If you’re a musical artist and start to do well, the point will come when you need a manager.

The manager is the person who looks after all the business stuff so the musician can get on with the business of making music. Managers deal with booking gigs, marketing, promotions, promoters, publicity, support staff, and road crews.

They collect the money and pay the bills. And they oversee all the infrastructure of your career: lawyers, accountants, and all the other people involved in running the business that is you and your music.

But it doesn’t stop there. Managers can also function as advisors, sounding boards, fixers, father and mother figures, referees, bail bondsmen, bouncers, psychologists, and even amateur physicians and pharmacists—for good and not-so-good reasons.

They need to be on top of trends, have all the right connections, understand audiences, be able to navigate record companies, and translate contracts. It is a 24/7 job.

They are incentivized by their commission, which is usually somewhere around 15%, so the more you make as an artist, the more they make. If they’re good at their job, your career grows and the money rolls in for everyone.

The bottom line is that a manager can make or break a career. These are the stories of nine managers who have had an impact—mostly good, but also, you know, not-so-great.

Song heard on this show:

• • David Bowie, Rock’n’Roll Suicide (Live)
  • Malcolm McLaren, Buffalo Gals
  • The Specials, Gangers
  • Ramones, Sheena is a Punk Rocker
  • U2, Pride (In the Name of Love)
  • New Order, Fine Time
  • Alice in Chains, Man in a Box
  • Foo Fighters, My Hero
  • Cage the Elephant, Ain’t No Rest for the Wicked.

• Naturally, Eric Wilhite has a playlist for us.

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Artists and their vices often go hand in hand, so it’s no surprise that drugs often find their way into lyrics. But if you had to guess who sang about the drugs the most, which genres would win? That’s what Addictions.com wanted to find out in a recent study.

By analyzing the lyrics of over 1.1 million songs and scrubbing for phrases or slang that referenced specific drugs (outside of alcohol, by the way), Addictions.com discovered something interesting. The genre that mentions drugs most often is country, with an average of 1.6 mentions per song. Jazz and pop follow closely behind, while rock takes fourth place. And rap? Believe it or not, rap actually mentions drugs less often than even folk, at less than 1.3 references per song.

And, if you were curious, the most mentioned drug is consistently marijuana, with over 30% of drug references across all genres sticking to pot.

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If you’re a fan of the early days of British punk, you might remember a character named Soo Catwoman who was often seen hanging around with The Sex Pistols.

You couldn’t miss her. Her hair was shaved really short on top and had tuffs of hair sticking up on either side, making it look like she had the ears of a cat. When punk rock burned out, she faded into the background and lived quietly until she died in late 2025 at the age of 71. But before she died, her look had a sizeable influence on the fashion world. Fashion houses like Chanel took cues from here, and Keith Flint, the late dancer and frontman for The Prodigy, styled his hair on Soo Catwoman.

Do a quick Google on her, and you’ll see what I mean.

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Like a lot of young bands, The Cure could get crazy when on the road. Back in 1982, while on tour for the Pornography album, they were touring with the all-female trio, Bananarama. Both groups were serious drinkers, with the women of Bananarama often putting The Cure to shame.

One night, Robert Smith and bassist Simon Gallup were part of a crew that rang up a huge bar bill, something that the barman wanted to settle up before anyone left. Gallup got into a fight with the bartender. Then Smith joined in on the bartender’s side. The result was a full-on fistfight between the two of them over what turned out to be a giant misunderstanding over who was supposed to pay for whose drinks. When the two were separated, Smith quit the band, right in the middle of that tour.

When he went home, his father wouldn’t let him in. “You sold tickets. You must honour them. Get back out there.” Not wanting to argue with his dad, that’s what he did. The Cure was saved.

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The Montreal Canadiens are on pace for a 102-point season, but after back-to back losses on the weekend, it almost felt like it was slipping away.

They needed a result against the Boston Bruins at the Bell Centre, and they got it in thrilling fashion with a 3-2 overtime win.

