April 1
1995: The Killer Dwarfs play their last show of the 20th century in front of a packed house at Toronto's GasWorks.

2003: Tour organizers deny Avril Lavigne is headlining this year's punk festival after a fake press release is circulated on the Internet by April Fool's Day pranksters. Concert goers breathe a sigh of relief.

2004: Neil Young's ex-wife, Oscar-nominated actress Carrie Snodgrass, dies while awaiting a liver transplant. She was 57. Their son Zeke was by her side at the time of her death.

2006: Bernie Finklestein is awarded a Special Achievement Award at the Junos in Halifax, NS.

2007: Triumph is inducted into the Canadian Rock & Roll Hall of Fame at the Junos in Saskatoon.

April 2
1946: Kurt Winter, guitarist for Brother and The Guess Who is born in Winnipeg, MB.

1980: Burton Cummings hosts the annual Juno Awards in Toronto, for the second straight year.

1997: Joni Mitchell is reunited with her daughter Kilauren Gibb. Mitchell gave Kilauren up for adoption in 1965, when she was just starting her pop career.

2006: The Junos were held in Halifax, NS for the first time, hosted by Pamela Anderson. Critics quickly realize there were only two reasons for that ... the left one and the right one. Neil Young wins the award for Adult Alternative Album of the Year for PRAIRIE WIND.

April 3
1943: Richard Manuel, keyboardist for The Band, is born in Stratford, Ontario.

1961: Paul Anka appears on CBS-TV's "Make Room For Daddy."

2005: Brent Butt hosts the Juno Awards, held for the first time in Winnipeg, MB. The Tragically Hip are inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame.

April 4
1947: Larry Leishman, guitarist for Jon Lee & The Checkmates is born in Dunfermline, Scotland.

1952: The Toronto quartet, The Diamonds peak at #2 on the Billboard chart with "Little Darlin'."

1976: The Stampeders see their version of "Hit The Road Jack," the band's last major hit, peaks at #40 on Billboard, and features a cameo by Wolfman Jack.

2003: Sebastian Bach of Skid Row fame is sacked from the touring production of Jesus Christ Superstar. He reports on his website he'd been replaced by his understudy.

2004: Alanis Morissette hosts the Juno Awards in Edmonton, held there for the first time, in a nude bodysuit during a skit satirizing American attitudes towards censorship. Nelly Furtado wins best single for "Powerless (Say What You Want)" and Nickelback wins for best group.

April 5
1942: The Canadian Army Show, a weekly music revue that kickstarted Wayne & Shuster's career debuted at Toronto's Victoria Theatre.

1974: The Guess Who host a celebrity tennis tournament in Toronto to benefit The Ballet of Canada.

1983: Burton Cummings co-hosts the Juno Awards in Toronto. His fourth time as host is the most of anyone.

April 6
2003: Shania Twain wins three Junos, including Artist of the Year. She receives a special award for nicest ass at the ceremonies. She also hosts the ceremonies in Ottawa, held their for the first time. Avril Lavigne walks away with four Junos, including New Artist of the Year and Album of the Year for LET GO. Someone in the crowd yells out, "FIXED!"

April 7
1908: Percy Faith is born in Toronto, ON.

2002: Honeymoon Suite prove themselves to be total jackasses, when they stop their show in Lac La Biche, AB because they didn't like the lights, then bitched about the roadie, who actually had nothing to do with it because he was sitting in the back eating supper and not even paying attention, because he doesn't even particularly like Honeymoon Suite.

April 8
1973: "Journey Through the Past," Neil Young's home movie collection, premieres at the U.S. Film Festival in Dallas. Young describes the film as "a collection of thoughts," adding that "every scene meant something to me - although with some of them I can't say what."

1975: Rush open for KISS in Cleveland, OH, along with The Kidds. KISS was taping the show for their ALIVE! lp.

April 9
2003: Shania Twain is among the performers at Willie Nelson's 70th birthday party at New York's Beacon Theatre.

April 10
1973: Skylark begin a five day stand at the Troubadour in LA.

2006: Roy Forbes launches his revised radio career with the CKUA syndicated program "Snap Crackle Pop."

1968: Janis Joplin and Big Brother & the Holding Company, which is comprised mostly of Canadians, perform on ABC's Hollywood Palace.

April 12
1944: John Kay, vocalist and prime mover behind Steppenwolf, is born in Tilsit, Germany, as Joachim Krauledat. He later moves to Toronto as a child with his family.

1984: Rush releases GRACE UNDER PRESSURE.

2005: Triumph re-releases the original version of the ROCK & ROLL MACHINE album, PROGRESSIONS OF POWER and SPORT OF KINGS on CD in the US through TML Entertainment.

April 13
1908: Bob Nolan, a member of Roy Rogers' Sons of the Pioneers is born in New Brunswick. He's most famous for writing "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" and "Cool Water."

1959: Ronnie Hawkins releases the single "Forty Days."

