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Tragically Hip Fully Completely reissue and North American tour announced

PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Posts: 49,958
edited October 2014 in Other Music
http://www.thehip.com/

Awesome! Happy to see they're moving forward again with the reissues! And another tour (wow, they really seem to tour a lot - or am I imagining that? They were just here last year I thought). I haven't seen them since 1995 for no good reason, so it's about time I checked them out again, even though i've heard that Gord Downie's voice sounds bad now. :( Should have gone to more shows earlier.

Kind of weird that they say they will be performing Fully Completely in its entirety at each show though.... Pearl Jam sure has me spoiled, lol. Or maybe they just mean they'll be playing the whole thing at the first show only. It's not quite clear.... that seems more logical though.
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
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  • scurtisscurtis Posts: 2,460
    I used to be a big fan in high school, had seen them a few times back then. Pretty happy about the reissues as long as they aren't $40 a pop like the MOV ones for Road Apples and that other one (can't remember the name right now).

    I kinda think it would suck for them and the crowd to hear Fully Completely from start to finish every night. Even the first night it kinda sucks I think. Would be better if they played like 3 or 4 songs in a row off that album to open or something like that.

    Enjoy the show if you go, I'm not sure if I will or not yet.
    "Born on third, thinks he got a triple."
  • Carter45Carter45 Posts: 13
    Excited to see The Hip for the first time. Missed them at the Orpheum all three times last year in Vancouver.
  • MayDay10MayDay10 Posts: 11,727
    edited October 2014
    Landed front row-center in Buffalo

    I saw them like 4 years ago and I didnt think Gord's voice was bad at all
  • maynardsuxmaynardsux Posts: 1,094
    Got up front for my hometown show in Windsor and Cleveland as well......love seeing these guys in the U.S. because shows are so small (HOB).....only other band outside of PJ that I would roadtrip to extremes for to see live.....and so glad they are doing my favourite album "Fully, Completely" in its entirity.....Gord has tamed down with the theatrics but I haven't found his voice to be that bad either.....if you have never seen them live, they are a must see!!
    '93 Toronto
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    '10 Columbus
    '11 Detroit (Eddie solo), Toronto 1 and 2, Ottawa, Hamilton
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    '14 Detroit
    '16 Ottawa, Toronto 1 and 2, Chicago 1 and 2
    '18 Chicago 1 and 2
    '22 Hamilton, Toronto
  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Posts: 49,958
    How much are the good tix going for?
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • MayDay10MayDay10 Posts: 11,727
    agreed. I saw them in Philly in a small venue. Was amazing. Stood on a close balcony right next to the Canadian members of the Flyers. Was great. It was all Canadians, people from Western New York, or people from Northern New England.

    Asked my wife if she wanted to go in Buffalo and she wont because that experience cant be topped.
  • RobbyD462RobbyD462 Posts: 4,812
    edited October 2014
    PJ_Soul said:

    How much are the good tix going for?

    They want $140 for good tickets!
    We must be paying for the Hips extended health care in their twilight years....lol
    I like the Hip but that price is ridiculous!

    For $140 I could buy the vinyl,some steaks and a "pony" keg of beer.,
    I'm sure Gord will understand.
    Post edited by RobbyD462 on
    -Seattle,Wash-Key Arena-9/21/9 -Vancouver,B.C-Rogers Arena-12/4/13 -Vancouver,BC-Rogers Arena-5/6/24
    -Seattle,Wash-Key Arena-9/22/9 -Pemberton,B.C-7/17/16
    -Vancouver,B.C-GM Place -9/25/9 -Seattle,Wash-Safeco Field-8/8/18
    -Vancouver,B.C-Pacific Coliseum-9/25/11 -Seattle,Wash-Safeco Field-8/10/18
    -Misoula,MT-Adams Field House-9/30/12 -Vancouver,BC-Rogers Arena-5/4/24

  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Posts: 49,958
    RobbyD462 said:

    PJ_Soul said:

    How much are the good tix going for?

    They want $140 for good tickets!
    :-O Pretty steep!
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • RobbyD462RobbyD462 Posts: 4,812
    Ya close to double the cost of a PJ ticket.
    -Seattle,Wash-Key Arena-9/21/9 -Vancouver,B.C-Rogers Arena-12/4/13 -Vancouver,BC-Rogers Arena-5/6/24
    -Seattle,Wash-Key Arena-9/22/9 -Pemberton,B.C-7/17/16
    -Vancouver,B.C-GM Place -9/25/9 -Seattle,Wash-Safeco Field-8/8/18
    -Vancouver,B.C-Pacific Coliseum-9/25/11 -Seattle,Wash-Safeco Field-8/10/18
    -Misoula,MT-Adams Field House-9/30/12 -Vancouver,BC-Rogers Arena-5/4/24

  • nippleholicnippleholic Posts: 1,084
    edited October 2014
    Went to see them here last night in Toronto at the NHL kickoff party. Not sure how it sounded on TV, but the band sounded fine live. The crowd was a mix of casual hockey fans and die hard Hip fans, so it might have seemed like a lot of people weren't familiar with the less recognizable material.

    image

    This was the setlist:

