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Lethbridge-based country singer Shaela Miller strummed her guitar and struggled with a strange request: to sing the lyrics from one of her songs in her own Canadian accent, and without a southern U.S. twang. "I woke up/In my bed/With a loud, loud ringin' in my head…" Source

LONDON -- Les McKeown, the former lead singer of the 1970s Scottish pop sensation Bay City Rollers, has died suddenly at the age of 65. A statement from his family posted on social media said: "It is with profound sadness that we announce the death of our beloved husband and father Leslie Richard McKeown. Source

It may be hard to believe that there are still many "firsts" left to check off after 93 years of the Academy Awards, and yet this year there were a handful for Asian actors and filmmakers. Source

ATLANTA - -- A comedian called it racial profiling, but a police department working at Atlanta's airport describes what happened as a “consensual encounter.” Comedian Eric Andre on Wednesday told his 700,000-plus Twitter followers that he believed he had been racially profiled when officers pulled him aside in a terminal at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and asked to search him for drugs. Source

NEW YORK -- Greta Thunberg turned 18 in January, but she's already made peace with her future: While most college students will change their concentrations multiple times, the Swedish high school student says climate change activism will be her life's mission. Source

MONTREAL -- Organizers of Montreal's Osheaga festival are cancelling the event for a second consecutive year. Evenko said in a statement that the 15th edition will be postponed to July 2022 due to the 'ever-changing situation surrounding COVID-19'. Source

Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group says it is resuming shows after being closed for more than a year due to the pandemic. The company says O at the Bellagio and Mystere at Treasure Island will reopen this summer in Las Vegas. Source

The Osheaga music festival has been cancelled for the second year in a row. Festival organizer Evenko released a statement Thursday morning saying that Osheaga, along with the Île Soniq festival and the inaugural edition of Lasso Montreal, will be postponed until the summer of 2022. Source

The six patio seats are a far cry from the 80-person capacity floor the Kino Cafe was used to filling before the COVID-19 pandemic. Once a bustling hub for flamenco dancers and up-and-coming standup comics, it's now a money pit for owner Steve Allen — the financial strain enough to make him wave the white flag after years of promoting colourful performances. Source

The U.K.'s flagship music awards ceremony, the Brits, will go ahead with a 4,000-strong crowd, no social distancing and no masks next month, as part of a government trial that offers a peek at how large events can operate in a post-pandemic world. Source