Wilde Horses 

Cole Caufield has done it. Thirty-two years of the Canadiens not having a 40-goal scorer is finally over. Vincent Damphousse’s run as the last man to do it will be quoted no more. Caufield got number 40 in as dramatic fashion as is possible.

It was the last seconds of overtime. Lane Hutson, Nick Suzuki, and Caufield had been on, it seemed, for the entire five minutes. They gave it one last try before a shootout. Hutson won the zone. He and Suzuki were working the high slot.

At the same time, Caufield slid across the crease and parked behind the coverage. He got lost there, until Suzuki found him. It was a tap-in for number 40.

The Canadiens have a true first line. They score at a clip that rivals any line in the entire league. Suzuki has been reunited with Juraj Slafkovsky and Caufield for seven games. The line has a remarkable 13 goals. For a line, this pace is unheard of.

The number one line in the entire league in any given season will finish with about 120 goals. That’s 40-4o-40 for the three members. It’s an easy number to see as remarkable. Since Slafkovsky returned, the line is running a clip of 140 goals.

It’s highly unlikely that they can continue a pace as sparkling as that, but they can, at least, make the 100-goal mark. In the first period, the Canadiens were down one and needed a goal badly, and the three came through yet again.

Caufield and Slafkovsky set up Suzuki for his 24th goal of the season. He made a tremendous move in front of the net on Jeremy Swayman. However, the Canadiens need another line to help out, and recently it’s been a struggle.

They needed the Phillip Danault line to contribute and in the second period, they did. Hutson was the primary architect as he was weaving all around the offensive zone before floating one to the net that Josh Anderson deflected.

There were other strong performances: Jake Evans was around the puck a lot. Alexandre Texier is strong on the puck and doesn’t get enough credit for his all-around play. Anderson did a lot more than just score one of the goals.

None of the good vibes of the night happen without the play of Jakub Dobes. He was sensational. The Goals Saved Above Expected was tremendous with a plus 2.85. The Bruins could have won it easily, if not for his work to keep it close.

Wilde Goats

There are a lot of deep statistics in the NHL. For fans who aren’t into analytics, some of the new numbers must seem like calculus. However, for all who love the game, there are some statistics that have been vital since the beginning of the game.

Two of those old reliables are ‘goals against’ and ‘penalty killing success’. They say more than any Corsi or Fenwick could. They speak simply. They say it all.

As wonderful as the Canadiens are on offence, the defensive numbers say that they have significant issues, and they have had them long enough that they shouldn’t expect different outcomes next season unless changes are made.

The Canadiens are 24th in the league in goals against. The Canadiens are 28th in penalty killing success. Top-calibre teams are always strong in these two categories. Teams that go far in the playoffs are always strong at killing penalties.

Penalty killing is naturally about manpower on the ice, but it’s also about attitude. The Canadiens are passive in their pursuit, and find themselves in a box structure defending far more than is seen around the league. They allow offence too easily.

Improving the penalty kill isn’t about collapsing into a box in practice and letting attacking players pass it around, playing keepaway. Improving the penalty kill is about demanding players change their mindset and attack at every single opportunity.

It’s a mindset, and the Canadiens don’t have it. They don’t pursue the puck. They don’t take away time and space. They hope that they can seize the rebound first.

Defence overall is also talent and mindset. The greatest offensive team of this generation, the Edmonton Oilers, needed one goal in game seven of the Stanley Cup finals to tie it late. In the last five minutes, they didn’t even get a single chance. They couldn’t even get in the zone to establish possession against the Florida Panthers. That’s defence.

On the Bruins’ second goal, Jayden Struble was passive, and then Hutson and Oliver Kapanen took the same man allowing Pavel Zacha to score. Kapanen and Hutson are intelligent defensive players. Why is simple coverage breaking down so often?

The Canadiens need to make changes to their coaching staff next season. Head Coach Martin St. Louis needs help with 24th in goals against and 28th in penalty kill. He can’t be responsible for all aspects of the team.

They can’t run it back like this next season. The same issues will persist.

