{"id":6268,"date":"2023-10-04T15:59:43","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T19:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.andrewlamarche.com\/news\/?p=6268"},"modified":"2023-10-11T16:04:39","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T20:04:39","slug":"canadas-rock-of-fame-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.andrewlamarche.com\/news\/2023\/10\/canadas-rock-of-fame-celebration\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada\u2019s Rock of Fame Celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"770\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.andrewlamarche.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/cwof-2023-barry_roden_-_band_photo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.andrewlamarche.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/cwof-2023-barry_roden_-_band_photo.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.andrewlamarche.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/cwof-2023-barry_roden_-_band_photo-600x374.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.andrewlamarche.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/cwof-2023-barry_roden_-_band_photo-260x162.jpg 260w, https:\/\/www.andrewlamarche.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/cwof-2023-barry_roden_-_band_photo-768x479.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo credit: Barry Roden<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Oct 02, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Canada\u2019s Rock of Fame celebration, alongside official partners Anthem Entertainment and Live Nation, was held at Toronto\u2019s majestic Massey Hall on September 28<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;and, by all accounts, was an epic night of great musical performances, tributes and stories that ushered in a new chapter in how Canada honours its musical legacy. Thirteen of Canada\u2019s best-loved rock bands and artists of the 1970s and \u201880s were inducted into Canada\u2019s esteemed Walk of Fame as part of the organization\u2019s 25th-anniversary celebrations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Members past and present of April Wine, Chilliwack, Glass Tiger, Lee Aaron, Lighthouse, Loverboy, Max Webster, Michel Pagliaro, The Parachute Club, Platinum Blonde, Prism, Trooper and Rough Trade were honoured for their contributions to Canada\u2019s musical heritage and their national and global success in an event that exceeded all expectations. It was such a hot ticket that it sold out within minutes of being put on sale months in advance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadaswalkoffame.com\/article\/fyi-music-news-rock-of-fame-succeeds-in-a-blaze-of-glory\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.canadaswalkoffame.com\/article\/fyi-music-news-rock-of-fame-succeeds-in-a-blaze-of-glory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oct 02, 2023 Canada\u2019s Rock of Fame celebration, alongside official partners Anthem Entertainment and Live Nation, was held at Toronto\u2019s majestic Massey Hall on September 28th&nbsp;and, by all accounts, was an epic night of great musical performances, tributes and stories that ushered in a new chapter in how Canada honours its musical legacy. Thirteen of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[569,568,30],"class_list":["post-6268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-canadas-rock-of-fame","tag-canadas-walk-of-fame","tag-rough-trade"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewlamarche.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewlamarche.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewlamarche.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewlamarche.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewlamarche.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6268"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewlamarche.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6268\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6270,"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewlamarche.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6268\/revisions\/6270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewlamarche.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewlamarche.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andrewlamarche.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}