Tues, Aug 4th:

• L’il Wayne with guest Drake at Molson Amphitheatre
• Yeah Yeah Yeah’s @ Kool Haus
• Chickenfoot @ Sound Academy

Wed, Aug 5th:

• Tool @ Molson Amphitheatre

Sat, Aug 8th:

• Blink 182 with Fallout Boy @ Molson Amphithearee

Sun, Aug 9th:

• Nickelback @ Molson Amphitheatre

SPORTS

Tues, Aug 4th:

• New York Yankees vs Toronto Blue Jays @ Rogers Centre

Wed, Aug 5th:

• New York Yankees vs Toronto Blue Jays @ Rogers Centre

Thurs, Aug 6th:

• Real Madrid Open Practice @ BMO Field

Fri, Aug 7th:

• Real Madrid vs Toronto FC @ BMO Field

Fri, Aug 7th:

• Baltimore Orioles vs Toronto Blue Jays @ Rogers Centre

Sat, Aug 8th:

• Toronto Nationals vs Denver Outlaws @ BMO Field

Sat, Aug 8th:

• Baltimore Orioles vs Toronto Blue Jays @ Rogers Centre

Sun, Aug 9th:

• Baltimore Orioles vs Toronto Blue Jays

THEATRE

• Sound of Music @ The Princess of Wales Theatre
• Jersey Boys @ Toronto Centre for the Arts
• The Harder they come @ Canon Theatre

The upcoming week is packed with all sorts of different events to go to in The Mega City. The GTA is crawling with sports, concerts & theatre.

L’il Wayne & Young Jeezy will play live at The Molson Ampitheatre on Tues, Aug 4th in front of a sold out crowd.

Young and upcoming local sensation, Drake will all be performing in front of his hometown fans.

On Wed, Aug 7th, James Maynard and Tool are scheduled to play in front of a sold out crowd at the Molson Amphitheatre at Ontario Place.

For the weekend, we have Blink 182 with Fallout Boy on Saturday at The Amp and Canadian Rock band sensations Nickelback on Sunday.

If it’s sporting events you are looking for, we have the New York Yankees in town to take on the Jays Tuesday & Wednesday.

The big ticket, Cristiano Ronaldo & Real Madrid are making an appearance to play against the Toronto FC on Friday, August 7th @ BMO Field.

You can also catch the Jays taking on Baltimore Friday, Saturday & Sunday.

Keep checking back for more updates.

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Chris Martin and company played to a sold out show at The Rogers Centre lastnight. In front of 50,000 plus people they played all their hits and more.

This was their 2nd show in Toronto on their Viva la Vida world tour. They will play 7 more shows in North America before heading to Europe to finish their Viva La Vida World tour.

Mon, July 27:

Queensryche @ Phoenix

Wed, July 29th:

Toronto FC vs Puerto Rico Islanders in a CONCACAF Champions League Match @ BMO Field

Thurs, July 30th:

Incubus @ Molson Amphitheatre

Coldplay @ Rogers Centre

Fri, July 31st:

Rise Against with Rancid @ Molson Amphitheatre

Sat, Aug 1st:

Toronto Argonauts vs Winnipeg Blue Bombers @ Rogers Centre

If sports or concerts are not what your looking for this week, how about some local Toronto Theatre?

Some great shows playing daily are,

Sound of Music @ Princess of Wales Theatre

The Harder they come @ Canon Theatre

Jersey Boys @ Toronto Centre for the arts

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Roy Halladay will likely not be traded to any team this season. Reports are that The Jays refused an offer from the Philadelphia Phillies for the 32 year old Ace.

In F1 racing news, Great Britain’s Lewis Hamilton won his first race of the 2009 season at The Hungarian Grand Prix. In second place was Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen and in third, Red Bull’s Mark Webber.

At Glen Abbey, Sunday’s play was rained out. The final round will resume Monday at 2:30pm.  South Africa’s Reteif Goosen leads the pack at -17. Australia’s Nathan Green sit’s 1 back at -16. A whole slew of players are tied for 3rd spot with Stepehen Ames tied for 12th and Mike Weir tied for 16th at -10.

JP Ricciardi has publically announced his intention’s to move Halladay. Halladay being the standup guy that he is, has only all but taken this to heart.

Depeche Mode will Rock the Molson Amphitheate tonight. Tonights show will kick off at 7:30pm. Toronto is the first city on the North American leg of their Tour of the Universe Tour, 2009.

Peter & Bjorn will open up for Depeche Mode tonight.

This Saturday, The Jays will take on the Tampa Bay Rays in the second game of a three game series. Probable pitchers are Brian Tallet for The Jays and David Price for The Rays. Game time is 1:07pm.

Sunday The Jays will wrap up their series against the Tampa Bay Rays at The Rogers Centre. Game time is 1:07pm. Probable pitchers are Brett Cecil for the Blue Jays and Jeff Niemann for the Devil Rays.

Katy Perry is set to play live in Toronto at the Molson Amphitheatre on Sunday night. The New Cities & Stereo’s will open up for her. Showtime is 7:00pm.

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Depeche Mode was formed in 1980 by David Gahan, Martin Gore and Andrew Fletcher. Depeche Mode has sold more then 80 million albums worldwide since. Their 1st album, released in 1981 Speak and Spell gave them the name of a new genre synth group. Their main albums in the early part of their formation were A Broken Frame released in 1982, Construction Time Again (1983) and Some Great Reward (1984).

