TORONTO - The boys are back in town! CTV and The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) announced this morning three additional acts for CTV's broadcast of The 2009 Juno Awards on Sunday, March 29.
The artists slated to blow the roof off Vancouver's General Motors Place are: Juno Award-winning artist City and Colour, prairie-rocker superstars and nine-time Juno Award-winners Nickelback and Juno Award-winning Qu�bec pop punk sensation Simple Plan.
The announcement was made at today's press conference in Toronto announcing the nominees for The 2009 Juno Awards.
The three new acts, all of who are 2009 Juno Awards nominees, join 2009 Allan Waters Humanitarian Award recipient Sarah McLachlan who was confirmed as a performer last week.
Additional acts for The 2009 Juno Awards will be announced in the coming weeks.
"This party just keeps getting better," said Susanne Boyce, President, Creative, Content and Channels, CTV Inc.
"Three, heavy-hitting, top-of-the-chart performers known around the world will leave a memorable mark on the Juno stage."
"We're thrilled to welcome back City and Colour, Nickelback and Simple Plan to The Juno Awards stage. All three have given electrifying performances in the past, and we can't wait to see what they have in store for audiences at The 2009 Juno Awards ," said Melanie Berry, President of CARAS.
About City and Colour
Until a couple of years ago, Dallas Green was better known as the dulcet voice of the platinum-selling band, Alexisonfire. In 2005, he quietly debuted his full-length album Sometimes under the solo moniker, City and Colour, and undertook a cross-Canada tour resulting in long line-ups for sold-out shows. Exceeding everyone's expectations, Sometimes achieved platinum certification in 2006. Remaining sincere and affable, Green gave a heartfelt performance at the 2006 MuchMusic Video Awards, where City and Colour won the People's Choice Favourite Canadian Artist award, and in the following year took home The 2007 Juno Award for Alternative Album of The Year. Bring Me Your Love is City and Colour's sophomore studio album featuring a dozen tracks including "The Girl," "Waiting..." and "Sleeping Sickness" with guest vocals by Gord Downie of The Tragically Hip.
Official Website: www.cityandcolour.ca
About Nickelback
Nickelback's All The Right Reasons (2005, 6X platinum) is one of the most successful albums of the century, and stoked great expectations for the quartet's sixth album, Dark Horse (2008, currently 3X platinum), which debuted at #1 on the Canadian SoundScan Top 200 Sales Chart. Its lead single, "Gotta Be Somebody" went to #1 at radio and reached #1 overall on the Canadian iTunes store. The nine-time JUNO Award winners have sold 27 million albums worldwide and since the 2001 breakthrough of "How You Remind Me," have sent 18 singles rocketing up the charts.
Official Website: www.nickelback.com
About Simple Plan
On the strength of hits such as "When I'm Gone," "Your Love Is A Lie" and "Save You," Simple Plan's self-titled third album became their third consecutively to be certified platinum in Canada. The release of the album was followed by a sold-out global tour by the Montr�al-based band whose worldwide sales have now topped 7 million. As a testament to the band's popularity, they have been voted Favourite Canadian Band an unprecedented five times by the viewers of MuchMusic at the MuchMusic Video Awards and received the JUNO Fan Choice Award in 2006. The members of Simple Plan have made the most of their popularity by starting the Simple Plan Foundation which raises money for a variety of charities. Most recently proceeds from the sale of the band's single "Save You" were distributed to various cancer charities.
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