On July 30th..TORONTO ROCKS...An 11 Hour Broadcast On MuchMoreMusic!

[QualityIsJobOne]

:eek2: FYI...MuchMoreMusic is On ExpressVu Channel 471+ StarChoice Channel 581

www.muchmoremusic.com/torontorocks/

www.newswire.ca/releases/July2003/24/c5251.html

MuchMoreMusic Delivers The Rolling Stones & Special Guests

"Toronto Rocks" On MuchMoreMusic
Wed., July 30th, 2003 - An 11-Hour National Broadcast

Noon-9pm ET LIVE Performance & Event Highlights, Backstage Interviews & Features

9pm-11pm ET Concert Highlights Special With Featured Performances PLUS... The Rolling Stones

TORONTO, July 24 /CNW/ - Canadian fans can stay tuned to MuchMoreMusic for all the action surrounding the highly anticipated Molson Canadian Rocks For Toronto concert.

MuchMoreMusic VP GM David Kines has confirmed that the channel will provide fans a one-stop package of exclusive LIVE updates, performance highlights and backstage profiles beginning at Noon ET from the site at Downsview Park, followed by a 2hr concert highlights special at 9pm ET with
selected performances from the daylong event, and from the world's greatest rock and roll band, headliners The Rolling Stones.

Throughout the day on Wednesday, July 30th, "Toronto Rocks" On
MuchMoreMusic correspondents Bill Welychka, Karina Huber and Richard Cazeau will bring fans the scene from the concert site, where upwards of 400,000 fans will descend to show support for the City of Toronto - and enjoy a world-class musical bill. The Rolling Stones are joined by special guests AC/DC, Rush, The Guess Who, Justin Timberlake, Blue Rodeo, The Tea Party, Sam Roberts, The Flaming Lips, Kathleen Edwards, The Isley Brothers, Sass Jordan with a special guest appearance by Jeff Healey, La Chicane, Belushi-Aykroyd & The Have Love Will Travel Revue, hosted by Dan Aykroyd.

"All our staff are ready to get on site and begin work on this historic Canadian broadcast event," said Kines. "Partnering with the organizers has been a chance for us to not only support the City of Toronto, but to have MuchMoreMusic give fans across Canada an unprecedented day of all-access coverage."

[Frapp]

Yea baby, the Stones, AC/DC, The Isley Brothers, etc ............ AND Justin Timberlake ? ...........Well at least the other bands are good :dance:

P.S. Actually the Stones are threatening to pull out. Mick is said to be making the final decision as we post, but I`m sure they will attend .... We hope :eek2:


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NEWS - Rolling Stones Promoter Threatens Toronto Pullout Due To Media Reports

(7/22/03, 5 p.m. ET) -- The Rolling Stones' Toronto-based promoter is subtly threatening to pull the group out of its July 30 concert in the Canadian city because of complaints about the show.

Michael Cohl, who's been producing the Stones' world tours since 1989, issued the warning to the Toronto Sun, saying that media complaints about transportation and restrictions on what fans can bring onto the concert grounds have angered him--and could well cause the Stones to reconsider their appearance.

Speaking Sunday (July 20) from a Stones tour stop in Stockholm, Sweden, Cohl told the Sun, "I'm reading too much of this bullsh-t in the Toronto press about the concert. What a bunch of a--holes, pardon my French. It's outrageous. I just hope Mick doesn't read it--even though it's my job to show it to him... [He might say] 'I think I might not come after all. It's not what I signed on for.'... The most important thing I do for the Rolling Stones is make that decision above all others. They look to me to say: 'We can go here to play,' and, 'We can't go here to play.'"


Cohl further noted that the media outlets that were complaining about the concert--particularly the Toronto Star--would probably be devastated if the Stones were to call the gig off. "Everybody's getting ready to go, 'Oh my God, what a bad idea this was,'" Cohl added. "What do you think would happen tomorrow if I canceled? If I called in and said the Stones cancel, I mean, they'd have a fit, wouldn't they?"


Still, Cohl expressed confidence that things will be in good shape by July 30. "I can't imagine that between ClearChannel Entertainment and House Of Blues and Molson's and... the Toronto Police and the Toronto Emergency Services and all of the same people who looked after the Pope at Downsview last year, that these people aren't going to get it together," Cohl said. "And if I didn't think they were able to get it together, I wouldn't have given them the band."


Concert organizers recently backed off rules that said fans couldn't bring items such as blankets and umbrellas into Downsview Park, where the concert will take place. Shuttle systems and other transportation issues are also being addressed.


The concert is being held to bolster Toronto's image after the spring's outbreak of SARS, which dented the city's tourist industry by more than a third. It's also a fundraiser for the area's tourism and health-care workers.


About a half-million people are expected to attend the concert, which will also feature AC/DC, Rush, the Guess Who, and Justin Timberlake, among others.

[Frapp]

BTW............... HAPPY BIRTHDAY MICK :)

60 years old today and still rockin & Rolling around the globe :dance:

[Scott Greczkowski]

Err 60 years old tommorow (Well I guess that could be today with the dateline and all) :D

[Frapp]

Well, I was considering the stones are overseas and it is already tomorrow there, of course it is today here , which makes him 59, but if you consider the international time he is already 60, but then again ....................... OH WELL HAPPY BIRTHDAY :lol:

[Nick]

Of course!

[Frapp]

Fixed :D

P.S. And I am always grinding my teeth at the horrible spelling ( by a few of the self proclaimed higher educated ) people on these boards. Well, I guess it "was" spelled correctly, just the wrong application :shrug: