CTV and The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) announced today that Toronto indie rock group and JUNO nominees Metric will take the stage for CTV’s live broadcast of THE 2013 JUNO AWARDS. The ninth performer confirmed for the live broadcast, Metric joins previously announced acts Billy Talent, Carly Rae Jepsen, Hannah Georgas,k.d. lang, Marianas Trench, host Michael Bublé, Serena Ryder, and The Sheepdogs. The members of Metric and their newest album Synthetica have collectively earned five JUNO Awards nominations this year, including JUNO Fan Choice Award (sponsored by TD Bank Group), Group of the Year and Alternative Album of the Year (sponsored by Long & McQuade). For their contributions to Synthetica, Metric lead guitarist and producer James Shaw is also nominated for Jack Richardson Producer of the Year (sponsored by Slaight Music) and art director and designer Justin Broadbent is nominated for Recording Package of the Year. “It’s been an epic year for Metric and we are so honoured to have been nominated for a total of five Junos!” said Emily Haines. “We poured our hearts intoSynthetica both in the studio and on the road, so it means the world to us to be included in this year’s celebration of Canadian artists. We’ll be heading to Saskatchewan straight from Coachella and bringing our very best to the stage in Regina. Looking forward to a memorable night of music!”
Also announced today is a very special collaboration between three-time JUNO Award winner Serena Ryder and Toronto rockers Billy Talent. Ryder will take to the stage to perform with Billy Talent on the band’s latest single, “Stand Up and Run.” Ryder is nominated for Single of the Year and Adult Alternative Album of the Year. Billy Talent is nominated for Group of the Year, Single of the Year, and Rock Album of the Year (sponsored by the Musicians’ Rights Organization Canada).
In the late 2000s, when many bands were being strangled by the industry’s power structure, Metric undid all their business entanglements and started their own company, Metric Music International (MMI). Metric has always strived to make their own music, their own way and on their own terms. They released their first full length album, Old World Underground, Where Are You Now in 2003, and it saw the band nominated for their first JUNO Award for Alternative Album Of The Year. They followed with Live It Out in 2005, which racked up another JUNO nomination in 2006 for Alternative Album Of The Year as well as a Polaris Music Prize nomination. Metric’s fourth studio album, Fantasies was shortlisted for 2009 Polaris Prize and secured the band JUNO Award wins for Alternative Album of the Year and Band Of The Year in 2010. They released their latest album, Syntheticain June of 2012. The album’s lead single, Youth Without Youth broke records in radio in Canada, debuting at #1 and staying there for more than 16 weeks. Metric recently took home a Canadian Screen Award win for their work on David Cronenbergs’s Cosmopolis soundtrack. They contributed the lead single to the film Scott Pilgrim vs The World and wrote the Grammy®-nominated theme song for Twilight Saga: Eclipse. They have toured internationally and will be playing back-to-back weekends at Coachella prior to JUNO weekend.
Tickets are currently on sale for THE 2013 JUNO AWARDS. Tickets range from $129 to $189 (plus taxes and service charges) and are available through the Evraz Place Box Office, by phone at 1-855-985-5000, and online atwww.ticketmaster.ca.
Additional JUNO AWARDS broadcast details will be announced in the coming weeks.
THE 2013 JUNO AWARDS is produced by Insight Productions in association with CTV and The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS). Executive Producers are John Brunton and Barbara Bowlby for Insight Productions, and Melanie Berry and Ed Robinson for CARAS. Lindsay Cox is Supervising Producer. Corrie Coe is Senior Vice-President, Independent Production. Mike Cosentino is Senior Vice President, Programming, CTV Networks. Phil King is President, CTV Programming and Sports.
Broadcast sponsors of THE 2013 JUNO AWARDS are Chevrolet, Garnier, TD Bank Group, and Virgin Mobile.
Sponsors of the THE 2013 JUNO AWARDS include FACTOR, Canada’s Private Radio Broadcasters and The Government of Canada through the Department of Canadian Heritage’s “Canada Music Fund,” Radio Starmaker Fund, the Province of Saskatchewan, PotashCorp, the City of Regina, the Regina Hotel Association, the City of Moose Jaw, and TD.
