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No Garth Brooks tickets? Blame the Tories! (But Wildrose would be no better)
Forget about fixing health care. Given the outrage over the Garth Brooks ticket debacle, which has dominated the reader comments section on the Calgary Herald website for days, it appears that any...
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Garth Brooks tickets can be yours (for free), along with 99 other prizes!
I love the marketing folks at the Calgary Herald and the Calgary Stampede. I was in a meeting with them a few months ago, talking about the Herald’s sponsorship of the Stampede social media hub on the...
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A Paul Brandt “pop up;” deep-fried pickles and a social media hub: the...
Just when I thought this year’s edition of the Calgary Stampede couldn’t get any better, it did. The Herald is one of the sponsors of the Stampede Talent Search, so I was on hand for a cheque...
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Exclusive print interview: Shania Twain says Calgary Stampede show signals...
Like Garth Brooks before her, it didn’t take a great deal of coaxing to get Shania Twain to leave the bright lights of Las Vegas for the Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth. The country superstar will...
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Review: Shania has to learn to leave Las Vegas
Isn’t it supposed to stay in Vegas? Isn’t what happens there supposed to remain there, supposed to not be spoken of and not carried across state lines and back into the real world? Especially when the...
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Calgary country singer Lindsay Ell ready for the big leagues
Even in charity softball, there are different leagues. And rising Calgary country star Lindsay Ell recently found herself in the bigs. Last month, the artist was featured in a lineup in a game with...
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Fortney: ‘Queen of the white hats’ was beloved ambassador for city
She rubbed elbows with astronauts and Olympic champions, and came face-to-face with such well-known folks as country superstar Garth Brooks, former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and even Colonel...
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Lyle Lovett takes his music and class on the road
It would be hard to find a classier gentleman in popular music today than Lyle Lovett. The four-time Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter is only two years out of his contract with Nashville’s Curb...
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Jason Blaine keeping his Country Side hot with latest album and tour
Is it really a party? Or is it just really smelly? Jason Blaine laughs. “Well you know, you’ve got nine guys on a tour bus,” the Canadian country star says. “We do our best to keep it not smelly. But,...
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Grandstand Show producer Dave Pierce arranges Sinatra Grammy tribute
Grandstand Show artistic producer Dave Pierce has heard a lot of great sounds over the course of his Emmy Award-winning career, but his most recent gig exposed him to a few he probably never expected...
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Fortney: Getting in tune with the Garth phenomenon
It was a slam-dunk — and one certain not to be in Frank Sisson’s favour. “I turned to my wife Lorraine and said, ‘That kid’s not coming back to our place,’” says Sisson, the former owner of the Silver...
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10 things about Garth Brooks
Garth Brooks doesn’t do anything small. The country entertainer, one of popular music’s most successful stars, will be coming through Calgary with wife Trisha Yearwood for seven sold-out shows at the...
View ArticleTourism officials hope Garth Brooks shows ain't going down as unanswered prayers
Garth Brooks may have friends in low places, but in the sun-swept Prairie city of Calgary, tourism operators hope the country superstar’s legion of fans will bring more than a memory to hotels and...
View ArticleGarth Brooks to host kids charity event during his Calgary concert series
Despite having seven shows to prepare for and perform in Calgary, country music superstar Garth Brooks will also be spending time with kids for his charity foundation Teammates for Kids. The foundation...
View ArticleFortney: Brooks and Yearwood are the real deal
Garth Brooks hugged me. An hour after meeting the country music superstar and his musician wife, Trisha Yearwood, I still can’t quite believe it. On Friday afternoon, I’m one of many members of the...
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Garth Brooks brings down the Saddledome
Hype is really no one’s friend, but it can serve as a great challenge. Not even the mighty Garth Brooks could live up to the over-the-top excitement and astronomical expectations the first of seven...
View ArticleGarth Brooks to sell more tickets, benefit charity
For those who thought they missed out on tickets to the seven sold-out shows Garth Brooks is performing, the country music gods have shined down on the Saddledome. Garth Brooks announced on Facebook...
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Garth Brooks hosts hockey camp with Calgary Flames for kids for Teammates for...
Garth Brooks spent Saturday on the ice with Calgary Flames players Kris Versteeg, Troy Brouwer, and about 50 lucky children. The event was for Brooks’ Teammates for Kids Foundation, a charity which...
View ArticleBell: Handled properly, arenas can revitalize a city
By William Bell Please, for future reference, don’t buy into the argument that building stadiums is a poor idea. Arena consultants — previous critics of new arenas in communities — now say sports and...
View ArticleYour letters for Friday, Nov. 24
Cost of police manager’s vehicles add up Re: “Councillors open to police request for $14.3M boost,” Nov. 20. The Calgary police commission and Chief Roger Chaffin want a $14-million boost to the...
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