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BonlovilbreverplaysdlekoyalCanadianlxgioninSmuflvifleonlanzs They’vebeentouringwiththeNewlemeyband’ssongsforsevenyears. All along the Vegas strip, people can see live shows by Chet, Tma Turner, Dolly Patton, Elton John and yes, even Elvis. None of these performers is the real thing. but you wouldn’t know it. Stoufiville is no Vegas, but on Ian.23,BonloviForeverwilltake the stage at Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 459 for a live performance. “In Canada, we’re tagged as the premium tribute band to Bon Iovi,” said Shamus Black. the band's bass- ist and background vocalist. Bon Iovi iForever started seven years ago after audience members remarked how much lead singer Baz Littleka sounded like Jon Bon lovL With 16 albums worth of mate- rial and numerous looks for Mr. Littleka to choose from, includ- ing the spandex and tousled mane ofthe 19808, BonloviForeveropted Plenty of material for Bon Jovi tribute act BY SANDRA BOLAN sbolan@yrmg.com Events in WhitchurCh-Stouffville to pay tribute to the band’s more modern look, while still belting out all of the hits. “Bon Iovi is basically a corpo- rate chameleon," Mr. Black said “Bon lovi has wavered a whole bunch. He's delved into country and done so many different things. He's manipulated his audience into Hsteningtovariedtypesofmusic.” MUFFVILLE LEGION Although one would expect the biggest audience reactions to come from tunes on the Slippery When Wet and New Jersey albums, that isn’t always the case. “We've been fortunate the coun- try stufi he's chosen to do goes over quite well and we’re actually getting our best responses from that stuff, which is a bit surprising," Mr. Black said. So what makes a good tribute artist? “The look is 50 per cent of it," Mr. Black said “If you look like somebody, you’re halfway there. EDI TOR’S PICK You can learn how to sing like them or move like them." Then there’s the catalogue of songs. For awhile, it looked like Stoufl‘ville was going to be the place for tribute artists this month as Night Fever (Bee Gees) and Abbamania were both scheduled to perform at the Lebovic Centre for Arts and Entertainment - Nineteen on the Park “You want to have a vast num- ber of songs to choose from that are hits," Mr. Black said. However, the performances have been cancelled by the pro- moter, according to Steven Foster, cultural facility and programming co-ordinator for the performing artscentre. BonloviForeverwillbeatthe Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 459, 12278 Ninth line, on Jan. 23. Tickets are $10 and the show starts atSpm.