Sheepdogs, July Talk

booked to play the Burt

Four-time Juno winners the Sheepdogs are bringing their guitar-driven barroom rock to the Burton Cummings Theatre on April 17.

Tickets for the show go on sale today for $48-$66 at Ticketmaster.

A month before that, Toronto alt-rock outfit July Talk will play the same venue on March 20 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the album Touch.

Tickets go on sale today at Ticketmaster for $42-$66.

You buy a movie ticket,

you take your chance

Cineplex wants to bring new meaning to the term “no spoilers.”

Canada’s largest theatre chain is introducing Monday Surprise Premières, where moviegoers can buy a ticket for a major new release without knowing what they’re seeing until the lights go down.

The experiment is Cineplex’s latest attempt to get audiences back in multiplexes. A recent study commissioned by Telefilm found that domestic movie theatre attendance in Canada has dropped by an average of 46 per cent in the last five years.

Monday Surprise Premieres start Nov. 10, with tickets priced at $8.99.

Winnipeg police recover blue rodeo guitarist’s bike

Blue Rodeo’s Jim Bowskill took to Facebook on Wednesday to thank Winnipeg police for recovering his bicycle, which was stolen from The Forks during the band’s recent tour stop in the city.

“It’s very exciting news. I never thought I’d see it again,” the guitarist for the Toronto roots act said in a short video posted to the band’s page, thanking fans for keeping an eye out.

He added a friend had already picked up the bike — a Dahon with a folding frame he takes on tour with him — and that, “We will be reunited soon.”

Blue Rodeo, which celebrates four decades together this year, played three shows at the Burton Cummings Theatre in mid-October.

— staff / wire services