Hot off their win on the debut season of YTV’s THE NEXT STAR: SUPERGROUP, pop/rock band Rebel Coast have been touring Canada promoting their music and playing shows. After playing a show in Montreal, the boys travelled west to Toronto, where they headlined a jam-packed show at the Virgin Mobile Mod Club on Saturday, May 17. The show boasted an awesome lineup of performers, including Keek, Diego Gomes (another NEXT STAR winner) and Ben Zamora. THE MAGAZINE was there to catch all of the action!
Keek opened the show with a high-energy set that had the girls rushing the stage. They performed new songs like “Just Like The First Time” and ended with a great track called “Feels”.
Diego Gomes hit the stage to do a special 30-minute solo acoustic set. The crowd was loud and sang along when he did a cover of Drake’s “Hold On, We’re Going Home”. Highlighting his own songwriting abilities, he performed his popular song “Best Friend’s Girl” and then surprised the crowd with his first live performance of “Save The Last Dance For Me”, a song he wrote with Spee Chalkiotis from NEVEREST.
Ben Zamora performed songs off his EP ‘Boardwalk’, including “Press Rewind” and “One Night”. This Canadian pop/electronic recording artist pumped up the crowd and got them even more excited for the stars of the night!
Rebel Coast’s Angelo Moretti, Curtis Smith, Kyle McVea, Amer Dhaliwal and Ryan Hawken took to the stage in front of a big crowd of excited fans and family supporters. They performed a mix of covers and original songs, including “Counting Stars” by OneRepublic and “Pompeii” by Bastille, and their first hit single “We Are The Brave”. A fan favourite was their cover of One Direction’s “Story Of My Life” – the crowd went nuts!
The fans couldn’t get enough of Rebel Coast, and Rebel Coast couldn’t get enough of the fans, so they came back out for an encore performance of their latest single, “Don’t Stop Now”.
Overall, everyone had fun and we can’t wait for more music and shows from Rebel Coast!