Bad Religion At Centre Bell

 

We're a little bit backed up on getting my concert photographs up here on The Old Blog.  I suppose we will catch up at some point, but this would be a good time to remind you that my concert photographs can be seen in a much more timely manner by visiting V13Media, which you can do by following the link.  If you'd like an even more direct route to my photographs, you can visit my personal page over there but using the following link.  A couple of legendary punk rock bands took over the Centre Bell in Montreal for a night that electrified everyone who had the good fortune of being there.  The band charged with opening the evening was none other than Bad Religion.  You know it is going to be an awesome night when a headliner worthy band is in the opening slot.  These punk rock veterans still remain a force on stage and waste little time reminding us all.  Opening with “Recipe For Hate”, got the crowd up and hopping right away.  The jumping and raised fists continued with “Them And Us” as it became increasingly difficult to get some clear shots of the band from our outpost at the soundboard.  Unbothered by my obstructed view, the fans continued to party through the entire set.  Singer Greg Graffin sounded terrific and the band played everything sharp and loud.  Each song had a little video that played on the giant screen behind the band that really added to the presentation.  From the opening song all the way through to “American Jesus”, Bad Religion showed that there is still a lot of power under their hood.  What a great way to open the evening.  It's been quite a while since the last time we had a new Bad Religion album, so we're left wondering if there will be something new.  Even if there isn't, with 17 albums to their name, there is a huge wealth of music for fans to dig in to.  All of the photographs were taken at f/3.2 while using various different shutter speeds, ISO settings and focal lengths.  Here are the rest of the photographs that I took of Bad Religion as they performed on the Centre Bell stage.

If you would like to find out more about Bad Religion and their music, you can do so by following the link to their website.  If you would like to see the photographs that I took of The Offspring, who performed later that night, you'll need to visit my V13 Page as I can't show them here.  Bad Religion definitely qualify as legends and they also give an awesome show.  Don't you dare miss if it when they perform in a town near you.

The Offspring At Centre Bell

The Offspring recently made a visit to the Centre Bell, and I had the good fortune of being able to photograph the performance.  Unfortunately, I'm not allowed to publish them here on The Old Blog.  Not to fear, a simple click of the mouse will allow you to see them.  Just follow the link to my review of the show on V13 Media and you can find the photographs there.  Much thank goes out to The Offspring's management group, Sandee Bathgate at Bruce Allen Talent, Evenko and Christopher Gonda of V13 Media for getting me a pass to photograph the show.  As always, it is much appreciated.  It was an awesome show.  Don't you dare miss it when The Offspring plays in a town near you.

Jade Eagleson At Le Studio TD

We're a little bit backed up on getting my concert photographs up here on The Old Blog.  I suppose we will catch up at some point, but this would be a good time to remind you that my concert photographs can be seen in a much more timely manner by visiting V13Media, which you can do by following the link.  If you'd like an even more direct route to my photographs, you can visit my personal page over there but using the following link.  After a long, cold Montreal winter, the city’s country music fans got a taste of the warmer weather to come.  This past Thursday night, Jade Eagleson was playing Le Studio TD.  It was part of his Coming Soon To A Honky Tonk Near You tour.  Montreal hosts the annual Lasso Festival every August and Jade Eagleson has been part of that a few times.  One could almost feel the Summer heat to come while he was on stage. On this night, toques, mittens and snow pants were replaced by jeans, vests and cowboy hats.  The fans who packed the concert hall definitely arrived in their rodeo finest.  Played to the stage by his band, Jade Eagleson was all smiles before the first note was played from his guitar.  I don’t know if the Celine Dion t-shirt he was wearing was chosen in order to win over some of the crowd, but it wasn’t necessary.  This honky tonk was already hooting and hollering in anticipation of his arrival.  He opened with “Coming Soon To A Honky Tonk Near You” and the fans were all in excited for this new song.  The party continued with “Do It Anyway” from the album of the same name.  It won him a CCMA Country Music Album of the Year award.  This one really got the crowd roaring and I saw a cowboy hat or two waved along to the groove.  Opening act Sully Burrows, check out the photographs of his performance earlier that night by following the link, returned to the stage to lend his vocals to “More Drinkin’ Than Fishin’”.  Many of the locals lent their voices to the song as well.  This left the Studio TD rockin’ and rollin’ like the Boar’s Nest back in Hazzard County.  “Worth The Double”, “Rodeo Queen” and “Get Your Name On It” completed the good time that was promised.  After the encore, the damsels and gentlemen made their way to the stables for the horse ride home. All of the photographs were taken at f/3.2 while using various different shutter speeds, ISO settings and focal lengths.  Here are the rest of the photographs that I took of Jade Eagleson as he performed up on the Le Studio TD stage.

 

If you would like to find out more about Jade Eagleson and his music, you can do so by following the link to his website.  If you would like to see the photographs that I took of Brittany Kennell and Sully Burrows, who performed earlier in the evening, you can do so by following the respective links.  A big thank you goes out to Jade Eagleson's management team at Range Media Partners, Evenko and Christopher Gonda of V13 Media for getting me a pass to photograph the show. As always, it is much appreciated.  This was one of the final shows of the tour, but Jade Eagleson will certainly be back on the road again soon.  Don’t you dare miss it when he visits a town near you.