Wilde Cards

Kirby Dach is the unluckiest or most brittle player in all of sports. He gets back into the lineup after suffering a significant injury, and then nearly immediately suffers another significant injury.

Dach was hit on Sunday night by Jeffrey Viel of the Anaheim Ducks. He fell hard on his left side, and couldn’t hold his stick as he made his way back to the bench. On Tuesday, the Canadiens announced that he is gone for two to four weeks.

That’s a wide-open window for recovery; it’s not usually a timeline with so much doubt. At its worst —and with Dach, assume that — he will be out for the rest of the regular season. However, should the Canadiens make the playoffs, Dach will be available for that.

Dach already missed 31 games this season with a broken foot. It’s a shame again for Dach as the moment he starts to get his rhythm back, he gets injured.

Dach’s injury ends the controversy centred around Brendan Gallagher’s inclusion in the lineup over Alexandre Texier. Texier draws in with Zachary Bolduc and Jake Evans while Gallagher assumes his regular spot with Phillip Danault and Josh Anderson.

One of the strengths of the Canadiens this season has been their depth. They would really need the injury bug to strike to feel undermanned as they still have Joe Veleno and Patrik Laine under-worked in Montreal, and a very capable Samuel Blais is in Laval.

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Brian Wilde, a Montreal-based sports writer, brings you Call of the Wilde on globalnews.ca after each Canadiens game.

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Birinder Singh, 22, had a day off work and was headed out on a trip with friends to see Banff for the first time, when his life was abruptly ended in a drive-by shooting that has left many with questions.

“I don’t know why they did it,” said a friend who has known Singh for 16 years, ever since they were school children in back in India.

He was one of two childhood friends in the car with Singh during the weekend shooting.

They both met with Global News on Tuesday, asking not to be identified because they fear for their safety while the shooter(s) remain at large.

The three men were headed to the mountains via the QEII on Saturday afternoon, and were just a few minutes south of Leduc, when a pickup truck pulled up beside their Honda Civic.

The friends said a person in the truck made a hand gesture toward them — something resembling a peace sign. They said Singh waved back.

Moments later, someone in the truck opened fire.

“We just heard a gunshot and within a minute, everything happened, everything has changed. Our whole world is really bad now. We are feeling really traumatized,” the friend said.

The friends said the truck drove off without anyone looking back.

“It doesn’t make any sense. Like, you just randomly shoot a random car?”

A bullet struck Singh in the neck. His friends say he couldn’t speak but gestured to them that he had been shot.

They were forced to reach across him to take control of the wheel and pedals, bringing the car to a stop on the shoulder of Highway 2 near Township Road 490.

The friends attempted to apply pressure to his wound and called 911. First responders arrived quickly, but Singh died in the vehicle from significant blood loss.

“He don’t deserve this, like he was a really nice guy,” the friend said.

The friends are searching for answers.

“We have right to know (the) reason why they shoot at us.”

They say they had never seen the people in the truck before and have no idea why the vehicle shot at them.

In the absence of any explanation, they wonder if race could be the motivation. The friends worry they were the target of a hate crime, explaining animosity towards South Asians has been a topic of discussion in the community.

“Why there is much hate? We do also have a right to live, right?” the friend said. “We just want people to love each other. Don’t hate anyone, any community, because every life matters. People came here for their better future. They’re working hard for their families, for their dreams. No one deserves this.

“Everyone has right to live freely.”

They say every passing vehicle now leaves them feeling on edge: “We keep looking on the side mirrors — we are really scared.”

According to the friends, Singh moved from India to Brampton, Ont. three years ago and studied business administration before relocating to Edmonton in October.

Since then, Singh had been working in construction, installing siding.

“He wants to start his own business. He wanted to learn a skilled job so that he can open his own company,” the friend said.

A GoFundMe was launched in order to send Singh’s body back to India “so his parents can see him for the one last time.” The friends said on Tuesday they’ve already raised all the money they will need to make that happen.

