Billy Talent
Signed Items, Advice And More In Make Music Matter Auction: Including Rush, The Tragically Hip, The Trews
Signed Items, Advice And More In Make Music Matter Auction: Including Rush, The Tragically Hip, The Trews Rock band The Trews with the guitar they signed for the Make Music Matter auction: photo provided. Face time with top producers, musical instruments, event tickets, conference passes, art, apparel, memorabilia, accessories and more are up for bid in…
Members Of Blue Rodeo, Billy Talent, Sum 41, Three Days Grace, More Cover "Sunday Bloody Sunday" For Human Rights Watch
Members Of Blue Rodeo, Billy Talent, Sum 41, Three Days Grace, More Cover "Sunday Bloody Sunday" For Human Rights Watch Artists For Sudan — photo by Ashley Senja An all-star team of Canadian musicians including members of Blue Rodeo, Billy Talent, Sum 41 and Three Days Grace have covered U2's iconic 1983 protest song "Sunday Bloody Sunday" with…
Billy Talent, City and Colour, PUP to Stage Benefit Concert at Danforth Music Hall
Billy Talent, City and Colour, PUP to Stage Benefit Concert at Danforth Music Hall Billy Talent — photo credit: Dustin Rabin.Toronto rock band Billy Talent will host a benefit concert Aug. 11 at Danforth Music Hall just blocks away from where the recent tragic shooting in Greektown by a lone gunman killed two and injured 13. “In an effort to support…
Billy Talent Launch Charity Trust with Limited Edition Gold Plaques
Billy Talent Launch Charity Trust with Limited Edition Gold Plaques Billy Talent promo shot — photo credit: Dustin Rabin.After years of giving back, Canadian rockers Billy Talent have launched their own charitable trust.The band, which are celebrating their 25th anniversary, if you include their previous incarnation Pezz, announced the appropriately…
Bill Murray Art Show Benefits Billy Talent Drummer's MS Charity
Bill Murray Art Show Benefits Billy Talent Drummer's MS Charity Bowman and Billy Talent's Aaron Solowniuk — photo credit: Ben Kowalewicz. Pop culture visual artist Bowman has put together a Bill Murray-themed art exhibit to benefit F.U.MS, the youth-focused multiple sclerosis charity created by Billy Talent drummer Aaron Solowoniuk that raises money…
Billy Talent Drum Kit Being Auctioned Off For MS Charity
Billy Talent Drum Kit Being Auctioned Off For MS Charity Aaron Solowoniuk's drums — photo via eBayBilly Talent drummer Aaron Solowoniuk is auctioning off his drum kit to help support charitable multiple sclerosis (MS) related causes. The Canadian rock band's long-time drummer put the uniquely painted Pearl brand Vision SST all-maple drum kit up for…
CONTEST: Meet Billy Talent At Riot Fest, Toronto: Canada-Only Contest
CONTEST: Meet Billy Talent At Riot Fest, Toronto: Canada-Only Contest Billy Talent — photo credit: Dustin Rabin.Samaritanmag.com is running a contest to meet multi-platinum-selling rockers Billy Talent at Riot Fest in Toronto at Downsview Park, on Saturday, Sept. 6, and of course watch the band perform and all the rest of the acts that day. See below to…
Song Contest To Record With Sam Roberts Spotlights Issues in Africa
Song Contest To Record With Sam Roberts Spotlights Issues in Africa Producer David Bottrill records 2013's My Song For Change winner Trevor Kidd — photo courtesy of Make Music Matter.Aspiring pop stars hoping to balance dreams of glory with something more meaningful should consider entering the My Song for Change contest, currently accepting submissions…
Billy Talent To Co-Design T-shirt For Bluenotes Kids Help Phone Campaign
Billy Talent To Co-Design T-shirt For Bluenotes Kids Help Phone Campaign Toronto rock act Billy Talent is next in line to create a graphic t-shirt for Bluenotes clothing retailer to benefit Kids Help Phone. The shirt is due in stores and online the first week of October. “We sent some ideas to them and we’re going to collaborate,” guitarist Ian D’Sa told…
Billy Talent, Kardinal, Lights, Harmer Contrast Their Childhood With War Kids
Billy Talent, Kardinal, Lights, Harmer Contrast Their Childhood With War Kids Billy Talent, Kardinal Offishall, Sarah Harmer, Lights and Kay are among the Canadian musicians who reflected on their own childhood for a series of online video clips, as part of War Child Canada’s powerful advertising campaign, entitled JAM. So far the Billy Talent, Kardinal and Harmer videos have been released.…
Billy Talent Drummer Launches Online Support Site For Youth Affected By MS
Billy Talent Drummer Launches Online Support Site For Youth Affected By MS Billy Talent drummer Aaron Solowoniuk is in a multi-platinum Canadian rock band, headlining arenas across the country and touring all over the world, but he has just realized another dream — the launch of www.someonelikeme.ca, a youth-based blogging website for people affected by…
Rwanda: Rises Up! Documentary And Album Coming This Month
Rwanda: Rises Up! Documentary And Album Coming This Month Rwanda: Rises Up! is a documentary that will premiere on Citytv stations across Canada at 8 p.m. on June 19 and a Sony Music downloadable album that will go on sale via iTunes three days later to raise awareness of recent developments in a country where an estimated 800,000 people lost their lives…
Rwanda Rising Up Album And Doc Features Hot Hot Heat, Billy Talent, Operation MD, And More
Rwanda Rising Up Album And Doc Features Hot Hot Heat, Billy Talent, Operation MD, And More Hot Hot Heat's Steve Bays and Muhizi Patrick from Rwandan group Holy Jadoves in the newly-built studio in KigaliFor musician/producer Darcy Ataman, founder of Canadian Artists for African Aid Inc., a.k.a. “Song For Africa,” what began as his “little contribution to…
Billy Talent Drummer Knows What MS-affected Youth Need
Billy Talent Drummer Knows What MS-affected Youth Need photo credit: Dustin RabinBilly Talent drummer Aaron Solowoniuk was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) in 1998 and nine years later started the MS Society of Canada Scholarship Fund. Under the cooler name F.U.M.S, Billy Talent and Friends put on an annual concert to raise money to help send young…