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News to me! Looks like they have announced the opening bands for the Hip on July 23 in London, ON - Kathleen Edwards, The Arkells and The Spades. Check it out. <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.rockthepark.ca">http://www.rockthepark.ca</a><!-- m -->

All the shows I have seen I would have to say the Roadside Attraction shows has the best opening bands.
I really didnt like many of the ones of late.
I mean I had never heard of The Odds before 93s ARA but then after that show I went out and bought their first CD and all the follow ups right up to the new one called The New Odds. I think they were excellent.
Crash Vegas was so good too. I ended up seeing them live a few more times in clubs , I bought all their CDs and even met Colin Cripps and Michelle Macadaroy (sp) and got all my cds autographed.
I didnt like Hot House Fowers at all so didnt follow them.
13 Engines were Excellent and followed them and bought their muisc.
Daniel Lanois was a serious discovery for my wife and I and even ended up naming our first son Daniel after a line in the Daniel Lanois song Lotta Love To Give. " Daniel Daniel by the bonfire, on the telephone wire, she's calling you to say , yeaaaa I gotta whole lotta love to give" We were trying to figure out a name for our first born and we were playing that song and when he sang that line we both looked at each other and at the exact same time said " Daniel"
Wintersleep, well they put me to sleep really.
The Sadies, ehhhhhh no thanks
The Weakerthans,,,, ehhhhh no thanks again...
Andrew Cash,,, Yup loved him, realized at the concert I had his earlier single, Boomtown and watched his set and went out and bought his music. Enjoyed seeing Gord sing with Andrew Cash at the Ontario Place forum and doing the song Hey Maria. One of my fav A.C. songs.
needless to say of all of them, Id have to say
1 Daniel Lanois
2 The Odds
3 Crash Vegas
4 13 Engines
Those are my fav 4 openers.
And no the woodstock bands dont really count as they were all already kinda big to begin with.
So my question is who has been your fav opening band for the hip that you possibley never heard of before seeing them open and ended up falling in love with their music and have or still are following their careers?

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07Mar09 Sam Roberts Band
The Club @ Water Street Music Hall - Rochester, NY

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Setlist:
t01 - Love At The End Of The World
t02 - The Resistance
t03 - Fixed To Ruin
t04 - Hard Road
t05 - Up Sister
t06 - Bridge To Nowhere
t07 - Oh Maria
t08 - Where Have All The Good People Gone?
t09 - Dead End
t10 - Lions Of The Kalahara
t11 - Them Kids
t12 - Brother Down
t13 - With A Bullet
t14 - **encore break**
t15 - Detroit '67
t16 - Uprising Down Under
t17 - Mind Flood

Hey all. I ended up with two tickets for the Friday night show (May 13) at Massey. I was wondering if anyone has any extra tickets for either the Monday or Tuesday show available. If not now, perhaps as we get closer to the date, please let me know. I'd be interested. I figured I'd start here, rather than Kijiji, as some of the prices there are already skyrocketing....

Thanks,

Edit** I realize now the Friday show is the 15th, not the 13th.

Survivorman, to me is by far the best show on television. For anyone who hasn't seen it you should definitely check it out. Anyways, the host, Les Stroud, used to be in a band called New Regime and worked for Much Music before he became a survival expert. At the 4.40 mark of this video <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-m6EIg6AYA">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-m6EIg6AYA</a><!-- m --> he mentions how he used to share a rehearsal space with an "up and coming" band called the the Tragically Hip. I thought that was pretty interesting. regardless of that, this is a great interview for anyone who's a fan of Les or the show.

Hey all.

Picked up two tix to the Chicago show on May 26 at the Vic Theatre and I can't go. It's a GA venue.

Looking for face value plus convenience fees etc. Will sell for $40 USD each (I paid $45).

PM me if interested.

The official tour date thread was getting long, so I did not want people to miss new tour dates being added.

Looks like they are already adding more shows:
The Shelburne Museum - Shelburne, VT
July 26, 2009
On Sale: 3/13/9

Here is the presale link - at 11:00 Wednesday a presale password will appear giving you presale opportunities:
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1. Beck - "Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat" (Bob Dylan)
2. The Kooks - "Victoria" (The Kinks)
3. The Hold Steady - "Atlantic City" (Bruce Springsteen)
4. Hot Chip - "Transmission" (Joy Division)
5. Lily Allen and Mick Jones - "Straight to Hell" (The Clash)
6. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker" (The Ramones)
7. Franz Ferdinand - "Call Me" (Live) (Blondie)
8. Duffy - "Live and Let Die" (Sir Paul McCartney)
9. Estelle - "Superstition" (Stevie Wonder)
10. Rufus Wainwright - "Wonderful/Song For Children" (Brian Wilson)
11. Scissor Sisters - "Do the Strand" (Roxy Music)
12. Peaches - "Search and Destroy" (The Stooges)
13. Adam Cohen - "Take This Waltz" (Leonard Cohen)
14. Elbow - "Running to Stand Still" (U2)
15. The Like - "You Belong to Me" (Elvis Costello)
16. TV on the Radio - "Heroes" (David Bowie)

Take the good with the bad... but there are some awesome covers on this album. The Hold Steady absolutely rock in their version of Atlantic City... and Leopard-Skin Beckified is catchy as hell.

