Mark Elliot was a brave man - an early advocate for same sex marriage and courageously talked about his struggles with addiction to help others. Rest In Peace
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Mark Elliot was a brave man - an early advocate for same sex marriage and courageously talked about his struggles with addiction to help others. Rest In Peace
- Mayor John Tory, Jan. 12, on Twitter
Sum 41
The band's final performance will be at the 2025 Junos in Vancouver, hosted by Michael Bublé. Live Nation Canada chairman Riley O’Connor will also receive the Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award.
Sum 41 will wrap up their career with a special achievement: an induction into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame.
The pop-punk stars will earn the honour at the 2025 Juno Awards in Vancouver. They're playing their final show in Toronto on January 30, but will get together for one last encore performance at the Junos gala on March 30.
“We’re excited to be back at the Junos and to receive this recognition," said Sum 41 in a statement. "We’ve come so far as a band since we first started and we look forward to celebrating in Vancouver with our fans and fellow Canadian artists.”
Over a 28-year career, Sum 41 have sold over 15 million records worldwide via multiple Billboard charting releases and No. 1 hits, a Grammy nomination, 2 Juno Awards (7 nominations), sold-out tours and packed venues everywhere and countless other accolades.
The band is still making major noise on the charts. After earning their first No. 1 on Billboard’s Alternative Airplay chart in over two decades earlier this year, setting a record for longest gap between No. 1s on that chart, Sum 41 this week scores another as “Dopamine” rises a spot to No. 1.
Sum 41's induction into The Canadian Music Hall of Fame places them alongside such stars as Alanis Morissette, Barenaked Ladies, Jann Arden, Joni Mitchell, k.d. lang, Leonard Cohen, Nickelback, Neil Young, Oscar Peterson, RUSH, The Guess Who, The Tragically Hip, Sarah McLachlan, Shania Twain and more.
Junos organizers CARAS have also announced that Michael Bublé will host this year's show. Given that the 2025 Juno Awards will be held in Vancouver, it is appropriate that Michael Bublé, one of the province's biggest global stars, will take the stage.
Over the course of his multi-platinum studded career, the suave jazz-pop crooner has won 15 Juno Awards. In a statement, Michael Bublé says, “I could not be happier bringing The Juno Awards home to Vancouver for 2025... Being able to host for the second time in my hometown makes this night mean even more to me..”
Bublé previously hosted the Junos in 2013 and 2018, and withdrew from hosting the 2017 awards to care for his ill son after a cancer diagnosis.
Michael Bublé has sold more than 75 million albums worldwide over a career launched via his self-titled debut album on Reprise Records in 2003. Alongside those 15 Junos are five Grammy Awards, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and Canada’s Walk of Fame, six multi-platinum albums, and over 14 billion global streams.
The onset of the holiday season has already seen the return of Bublé to the Billboard charts with his now classic seasonal album Christmas. That release topped the chart in 2011-12 and has returned to the top 10 in every holiday season since.
Riley O'Connor – who this year was honoured at the Canadian edition of Billboard Power Players – will receive the Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award, which recognizes individuals who have contributed to the growth and development of the Canadian music industry at home and around the world.
O’Connor was named Chairman of Live Nation Canada in 2007 and has steered the company – which now presents more than 4,000 concerts annually for domestic and international artists – to market leadership in Canada’s live entertainment industry.
O’Connor's long career as a concert promoter started at Vancouver’s Perryscope Concert Productions and he quickly moved up the ranks of concert promotion in Canada and Europe. Over the years, O’Connor has brought Canada shows from such international superstars as AC/DC, Bruce Springsteen and Elton John, and produced and promoted shows by Canadian acts including RUSH, The Tragically Hip, Michael Bublé, Bryan Adams, Avril Lavigne, Celine Dion and more.
O'Connor states that “As a promoter, my ambition was to provide opportunities for our Canadian artists and build a national marketplace where Canadian fans can celebrate live music in as many communities as possible.”
The 54th Annual Juno Awards, will broadcast and stream live across Canada from Rogers Arena in Vancouver on March 30th at 8 p.m. on CBC's TV, radio and internet channels. Tickets go on sale to the general public on November 29 at ticketmaster.ca/junos.
