Time: 7:30 p.m.
Cover: Admission with Whoop-Up Days ticket. Advance $10, $15 at gate, $10 seniors
7:30 p.m. Suite 33 http://www.suite33live.com/
Suite 33 has been perfecting the art of live entertainment in hundreds
of venues all over North America for the last ten years. From thousands
in attendance, to private parties of a few hundred, to intimate club
gigs of a few dozen, crowds can't help but get caught up in the awesome
energy exploding from the stage. Any audience is captivated by the
irresistible feel -good atmosphere.
Their secret
weapon?
Lead singer - Nicole Freeman. From the first note, Nicole sets the pace
for the entire evening, engaging the crowd with her powerful vocals,
high energy stage presence, and an arsenal of top forty songs at her
disposal. What makes her unique is her road-tested ability to read a
crowd, control the momentum, and deliver an unforgettable performance,
tailored to each audience. From Las Vegas, to the Calgary Stampede, to
the Florida Keys....this girl has seen it all!
Nicole is backed up
as always by Doug Freeman (bass guitar, lighting and sound), sister,
Lizette Lynch (vocals, acoustic guitar, percussion,), Rich Oler (drums,
vocals) and Scott Mezei (lead guitar). These four talented musicians
create the rock solid driving force that add to your entertainment
value.
Equipped with live sound, programmable laser light show, and
hundreds of songs, Suite 33 is guaranteed to take any party to the next
level, performing the very best that pop music has to offer!
Platinum Blonde is back, but don’t call it a reunion. In reality, it’s
more like the band has simply taken a finger off of the pause button
with the release of its new album Now & Never.
With four
albums that have collectively gone Platinum seven times over and
garnered multiple Juno Award nominations, along with an induction into
the Music and Broadcast Industry Hall of Fame, it’s easy to wonder what else was there is for Platinum Blonde to accomplish? As it turns out, quite a lot.
“There’s been no resting on the laurels of the past successes,” says
frontman Mark Holmes. “I appreciate every last thing I’ve got, but you
have to embrace what’s coming towards you. The golden age is forever,
it’s right now.”
Indeed, the re-ignition of the band has been a
very long time coming. It wasn't for lack of demand - the appetite for
the signature new wave rock sound that swept up throngs of fans has
hardly waned since the boys pressed pause in 1991.
As the
years passed the band became somewhat of a cult mystery. When electronic
dance tastemakers Crystal Castles teamed with Robert Smith of The Cure
in 2010 to record a cover version of Platinum Blonde’s “Not In Love” an
entire new generation of fans began clamoring to discover the band’s
music.
For Holmes, though, there would be no rushing into any
new touring without fresh music. This conviction lead to dismissing
numerous offers to cash in by performing on the “greatest hits” concert
circuit.
“We were not going to tour unless there was a new
record,” declares Holmes with unshakeable certainty. “You can’t stop
evolving. You’ve got to stay current, you can’t limit yourself.”
In January 1983, at the beginning of a decade where pop music was often
adrift in flash and kitsch, the Toronto-based outfit consisting of
Holmes, Sergio Galli (guitar), and Chris Steffler (drums) emerged from
the club scene with a more substantial offering. At the core of their
unremittingly danceable new wave influence were three musically fluent
artists who had something relevant to say.
Accolade for the
band came fast and furiously. In autumn 1983 the group debuted Six Track
Attack - an EP washed with crisp, slinky guitar and synth along with
punchy rhythms. The release fuelled such an enormous amount of hype for
the band that it charted at #39 – an unprecedented feat for the era.
Instantly, Platinum Blonde became one of the biggest commodities of the burgeoning new wave landscape.
Six Track Attack became the ground on which the triple-Platinum selling
LP Standing In The Dark was built. Before the close of 1984 the band
had invaded radio airwaves with four hit singles – "Doesn't Really
Matter", "Standing In The Dark", "Sad Sad Rain", and "Not In Love".
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