REVIEW – Fans Love to Love Nickelback at Stampede Finale

It’s hard to believe that Nickelback formed nearly 30 years ago and broke out 25 years ago with the album The State. Over that time the Hanna, Alberta 4some has performed dozens of times in Calgary, from bars to headlining the 2013 Flood-Aid concert at McMahon Stadium. Add in multiple Saddledome shows including just a year ago, and fans know what to expect when the band shows up. 17,000 fans showed up for the final night of Stampede for an explosive evening of hits, hits, and more hits.

The success of…

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REVIEW – Orville Peck Stampedes on To Coke Stage

Orville PeckAbout three fourths of the way through Orville Peck’s July 12th headlining slot on the Coke Stage at the Stampede, he was telling the audience about how his duet with the iconic Willie Nelson on Cowboy’s Are Frequently Secretly Fond Of Each Other – a song about gay cowboys – came about. He casually mentioned that he is, in fact, a gay cowboy. Standing on a stage in front of thousands of people, gay, straight, and everything in between, it was one of those moments that fans of live music live for. While the Stampede has…

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Coming Out On (and Off) the Field

By Jonah Newman
I craved my teammates’ acceptance and respect, and it couldn’t have been clearer that these would never be extended to anyone other than a cisgender, heterosexual man.

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Anti-Memoir, Anti-Me

By Kawika Guillermo
Punk poetics is a form of musically-infused writing shaped by queer and trans authors like Patti Smith, Kathy Acker, Kai Cheng Thom. Like punk rock, punk poetics can crowd-surf us along the rhythmic tug of words, only to drop us into a circle pit and leave readers bruised and gasping for air.

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Embracing My Identity with New Language

By Subhaga Crystal Bacon
I say I came out formally at that time because I had long since come out to myself one summer afternoon in elementary school while riding my bike. I can still see the scene as if it were yesterday: The purple bike with its chopper handlebars and white banana seat.

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