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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,455
    PJ_Soul said:

    I don't see how crying excludes someone from living in the moment or enjoying today.

    True. What I said on twitter was just "stop eulogizing the man! He is still very much alive!". The media is painting this as a funeral. Can't imagine how it must make him and his family feel.

    Hugh Freaking Dillon is currently out of the office, returning sometime in the fall




  • RobbyD462
    RobbyD462 Victoria BC Posts: 4,812
    edited May 2016
    HughFreakingDillon said:

    PJ_Soul said:

    I don't see how crying excludes someone from living in the moment or enjoying today.

    True. What I said on twitter was just "stop eulogizing the man! He is still very much alive!". The media is painting this as a funeral. Can't imagine how it must make him and his family feel.

    This is kinda why I feel he should have keep it to himself.Its really no ones business except the family's
    They should have toured then call it quits.
    I love this band but I will not be going to this death march.
    Seen them 7 times over the years good memories and great times.
    Why report misery why not say this is our last tour.
    Casual fans will be linning up to see what most have been seeing for years.
    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_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,664
    edited May 2016
    RobbyD462 said:

    HughFreakingDillon said:

    PJ_Soul said:

    I don't see how crying excludes someone from living in the moment or enjoying today.

    True. What I said on twitter was just "stop eulogizing the man! He is still very much alive!". The media is painting this as a funeral. Can't imagine how it must make him and his family feel.

    This is kinda why I feel he should have keep it to himself.Its really no ones business except the family's
    They should have toured then call it quits.
    I love this band but I will not be going to this death march.
    Seen them 7 times over the years good memories and great times.
    Why report misery why not say this is our last tour.
    Casual fans will be linning up to see what most have been seeing for years.
    Maybe he really wanted to share this with his fans because he felt like the support they would provide would help him? I can see how that might be the case. Seems like he is reaching out to his fans by not keeping this to himself. He probably didn't feel like he could keep it to himself, and that this would be the best way to handle it, his own feelings and struggle... I'm sure this is factoring strongly in his art and his performance. I doubt he felt that he could even do his job properly while hiding such a thing, considering how totally open he needs to be doing what he does. Amd perhaps he needed to borrow some strength and courage from Canada. I don't know. But i think it is safe to assume that he did it for a good reason (besides simply getting ahead of the rumours, whihc his manager did say was a factor inbthe announcement).
    I will for sure see them this tour. Might not be his last tour either. Who knows.
    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
  • Massara133
    Massara133 Stettler AB Canada Posts: 431
    Day for Night will probably always be my favourite and made me such a huge fan, but "We are the Same" has become a personal favourite of mine as well. The kind of album you listen to on a Sunday morning while you drink coffee and sit in a sunbeam. It took me a few listens but now I love it. Last recluse is breathtaking, I saw Gord walk into the crowd about 10 rows deep singing that song at the Eric Harvie theatre in Banff. One of my top 5 concert moments of all time.
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  • Massara133
    Massara133 Stettler AB Canada Posts: 431
    RobbyD462 said:

    HughFreakingDillon said:

    PJ_Soul said:

    I don't see how crying excludes someone from living in the moment or enjoying today.

    True. What I said on twitter was just "stop eulogizing the man! He is still very much alive!". The media is painting this as a funeral. Can't imagine how it must make him and his family feel.

    This is kinda why I feel he should have keep it to himself.Its really no ones business except the family's
    They should have toured then call it quits.
    I love this band but I will not be going to this death march.
    Seen them 7 times over the years good memories and great times.
    Why report misery why not say this is our last tour.
    Casual fans will be linning up to see what most have been seeing for years.
    I hear what you're saying but I don't think it would've stayed private. At some point it would've leaked and then it would be an even bigger story for the press to have a hayday with. Going public allows them to tell the story the way they want it presented to the public and avoids rumours and speculation that turn it into an even worse situation.

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  • toolie
    toolie Posts: 397
    Massara133 said:

    Day for Night will probably always be my favourite and made me such a huge fan, but "We are the Same" has become a personal favourite of mine as well. The kind of album you listen to on a Sunday morning while you drink coffee and sit in a sunbeam. It took me a few listens but now I love it. Last recluse is breathtaking, I saw Gord walk into the crowd about 10 rows deep singing that song at the Eric Harvie theatre in Banff. One of my top 5 concert moments of all time.

