CATS at Crown Theatre?

The cast has been announced for the highly anticipated return of CATS - one of the most iconic and beloved musicals in theatre history. Learn more about the upcoming production here!

Asolo Repertory Theatre has revealed the complete casting for COME FROM AWAY, set to be presented beginning in November. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Paramount Theatre's circus-inspired production of Cats brings aerial silks, acrobatics, and a new vision to the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical. Director Trent Stork, choreographer Sylvia Hernandez-DiStasi, and music director Kory Danielson explain how they brought it to life.

The finale of Casa Mañana's 2024-25 Broadway Season puts a Texas twist on a Broadway classic. Andrew Lloyd Webber's CATS is one of the most distinctive and longest-running Broadway musicals of all time.

A final extension has been announced for the all-Canadian production of Come From Away. The production will add four more weeks of performances to its current run at the Royal Alexandra Theatre.

GRAMMY®-nominated rockers Daughtry have released their debut record with Big Machine Label Group. Out now on all platforms via Big Machine Rock, the 6-track EP, Shock to the System (Part One), includes previously released back-to-back No. 1s, “Artificial” and “Pieces,” in addition to new single, “The Dam.”

Multi-platinum rock band, Staind has released a deluxe edition of their latest album, Confessions of the Fallen featuring brand-new track, “Full Of Emptiness.'​ Along with the brand-new song, the digital only deluxe album also includes the alternate version of the band’s latest single, “Better Days” featuring singer and namesake of LA rock band, Dorothy. ​

the critically acclaimed, Olivier Award-winning, play STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW will begin performances Friday, March 28, 2025. We have all the details about the upcoming production!

Cape Breton born, singer/songwriter Goldie Boutilier has released a new single/video for, “The Angel And The Saint”. It is an anthem and a testament to the woman who has overcome countless obstacles and now can be strong about the right things. It is the second preview to her forthcoming EP, The Actress. Listen to the track now!

UK alternative rock band The Mysterines have released their whirring new single “The Last Dance,” the third track to be taken from their highly-anticipated new album Afraid of Tomorrows, due for release on June 21. Listen to the track now!

Canadian singer/songwriter Goldie Boutilier has released The Actress, the first track from her upcoming EP of the same name for release later this year via ONErpm. It features Goldie exuding her unique cinematic quality and exploration of tragic romance, glamour and melancholia. Listen to the song now!

Multi-platinum rock band, Staind has released a new song, “Better Days” featuring Dorothy, from their latest album, Confessions of the Fallen. “Better Days,” an emotionally charged power ballad that is classic Staind, marks the first time the band has a featured artist on a song. Singer and namesake of LA rock band, Dorothy brings her powerhouse vocals alongside Aaron Lewis, taking the sentiment of the song to the next level. Listen to the song here!

UK alternative rock band The Mysterines have released their propulsive new single “Sink Ya Teeth,” the second track to be taken from their highly-anticipated new album Afraid of Tomorrows, due for release on June 7. “‘Sink Ya Teeth’ is a testament to the brutality of real love. Listen to the single here!

Come From Away will return home to the historic Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto. See performance dates and learn how to purchase tickets.

TD Music Hall welcomes Hamilton-based rapper, producer, former poet laureate, and author Cadence Weapon (aka Rollie Pemberton) on Saturday, April 20, 2024.

Anvil Theatre presents Frog Belly Rat Bone, based on the book by Timothy Basil Ering. Catch the show on March 8 at 1:00pm and March 9 at 3:00pm in New Westminster, B.C.

Award-winning theatre, film, and television actor Michael Stuhlbarg will return to Broadway for the first time in almost 20 years to star in Patriots, the Almeida Theatre production of the timely new play by Peter Morgan. Learn more about the play here!

In advance of Folkways Records' 75th anniversary, Matmos accepted a proposition from the label to create new material to celebrate this significant milestone. Ever since their 1997 debut, Matmos have consistently created albums from atypical sound sources. With unprecedented access to an extensive archive of hundreds of LPs.

“Spiral” follows “Waste My Mind” as the second new single ThxSoMch has shared since the release of his acclaimed debut EP Sleez. The eight-track collection has earned widespread praise from Complex, Lyrical Lemonade, Sheesh, Early Rising, Our Generation Music, and more, and debuted in the Top 15 on Billboard’s Heatseekers Albums chart.