RCMP say investigators have not gathered enough information yet to determine whether the shooting was random or targeted.

However, police say they currently have no information suggesting Singh himself was targeted. Officers are still gathering witness statements and reviewing any available dash‑camera footage.

No arrests have been made.

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TORONTO – Calum Ritchie had a goal and an assist on a pair of first-period power plays as the New York Islanders topped the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1 on Tuesday.

Brayden Schenn, with his first goal since being acquired from the St. Louis Blues ahead of the NHL trade deadline, and Emil Heineman provided the rest of the offence for New York (39-24-5).

Ilya Sorokin made 26 saves. Mathew Barzal added three assists.

The Islanders, who started the night third in the Metropolitan Division, improved to 9-3-0 over their last 12 games.

Steven Lorentz replied for Toronto (29-28-12). Joseph Woll stopped 31 shots.

The Maple Leafs are now 2-1-1 since losing captain Auston Matthews for the season to a knee injury — a run on the heels of a head-scratching 0-6-2 slide that all but cratered their playoff hopes.

TAKEAWAYS

Islanders: Matthew Schaefer picked up an assist to move within one point of becoming the fourth rookie defenceman in franchise history to register 50 in a season. The 18-year-old from Hamilton is looking to join Stefan Persson (56 in 1977-78), Denis Potvin (54 in 1973-74) and Vladimir Malakhov (52 in 1992-93).

Maple Leafs: The club wore its green and white Toronto St. Pats jerseys — on St. Patrick’s Day — in honour of the club’s Irish roots. The franchise was known as the St. Pats from 1919 through 1927.

KEY MOMENT

A couple of early power plays pushed the visitors ahead. Schenn scored on the game’s first man-advantage opportunity at 4:15 of the opening period. Ritchie, a rookie forward from nearby Oakville, Ont., like Schaefer making his Scotiabank Arena debut, then doubled his team’s lead before the game was 10 minutes old.

KEY STAT

Toronto entered Tuesday with the NHL’s third-best penalty kill at 83.5 per cent. New York’s power play sat 29th overall at 15.9 per cent.

UP NEXT

Islanders: Visit the Ottawa Senators on Thursday.

Maple Leafs: Host the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 17, 2026.

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A Calgary city councillor is looking to the city for options in order to make a Northeast Calgary intersection safer a week after a child was involved in a hit and run in the area.

Twelve-year-old Bentley St. John was on his way to school on Tuesday, March 10, when he was hit by a white vehicle in a marked crosswalk at Taradale Drive and Taravista Way.

“We need to do something because yes, it is dangerous,” says Ward 5 Coun. Raj Dhaliwal.

During a meeting at city hall on Tuesday, Dhaliwal asked administration to tell the “residents of Taradale and Ward 5 what tangible and safety measures, interventions can be immediately deployed to enhance the pedestrian safety at this intersection.”

Operational services general manager Doug Morgan responded by saying that there are no records of any collisions at the intersection over the past 19 years based on the collision database.

“We had a collision in November 2023 within the playground zone,” he said. “We took action by installing … physical traffic calming measures to slow the traffic down. We did look at this intersection. There are marked crosswalks, as we saw in the video, and this was a blatant error or mistake by the driver as well as the drivers that drove by.”

Dhaliwal said he was surprised to see that there was no data for that specific intersection.

“What does that mean now? Does that mean that people are not reporting enough? Maybe they’re reactive to an incident, but we got to be more proactive,” said Dhaliwal.

Calgary Mayor Jeromy Farkas says despite there not being any past issues at the intersection, there’s still the need to double down on enforcement, engineering and education.

“This is a massive issue for Calgarians. We are likely to be seeing in this year the most dangerous year ever in Calgary’s history to be a pedestrian,” Farkas says.

According to statistics from Calgary police, there were nearly 80 pedestrians hit in the city between Jan 1 and Feb. 28 of this year. Those numbers, however, don’t include pedestrians hit during the month of March including Bentley.

