Tours & Festivals

1+ hour, 11+ min ago   (720+ words) Rain came and went Saturday afternoon as Fiesta Hispana entered the second day of its 45th anniversary celebration, sending visitors beneath umbrellas and tents before they returned to the rows of vendors and the festival’s main stage. “We’re still ahead of…...

40+ min ago   (515+ words) The weekend festival featured 300-plus performers and free dance lessons. Martin O’Connor enjoys salsa lessons from Napalia Rendon of Salsa and Sabor Columbian Dance Academy during the Salsa at Niagara Falls festival at Queen Victoria Park. Martin O’Connor was swinging…...

59+ min ago   (250+ words) New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft has issued a statement defending his decision to create what amounts to a ban on rapper Macklemore performing in support of Ed Sheeran at a number of stadiums following the rapper’s comments regarding Palestine,…...

1+ hour, 16+ min ago   (992+ words) The Jewish billionaire made the call after the rapper’s accusations at a concert that Israel was committing genocide. Robert Kraft, the Jewish and pro-Israel billionaire, took credit Monday for helping to pressure Ed Sheeran to drop pro-Palestinian rapper Macklemore from…...

1+ hour, 31+ min ago   (537+ words) Macklemore popped onto the music scene back in 2012 with his tongue-in-cheek song, Thriftshop, which was all about the American singer's thrifting lifestyle. It was lighthearted and fun. These days, however, he seems to have taken a dark turn and is…...

1+ hour, 28+ min ago   (363+ words) Robert Kraft extended an unexpected olive branch to Macklemore after the rapper claimed the Jewish businessman was the reason he was booted from Ed Sheeran’s stadium tour. The New England Patriots owner, 85, said he would “welcome the opportunity to sit…...

2+ hour, 29+ min ago   (424+ words) Rapper Macklemore has claimed that New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft pressured Ed Sheeran to remove him from the singer's US tour after he made pro-Palestinian comments during his performances. Macklemore, 43, said on Monday that Sheeran told him Kraft had…...

3+ hour, 33+ min ago   (506+ words) At the centre of his account is a blunt exchange with Sheeran. Told the phrase 'Free Palestine' was 'hurtful to a lot of people', Macklemore says he replied that if those words were more offensive than 'tens of thousands of…...

6+ hour, 13+ min ago   (450+ words) The Grammy Award-winning rapper shared a lengthy message on Instagram regarding his removal from the tour, placing blame not on Sheeran, but New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft. Macklemore is no longer part of Ed Sheeran’s U.S. Loop stadium tour,…...

11+ hour, 37+ min ago   (344+ words) The festival will feature The Beaches, Rebecca Black, Cara Delevingne, and other artists at the Queens venue. The festival takes place Friday, Sept. 25, Saturday, Sept. 26, and Sunday, Sept. 27 at Forest Hills Stadium in New York, NY. Three-day tickets for the…...