fluffhead77 Posted July 13, 2008 Report Share Posted July 13, 2008 Where was The Concert Hall in Toronto - no one here can seem to remember where it was... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irie Guy Posted July 13, 2008 Report Share Posted July 13, 2008 (edited) Yonge St N of Bloor across from the Canadian Tire. Doesn't CTV use it now as some sort of venue. Also known as the Masonic Temple. Edited July 13, 2008 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ge-off Posted July 13, 2008 Report Share Posted July 13, 2008 the masonic temple is where Mike Bullard used to do 'comedy'which is now the MTV canada building, and right across from the canadian tire. im sure im wrong about this, but wasnt it on bloor between st.george and spadina? its a sports feild, and i knkow taht sounds crazy, but there's part of me that thinks it was there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamilton Posted July 13, 2008 Report Share Posted July 13, 2008 It's on Yonge at Davenport.Davenport is north of Bloor, just past the Reference Library. When Church St. hits Bloor, it starts to curve around west and hits Yonge a few blocks up, where it turns into Davenport. And yeah, there's a big Canadian Tire just across the street from the Masonic Temple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Wooly Mammoth Posted July 13, 2008 Report Share Posted July 13, 2008 the masonic temple and concert hall are one and the same. at the corner of yonge and davenport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamilton Posted July 13, 2008 Report Share Posted July 13, 2008 It's where I saw my first Phish show in '93! Not to mention Bob Dylan, Dave Matthews and a whackload of other shows back in the early-mid '90s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted July 13, 2008 Report Share Posted July 13, 2008 Where was The Concert Hall in Toronto - no one here can seem to remember where it was...888 yonge street Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tungsten Gruvsten Posted July 13, 2008 Report Share Posted July 13, 2008 yup - remember it well...right across from that Crappy T - probably saw my first 20 concerts there in the early 90's, except they were all heavier shows - Pearl Jam/Soundgarden/Rollins Band/Alice in Chains/Screaming Trees/GWAR were all in 92...I think 92 or 93 there was some weird riot going on when I was in line for Soundgarden..I remember the cops coming down the street saying there was people with guns and a big crowd and they were clearing the area...we all went and hid in that Canadian Tire, peering out the windows! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluffhead77 Posted July 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2008 Thanks kiddos - this was before my time in Toronto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted July 13, 2008 Report Share Posted July 13, 2008 im sure im wrong about this, but wasnt it on bloor between st.george and spadina? its a sports feild, and i knkow taht sounds crazy, but there's part of me that thinks it was there. that woulda been varsity arena methinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mulvee Posted July 13, 2008 Report Share Posted July 13, 2008 - probably saw my first 20 concerts there in the early 90's, except they were all heavier shows - Pearl Jam/Soundgarden/Rollins Band/Alice in Chains/Screaming Trees/GWAR were all in 92..Probably ran(or moshed ) into you many times... Those were all in my first shows as well.... I'll add Fishbone, Primus, Bad Religion, Sonic Youth, Body Count as some other memorable times there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phishtaper Posted July 14, 2008 Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 frankly kids, im shocked. i just assumed they learned ya about the concert hall in yer schools. its an historic venue and one of the best ever in TO. dylan and frankie goes to hollywood are just two of my many nights there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irie Guy Posted July 14, 2008 Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 dylan and frankie goes to hollywood are just two of my many nights there. someone must be nearly as old as me....Relax don't do it..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phishtaper Posted July 14, 2008 Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 Relax don't do it..... too late ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanada Kev Posted July 14, 2008 Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 Relax don't do it..... too late ... well that was a little premature Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phishtaper Posted July 14, 2008 Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 Relax don't do it..... too late ... well that was a little premature what can I say? ... Im a sucker for Crisco Kisses ... :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamilton Posted July 14, 2008 Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 Relax don't do it..... too late ... well that was a little premature what can I say? ... Im a sucker for Crisco Kisses ... :laugh: You're the only star in heaven! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoodRev Posted July 14, 2008 Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 Old(er) Toronto fogies, please to confirm or deny this random pseudo-fact that is swimming around in my brain: the building on the north-west corner of Yonge and Davenport (Masonic Temple, Concert Hall, etc) was once the Rockpile, where Led Zeppelin made their Toronto debut in 1969. What say youse? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted July 14, 2008 Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 According to Wikipedia, that is true. I am not an older Toronto fogie though, so take this at face value Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanada Kev Posted July 14, 2008 Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 Yup, that's one and the same. I wasn't there, but I have met a couple of folks who were. The Rockpile also had a local TV show which was later parodied by the greats at SCTV "Mel's Rock Pile" saw a couple of great Phish shows there in '93. The one in August was like being in an oven. There was sweat dripping down the walls (and that wasn't psychedilically induced either) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Wooly Mammoth Posted July 14, 2008 Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 the "spring show was so hot that when the August show was switched to the concert hall from Harbourfront, I decided to pass on the show and I got a refund from TM. The April show was my first one. I saw lots of great music there, including: dylan,violent femmessteve earlebuddy guyphish john mayallrobert cray los lobosramones (i think my first show there in 1982) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanada Kev Posted July 14, 2008 Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 Yea, it sucked that they moved that show. The Harbourfront stage would have been amazing. I remember getting pissed off that they wouldn't let me out to cross the street to make a phone call (there were no pay phones in the venue at all). Needed some fucking oxygen to survive that one. I remember the move being caused by the fact they couldn't get their lighting gear up at Harbourfront or something?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Wooly Mammoth Posted July 14, 2008 Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 I remember the move being caused by the fact they couldn't get their lighting gear up at Harbourfront or something??That's the story that I heard at the time. And we had great reserved seats for that show taboot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamilton Posted July 14, 2008 Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 I remember the move being caused by the fact they couldn't get their lighting gear up at Harbourfront or something??That's the story that I heard at the time. And we had great reserved seats for that show taboot. Yeah, I had great reserved seats too: second row, centre stage! I only found out about the venue switch the day before the show when I went to ticketmaster to ask where this Harbourfront venue was and how to get there. Probably the hottest show I have ever been at in my life. I can also remember the walls sweating. Disgusting. Still... a damn good performance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Wish Posted July 14, 2008 Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 I saw the Watchmen there in 1995, but it was in April and seem to remember it being a great venue and show....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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