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The Tragically Hip begin tour next week

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The Hip are back at it again, hitting the road to promote their newest release, We Are the Same, beginning on April 27 in their home province of Ontario. They are scheduled to play 56 shows over a five month period across North America, even playing several locations multiple times to give their fans the opportunity to catch the show. The Tragically Hip tickets have already gone on sale for all of the scheduled dates, up to the final show in Hamilton, Ontario on October 2, and so far ticket sales have been strong — in one instance, the band has added a sixth show to the Massey Hall in Toronto after the original five sold out.

Gord Downie, lead singer for The Tragically Hip, will no doubt put on a great show for fans as he leads the band through their sometimes improvisational onstage performances. I have heard word-of-mouth reviews that speak highly of Downie’s “flamboyant” style of dance that sees him hopping and skipping across the stage. Whether you’re a fan of his dancing or not, Gord Downie and the rest of his multi-award winning band are set to entertain and show their fans why their newest released album is their eigth release to debut at #1 on Canada’s charts!

The Tragically Hip 2009 Canadian Dates:

Tragically Hip Tickets in Kitchener: Mon, 27 Apr Centre in the Square, Kitchener, ON
Tragically Hip Tickets in Kitchener: Tue, 28 Apr Centre in the Square, Kitchener, ON
Tragically Hip Tickets in Kitchener: Wed, 29 Apr Centre in the Square, Kitchener, ON
Tragically Hip Tickets in Montreal: Fri, 1 May Metropolis, Montreal, QC
Tragically Hip Tickets in Montreal: Sat, 2 May Metropolis, Montreal, QC
Tragically Hip Tickets in Quebec City: Mon, 4 May Le Capitole, Quebec City, QC
Tragically Hip Tickets in Toronto: Mon, 11 May Massey Hall, Toronto, ON
Tragically Hip Tickets in Toronto: Tue, 12 May Massey Hall, Toronto, ON
Tragically Hip Tickets in Toronto: Thu, 14 May Massey Hall, Toronto, ON
Tragically Hip Tickets in Toronto: Fri, 15 May Massey Hall, Toronto, ON
Tragically Hip Tickets in Toronto: Sat, 16 May Massey Hall, Toronto, ON
Tragically Hip Tickets in Toronto:Tue, 19 May Massey Hall, Toronto, ON
Tragically Hip Tickets in Kingston: Sat, 23 May K–Rock Centre, Kingston, ON
Tragically Hip Tickets in Victoria: Sat, 20 Jun Save On Foods Memorial Centre, Victoria, BC
Tragically Hip Tickets in Vancouver: Mon, 22 Jun Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, BC
Tragically Hip Tickets in Vancouver: Tue, 23 Jun Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, BC
Tragically Hip Tickets in Vancouver: Wed, 24 Jun Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, BC
Tragically Hip Tickets in Saskatoon: Tue, 4 Aug Prairieland Park, Saskatoon, SK
Tragically Hip Tickets in Winnipeg: Wed, 9 Sep Centennial Concert Hall, Winnipeg, MB
Tragically Hip Tickets in Winnipeg: Thu, 10 Sep Centennial Concert Hall, Winnipeg, MB
Tragically Hip Tickets in Winnipeg: Fri, 11 Sep Centennial Concert Hall, Winnipeg, MB
Tragically Hip Tickets in Edmonton: Sun, 13 Sep North Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, Edmonton, AB
Tragically Hip Tickets in Edmonton: Mon, 14 Sep North Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, Edmonton, AB
Tragically Hip Tickets in Edmonton: Wed, 16 Sep North Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, Edmonton, AB
Tragically Hip Tickets in Edmonton: Thu, 17 Sep North Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, Edmonton, AB
Tragically Hip Tickets in Banff: Sat, 19 Sep Eric Harvie Theatre, Banff, AB
Tragically Hip Tickets in Calgary: Mon, 21 Sep South Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, Calgary, AB
Tragically Hip Tickets in Calgary: Wed, 23 Sep South Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, Calgary, AB
Tragically Hip Tickets in Calgary: Thu, 24 Sep South Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, Calgary, AB
Tragically Hip Tickets in Ottawa: Sat, 26 Sep National Arts Center, Ottawa, ON
Tragically Hip Tickets in Ottawa: Sun, 27 Sep National Arts Center, Ottawa, ON
Tragically Hip Tickets in Ottawa: Mon, 28 Sep National Arts Center, Ottawa, ON
Tragically Hip Tickets in Hamilton: Wed, 30 Sep Hamilton Place Theatre, Hamilton, ON
Tragically Hip Tickets in Hamilton: Fri, 2 Oct Hamilton Place Theatre, Hamilton, ON

