The Tragically Hip’s Surviving Members Reunite to Pay Tribute to a Canadian Icon, Tease New Projects
When the Tragically Hip played their final show on Aug. 20, 2016, at the sold-out Rogers K-Rock Centre in the group’s native Kingston, Ontario, bassist Gord Sinclair stood onstage in awe of the moment — wondering what the future held for the larger-than-life Canadian rock band.
“There was a deep connection with the people, and as we progressed on that last tour, [lead singer Gord Downie] got stronger and stronger. By the time it got to the last show, it was just like, ‘We should be playing more,’” Sinclair tells Rolling Stone. “It was the audience,...
“There was a deep connection with the people, and as we progressed on that last tour, [lead singer Gord Downie] got stronger and stronger. By the time it got to the last show, it was just like, ‘We should be playing more,’” Sinclair tells Rolling Stone. “It was the audience,...
- 10/1/2022
- by Garret K. Woodward
- Rollingstone.com
Nearly four years after the death of the Tragically Hip singer Gord Downie — and three years after the band announced their retirement — the beloved Canadian rockers have revealed their surprise new album Saskadelphia, due out Friday, May 21st.
Saskadelphia features six songs written for the Tragically Hip’s 1991 album Road Apples; five of the tracks were recorded during the same 1990 studio sessions in New Orleans, while the sixth (“Montreal”) was recorded live during the band’s Montreal concert in 2000. The studio version remains lost.
As the surviving members of the Tragically Hip explain,...
Saskadelphia features six songs written for the Tragically Hip’s 1991 album Road Apples; five of the tracks were recorded during the same 1990 studio sessions in New Orleans, while the sixth (“Montreal”) was recorded live during the band’s Montreal concert in 2000. The studio version remains lost.
As the surviving members of the Tragically Hip explain,...
- 5/20/2021
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Members of Canada’s treasured rock band The Tragically Hip will receive the Order of Canada in Ottawa on Friday. Gov. Gen. Julie Payette will present Rob Baker, Johnny Fay, Paul Langlois and Gord Sinclair one of the country’s highest honours, which recognizes outstanding achievement and service to Canada. Read More: Gord Downie, Tragically Hip frontman, receives […]...
- 11/17/2017
- by Alyssa Croezen
- ET Canada
Beyond the tragedy of Gord Downie’s terminal cancer diagnosis on a personal level for his friends, family, and The Tragically Hip bandmates, the idea that we would never again hear his voice sing “Bobcaygeon” or “Courage” live meant his nation was losing its first legend of rock and roll. Considering how many of our greats were cut down by drugs, accidents, or age, the end of “rock eras” so to speak have become commonplace here. But Kiss, Rush, Neil Young, and others still tour. Canada has been fortunate until now.
It’s therefore all the more tragic that the first to go would be younger than each of those 70s superstars. Downie and The Hip were no less prolific, though—his death at age 53 was a young marker considering his debut was three decades and twelve albums ago. This is why their farewell tour inevitably sold out in minutes for every stop.
It’s therefore all the more tragic that the first to go would be younger than each of those 70s superstars. Downie and The Hip were no less prolific, though—his death at age 53 was a young marker considering his debut was three decades and twelve albums ago. This is why their farewell tour inevitably sold out in minutes for every stop.
- 10/30/2017
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
Canadian rock band the Tragically Hip will commence their last tour after lead singer Gord Downie was diagnosed with a deadly brain cancer. The group assembled in 1984 with high school mates Downie, Gord Sinclair, Johnny Fay and Rob Baker in Kingston, Ontario. The band also originally featured a saxophone player who left two years later. Paul […]
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- 7/22/2016
- by Khoreen Eccleston
- Uinterview
Seattle Theatre Group (Stg) presents The Tragically Hip on Wednesday, June 17, 2009 at 8:00pm at the Moore Theatre. Formed in 1983 in Kingston, Ontario, The Tragically Hip came together with childhood friends Gordon Downie (vocals), Bobby Baker (guitar), Paul Langlois (guitar), Gord Sinclair (bass), and Johnny Fay (drums). The group took their name from a Michael Nesmith video entitled Elephant Parts and focused on making a name for themselves in the local scene during the mid-'80s. While performing Toronto's Horseshoe Tavern, McA Records president Bruce Dickinson was impressed by the Hip's infectious live presence and offered them a deal. A self-titled eponymous Ep appeared in 1987, but it took the band two years to get critical attention.
- 3/2/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
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