Awesome show, kind of sad ending with Gord onstage by himself and crowd going bonkers. I said screw it and bought stubhub seats for $50, row 1 in balcony for tuesday night. Varied setlist last night from Victoria so hoping to get most of those songs on Tuesday and it is the "last" show in Vancouver. Can't miss that. Highlight for me was the day for night sequence last night. That was my first album from them I fell in love with. Hoping for Nautical Disaster on Tuesday
I'm row 1 on the balcony tomorrow too. What section are you in?
Section 327. Got them for $84usd. Pretty good price I think
Nice. I'm in section 315 (directly across from the stage). I got it for face in the presale ($75 CAD), but the sacrifice is that I'm going alone. I could only score a ticket in the presale by buying a single (but that's okay). Enjoy the show! I think first row of the balcony is actually a pretty sweet place to sit.
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
Forgot to post last week but the Victoria show was pretty good.
The crowd stood the entire time (which in my experience doesn't happen often for Victoria arena shows). There was the strange energy throughout the show (due to circumstances of tour). The energy was electric and band sounded pretty good. At the end the rest of the band left the stage and Gord stood there and crowd kept cheering and cheering. Brought tears to his eyes.. poor guy... what a trooper, doing a tour under his circumstances. That's hardcore.
Also I noticed, since I was behind stage on Sunday, that Gord was reading lyrics off a teleprompter. Just curious and assuming that has to do with his diagnosis? Or has he done that in the past?
I think most people with a terminal brain tumour are skinnier than they used to be, and I believe I read something a while ago suggesting that Gord would have the lyrics on hand because of his illness, but I don't remember where I read that. Anyway, I guess tonight will be the very last night that The Tragically Hip will play Vancouver or BC. Ever. I'm getting misty eyed just thinking about it. I'm glad I will get to be there.
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
Did I hear Gord correct right at the end? "See you again." "See you again, hopefully."
Tough to say which Vancouver shows I liked better. The start tonight was epic. Then songs such as Ahead by a century, yawning or snarling, fiddlers green
However there was at least three songs in the middle I had no idea what they were and if I didnt, I'm sure the masses didn't. Put a damper on momentum. For that reason I can't say tonight was a better set then Sunday.
However the crowd was insane tonight when they left, and especially Gord, before the encore. Loudest I've heard a crowd in over 300 concerts
However there was at least three songs in the middle I had no idea what they were and if I didnt, I'm sure the masses didn't. Put a damper on momentum. For that reason I can't say tonight was a better set then Sunday.
yah they did 4 songs from the new album in Victoria, so the crowd was a bit quieter for them. Personally i really liked Tired as Fuck. I've been listening to that song alot since the show.
gord has used a teleprompter for previous tours. nothing new about that. fyi eh i'd love to know what songs specifically are " rather dreary" LOL cause those are probably my faves
gord has used a teleprompter for previous tours. nothing new about that. fyi eh i'd love to know what songs specifically are " rather dreary" LOL cause those are probably my faves
Looking at the setlist now, I didn't know only two songs. Toronto #4, which gord said he thinks they have not played in a long time, and Putting Down.
I for one actually really like the new album and enjoyed those songs. Very Pearl Jam like with 14 tour debuts last night. Has made me want to go back into the Hip catalogue more. All in all amazing shows!
Did I hear Gord correct right at the end? "See you again." "See you again, hopefully."
Tough to say which Vancouver shows I liked better. The start tonight was epic. Then songs such as Ahead by a century, yawning or snarling, fiddlers green
However there was at least three songs in the middle I had no idea what they were and if I didnt, I'm sure the masses didn't. Put a damper on momentum. For that reason I can't say tonight was a better set then Sunday.
However the crowd was insane tonight when they left, and especially Gord, before the encore. Loudest I've heard a crowd in over 300 concerts
Yes! He said "I'll see you again..." like three times in a row, almost like an incantation. That really got to me. He was so emotional when he was saying that. Brought tears to my eyes. I hope the power of positive thinking works for him. Yup, that was by far the loudest crowd I have ever heard in my life. It actually totally drowned out the music at one point, and was hurting my ears. And during the first encore break, with all the lights shining for him... just incredible. This was probably the most meaningful concert of my life. I personally loved the setlist a lot,and also didn't recognize a couple of songs, which actually thrilled the hell out of me! If there was a damper i didn'r notice it. They weren't the new songs I didn't recognize - I know the new album word for word already. It was Lake Fever and Toronto #4 that seemed new to me. I guess I've heard them once or twice (at most), but they are from Music @ Work, which is an album that I am really not too familiar with because I don't like it. Anyway, for me, hearing two songs i don't even remember ever hearing before was a plus, not a minus. I didn't like that album, but a live performance is a whole other ball of wax. Plus I almost swooned during Fiddlers Green, lol.
