This Valentine’s Day Spend The Evening With Johnny Reid!

This February 14th, cuddle up in front of your TV & watch platinum recording artist, Johnny Reid. Put on the fire & pull your loved one in close to view this great live show!

Maybe you’ll even ask you’re love to “Dance with Me “…

Johnny Reid Live At The Jubilee airs on CMT, Sunday February 14th at 10pm EST.

Behind The Scenes With The Mission District

Last week, The Mission District teamed up with Musique Plus and Nightlife Magazine. Check out this exclusive behind the scenes video of the photo shoot for Nightlife on Musique Plus.com!

Celtic Woman Take Toronto By Storm!

Lisa Kelly, Chloe Agnew, Méav Ni Mhaolchatha, Orla Fallon and Mairead Nesbitt, the five Irish beauties who make up Celtic Woman are in Toronto this weekend doing a whirlwind of promotion.  This morning they visited Canada AM, where this behind-this-scenes snap was taken!

Lady Antebellum Sing A Special Song For Ellen!

Lady Antebellum performed their latest smash single “American Honey” on ELLEN yesterday, but it was this performance that really wow’d everyone!

Check it out on Ellen’s site

Polaris Music Prize: The Aftermath

Last night was one of the big annual nights for Canadian music. It was the Polaris Music Prize awarding.

While our favourite, Patrick Watson, didn’t take home the Prize for a second time, they did an unbelievable (and unconventional) performance of “Hearts In The Park,” when they donned backpacks with huge megaphone-tentacle-lights attached and crept through the crowd. If you thought the song sounded unfamiliar, it’s not a surprise. “Hearts In The Park” is an iTunes exclusive track.

After 10 incredible performances from 10 incredible artists, Toronto band F–ked Up were announced the winners of the 2009 Polaris Music Prize. We’re really happy for the band, think their positive messages and hardcore ways deserve all the praise they receive.

If you missed the Gala, fear not! You can check it out on Much Music at 9PM this Saturday (encore performances through October - check your local listings). Also, CBC Radio 3 are putting up Polaris podcasts this week.

Canadian Country Music Awards Are Nearly Upon Us!

‘Tis the season for Canadian country music fans to unite!  The CCMA Awards are in a short 9 days and the excitement is mounting.  Jason Priestly (Brandon Walsh!) is hosting the 2009 Canadian Country Music Awards celebrating the biggest names in Canadian and international country.

Terri Clark will be in attendance at the awards and is keeping all her fans up-to-date with a daily video blog on her YouTube channel. Go watch!

Don’t forget to set your PVR or book the night of September 13th off to get in on all the fun!

Anne Murray Hosts Walk of Fame Tribute

Canwest and Canada’s Walk of Fame announced yesterday that award-winning singer, Anne Murray, will host of the 12th Annual Walk of Fame Tribute, a.k.a The Canada Honours.

Airing on TV, Sunday, September 13th at 9pm ET/PT on Global and SLICETM, the annual star-studded gala will feature retrospective videos, special performances and celebrity presenters who will be confirmed in the coming weeks.

A 1998 Canada’s Walk of Fame recipient, Anne Murray is a true Ambassador of Canada, having played for millions of fans around the world. Murray has sold over 54 million recordings and been recognized by the international music industry with four Grammy Awards, 24 Juno Awards, three American Music Awards and three CMA Awards. She is currently finishing work on her memoirs to be published by Knopf Canada and released by Random House in North America on October 27th.

The 12th annual ceremony this year will pay tribute to these Canadian icons: musical group Blue Rodeo; actor, the late Raymond Burr; actress Kim Cattrall; rocker Tom Cochrane; designers Dean & Dan Caten (Dsquared2); comedian Howie Mandel; children’s author Robert Munsch and Para-olympian Chantal Petitclerc.

Crank Up The Volume Canada: The 2009 MMVAs Nominations Are In!

