MONTREAL, QC, July 9, 2012 – SiriusXM Canada (TSX: XSR), the country's leading audio entertainment company, today announced that it will present an exclusive summer concert tour in Quebec featuring some of the province’s hottest francophone artists. In partnership with Scène 1425, the SiriusXM Canada summer tour will kick off in Gatineau on August 22, 2012.
The tour will support independent Quebec musicians and will stop in Gatineau, Chicoutimi, Quebec City, Sherbrooke, Rouyn-Noranda and Laval. Renowned artists including Malajube, Galaxie, Pierre Lapointe et ses musiciens, Loco Locass, Louis-Jean Cormier, Koriass, Loud, Lary, and Ajust are set to perform with special guest K’NAAN joining the final stop of the tour in Laval. Admission is $10.
To support the world’s future musicians, SiriusXM Canada will donate all proceeds of ticket sales from the tour to Young Musicians of the World, a Quebec-based non-profit that works to organize and operate tuition-free music schools both in Quebec and abroad. Young Musicians of the World’s mission is to contribute to youth development in underprivileged areas by creating free music schools that emphasize traditional music from the students’ country of origin.
“The SiriusXM Canada summer tour celebrates francophone music and shares the musical world of Quebec artists,” explains Andréanne Sasseville, Director of Canadian Content Development and Industry Relations for SiriusXM Canada. “We are very pleased to be able to offer Quebecers the opportunity to enjoy great live francophone music while also giving back to a worthy cause that supports the future of music at home and abroad.”
SiriusXM Canada Summer Tour Schedule www.latourneesiriusxm.ca
August 22 2012: Gatineau - Musée de la civilisation Tickets • (819) 243-8000 Louis-Jean Cormier Galaxie Malajube Pierre Lapointe et ses musiciens
August 28 2012: Chicoutimi - Hangar de la Zone Portuaire Tickets • (418) 698-4080 Louis-Jean Cormier Galaxie Malajube Pierre Lapointe et ses musiciens
August 29 2012: Québec - L'Impérial Tickets • (418) 523-3131 David Giguère Malajube Galaxie Loco Locass
August 30 2012: Sherbrooke - Théâtre Granada Tickets • (819) 565-5656 poste 221 Louis-Jean Cormier Galaxie Malajube Loco Locass
September 2 2012: Rouyn-Noranda - L'Agora (FME) Tickets • (819) 797-0888 Loud, Lary, Ajust Koriass Loco Locass
September 6 2012: Laval - Salle André-Mathieu Tickets • (450) 667-2040 Louis-Jean Cormier Galaxie Malajube K'Naan
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