Rogers Arena, Vancouver, Tuesday, July 26th, 2016:
Courage Fifty-Mission Cap We’ll Go Too At the Hundredth Meridian In a World Possessed by the Human Mind What Blue In Sarnia Machine My Music at Work Lake Fever Toronto #4 Putting Down Greasy Jungle Grace, Too Yawning or Snarling Daredevil Ahead by a Century Don’t Wake Daddy Springtime in Vienna Gift Shop
Encore #1: Escape Is at Hand for the Travellin’ Man Bobcaygeon Poets
Encore #2: Fiddler’s Green Three Pistols
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With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
i know almost every hip song well+. to get TO#4 and putting down would be enough for me to completely LOSE IT it will be super hard not to shed a tear or seven at the 4 shows i'm seeing so glad with this format that they have decided on for this tour...and 52 diff songs in 3 shows is hella impressive BRAVO TO THEM
Putting Down was fantastic - I actually didn't realize it wasn't a super well-known song. I thought that was the one Music @ Work song that really got some radio play.
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With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
Held a bird's egg between her breasts There's reasons for the road I guess To document the indigenous To paint and sketch, paint and sketch I'm starting to fail to be impressed United state of ricochet From the boardwalk to the appian way The diamond files, the corporate raves You'd practically kill not to be afraid And I'm starting to choke on the things I say I'm putting down, I'm putting down, I'm putting down I'm putting down, I'm putting down, I'm putting down I'm putting down, I'm putting down, I'm putting down
wow !! 2016-07-28 - Edmonton, Alberta 01 Little Bones 02 The Luxury 03 Long Time Running 04 Twist My Arm 05 In A World Possessed By The Human Mind 06 What Blue 07 Ocean Next 08 Machine 09 Summer's Killing Us 10 It Can't Be Nashville Every Night 11 If New Orleans Is Beat 12 Gus: The Polar Bear From Central Park 13 Daredevil 14 Scared 15 So Hard Done By 16 Grace, Too 17 Escape Is At Hand For The Travelling Man 18 Membership 19 Something On 20 Poets --- 21 At The Hundredth Meridian 22 Fully Completely 23 Courage --- 24 Flamenco 25 Ahead By A Century
I'm still processing both nights. Night 1 was partially marred for me due to an inconsiderate douche-bro of a seat-neighbour & his equally inconsiderate friends. I'm not super interested in reliving it, but basically: talking & fist-bumping/high-fiving over my head or in front of my face, blowing weed smoke, way off-tune yelling (not singing), & clapping way out of time. Oh, & a completely unasked-for slap on my back. If I see this asshole on the FB Hip group or at Titanic Terrarium (HipBase), I might have to tear him & his loser friends a new 'A'. In hindsight, not sure I would have handled it differently (going to security), because it would have meant missing parts of the show. Knowing that night 2 would be better for me (due to seat locale) kept my nerves from exploding. If Night 1 was my only show, I might just be sitting in a holding cell instead of writing this ...
But, night 1 also had THUGS. One of my favourite favourites! Thankfully the bullshit was (mostly) over by the DfN set.
Both nights had their "slow" setlist moments. For Sunday, I'd say the And Now For Plan A set was the crowd-mellower-outer (not killed, definitely not killed. But things were tempered somewhat.) I felt that Gord was far more lively on Tuesday night as well - right from the get-go; on Sunday I felt that he slowly warmed up over the course of the show. From the show reviews I've read from Edmonton 1, it seems like Gord's opening up a bit more each night - this bodes extremely well for Kingston.
I'm curious to see what other MMP songs will be performed; as of now - this being posted after Edmonton's 1st show - they've played 6: Machine, A World Possessed By The Human Mind, Tired As Fuck, In Sarnia, & Ocean Next.
