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
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
Netflix has taken the world streaming rights to the Tragically Hip's concert documentary, Long Time Running, excluding Canada.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The feature documentary, originally commissioned by Bell Media, chronicles the lead-up and the final concert for the Canadian band in Kingston, Ont., after frontman Gord Downie‘s terminal brain cancer diagnosis.
The film, by directors Jennifer Baichwal and Nick de Pencier, includes interviews with Downie, his brother Patrick, bandmates Paul Langlois, Rob Baker, Johnnie Fay and Gord Sinclair, and managers and key crew.
The final Tragically Hip concert, broadcast live, was watched by 11.7...
Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The feature documentary, originally commissioned by Bell Media, chronicles the lead-up and the final concert for the Canadian band in Kingston, Ont., after frontman Gord Downie‘s terminal brain cancer diagnosis.
The film, by directors Jennifer Baichwal and Nick de Pencier, includes interviews with Downie, his brother Patrick, bandmates Paul Langlois, Rob Baker, Johnnie Fay and Gord Sinclair, and managers and key crew.
The final Tragically Hip concert, broadcast live, was watched by 11.7...
- 9/12/2017
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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