The Tragically Hip 2009 American Dates:

Thu, 7 May – Theatre of Living Arts – Philadelphia, PA
Fri, 8 May – Nokia Times Square – New York, NY
Sat, 9 May – House of Blues – Boston, MA
Tue, 26 May – Vic Theatre – Chicago, IL
Wed, 27 May – Vic Theatre – Chicago, IL
Fri, 29 May – The Fillmore Detroit – Detroit, MI
Sat, 30 May – The Fillmore Detroit – Detroit, MI
Sun, 31 May – House of Blues Cleveland – Cleveland, OH
Tue, 2 Jun – Artpark – Lewiston, NY
Thu, 4 Jun – Artpark – Lewiston, NY
Fri, 5 Jun – Artpark – Lewiston, NY
Sat, 6 Jun – Artpark – Lewiston, NY
Tue, 9 Jun – Troubadour – West Hollywood, CA
Wed, 10 Jun – Troubadour – West Hollywood, CA
Thu, 11 Jun – Troubadour – West Hollywood, CA
Sat, 13 Jun – The Fillmore – San Francisco, CA
Sun, 14 Jun – The Fillmore – San Francisco, CA
Tue, 16 Jun – Wonder Ballroom – Portland, OR
Wed, 17 Jun – Moore Theatre – Seattle, WA
Thu, 23 Jul – Harris Park, London, ON
Sat, 25 Jul – Highland Bowl Amphitheater – Rochester, NY
Sun, 26 Jul – The Green at Shelburne Museum – Shelburne, VT

2009 JUNO Awards in Vancouver!

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The 38th Annual JUNO Awards will be taking place in Vancouver, BC, March 29, 2009. Only the 3rd time to ever take place in Vancouver, the city welcomes this major event in a lead-up to the 2010 Winter Games.

The JUNO Awards aren’t just a single night of celebration and music. There are a number of events leading up to the awards ceremony that offer something for all Canadian music fans! From March 26-29th Vancouver will be filled with concerts, showcases and special events for everyone to take part in. Many events have inexpensive tickets and some are even free! Some of the highlights include the following:

Juno Cup
For something a little different, check out the 6th Annual Juno Cup hockey game at UBC Thunderbird Arena. Two teams, the “NHL Alumni” and “The Rockers” (made up of Canadian musicians) will face off on March 27, 2009.

Juno Fan Fare
This free event, featuring exclusive interviews, prizes and a chance to meet Canada’s top artists, takes place March 28th on the 700 block of Granville Street, Vancouver’s main entertainment strip!

JunoFest
Whether you’re looking to discover Canada’s next big thing, or you want to catch one of the current JUNO Award nominees, the JunoFest, is where you’ll want to be! This two-day festival features performances by local, national and JUNO nominated artists at various venues throughout the city.

Songwriter’s Circle
This intimate showcase allows fans to get up-close and personal with some of Canada’s greatest songwriters as they take to the stage for an afternoon concert at the Vancouver Centre for Performing Arts.

JUNO Awards
What a way to top of a fantastic weekend of fun and entertainment! The 38th Annual JUNO Awards, hosted by hilarious comedian Russell Peters, will take place March 29th at GM Place.