"Grace, Too" was my highlight - as it was for many; it's been my favourite song of theirs since it was released. Both nights were good but as I mentioned in my previous ramble, the 2nd was better (to me). Damn near lost my shit when the ominous groove of "Yawning or Snarling" hit my ears ... was not expecting that one AT ALL.
OH! I forgot to mention ... while I didn't notice what song was playing over the PA after the show on Night 1, on Night 2 it was Crowded House's "Don't Dream It's Over".
I still can't believe I got to hear Thugs in Vancouver. That song has always been a favorite of mine and Gord nailed it!
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Gord was definitely moving around stage more night 2 of Vancouver. In hindsight I liked night two better as I knew it was the last show for me to see (hoping not of course). More emotionally involved. Trouble at henhouse set of songs was also better for me then the now for plan a songs on Sunday.
I've been thinking of it all week and truly I'm still thinking of the hip and their impact on me. Why it hit me and probably all of us so emotionally. The hip is our generations, 30-60 year olds, Canadian rock band. We grew up in an era with a slight inferiority complex with the USA and this was OUR band. They put out amazing album after album especially thru the 90's. That was my era and day for night along with nirvana unplugged were the albums that solidified my love for rock. I think all hip fans has some kind of similar experience on how they became a special band for them. So, the news of Gord's diagnosis and this most likely being the hips last shows means an end to an era, a Canadian era and thus a most personal era for us all. Sad, but what a celebration this tour is!
Scored Floor, Row 9 to the Calgary show which is happening right now as we speak. Got called out to work this morning and had to leave the city. No refunds. No exchanges. Two empty seats... SWEET SEATS.... and two unused tickets just sitting at the fucking will call window right now. FYI: This isn't a job I can quit or call in sick for or delay. When the call comes, you go.... bad fucking luck and horrible fucking timing. Spent 3 hours on the phone this morning with Ticketmaster AND their ticket insurance company, Allianz... I bought ticket protector insurance for this exact scenario... thought I was being pretty damn responsible!!! But nooooooOOOOOOOO the fucktards at both companies wouldn't help me out in any way. Wouldn't even exchange the tickets over to my own fucking fiance, who was coming to the show with me. Useless pricks!! I'm a grumpy ass mother fucker today folks.
2016-07-30 - Edmonton, Alberta 1. Blow at High Dough 2. Opiated 3. Boots or Hearts 4. New Orleans is Sinking 5. In a World Possessed by the Human Mind 6. Tired as F*ck 7. What Blue 8. Machine 9. Now the Struggle Has a Name 10. The Last Recluse 11. Coffee Girl 12. Morning Moon 13. Courage 14. At the Hundredth Meridian 15. Wheat Kings 16. Fifty Mission Cap 17. Gift Shop 18. Don't Wake Daddy 19. Springtime in Vienna 20. Ahead by a Century -- 21. Greasy Jungle 22. Scared 23. Grace, Too -- 24. Fireworks 25. Bobcaygeon
2016-08-01 - Calgary, Alberta 1. Three Pistols 2. Twist My Arm 3. Fiddler’s Green 4. Little Bones 5. World Possessed 6. What Blue 7. Ocean Next 8. Machine — 9. In View 10. The Kids Don’t Get It* 11. World Container* 12. Yer Not The Ocean 13. So Hard Done By 14. Grace Too 15. Yawning or Snarling 16. Daredevil 17. Something On 18. Escape is at Hand for the Traveling Man 19. Poets 20. Bobcaygeon — 21. Gift Shop 22. Flamenco 23. Ahead By A Century — 24. Boots or Hearts 25. Blow at High Dough
Scored Floor, Row 9 to the Calgary show which is happening right now as we speak. Got called out to work this morning and had to leave the city. No refunds. No exchanges. Two empty seats... SWEET SEATS.... and two unused tickets just sitting at the fucking will call window right now. FYI: This isn't a job I can quit or call in sick for or delay. When the call comes, you go.... bad fucking luck and horrible fucking timing. Spent 3 hours on the phone this morning with Ticketmaster AND their ticket insurance company, Allianz... I bought ticket protector insurance for this exact scenario... thought I was being pretty damn responsible!!! But nooooooOOOOOOOO the fucktards at both companies wouldn't help me out in any way. Wouldn't even exchange the tickets over to my own fucking fiance, who was coming to the show with me. Useless pricks!! I'm a grumpy ass mother fucker today folks.
