Articles by Sean Palmerston

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  Gentlemen of the Road featuring Mumford & Sons, Old Crow Medicine Show, Hey Rosetta!, the Walkmen

  Norfolk County Fairgrounds, Simcoe ON, August 24

  PUBLISHED Aug 26, 2013

  The second day of the Gentlemen of the Road stopover in Simcoe, Ontario clearly demonstrated that this quiet rural town was ready for a par...

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  Barge to Hell featuring Enslaved, Behemoth, Sodom, Mayhem

  Miami to Nassau, December 3-7

  PUBLISHED Dec 12, 2012

  After the successful curation of two 70,000 Tons of Metal cruises over the past few years, a new floating festival was launched in early De...

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  Marillion

  Live From Cadogan Hall

  PUBLISHED Apr 5, 2011

  In 2009, veteran UK prog rockers Marillion made a huge left turn, choosing to do an acoustic album and tour. Instead of the typical unplugg...

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  70,000 Tons of Metal featuring Amon Amarth, Saxon, Testament, Blind Guardian

  Miami to Mexico, January 24 - 28

  PUBLISHED Feb 3, 2011

  It was a concept so bizarre that you had to go: a floating heavy metal festival of 42 (mostly) extreme metal bands sailing around the Carib...

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  Gov't Mule

  Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Toronto, ON October 27

  PUBLISHED Oct 29, 2009

  American blues rock veterans Gov't Mule celebrated the release of their brand new studio album By a Thread with a special "Evening With..."...

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  Porcupine Tree / King's X

  Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Toronto, ON September 30

  PUBLISHED Oct 5, 2009

  As it was the final night of their North American tour, you can forgive Porcupine Tree if things didn't work out just quite right. Upon ent...

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  Obituary / Goatwhore / Krisiun / The Berzerker / Warbringer

  The Opera House, Toronto, ON September 25

  PUBLISHED Sep 30, 2009

  Whatever happened to the days of two- or three-act shows? It seems like every underground metal tour is a festival these days, and that's s...

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  Marillion Weekend

  Theatre L'Olympia, Montreal QC April 3 to 5

  PUBLISHED Apr 8, 2009

  After finding success doing European conventions bi-annually since 2001, UK rockers Marillion finally attempted to pull off a North America...