The Tragically Hip official Thread 2009******

toolie

Thanks for the heads up, just ordered one of each! I went to a Calgary and Edmonton show on that last tour, and am looking forward to framing the stubs with these posters like I do for my PJ shows. 

Happy Canada Day!!! 🇨🇦 🇨🇦 🇨🇦 f

toolie

This is from an interview last night with Sirius XM the surviving members did. 

HughFreakingDillon

toolie said:

This is from an interview last night with Sirius XM the surviving members did. 

can't wait

HughFreakingDillon

willbarclay said:

Just an Fyi, Hip posters back in the shop. Only the 2 from the last tour but still...

thanks dude. just bought em both. 

helplessdancer

to steal a line from jason...

it gets easier, but it never gets easy  :(

toolie

helplessdancer said:

to steal a line from jason...

it gets easier, but it never gets easy  :(

I’ve been listening to that song a lot lately. Such a good record all around. 

brianlux

Hip fans, check out this cool page that, in part, honors Gord Downie- very cool!

http://artistsagainstracism.org/eaglesrising/

And, if interested, check out the Artists Against Racism thread in AMT.

toolie

My posters from the 2016 tour just arrived - the bus one is awesome. Can't wait to get them framed and on the wall!

HughFreakingDillon

toolie said:

My posters from the 2016 tour just arrived - the bus one is awesome. Can't wait to get them framed and on the wall!

mine too. gonna frame them in one frame with my autographed card and a picture from the winnipeg show. gonna have to save up. 

DarthMaeglin

Nice tidbit in today’s email, lol!

HughFreakingDillon

it's really sad that it took gord's death to make them stop for a second and take a dip into the archives. would have been awesome to have some old material for anniversary box sets and have them perform some never before heard tracks. 

still very excited about this though!

toolie

I’m stoked for that little nugget. Can’t wait to see what comes out of these!! 

HughFreakingDillon

man, the Hip merch train really is in full swing. gives me a strange feeling. 

toolie

Ya I hear that. Adirondack chairs? They seem to be badging everything they can. 

Zod

I imagine it's tough on the surviving members of the band and Gord Downie's family.   The Hip were big in Canada, but not so big anywhere else.  There's only so many places to play here, and how many times you can tour them.   I'm guessing they had a decent amount of money, but maybe not a lifetime supply of it?   Now, trying to find other ways to generate cash flow?    That's going to be hard, live shows is the best way to earn a living :(

HughFreakingDillon

Zod said:

I imagine it's tough on the surviving members of the band and Gord Downie's family.   The Hip were big in Canada, but not so big anywhere else.  There's only so many places to play here, and how many times you can tour them.   I'm guessing they had a decent amount of money, but maybe not a lifetime supply of it?   Now, trying to find other ways to generate cash flow?    That's going to be hard, live shows is the best way to earn a living :(

yeah, i factored that in, but man, they toured relentlessly, selling out arenas for the last 20 years. but slapping your name on bluetooth speakers just reeks overkill. 

RoeDawg13

All the albums are up in 24bit FLAC now. HD Tracks, 7Digital, Qobuz... decent sale going now too.

HughFreakingDillon

brianlux said:

Hip fans, check out this cool page that, in part, honors Gord Downie- very cool!

http://artistsagainstracism.org/eaglesrising/

And, if interested, check out the Artists Against Racism thread in AMT.

cool, thanks Brian

Zod

HughFreakingDillon said:

Zod said:

I imagine it's tough on the surviving members of the band and Gord Downie's family.   The Hip were big in Canada, but not so big anywhere else.  There's only so many places to play here, and how many times you can tour them.   I'm guessing they had a decent amount of money, but maybe not a lifetime supply of it?   Now, trying to find other ways to generate cash flow?    That's going to be hard, live shows is the best way to earn a living :(

yeah, i factored that in, but man, they toured relentlessly, selling out arenas for the last 20 years. but slapping your name on bluetooth speakers just reeks overkill. 

They did, but they could only play big venues in Canada and usually only in the big cities.  Even then, I saw them do theatre shows here and there in Canada.  There's only so many places to play here.   Most of the time outside of Canada was playing theatres and clubs.  I feel like they made a modest amount of cash, but not on the same level of bands who can play arenas/stadiums worldwide.

It is rough seeing bands hawk merch, but the thing bands make the least amount of money on now is music, which is even sadder :(

HughFreakingDillon

Zod said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

Zod said:

I imagine it's tough on the surviving members of the band and Gord Downie's family.   The Hip were big in Canada, but not so big anywhere else.  There's only so many places to play here, and how many times you can tour them.   I'm guessing they had a decent amount of money, but maybe not a lifetime supply of it?   Now, trying to find other ways to generate cash flow?    That's going to be hard, live shows is the best way to earn a living :(

yeah, i factored that in, but man, they toured relentlessly, selling out arenas for the last 20 years. but slapping your name on bluetooth speakers just reeks overkill. 

They did, but they could only play big venues in Canada and usually only in the big cities.  Even then, I saw them do theatre shows here and there in Canada.  There's only so many places to play here.   Most of the time outside of Canada was playing theatres and clubs.  I feel like they made a modest amount of cash, but not on the same level of bands who can play arenas/stadiums worldwide.

It is rough seeing bands hawk merch, but the thing bands make the least amount of money on now is music, which is even sadder :(

100%. i think they'll be releasing box sets of each record as the years go by. road apples seems to be first up. maybe because there seems to be so much unused material? they could open up the live vault, hosting it on their site, and make a killing. being renowned for the live show like they were, people would flock to buying those up.