Brian and Murdock dig into the story behind the 2003 mega-concert put on in Toronto to stimulate the economy - and why Justin Timberlake got invited by the Rolling Stones.

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SHOW NOTES:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molson_Canadian

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molson_Canadian_Rocks_for_Toronto

https://www.ottawalife.com/article/sarstock-2003-the-untold-story-of-molson-canadian-rocks-for-toronto/

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/rolling-stones-justin-timberlake-sars-concert-2003-959091/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Cohl

Timberlake on  Graham Norton: https://www.reddit.com/r/toronto/comments/f59phd/justin_timberlake_fondly_recalls_time_when/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Youth_Day

https://forums.anandtech.com/threads/sarstock-toronto-poses-for-the-worlds-entertainment-community.1115959/

https://www.cbc.ca/archives/the-2003-concert-that-rocked-toronto-after-sars-1.5650768

http://news.2112.net/2003/07/toronto-sars-benefit-concert.html

https://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/a30956795/justin-timberlake-urine-charity-concert/

https://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/31/world/toronto-turns-on-rock-to-drown-out-sars-fears.html

https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/we-called-it-sars-stock-remembering-the-star-packed-concert-that-brought-toronto-back-from/article_7ea6a9e8-8885-5d1e-bb04-ad9876400191.html

https://my-ramblings.ca/sarstock-toronto-rocks/

Rush onstage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtuHx3Qfrg4

Timberlake and the Stones doing “Miss You”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsJkibl6ZwM

https://idobi.com/news/justin-timberlake-joins-stones-at-toronto-benefit-gets-pelted-with-garbage/#google_vignette

Jewel frisbee incident - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pO57_lQgsTs 

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/keith-richards-guilty-but-free-192493/

https://iorr.org/talk/read.php?1,3076978#:~:text=The%20trial%20had%20many%20memorable,was%20there%20offering%20moral%20support.

Keith Richards heroine arrest in 1978 

https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2022/fine-books-and-manuscripts-including-americana/richards-keith-the-official-trial-transcript-of

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