With Sarah McLachlan as the first performer to be confirmed for the show and 80’s rock legends, Loverboy, set to be honored with induction to the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, it’s already ramping up to be an amazing evening of celebration of Canadian talent!

2009 JUNO Weekend Events:
Juno Cup – UBC Thunderbird Arena – March 27th
JunoFest – Various Venues – March 27th & 28th
Juno Fan Fare – Granville & Robson Street – March 28th
Songwriter’s Circle – Centre for Performing Arts – March 29th
JUNO Awards Ceremony – GM Place – March 29th

“One Evening” with Feist

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There is nothing I love more, than spending a perfect summer evening attending a concert at Deer Lake Park. Last year it was the Arcade Fire who blew me away, this years I was thrilled to be attending Feist.

Deer Lake Park is a stunning venue. It truly is the perfect outdoor venue (except for the fact that it’s in the middle-of-nowhere-Burnaby – don’t get me started on the transit issues trying to leave…). Unlike other outdoor venues that are flat fields, Deer Lake Park set-up so that the stage is at the bottom of a hill, so no matter where you end up finding a spot to place your blanket you can always see the stage. With the stunning backdrop of the lake, and the sun setting behind the crowd while the moon rises beside the stage, the whole venue has a magical feel to it.

The crowd of nearly 8,000, all seemed to be trying to get in at the same time. The line-up outside wrapped around numerous times in a zig-zag pattern, not unlike the lines for DisneyLand rides. I ended up standing in line for the entire performance of the Winnipeg-formed opening act, The Weakerthans.

Once settled inside, I still had a fair amount of time to relax before Feist was scheduled to take to the stage. The amazing thing about an artist like Feist, is the diversity of fans she is able to bring out. The crowd was made up of a mix of every age, gender, race and genre of fan imaginable, from newborns to grandmothers, from hippies to frat boys – there was not a single segment of society missing!

The second that her band, looking like painters dressed in all white, took to the stage the crowd was on their feet. Feist bounded onto the stage in her typical fashion – cute dress and guitar in hand – to the roar of the crowd. Starting with When I Was a Young Girl, from her 2004 album “Let it Die,” Feist quickly ran through some of her biggest hits like I Feel it All, My Moon My Man, and, the crowd-favourite, 1234. While she skipped out on her first single, the BeeGee’s cover of Inside and Out, she managed to cover most of the tracks from “Let it Die” and her most recent album “The Reminder.”

Between each song Feist was able to interact with the crowd, and they with her. Demanding Sea Lion Woman, Feist finally responded “if I promise to play Sea Lion, will you let me play one more song you don’t know” to the cheers and laughter of the audience.

It’s hard to call Feist, a Grammy-nominated and Juno Award winning performer, Canada’s “indie-rock darling” any longer, but despite all her success and worldwide fame, she still manages to remain just that. While she’s able to control a crowd like a veteran performer, she stills come across like the sweet singer-songwriter type she’s always been.

Whether it’s because she’s been in Vancouver numerous times or the fact that she simply does her research, Feist was able to play on all the Vancouver “jokes.” Referring to the crowd as her “mirpeople”, she struggled to determine the third category when trying to divide the crowd for a three-part harmony. “Okay, all the women, all the men, and all the bicyclists…no…people who eat granola…no…Wreck Beach goers…no…Wreck Beach goers who go completely nude!” This was only one of the many occasions she had the crowd fill in and create the ambiance that only an outdoor show can truly provide.

One of the highlights for me, although it distracted me from watching Feist perform, was the amazing shadow show that played out on the backdrop. The “shadow mistress” and her assistant, were able to create amazing stories for each song with the use of only their hands and a few props, including jewels, branches, flowers, fabric, and cut-outs.

All in all it was truly more of a performance than just a concert. The music seemed to be just as important as Feist‘s chatter, the shadow show and the beautiful summer evening.