1968: Sebastian Bach of Skid Row fame is born in Freeport, Bahamas, as Sebastian Philip Bierk. His family would move to Toronto while he was a child.

1995: Leonard Rambeau, longtime manager of Anne Murray, George Fox and Rita MacNeil dies after a lengthy battle with cancer.

1999: Helix re-releases their debut, WHITE LACE & BLACK LEATHER on CD in the US.

2003: The Barenaked Ladies are immortalized in clay, when a claymation incarnation of the band guests on the UPN's comedy show Gary & Mike, the first Canucks to appear on the program. The series is later cancelled.

April 14
1946: Mike McKenna of Luke & The Apostles and Kensington Market is born in Toronto.

1982: Burton Cummings hosts the annual Juno Awards in Toronto for the third time.

1989: Rita MacNeil makes her Amercian concert debut at the Berklee Performance Center.

1989: Bryan Adams peforms "Kids Want To Rock" with the Russian group Aureole (Halo) live from Moscow during the internationally broadcasted World Video Music Awards.

2002: The Barenaked Ladies host the Juno Awards, held for the first time in St. John's, NFLD.

April 15
1955: The Crew Cuts begin a 20 week run on the British charts with their cover of The Penguins' "Earth Angel," which hits number three in the US.

1966: Buffalo Springfield, which includes Canadians Neil Young and Bruce Palmer perform for the first time, opening for the Byrds in San Bernardino, California.

2004: EMI re-releases Zappacosta's "Over 60 Minutes With" package in the US.

April 16
1946: Jon Lee and The Checkmates' bassist Peter Hodgson is born in Toronto.

1990: Neil Young is among the performers at the Nelson Mandela - An International Tribute To A Free South Africa concert in London's Wembley Stadium.

April 17
1944: Bobby Curtola was born in Port Arthur, now Thunder Bay, ON.

1969: The Band performs their first show after leaving Bob Dylan at San Francisco's Winterland Ballroom.

April 18
1973: The Neil Young movie, "Journey Through The Past" debuts at the Dallas Film Festival.

1985: Toronto play their last show ever with Brian Allen in Hanover, ON.

2006: Fist release Behind The Bolted Door, their first new recordings in 11 years.

April 19
1999: Neil Young performs at Madison Square Garden, but the venue bills him as Bob Dylan. During the solo acoustic show, Young says, "That was Bob playing guitar with me on the last song."

2005: Jann Arden releases a self-titled album.

April 20
1974: HELP ME, by Joni Mitchell was released.

1983: "Walking On Sunshine," by Katrina and The Waves was released.

2003: HOPE, an album to benefit child war victims in Iraq, is released today, featuring Canadians Avril Lavigne, Leonard Cohen and Our Lady Peace.

1988: Marking his return to Reprise Record, Neil Young releases 'This Note's for You,' a bluesy, swinging album featuring a full horn section.

1988: Rush's show in Birmingham, England is taped for the SHOW OF HANDS video.

2006: Saga release their new CD, TRUST.

April 22
2004: Rick Lamb, keyboardist for Hellfield and A Foot In Cold Water dies of cancer.

2006: Headpins play Cold Lake, and endorse the city's bid to be dubbed "Hockeyville" in a photo op with The Cold Lake Sun.

April 23
1988: Rush is in Birmingham, England for the second of two concerts released as the SHOW OF HANDS video.

April 24
1988: Rush performs the third night in four days in Birmingham, England. The shows become the A SHOW OF HANDS video.

April 25
1992: Brian Too Loud Macleod, Headpins and Chilliwack guitarist and Juno winning producer dies of cancer.

2000: Neil Young releases SILVER & GOLD, one of his most intimate and personal albums.

2003: Styx, featuring Larry Gowan, as well as Kelly Clarkson both cancel upcoming shows in Toronto following warnings about the spread of the killer respiratory disease SARS.

2006: Randy Bachman releases the DVD, A JazzThing - Live in Toronto, a show that was filmed as a CBC documentary.

April 26
1980: Anne Murray appears on the cover of Today Magazine.

2005: Steppenwolf release the self explanatory LIVE IN LOUISVILLE CD.

April 27
1949: Jerry Mercer of Mashmakhan, then April Wine fame is born on a farm in rural Newfoundland.

April 28
1946: Wayne Davis, bassist for Bobby Kris & The Imperials is born in Toronto.

1959: Ronnie Hawkins releases his biggest single to date, "Mary Lou."

April 29
1961: Bob Dylan, backed by The Hawks (better known as The Band), perform in Stockholm, Sweden for the first time. Six more weeks of dates follow across Europe in what will come to be regarded as one of rock's most historic tours.

1983: Triumph premier NEVER SURRENDER simultaneously on seven radio stations across Canada. Its the first nationwhide live radio network of its type in the country.

April 30
1994: Rush's show in Philadelphia, PA's The Spectrum is taped, and eventually winds up on DIFFERENT STAGES.