For a great cause too... so don't torrent this one!

for LOVE IS A FIRST?
anyone know?

thanks in advance

Brad

I always love it when I get the news that The Tragically Hip are ready to hit the road again. Calendars are checked and phone calls are made. Though I have gone off in many different musical directions and sought out some incredible live concert experiences, the fact remains that The Hip be the soundtrack to my high school years and the first big time rock & roll show I saw.

Those years were spent in Owen Sound, ON where the end of the school year brought became the beginning of the field party year. We'd usually arrive early by having the gear all packed the night before and cutting Friday afternoon classes. The party organizers would have the sound system set up and I remember perfect afternoons in May and June, shirts off, few arrivals so far, a real chill & friendly atmosphere and The Tragically Hip's Up to Here or Road Apples blaring away.

"Care for a beer?"

"Don't mind if I do."

I think I almost enjoyed the pre-party more than the party itself, when everyone got there, the warmth of the sun was lost and the various liquids, naturals and chemicals kicked in. That's when things got weird and usually out-of-hand. I guess the Moon Tower scene in Dazed and Confused would best describe it to a mass audience though the cars were from a different decade of course. Fuck I love that movie.

I see The Hip every chance I can. Not all chances. Sometimes I cannot. Take the Massey Hall run. I would like to have done all 5. My better half suggests there may be a slight monetary issue with this. Back in the day (bachelorhood) I would have shifted some stuff (food) and this would have happened. As it stands today, 2/5 is where I'm at. I figure 1/5 would be like regular season, 2/5 is like making the playoffs, and each additional show is like winning a playoff round with 5/5 being the Cup. This will be my first show at Massey Hall (unbelievable) and The Hip seem to be about the best I can think of to take my Massey virginity. I haven't been to Artpark so I have to admit I am a little interested in that as well. We'll see. It's a crazy world right now.

I have a lot of Hip road stories and funny adventures that I think it will be fun to write about. Situations that were comical, stressful, surreal, psychedelic and just plain weird. Have I seen the most Tragically Hip shows? No. Not even close. Have I been following them for longer than all of you? Some yes, some no. Doesn't matter. I'm writing. You're reading.

OK, it's 2009 and the Tragically Hip are getting ready to release their 12th studio album, We Are the Same. So far each album has been a little different from each of its predecessors, building on experience and maturing as they should all the while maintaining that essence of Hip. That is, you know a Hip song when you hear it. Not the voice, but the music. I think it says a lot for a band when you can take a handful of fans and ask them to declare their favorite album and each will give a different answer. I expect the same from this album. That it will be different and yet the same too.

"An Evening With...."

The 2009 Tragically Hip tour is taking a similar format to 2000's Music@Work tour in that there will be no opening act and The Hip will perform 2 sets at each show. This format gave fans on that past tour the treat of a deeper roster of songs from the Hip's cannon. About fucking time is what I say. This is something that is long overdo in my opinion. This is going to be great for the fans and for the band. Let's hope it sticks. Feel free to write the band and let them know.

In addition to being a big Tragically Hip fan I listen to endless hours of Grateful Dead and Phish, two bands who have always used the above mentioned format. I have followed these bands and their members in various bands all across North America doing multi-night runs. The difference though is that the DEAD & Phish don't put songs to bed. Bye-bye B-sides like. They find ways to have fun with them. Develop them. Now I know The Hip are not a jam band per se, but they got the improv skills. They have lots of those. Every time Gord goes off on a run they follow the mood up and down and sideways and backwards. All by the seat of their pants.

I really was debating whether I would go see The Hip again after the Feb 8, 2007 show at the ACC. That was the last show I purchased tickets for though my last show was April 20, 2007 in Boston. Yep. 4:20. Bob Marley cover. Had to. Ha ha! Birthday present from the sister. What a trip. Another story for another time however. I made no effort to see The Hip in 2008 even though opportunities were there. I felt I had already seen the show they were going to do. I had had that experience. I like a bit of a new experience each time. Some randomness.

I took issue with that Toronto show on Feb 8, 2007 and I'm going to tell you why. I felt like I was served the same meal twice. You see, I attended the Copps Coliseum show in Hamilton two days earlier. These venues are what, an hour apart? I'm sure I wasn't the only one to take up this outstanding opportunity to fill two dire February nights with some good old Canadian arena rock. And if you did do the double and are reading this now I'm sure you know exactly what I'm getting at.

Continued at the Tragically Hip Tour Blog...