Today I had the opportunity to meet up with PGA Tour Pro Rocco Mediate
at the 2010 RBC Canadian Open Golf Championship.
Rocco is a very close friend with RUSH's Alex Lifeson.
This week Rocco will be will be wearing RUSH
and Coppinwood baseball caps while playing at the Open.
We caught with Rocco shortly after he finished his first round at the open,
Was held at the St. George's Golf and Country Club on Monday, July 19, 2010.
PGA Pro's like Camilo Villegas, Stephen Ames, Paul Casey, Fred Couples,
Retief Goosen, Sean O'Hair, Trevor Immelman, Luke Donald, and Jerry Kelly
were joined by NHL'ers Steven Stamkos, Rick Nash, Dion Phaneuf,
and Martin Brodeur and actors Kevin Dillon and Samuel L Jackson.
A proceeds were in support of the Mike Weir foundation which
supports several Children's healt hcare and related causes.
Becoming a summer fixture along with the Indy, the 10th
RUSH fan convention will feature three full days of
activities, join Jacob Moon and Tony "Jack Secret" Geranios
on the Friday night Boat Cruise. On the concert day enjoy
hearing stories from Donna Halper and then on to the
concert at the Air Canada Centre.
Sunday take a tour of Anthem and a private screening of
the RUSH documentary, beyond the lighted stage and take
part in the charity auction featuring great RUSH items.
VEGASCON 1 in Las Vegas August 14th
Often one of the most sought after RUSH shows is always in Vegas
This year join many other RUSH fans and get together to enjoy
each other's company, tell or listen to RUSH stories, games and
trivia. Prog Rock fans come a day early and see Coheed & Cambria
with Porcupine Tree, after the RUSH show checkout Primus or if
you are really brave you can checkout Lady Gaga on the Friday
and regale RUSH fans with your Gaga stories...
Photo by Paul Beaulieu - CSHF 2010 Induction Ceremony
Geddy Lee has optioned the TV and Film rights for Dave Bidini's
book, "Baseballissimo: My Summer In The Italian Minor Leagues".
Geddy has plans to produce a movie based on the Rheostatics
former front man's sports based book. Geddy fans know that he
has a strong passion towards baseball.
Bidini is a huge RUSH fan and recently delivered the induction speech
as RUSH were inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Photo courtesy of the David Suzuki Foundation Site
PLAYLIST FOR THE PLANET
David Suzuki's Playlist for the Planet Songwriting Contest opens on June 17, 2010.
This year is notable for the David Suzuki Foundation: September 2010 marks our 20th anniversary. To celebrate this occasion, we're launching a project that will bring together some of Canada's finest songwriters and performers for a compilation album called Playlist for the Planet.
The best part is that you and your band will have the opportunity to join Broken Social Scene, Joel Plaskett, K'naan, Rush, Randy Bachman, Bruce Cockburn and many more of Canada's favourite musicians to create a Playlist for the Planet.
The project will include an online songwriting contest, which will launch on June 17. We're inviting independent Canadian songwriters to contribute their own environmentally themed songs. After the launch, artists can upload songs to Playlist for the Planet on the CBC Radio 3 website. Fans can then vote for their favourite songs.
Make sure you return to this link on June 17 to register for the song contest. You are supporting a great cause and might have your name on a CD next to RUSH, Bruce Cockburn, Randy Bachman and many other great Canadian artists.
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The Following Acts or Artists currently have concerts scheduled in Canada:
Jonas Brothers Michael Buble
For Dates, Locations, and Ticket information go to our concerts page.
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