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10 questions about significant music events in the Toronto’s history

Fans cool off at the largest outdoor ticketed concert in North America at Downsview in Toronto, July 30, 2003.

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Fans cool off at the largest outdoor ticketed concert in North America at Downsview in Toronto, July 30, 2003.

Which American band’s performance at the New Yorker Theatre on Yonge Street in 1976 is regarded as one of the inspirations for the punk scene that blossomed in Toronto soon after?

This week Jamie Bradburn dives into the history of live music in Toronto.

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