Some of Depeche Modes hit singles include Personal Jesus, Faith and devotion, For the masses, Enjoy the silence and Exciter, not to mention countless others.

With the release of Depeche Modes newest album Sounds of the Universe, came the announcement that they would be launching their first ever Stadium tour which would cover 28 cities throughout 21 countries in Europe.

Shortly into their European tour, Depeche Mode announced their plans to tour into North America, touching down in such cities as Toronto, Montreal,  Las Vegas, Dallas, Atlanta and more. After they complete thier North American leg, they will be back off to Europe to finish up the rest.

Depeche Mode in Toronto, Canada is highly anticipated.

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Manson said “after my greatest hits album (Lest We Forget: The Best Of) came out I took a long break from music because it was a period where I was not sure who I wanted to be. I left music for a while but that’s not an error I want to repeat in the future,” and mentioned Kerry King, James Iha former guitarist of The Smashing Pumpkins, and Nick Zinner of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs as likely contributors.^[26] On January 11, 2008 in the interview Everyone Will Suffer Now at MansonUSA, Manson said “I just feel like there is a big change happening now. It’s going to be the one. Eat Me, Drink Me is opening the window and this is going to be the Hurricane Katrina.” A new single for this album is scheduled to come out in early January. ^[27] Since Manson parted company with Skold and reunited with Ramirez, the two, along with Fish and Vrenna are working on the album in Los Angeles ahead of a planned February 2009 release following soon to be announced tour dates. In an interview with Steppin’ Out, Manson described the new album as, “very ruthless, very heavy, and very violent”.^[28]

Last Marilyn Manson presentation Of Eat Me, Drink Me.

On August 14, 2008, it was announced by Manson at a public interview in Seoul, Korea that former Limp Bizkit guitarist and current Black Light Burns frontman Wes Borland has joined the lineup, replacing Rob Holliday on guitars. The band attended the ETP Festival and are wrapping up production on the new album. However, Borland left the band to reunite with Limp Bizkit for the third time. It is understood that this is on a permanent basis, while it is unknown who will take up Borland’s place as lead guitar player. Borland told Kerrang Magazine in the UK that he quit after having none of the nine songs he wrote for the record make the final cut, and was extremely dissatisfied at the thought of being just a hired gun. A replacement for Borland has yet to be named. ^[29]

On October 5, the band played a special show at the yearly Hot Topic managers meeting. The show took place at the LA Marriott Hotel by the airport. Manson was overheard comparing the new album to Antichrist Superstar in a party for Scream 2008 Awards,^[30] where he also stated the album is “pretty much finished” with him expecting to release a new song before the end of the year and hoping to release the album around Valentine’s Day.^[31] Marilyn Manson has been interviewed in the recent issue of Revolver Magazine (February 2009). Manson briefly discusses the new album and reveals the titles for two new songs, “I Wanna Kill You Like They Do in the Movies” and “Armagoddamnmotherfuckinggeddon”. The albums producer Sean Beavan, posted a Myspace blog revealing two more song titles, “15″ and “Four Rusted Horses”. Manson tells Revolver “I’ve got my fire back,” and the new album “really wipes the floor with everything we’ve done before.”^[32]

A statement was released by Manson on Christmas Eve in order to dispel some rumors that had recently been circulating: “Ladies and Gentlemen, I’d like to make an announcement. The rumors that I found a ‘replacement’ for Evan, or that I have a new girlfriend are absolutely not true. I am finishing up my album, and I also have never even met Ne-Yo. I can assure him that he would not want to be associated with something this godless. Get over the holiday so I can happily ruin the new year for anyone that assumed music was going to stay boring and sweet.”^[33] On January 12, a new song title was released by Rudy Coby, a collaborator and friend of Marilyn Manson. The song is called, “Devour”, and was said that it is the first track on the new album.

It has been announced that Marilyn Manson will join Slayer as headliners for the Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival tour in 2009. The press release for the tour states that “Manson is currently in the studio working on his seventh studio album scheduled for release May 18th on Interscope Records.” On February 2, Rolling Stone confirmed that the new album’s title is The High End of Low. It is currently in the mixing process and that later this month, he will shoot a video for “I Want to Kill You Like they Do in the Movies”.^[34]

On March 18, 2009, Kerrang! reported that the album will contain a total of 15 tracks with the final being titled “15″ as well as revealing a new song entitled “We’re from America” which Manson had this to say about:

“I think a lot of people will hear the track and initially think it’s just political, but it’s not just that, it’s also me describing a lot of fucked-up scenarios that I’m going through in my personal life. Someone asked me, ‘Why are you so fucked up?’, ‘Well, I am from America.’ I hate the fact that so many people have fucked the country up, and so many people fucked up my personal life and I allowed it to happen. So in a way, I feel like America as a whole feels, but in no way does that make me a tree-hugging patriotic freedom rocker.” The track was released exclusively on his official website as a free download on March 27, 2009. Beginning April 7, it will be available for purchase as a digital single.

The album’s official first single “Arma-God-Damn-Mother-Fuckin’-geddon” arrived to radio stations on April 21.^[35]

On April 16, 2009, marilynmanson.com was updated with a new splash page featuring the projected album artwork as well as the track listing for The High End of Low.

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