Author Archives: Von Valdez

About Von Valdez

A Systems Administrator by day and a photographer by night. Von has eclectic taste in music and loves to keep up with trends.

YG Live at HISTORY

American rapper YG (short for Young Gangsta) brought the Red Cup Tour to Toronto’s HISTORY on February 18, 2023. This was his long-awaited return to the city, his last on February 19, 2019. He was accompanied by a dynamic west…

Dylan Sinclair Live at TD Music Hall

Juno-nominated R&B singer-songwriter Dylan Sinclair kicked off his tour at TD Music Hall on February 14, 2023, with local R&B artist, Rowena Fysx opening the show. This is the first of three sold-out hometown shows set in Toronto. Accompanied by…

Ali Gatie Live at History

Iraqi-Canadian singer-songwriter Ali Gatie brought the Who Hurt You? Tour at HISTORY on November 25, 2022. This is the first of two back-to-back sold-out shows set for Toronto, Ali’s hometown. 19-year-old Johnny Orlando, a Canadian singer-songwriter, influencer, and actor, kicked…

Yung Gravy and bbno$ Live at History

Fresh off the release of their albums, Marvelous and bag or die in late October, North American Hip-hop artists, Yung Gravy and bbno$ (pronounced as “baby no money”) teamed up to co-headline Baby Gravy, The Tour. The duo marked the…

RealestK Live at The Axis Club

RealestK, a Lebanon-born, Scarborough-bred R&B singer and Toronto’s secret, headlined Dreams 2 Reality, his first-ever live show, in front of a sold-out crowd at the Axis Club on November 10, 2022. Capitalizing on the virality gained from TikTok, the 18-year-old…

Bazzi Live at Rebel

American singer, songwriter, and record producer Bazzi brought The Infinite Dream Tour to Toronto’s REBEL on November 3, 2022. The show was the long-awaited follow-up to The Cosmic Tour back in August 2018. This tour supporting his third album is…

Akintoye Live at Velvet Underground

The 23-year-old Toronto-based rapper and viral TikTok star, Akintoye, performed his first-ever live show in front of a sold-out crowd at Velvet Underground on October 28, 2022. He brought with him an energetic lineup of local artists from the Greater…