Juno moves to Vancouver

[OpenMike]

Juno Awards gala to hit Vancouver in 2009
Last Updated: Tuesday, February 12, 2008
CBC News

As Canadian recording artists prepare for the upcoming edition of the Juno Awards, organizers announced on Tuesday the location for next year's edition: Vancouver.

"A city well known for its diversity, inclusiveness and cultural heritage, Vancouver is a natural fit to host Canada's music awards show," said Melanie Berry, president of the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, which organizes the annual musical honour.

"We are blessed to have so many wonderful recording artists from Canada — and Vancouver — that are recognized and successful around the world," Vancouver Mayor Sam Sullivan added in a statement.

"The 2009 Juno Awards will be a great platform to celebrate this success and inspire the next generation of Canadian recording artists."

Set for March 29, 2009, next year's edition will not be the first time Vancouver has hosted Canada's most prominent musical honour.

However, it is the first since 2002, when Juno organizers began switching the host city to a new Canadian location every year.

[segueking2]

Juno Awards - or as we used to derisively call them the "You Know" awards have never been 'must see TV'.

Now with CD sales falling off a cliff - and people having trouble deciding if they want to download one or three tracks of the mazillions on sale, music is losing it's big stars - not that Canada ever had many.

YAWN.

[Neumann Sennheiser]

This years Grammys telecast brought in the lowest viewing audience in the history of the event. Might level the playing field for the JUNOS

[Mike Cleaver]

I think viewers knew they'd see and hear Kant-ye West strutting, striding and spouting about how great he is and probably decided not to tune in.
Then there's the Amy Crackhouse thing going on too.
Too little real music these days and too few real performers.
Only Aretha and Herbie Hancock stood out.
The rest are manufactured poseurs who couldn't carry a tune in a bucket without autotune.