Alberta-turned-international rock gods Nickelback and R&B’s new northern light Danny Fernandes lead the way with five nods each as the 2009 MMVAs nominations were announced today. Vancouver punk poppers Marianas Trench follow closely with four. Co-hosted by the larger-than-life, heart-stopping trio known as the Jonas Brothers, the 2009 MMVAs honour the coolest, sexiest, and craziest Canadian videos of the year. The show airs live Sunday, June 21 at 9 p.m. ET, exclusively on MuchMusic. The MMVAs 09 RED CARPET SPECIAL kicks off the A-List action at 8 p.m. ET. (more…)

Beastie Boys ‘Hot Sauce Committee’ - Brand New Studio Album Out This Fall

As announced by Mike D, Adrock and MCA themselves last night on NBC’s Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, the title for the upcoming new Beastie Boys album will be HOT SAUCE COMMITTEE. The band’s eighth album of all new original material will be out this fall, with an exact date to be confirmed shortly.

In related news, an extremely limited vinyl seven inch featuring HOT SAUCE COMMITTEE hardcore punk rave-up “Lee Majors Come Again” and an A Capella version of the new album’s “B Boys In The Cut” has been turning up golden ticket style in random copies of the recently released Check Your Head deluxe limited collectors vinyl edition. One copy was found selling for $105 on eBay–$25 above the list price of the original Check Your Head package in which it was included! (more…)

It’s Up To Fans to Decide! Vote Now For The 2009 MMVAs UR FAVE Awards

The countdown to the 2009 MMVAs is on and MuchMusic needs fans to help put the highly-coveted MMVAs statues in the hands of deserving nominees. The 2009 MMVAs UR FAVE Awards (formerly People’s Choice Awards) give fans the power to determine the winners in three award categories: UR FAVE New Artist/Group, UR FAVE Video and UR FAVE International Video.

Fans can vote now for the 2009 MMVAs UR FAVE Award nominees by hitting up muchmusic.com or by texting MMVA to 299299. They can also log on to the website to check out all of the nominated videos, plus shop for downloads and ringtones from all the nominees.

Earlier this month fans flocked to muchmusic.com to cast more than 70,000 votes that added Karl Wolf, Simple Plan, and Britney Spears as Wildcard nominees to the 2009 MMVAs UR FAVE Award categories.

Find out which UR FAVE nominees go home MMVAs winners at the 2009 MUCHMUSIC VIDEO AWARDS airing live Sunday, June 21 at 9 p.m. ET on MuchMusic.

The full lists of 2009 UR FAVE Nominees are:

UR FAVE New Artist/Group

Danny Fernandes/ “Fantasy”
Lights / “Drive My Soul”
The Midway State / “Never Again”
Shiloh / “Goodbye, You Suck”
Karl Wolf / “Africa”

UR FAVE Video

Danny Fernandes / “Fantasy”
Kardinal Offishall f. Akon / “Dangerous”
Marianas Trench / “Cross My Heart”
Nickelback / “Gotta Be Somebody”
Simple Plan / “Save You”

UR FAVE International Video

Jonas Brothers / “Burnin’ Up”
Katy Perry / “I Kissed A Girl”
Lady Gaga / “Poker Face”
Lil’ Wayne / “A Milli”
Britney Spears / “Circus”

About MMVAs

MuchMusic gives fans the experience of a lifetime by putting them as close as humanly possible to their favourite artists and celebrities at the 2009 MUCHMUSIC VIDEO AWARDS. The show airs live on Sunday, June 21 at 9 p.m. ET with a star-packed Red Carpet special beforehand. Past years have seen performances by Avril Lavigne, Rihanna, Simple Plan, New Kids On The Block, City and Colour, Kanye West, Kardinal Offishall and Akon, Nelly Furtado, Britney Spears, Hedley, The Killers, Fergie, and many more. At the MMVAs, the audience is the priority; Much gives them the best seats in the house, whether a foot from the stage or a foot from a television, computer, or mobile phone. Fans should hit up Much regularly at muchmusic.com or Twitter @MuchMusic for the most up-to-date info about the event of the year.