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Michael Bublé Announces Canadian Show Dates

Putting all rumours of retirement to bed, the Canadian superstar has an international tour set for 2019, including nine concerts in his homeland.

Michael Bublé Announces Canadian Show Dates

By FYI Staff

Weeks after Britain's Daily Mail erroneously alleged the Canadian pop singer was retiring, Michael Bublé announced his 36-date, sixth world tour on Thursday on top of the release of his 10th studio album, scheduled for November 16 and featuring a heart emoji as its title.


Tickets go on sale November 19 for the North American leg of An Evening with Michael Bublé, which opens Feb. 13 at Florida's Amalie Arena in Tampa and includes a total of nine Canadian shows.

Canadian dates as follows: 

April 12 - Vancouver, BC - Rogers Arena
April 15 - Edmonton, AB - Rogers Place
April 18 - Saskatoon, SK - SaskTel Centre
April 19 - Winnipeg, MB - Bell MTS Place
July 26 - Toronto, ON - Scotiabank Arena
July 29 - London, ON - Budweiser Garden
July 30 - Ottawa, ON - Canadian Tire Centre
August 1 - Montreal, QC - Bell Centre
August 3 - Quebec, QC - City Centre Videotron

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Howard Willett (right) with Whiskey Jack
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Howard Willett (right) with Whiskey Jack

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Obituaries: Toronto Harmonica Ace/Vocalist Howard Willett Remembered By His Peers

This week we also acknowledge the passing of The Cure keyboardist/guitarist Perry Bamonte, bubblegum hitmaker Jerry Kasenetz, influential U.S. label head Howie Klein and innovative jazz musician Michal Urbaniak.

Howard Willett, a vocalist and harmonica player with the Bebop Cowboys, Whiskey Jack and many other Ontario country/roots outfits, died on Dec. 31. His age has not been reported.

On his Perlich Post blog, Toronto music journalist Tim Perlich says, "I'm saddened to hear that Parry Sound-born singer/harmonica ace Howard Willett has passed away. Howard was a longtime performer on the Toronto scene, well known for his work with the Bebop Cowboys, Swing-a-Billy Orchestra, Whiskey Jack, Junction City AllStars, The Shifters and many others. He'll be greatly missed."

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