During a media scrum, Dhaliwal told reporters that his request for pedestrian lights at Tarra Lake Way and Taradale Drive last year was fulfilled, and hopes to get another at the intersection of Taradale Drive and Taravista Way.

“We need to do a proper control there, and maybe pedestrian lights … will be a solution,” says Dhaliwal.

Bentley’s uncle, Garry Sinclair, tells Global News that he doesn’t think having pedestrian lights will reduce the number of pedestrians being hit.

“I don’t think it would make a difference. I’ve been at intersections with streetlights (and when) it’s telling you to cross, you start crossing and people still are ignoring it,” he says.

Sinclair says Bentley is still at home recovering with a broken leg.

Calgary police say they are still looking for the suspect vehicle that was involved in the hit and run.

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Another potential issue is emerging from the controversial Cowichan land title ruling regarding properties in parts of Richmond.

Some B.C. appraisers tell Global News that they are getting a lot of questions about the Cowichan ruling and because of that, they are starting to make it more visible in their appraisals of properties in the affected areas.

“We assume as appraisers that the properties are free and clear and unencumbered, so a free and clear and unencumbered title means that is the basis of the appraiser’s report, so really what the appraisers are doing is just taking that clause, highlighting it, and bringing it forward in the appraisal so that it’s easier to see and highlighting it for the reader to see it,” Leigh Walker, with Lawrenson Walker Real Estate Appraisers, said.

He added that they are putting on their assessments a variation of: “We assume the subject property is not subject to a land claim and they are valued as if unencumbered.”

The federal and provincial governments are appealing the B.C. Supreme Court’s ruling in favour of the Quw’utsun Nation, or Cowichan Nation, that found it had “established Aboriginal title” to more than 5.7 square kilometres of land on the Fraser River in Richmond, south of Vancouver.

The City of Richmond has also joined the appeal.

The ruling declared Crown and city titles on the land are “defective and invalid,” and the granting of private titles on it by the government unjustifiably infringed on the Cowichan title.

That has created confusion and anger among homeowners in the affected area, despite the Cowichan Tribes insisting it has no intention of stripping private title holders of their property.

It appears that not a single property has sold in the affected area this year.

“We get questions from buyers saying, ‘Where should I buy or where should I not buy,’ and trying to determine that is impossible, where the next land claim might pop up or which areas might be impacted,” Steve Saretsky, a realtor with Oakwyn Realty, said.

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It was a busy weekend for Cecil’s Perogies — just not the kind the owners were hoping for.

Owner Jonathan Warwaruck said his phone “was ringing off the hook” after the family-run restaurant on Richter Street was broken into early Saturday morning.

Police say the first incident happened around 6 a.m. Then, just 24 hours later, it happened again.

“The front door was smashed in and they stole pop,” Warwaruck said. “The second time they came back and took more stuff.”

Kelowna RCMP say they’ve already gathered surveillance footage and are working with nearby businesses to identify the suspect.

“We did get some video and we’re working with the owner to get more,” said Cpl. Steven Lang. “Some businesses have really good footage, so we were able to make efforts right away.”

While the items stolen were of relatively low value, the damage left behind is far more costly. The front window was shattered, and parts of the interior were destroyed, including a Ukrainian display case near the back of the store.

Warwaruck says in more than three decades of business, he’s never experienced anything like this.

“It’s getting really bad in this town. This was the first time we’ve been broken into in 33 years,” he said.

He adds his neighbours haven’t been as lucky.

“The sushi place next door had their window smashed last week, and other nearby businesses have also been hit,” he said. “There have been a few break-ins in this area. It’s getting out of hand.”

The concern is one being echoed by businesses across Kelowna, as many continue to speak out about rising crime and public disorder in recent months.

In response, RCMP say they’ve increased their presence in key areas, working alongside city bylaw officers on joint patrols in the downtown core and Rutland neighbourhood.

“We have specific RCMP patrols at least five days a week in those areas,” Lang said.

Police add that 12 officers were deployed over the weekend, focusing on both education and enforcement as part of ongoing efforts to address crime in the community.

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