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Halifax VFest Feels "Alternative" Like The '90s

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By Shannon Webb-Campbell (CHARTattack) July 6, 2009 1:45 pm
It wouldn't be summer without a muddy festival on Citadel Hill. This past weekend Halifax hosted the inaugural Virgin Festival Nova Scotia, free of charge due to The Tragically Hip's last minute cancellation. Virgin headquarters sent out notice less than 24 hours before the show, which stated there was an unforeseeable family emergency that...
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Offspring Can Still Draw A Crowd

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By Steve McLean (CHARTattack) July 3, 2009 10:02 am
I was probably one of only two people at the Amphitheatre who was there primarily to see opening act Frank Turner (the other being my friend Michael, who was putting up the British singer/songwriter at his house for the night), and the two bands that followed didn't sway my opinion. Turner's Love Ire & Song (which was recently picked up by...
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The Offspring — Rise And Fall, Rage And Grace

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By Caitlin Hotchkiss (CHARTattack) June 24, 2008 11:19 am
The Offspring are one of those unfortunate bands who managed to hit commercial gold on the back of some really obnoxious singles ("Pretty Fly For A White Guy," anyone?), thus obscuring the value of their older and far better material. Probably sensing this, The Offspring have taken the anti-jock punk direction they were heading in with...
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The Offspring — Greatest Hits

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By Matt Semansky (CHARTattack) June 21, 2005 10:41 am
From the grunge-era dynamics of "Self-Esteem" to the punk-hop of "Original Pranksta," there aren't many pop genres that Dexter Holland and company haven't touched over the years. However, this Greatest Hits record also shows that The Offspring really only hit the mark when they're working with an underdog narrative and a whoah-...
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The Offspring — Splinter

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By Keith Carman (CHARTattack) December 19, 2003 12:50 pm
And you thought that "Pretty Fly" tune was strange territory for The Offspring. Try this seventh studio effort that rides the line between classic SoCal and disturbing AOR. It’s easily their most confusing effort to date, bringing truth to the term "love/hate relationship." After years of pandering mindless radio songs to the...
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I Read The News Today... For April 20, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) April 20, 2011 3:00 pm
If you've been waiting over three years to hear some falsetto folk crooning, you won't have to much longer: Bon Iver's self-titled sophomore album is out June 21. First Rusty reunited... now SIANspheric have reunited. Or will reunite on May 14 to play a show with stoner rockers Quest For Fire in Hamilton, Ont. —Facebook Diamond Rings has signed...
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I Read The News Today... For Feb. 22, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) February 22, 2011 3:45 pm
Halifax indie rockers Dog Day will release a new seven-inch mini-album, The Scratches EP, on March 22. They're heading south of the border to promote it in March. —dogdaymusic.com Man, does Sam Roberts' new record ever sound like it's gonna be hippie. Well, I mean, everything he's done so far is pretty hippie, but this one mixes his classic rock-...
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Anvil: Winning Friends And Influencing People

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By Bianca Marcus (CHARTattack) January 8, 2010 11:45 am
During their initial rise to fame in the '80s, Anvil went from surviving on Kraft Dinner and salami to sharing a stage with Bon Jovi and Whitesnake. It seemed they were going to make it big — and fast. Life had its way with the Toronto headbangers, however, and because of poor management and crappy timing, Anvil teetered over fame's razor edge...
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The Offspring At Molson Amphitheatre

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Nikki Ormerod
Venue: 
Molson Amphitheatre
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
July 2, 2009
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The Offspring At Molson Amphitheatre

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Nikki Ormerod
Venue: 
Molson Amphitheatre
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
July 2, 2009
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The Offspring At Molson Amphitheatre

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Photographer: 
Nikki Ormerod
Venue: 
Molson Amphitheatre
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
July 2, 2009
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The Offspring At Molson Amphitheatre

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Photographer: 
Nikki Ormerod
Venue: 
Molson Amphitheatre
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
July 2, 2009
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The Offspring At Molson Amphitheatre

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Photographer: 
Nikki Ormerod
Venue: 
Molson Amphitheatre
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
July 2, 2009
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The Offspring At Molson Amphitheatre

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Nikki Ormerod
Venue: 
Molson Amphitheatre
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
July 2, 2009
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Virgin Festival Nova Scotia 2009

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Shannon Webb-Campbell
Venue: 
Citadel Hill
City: 
Halifax, NS
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July 4, 2009
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Virgin Festival Nova Scotia 2009

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Shannon Webb-Campbell
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Citadel Hill
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Halifax, NS
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July 4, 2009
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Virgin Festival Nova Scotia 2009

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Shannon Webb-Campbell
Venue: 
Citadel Hill
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Halifax, NS
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July 4, 2009
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V-Fest Nova Scotia Lineup

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) May 12, 2009 10:08 am
The Tragically Hip will headline the inaugural Virgin Festival Nova Scotia when it hits Halifax's Citadel Hill on July 4. The Offspring, Metric, Dinosaur Jr., Hey Rosetta!, Plants And Animals and Arkells will also play the festival. More artists will be announced shortly. Tickets go on sale on Saturday at 9 a.m. through Ticketatlantic.com, the...
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Offspring's Shit Is Fucked Up Tour

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By Jen White (CHARTattack) March 25, 2009 3:03 pm
The Offspring will embark on their first full North American tour in almost four years this spring. The Shit Is Fucked Up tour will start in Nashville, Tenn. on May 15 and weave its way across the U.S. and Canada, ending in Pompano Beach, Fla. on July 18. The Offspring will have different openers for each leg of the tour in support of last year'...
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Pumping: The Offspring — Greatest Hits

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By The Stereo (CHARTattack) November 21, 2008 12:07 pm
I feel dirty about it, but there are at least four songs on here I genuinely enjoyed. "Why Don't You Get A Job" is clearly a McCartney rip, but we'll take it, and "Gotta Get Away" is genuinely rocking.
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