Most of us in Ottawa know that Denis Armstrong from the Sun can be pretty off-base (to put it mildly), so here's a collection of his latest blog posts that mention Bluesfest. I added some commentary. Pearl Jam is in Europe until the 10th of July. Peter Frampton and YES are touring together and are in the western USA for the whole run of Bluesfest, unless they get out of Washington really quick and makes it here for the last day. Keith Urban is possible, he's only announced gigs in PEI, Ohio and Sarnia during Bluesfest. Eagles haven't posted a tour schedule that goes into July. Dixie Chicks haven't posted any dates for July yet, they're touring with the Eagles though. Neil Young hasn't announced anything for July yet. Bon Jovi starts a tour in Calgary moving east across Canada on July 14, so perhaps a one-off in Ottawa or a few as-yet unannounced dates in the east could happen in the first week of Bluesfest before they go west. Lady Gaga (who almost sold-out Scotiabank Place in November - great fact-checking / memory) is in the neighbourhood with free dates during Bluesfest so that's a possibility. Clapton and Winwood are in Europe until July 13, so Bluesfest is an outside possibility. Rufus Wainwright is playing Toronto, Ste-Foy and Montreal the last week of June, then is back and forth across the pond a couple times around Bluesfest so a show here is possible. Might make more sense during Jazzfest though, to fit with his other Canadian dates. And style. Blue Rodeo, other places have said they're not playing this year but I have no clue, so we can say that's a possibility. The Hip - it's been widely reported that the Hip aren't touring this summer and Gord is, makes sense given his new album coming out. A Gord Downie show is much more probable than a Hip show.