So that ticket insurance extra sell job they shove at you is horseshit? Noted. F**kers. Insurance companies blow.
The will call thing isn't that hard. I don't even think they check ID, they swipe the credit card that was used to purchase the tickets. Theoretically if you have a trustworthy friend you could give them that CC to pick up the tickets (and maybe lend them on of your id's just in case). They just pretend to be you. I did that once, no problems.
I've never bought the ticket insurance thing as I'm too cheap. I guess you would need to read the fineprint of what they constitute as an emergency. That kind of sucks.
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The crowd stood the entire time (which in my experience doesn't happen often for Victoria arena shows). There was the strange energy throughout the show (due to circumstances of tour). The energy was electric and band sounded pretty good. At the end the rest of the band left the stage and Gord stood there and crowd kept cheering and cheering. Brought tears to his eyes.. poor guy... what a trooper, doing a tour under his circumstances. That's hardcore.
"See you again."
"See you again, hopefully."
Tough to say which Vancouver shows I liked better. The start tonight was epic. Then songs such as Ahead by a century, yawning or snarling, fiddlers green
However there was at least three songs in the middle I had no idea what they were and if I didnt, I'm sure the masses didn't. Put a damper on momentum. For that reason I can't say tonight was a better set then Sunday.
However the crowd was insane tonight when they left, and especially Gord, before the encore. Loudest I've heard a crowd in over 300 concerts
I too was hoping for Nautical Disaster- it's always eluded me. Escape was a good one for me.
Good luck, Gord.
i'd love to know what songs specifically are " rather dreary" LOL
cause those are probably my faves
Pretty impressive.
I for one actually really like the new album and enjoyed those songs.
Very Pearl Jam like with 14 tour debuts last night. Has made me want to go back into the Hip catalogue more. All in all amazing shows!
Yup, that was by far the loudest crowd I have ever heard in my life. It actually totally drowned out the music at one point, and was hurting my ears. And during the first encore break, with all the lights shining for him... just incredible. This was probably the most meaningful concert of my life. I personally loved the setlist a lot,and also didn't recognize a couple of songs, which actually thrilled the hell out of me! If there was a damper i didn'r notice it. They weren't the new songs I didn't recognize - I know the new album word for word already. It was Lake Fever and Toronto #4 that seemed new to me. I guess I've heard them once or twice (at most), but they are from Music @ Work, which is an album that I am really not too familiar with because I don't like it. Anyway, for me, hearing two songs i don't even remember ever hearing before was a plus, not a minus. I didn't like that album, but a live performance is a whole other ball of wax. Plus I almost swooned during Fiddlers Green, lol.
Rogers Arena, Vancouver, Tuesday, July 26th, 2016:
Courage
Fifty-Mission Cap
We’ll Go Too
At the Hundredth Meridian
In a World Possessed by the Human Mind
What Blue
In Sarnia
Machine
My Music at Work
Lake Fever
Toronto #4
Putting Down
Greasy Jungle
Grace, Too
Yawning or Snarling
Daredevil
Ahead by a Century
Don’t Wake Daddy
Springtime in Vienna
Gift Shop
Encore #1:
Escape Is at Hand for the Travellin’ Man
Bobcaygeon
Poets
Encore #2:
Fiddler’s Green
Three Pistols
it will be super hard not to shed a tear or seven at the 4 shows i'm seeing
so glad with this format that they have decided on for this tour...and 52 diff songs in 3 shows is hella impressive
BRAVO TO THEM
There's reasons for the road I guess
To document the indigenous
To paint and sketch, paint and sketch
I'm starting to fail to be impressed
United state of ricochet
From the boardwalk to the appian way
The diamond files, the corporate raves
You'd practically kill not to be afraid
And I'm starting to choke on the things I say
I'm putting down, I'm putting down, I'm putting down
I'm putting down, I'm putting down, I'm putting down
I'm putting down, I'm putting down, I'm putting down
wow !!
