now now, be nice to Canada
It doesn't suck that bad really, music wise, Montreal seriously is a great place to live in. Unfortunately, we don't get much J-Artists that's true (if any.. Loudness at some point in the 80s haha) . Fun fact, Glay filmed one of their clips (can't remember which one, had to do with Winter) in Quebec city, 2 hours from where I live (got to see them from a distance). I'm sure Jrock in general would be fairly popular over here as there is quite a good underground/indie/independant or just plain different scene. And there are quite a few X fans over here.
We've had quite a few decent shows recently... bands from Europe
Within Temptation, After Forever, Epica, Nightwish, Aema Daeva, Therion, Opeth, Blind Guardian etc.. a lot of other bigger bands obviously.
Sweden... that would be an ok compromise, I'd love to visit your country (home of Therion ! yay). Well anyways, we could always hope...