Prince reigns at California music festival (Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News)Former Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters closed one of North America's leading music festivals on Sunday with a dazzling laser-and-props show, but the talk of the Southern California desert gathering was Prince, the Saturday headliner.
Pedal to the metal (Calgary Sun)Hockey fans have the Stanley Cup playoffs. Music fans have multi-headliner rock festivals. Film fans have monster-budget summer blockbusters. For video game fans, it's an event as big as all three. Except it promises gritty gunplay, dark satire and many a blistered thumb.
Music News : Soul Shine Magazine (Soul Shine)After the successes of Virgin Festivals in Toronto and Vancouver last year it seemed pretty tough to top. The organizers seemed ready to out do themselves. This year's Toronto show taking place on September 6 and 7 on Toronto Island and will feature headliners Foo Fighters and Oasis.