    Grace, Too
    Fully Completely
    Lonely End of The Rink
    Man Machine Poem
    50 Mission Cap
    We Want To Be It
    In View
    Bobcaygeon
    Heaven Is A Better Place Today
    Courage

    Someone also captured the entire show from the front row: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcPwogPBiHc
    Post edited by nippleholic on
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    2004: Boston (x2), Toledo, Grand Rapids
    2005: Kitchener, London, Hamilton, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto
    2006: Toronto (x2), Grand Rapids, Cleveland, Detroit
    2008: New York City (x2), Hartford, Boston II
    2010: Buffalo, Newark, New York City (x2), Nijmegen, Berlin, Werchter
    2011: Alpine Valley I, Alpine Valley II, Montreal, Toronto (x2), Ottawa, Hamilton
    2012: Amsterdam (x2), Berlin (x2)
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    2023: Fort Worth (x2), Austin (x2)
    2024: Vancouver (x2), Portland, Sacramento, Las Vegas (x2), Los Angeles (x2), Dublin, Manchester, London, Berlin (x2), Barcelona (x2)

  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Posts: 49,958
    edited October 2014
    Looks super entertaining and I'm only 3 minutes in. :) The last time I saw them in 1995 I was so high on mushrooms I don't think I was capable of fully appreciating the show... a piece of trash on the ground was probably just as entertaining as the show was, LOL!
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Posts: 49,958
    edited October 2014
    Row 4, seat 18! Better than I expected.... Only a single though. Couldn't afford to buy a pair, lol.... Actually, I couldn't even really afford to buy a single. :\">
    Post edited by PJ_Soul on
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Posts: 49,958
    edited February 2015
    My best photo from tonight's show (damn forum probably won't post it though... click link I guess. Irritating.). Super fun time! I had only fantastic fans around me. Great people. :) And Gordie is fucking fascinating up close. Couldn't take my eyes off that weirdo, lol.

    [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/0TJADFN.jpg[/IMG]
    Post edited by PJ_Soul on
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • HughFreakingDillonHughFreakingDillon Posts: 36,993
    Didnt go to the big arena show when they stopped here, but i have been listening all evening, then checked their tour dates remaining....playing First Avenue in Minnie in Sept. 650 seater. $45 per ticket. Seeing the hip play FC start to finish in a club? Sign me the fuck up!
    new album "Cigarettes" out Spring 2025!

    www.headstonesband.com




  • Thirty Bills UnpaidThirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    I got first row dead center for Kamloops in September. Gonna be awesome.
    "My brain's a good brain!"
  • Gary CarterGary Carter Posts: 14,067
    i saw them at the beacon theater in nyc a few months back and the concert was just so fucking amazing. crowd and band was on fire. only downfall is the beacon theater has seats. i felt they coulda played a venue in nyc that's GA like terminal 5 or hammerstein ballroom. Both venues are around the same capacity as the beacon theater.
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  • Thirty Bills UnpaidThirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    Saw them last night. Great.

    I've said it before and I'm saying it again: one of... if not the... most underrated bands there is.

    Top shelf.
    "My brain's a good brain!"
  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Posts: 49,958
    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

    Saw them last night. Great.

    I've said it before and I'm saying it again: one of... if not the... most underrated bands there is.

    Top shelf.

    Yeah, they really are. Not in Canada, but I am always surprised that they aren't a much bigger hit outside of their own country, since they are SO amazing, and Gord is arguably one of the greatest lyricists in the industry.
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • HughFreakingDillonHughFreakingDillon Posts: 36,993
    people outside of Canada are always shocked to hear they sell out 15-20K seat venues every tour, and can't fill a bar a few hundred km's to the south. it's bizarre.
    new album "Cigarettes" out Spring 2025!

    www.headstonesband.com




  • Thirty Bills UnpaidThirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    PJ_Soul said:

    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

    Saw them last night. Great.

    I've said it before and I'm saying it again: one of... if not the... most underrated bands there is.

    Top shelf.

    Yeah, they really are. Not in Canada, but I am always surprised that they aren't a much bigger hit outside of their own country, since they are SO amazing, and Gord is arguably one of the greatest lyricists in the industry.
    Lyrics are unbelievable.

    "Courage... it couldn't come at a worse time."

    "And the big snake pit. And we danced to the edge of it. And we laugh and we laugh 'cause we ain't seen the half of it."

    "I had this dream where I relished the fray
    And the screaming filled my head all day
    It was as though I'd been spit here
    Settled in, into the pocket
    Of a lighthouse on some rocky socket
    Off the coast of France, dear"


    And I could just go on and on and on- so many great songs.
    "My brain's a good brain!"
  • May 30thMay 30th Posts: 1,753
    one of the best bands ever
  • Thirty Bills UnpaidThirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    Like anyone I knew a Dave
    Drove a Plymouth shallow grave
    Said, "my girl don't just walk, she unfurls"


    Seriously... their lyrics are brilliant. I get visuals like no other band.
    "My brain's a good brain!"
  • Thirty Bills UnpaidThirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    One more cuz why not:

    Yeah, that's awful close but that's not why
    I'm so hard done by

    They played So Hard Done By at the Kamloops show. What a great song.
    "My brain's a good brain!"
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