    I totally agree, love 'We Are The Same'. Morning Moon is go to startup song for all my kayak trips down the Red Deer River. And what a cool place to see them!
  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
    Thirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    Can someone email me the presale code? I'm a fan member, but haven't got the email, can't remember my password to log in, and when I emailed them to get another... no email in return.
    "My brain's a good brain!"
  • benjs
    benjs Toronto, ON Posts: 9,367
    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

    Can someone email me the presale code? I'm a fan member, but haven't got the email, can't remember my password to log in, and when I emailed them to get another... no email in return.

    Have they gone out yet?
    '05 - TO, '06 - TO 1, '08 - NYC 1 & 2, '09 - TO, Chi 1 & 2, '10 - Buffalo, NYC 1 & 2, '11 - TO 1 & 2, Hamilton, '13 - Buffalo, Brooklyn 1 & 2, '15 - Global Citizen, '16 - TO 1 & 2, Chi 2

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  • DukeSpirit
    DukeSpirit Posts: 278
    benjs said:

    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

    Can someone email me the presale code? I'm a fan member, but haven't got the email, can't remember my password to log in, and when I emailed them to get another... no email in return.

    Have they gone out yet?
    Not until Sunday night
  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
    Thirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    Oh right on!

    I thought I had missed out already!

    Thanks.
    "My brain's a good brain!"
  • Nami
    Nami Newfoundland Posts: 5,999
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqPXkx7m9ts

    Hamilton 9-13-05; Toronto 5-9-06, Toronto 8-21-09, Toronto 9-12-11, Hamilton 9-15-11....
  • Nami
    Nami Newfoundland Posts: 5,999
    On sale
    Hamilton 9-13-05; Toronto 5-9-06, Toronto 8-21-09, Toronto 9-12-11, Hamilton 9-15-11....
  • MayDay10
    MayDay10 Posts: 11,852
    well that was a disaster
  • zarocat
    zarocat Posts: 1,901
    edited May 2016
    If anyone has one extra ticket for Kingston, Ontario, let me know please because i'll take it

    *Already on stub hub for 800, 1000 & 2500 ... *sigh
    Post edited by zarocat on
    1996: Toronto
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    2004: Boston X2, Grand Rapids
    2005: Kitchener, London, Hamilton, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto
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  • qontheboard
    qontheboard Posts: 787
    MayDay10 said:

    well that was a disaster

    Yep... it sure was a shit show.



  • maynardsux
    maynardsux Posts: 1,100
    MayDay10 said:

    well that was a disaster

    It's unfortunate that this is the norm nowadays...absolute clusterfuck...had my sister helping to try and get tickets and she walked away with a whole new appreciation for what PJ does and what we as fans now must go through to get tickets.....its amazing that laws in essence allow legalized scalping on-line by masking it as a service to help out fans due to supply and demand, when the average fan struggles alone to afford today's regular ticket prices north of $100 per ticket plus TM's $80 service fees on top....was lovely seeing all these tickets today meant for "fan club" appear within seconds on stubhub....especially in circumstances given what's going on with the Hip right now, it would have been nice to somehow see something done to allow the fans an opportunity to celebrate them for what may be the last time.... allowing people to join the fanclub up until yesterday for FREE simply made matters worse but that's life...good luck Friday everyone
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    '94 Detroit
    '10 Columbus
    '11 Detroit (Eddie solo), Toronto 1 and 2, Ottawa, Hamilton
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    '16 Ottawa, Toronto 1 and 2, Chicago 1 and 2
    '18 Chicago 1 and 2
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  • MayDay10
    MayDay10 Posts: 11,852
    edited May 2016
    Yeah... i had a great track record on ticketmaster until they installed the 2 or 3 extra steps to proove i am nit a "robot". Since that started and trying to find the pictures with store fronts i come up empty.

    I wonder if they installed thise steps and the bots are able to bypass, giving them an insurmountable advantage? Ticketmaster puts up there conspicuously in plain view that you cant use robots... but its their policy to choose to enforce it or not. It reminds me of how a headshop posts "not for illegal use" in front of their merchandise. It feels like ticketmaster has made their website intentionally more difficult for average users.
    Post edited by MayDay10 on
  • Weird_Henry
    Weird_Henry Posts: 308
    edited May 2016
    Good God, I hate ticketmaster...what a clusterfuck trying to get a ticket for WPG show. *sigh*
    Hope friday goes better for me and everyone else.
    Post edited by Weird_Henry on
    Note to self: Don't die
  • dignin
    dignin Posts: 9,478
    No luck here in Calgary
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,455
    presales always suck for in-demand shows. general onsale is where it's at. it said "nothing available" at 10am sharp for me in winnipeg. ah well. here's to Friday!
    Hugh Freaking Dillon is currently out of the office, returning sometime in the fall




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