2016-07-28 - Edmonton, Alberta
01 Little Bones
02 The Luxury
03 Long Time Running
04 Twist My Arm
05 In A World Possessed By The Human Mind
06 What Blue
07 Ocean Next
08 Machine
09 Summer's Killing Us
10 It Can't Be Nashville Every Night
11 If New Orleans Is Beat
12 Gus: The Polar Bear From Central Park
13 Daredevil
14 Scared
15 So Hard Done By
16 Grace, Too
17 Escape Is At Hand For The Travelling Man
18 Membership
19 Something On
20 Poets
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21 At The Hundredth Meridian
22 Fully Completely
23 Courage
---
24 Flamenco
25 Ahead By A Century
But, night 1 also had THUGS.
Both nights had their "slow" setlist moments. For Sunday, I'd say the And Now For Plan A set was the crowd-mellower-outer (not killed, definitely not killed. But things were tempered somewhat.) I felt that Gord was far more lively on Tuesday night as well - right from the get-go; on Sunday I felt that he slowly warmed up over the course of the show. From the show reviews I've read from Edmonton 1, it seems like Gord's opening up a bit more each night - this bodes extremely well for Kingston.
I'm curious to see what other MMP songs will be performed; as of now - this being posted after Edmonton's 1st show - they've played 6: Machine, A World Possessed By The Human Mind, Tired As Fuck, In Sarnia, & Ocean Next.
Crappy phonecam picture from Night 2:
~:*o(
(Side note: I fucking hate the emojis here.)
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I've been thinking of it all week and truly I'm still thinking of the hip and their impact on me. Why it hit me and probably all of us so emotionally.
The hip is our generations, 30-60 year olds, Canadian rock band. We grew up in an era with a slight inferiority complex with the USA and this was OUR band. They put out amazing album after album especially thru the 90's. That was my era and day for night along with nirvana unplugged were the albums that solidified my love for rock. I think all hip fans has some kind of similar experience on how they became a special band for them.
So, the news of Gord's diagnosis and this most likely being the hips last shows means an end to an era, a Canadian era and thus a most personal era for us all.
Sad, but what a celebration this tour is!
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Scored Floor, Row 9 to the Calgary show which is happening right now as we speak.
Got called out to work this morning and had to leave the city.
No refunds. No exchanges.
Two empty seats... SWEET SEATS.... and two unused tickets just sitting at the fucking will call window right now.
FYI: This isn't a job I can quit or call in sick for or delay. When the call comes, you go.... bad fucking luck and horrible fucking timing.
Spent 3 hours on the phone this morning with Ticketmaster AND their ticket insurance company, Allianz... I bought ticket protector insurance for this exact scenario... thought I was being pretty damn responsible!!! But nooooooOOOOOOOO the fucktards at both companies wouldn't help me out in any way. Wouldn't even exchange the tickets over to my own fucking fiance, who was coming to the show with me. Useless pricks!!
I'm a grumpy ass mother fucker today folks.
2010 WATCH IT GO TO FIRE!!
2010 WATCH IT GO TO FIRE!!
1. Blow at High Dough
2. Opiated
3. Boots or Hearts
4. New Orleans is Sinking
5. In a World Possessed by the Human Mind
6. Tired as F*ck
7. What Blue
8. Machine
9. Now the Struggle Has a Name
10. The Last Recluse
11. Coffee Girl
12. Morning Moon
13. Courage
14. At the Hundredth Meridian
15. Wheat Kings
16. Fifty Mission Cap
17. Gift Shop
18. Don't Wake Daddy
19. Springtime in Vienna
20. Ahead by a Century
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21. Greasy Jungle
22. Scared
23. Grace, Too
--
24. Fireworks
25. Bobcaygeon
1. Three Pistols
2. Twist My Arm
3. Fiddler’s Green
4. Little Bones
5. World Possessed
6. What Blue
7. Ocean Next
8. Machine
—
9. In View
10. The Kids Don’t Get It*
11. World Container*
12. Yer Not The Ocean
13. So Hard Done By
14. Grace Too
15. Yawning or Snarling
16. Daredevil
17. Something On
18. Escape is at Hand for the Traveling Man
19. Poets
20. Bobcaygeon
—
21. Gift Shop
22. Flamenco
23. Ahead By A Century
—
24. Boots or Hearts
25. Blow at High Dough
I've never bought the ticket insurance thing as I'm too cheap. I guess you would need to read the fineprint of what they constitute as an emergency. That kind of sucks.