Tragically Hip perform first of three Toronto shows on Wednesday
Posted Aug 10, 2016 06:23:40 AM.
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The Tragically Hip will perform the first of three shows in Toronto on Wednesday night, part of the band’s farewell tour.
The concerts will be held at the Air Canada Centre, with the next two on Friday and Sunday.
The ‘Man Machine Poem’ tour began on July 22 in Victoria, two months after the band revealed that lead singer Gord Downie has terminal brain cancer.
The Hip’s 15-date tour will end with a concert in their hometown of Kingston, Ont., on Aug. 20 which will be broadcast live by CBC.
Since their formation in high school in 1984, the Hip – Downie, guitarist Rob Baker, drummer Johnny Fay, bassist Gord Sinclair and latecomer guitarist Paul Langlois, who joined in 1986 – have released 16 albums and won 14 Juno awards along with a legion of devoted fans.
