Got Pop? Concerts & The Queen's presents: Brkn Love & Royal Tusk with special guests
Tuesday February 20th 2024
at The Queen's
34 Victoria Cres., Nanaimo BC
Doors: 6pm, Showtime: 7pm
19+ Show. Please bring 2 pieces of I.D.
Tickets are $23 + s/c in advance, $28 at the door & on sale starting at 10am Friday January 5th
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Brkn Love bio~
Lines still stretch around the block at clubs, warehouses, and theaters on a nightly basis worldwide.
Amplifiers still blare out of suburban garages everywhere. Guitars, drums, and bass still translate the
emotion and energy of a generation better than anything. No matter what prevailing opinion may be,
rock music still maintains its foothold just behind the pop culture curtain—as if in the wings waiting to
return.
BRKN LOVE carry on this tradition, while evolving it. Toronto singer and guitarist Justin Benlolo envisions
a fresh future for the genre on the band’s 2019 full-length debut for Spinefarm Records produced by Joel
Hamilton [Highly Suspect, Pretty Lights].
“When I first thought about starting a band, it needed all of the elements of rock ‘n’ roll that I respond
to—big guitars, big drums, and big vocals,” he explains. “I didn’t want it to be too complex. It had to be
something everybody could digest in a short and sweet format. It’s alternative, but it’s also heavy. I try to
get right to the point. There are so many of these kids still showing up to shows and moshing to real rock
music. That’s refreshing. There’s still a place for something authentic. That’s what I want to provide.
Royal Tusk bio~
The Alberta trio consists of Daniel Carriere [vocals], Quinn Cyrankiewicz [guitar], and Sandy MacKinnon [bass]. They fuse hypnotic hooks to hard-hitting riffs offset by untethered rhythms and undeniably honest lyrics.
In 2014, the band buzzed out of Edmonton with the Mountain EP. They evolved across releases such as DealBreaker [2017] and Tusk II [2018], which Billboard proclaimed; “The LP steps beyond what fans heard on DealBreaker.” Among many standouts in their catalog, “Curse The Weather” generated 11 million Spotify streams followed by “Aftermath” with 7 million Spotify streams. They toured with Pop Evil, Monster Truck, Slash, Big Wreck, and performed on the 2020 ShipRocked Cruise with Beartooth, Halestorm, and Alter Bridge to name a few.