MICHAEL BUBLÉ

The Grammy Award-Winner has returned to performing in Canada with an 11-city cross-country tour. The tour kicked off in Bublé’s hometown of Vancouver, BC on Friday, April 12 and will wrap in Quebec City, QC on Saturday, August 3.

Michael Bublé thought he knew what love was. After all, he’s sold more than 60 million albums worldwide singing about the subject. But it turns out he had a lot to learn.

The week that his last album, 2016’s Nobody But Me was released, Bublé and his family went through an emotional journey that informed and changed his life. He was understandably unsure how or if music was going to remain part of his life. “What the experience did was give me a real perspective. It completely changed my outlook on what mattered and what was important to me.”

But the desire to express himself creatively slowly came back into focus when Bublé invited his band mates over to his house, not with the intention of making music, but simply to enjoy each other’s company and drink, eat pizza and play video games.

“Once we got bored with that, we started jamming and there was this wonderful click, this moment where I went, ‘Oh, yeah! I forgot how much I loved this’,” Bublé recalls. “I think I just needed a little helpful reminder.” The concept for the new album (pronounced love) flowed. “Then, the only question was not ‘Am I going back to work.’ It was ‘Can I do it on my terms? Can I do the songs I love with the people I love the way that I love and do it with pure joy and bliss?’ And once I knew that was possible, it was a go.”

Bublé’s vision entailed looking at love in all its facets, both sacred and profane. “This would be my group of short stories that would be my theory of love,” he says. “The good, the bad, the light, the dark, and I think that took a lot of pressure off of [Bublé’s co-producers] David Foster and Jochem van der Saag and me. There was just great ease of having done our homework and knowing what the record was.”

His mission became clearer as he picked the songs — or as he says, “I know it sounds so artsy-fartsy, but I think the songs chose me. It’s strange how the universe will just drop things into your lap.”

Bublé anchors love with songs from The Great American Songbook, often reinventing timeless classics with dazzling new arrangements. His haunting interpretation of “My Funny Valentine” is as menacing as it is melodic. Bublé and Cécile McLorin Salvant turn “La Vie En Rose” into a poetic bi-lingual duet, while Bublé and Loren Allred put a new twist on Kris Kristofferson’s “Help Me Make It Through The Night.” Charlie Puth contributes backing vocals on “Love You Anymore,” which the hitmaker co-wrote with frequent Bublé collaborator Johan Carlsson. The emotional centerpiece of the album is “Forever Now,” a tune co-written by Bublé about his favorite role, being a dad, and the vulnerability and strength that comes with unconditional love.

Every full priced ticket purchased for the tour includes a standard CD or digital copy of Michael’s highly anticipated new album love. love is Michael’s 8th major studio album for Reprise Records.

This past August, Bublé returned to the stage after a lengthy absence for shows in Dublin, London and Sydney where he performed for over 150,000 fans. He has already completed five sold out world tours, won four Grammy Awards and sold over 60 million records over the course of his extraordinary career.

“This is a man who holds the audience in the palm of his hand.  His soaring vocals absolutely knock it out of the park.”
– SYDNEY MORNING HERALD

“Bublé got down to the business of wrapping his golden tonsils around some of the most iconic songs of pop history.”
-DAILY TELEGRAPH

For tickets and information: www.evenko.ca 514-790-2525 or 1-877-668-8269

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