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Ongoing History Daily: Why would you throw DARTS at a gig?
Someone thought it would be funny to throw darts at Metallica.
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Ongoing History Daily: The David Bowie-Iggy Pop-Slash connection
David Bowie thought he’d give a young Slash a lesson on how not to be. It didn’t work.
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The Story of Peter Gabriel’s Terrifying Day Off During David Bowie’s 1983 Tour
Peter Gabriel’s wildest tour story happened between two David Bowie shows – and it could have ended very differently.
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Bryan Adams on His Musical Tribute to a Canadian Icon
Bryan Adams shares how he connected with filmmaker Sean Menard to contribute to his documentary, ‘Run Terry Run.’
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Uncharted: Crime and Mayhem in the Music Industry, episode 072: Forgotten music festival disasters, part 1
Some music festivals were such big disasters that we’ve done we can to forget them. Time to bring those stories back.
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The Beastie Boys' hydraulic penis. You read that correctly.
The Beasties Boys tried to think of the dumbest stage prop they could possible have. They nailed it.
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Wicked: The Movie vs. The Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl had the perfect album title, until Wicked: For Good forced him to rethink everything.
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Five Songs You Must Hear This Week (28 Aug 2026)
This week’s Five Songs You Must Hear List is all about Canada because why not?
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Ongoing History Daily: Rock's most iconic microphone
Rock’s most popular microphone is the Shure SM58. Here’s why.
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New Music Friday: X new releases for the last weekend before Labour Day (27 Aug 2026)
New Music Friday has it all: Singles that herald new albums for the fall and late summer albums that are going to be a big deal this autum.
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