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  • direwolf74 wrote:
    Hey gang! Here's a short review of the Hip's recent show in the Cayman Islands on May 1st, taken from the Cayman Net News:

    The eagerly anticipated Tragically Hip concert took place on Tuesday, 1 May in front of a huge crowd at Safehaven. The veteran Canadian rockers were in great form on the night and needed to be following two fantastic performances by opening acts Suckerbox and Smooth Bill Annie.

    Thumping out many of their best-known tunes, the Hip played their first ever gig in Cayman to an appreciative audience, who sang along to every word.

    The concert, held to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Big Daddy’s Liquor Stores, was a great success, with everyone present clearly enjoying the show.

    The evening kicked off with local band Suckerbox, who took the opportunity to play on a grand stage and ran with it. Their pop-punk offerings sounded better than ever, blasting out into the Cayman night and the additional space offered by the huge stage was more than filled by the band’s energy and antics.

    Both the crowd and the band seemed to love every moment of the set, which set the standard for the rest of the evening’s entertainment.

    Next up were another Cayman-based band, Smooth Bill Annie, who picked things up where Suckerbox left off and really rose to the challenge of playing on a big stage.

    They kept the audience captivated with a set of original material, familiar to many on the Island. Songs like Blue Mountain Morning, regularly played on CayRock and now available on the band’s latest CD, sounded great at the Safehaven open air gig.

    The locally-formed band, normally found playing bars and clubs on Island, proved they can deliver the goods on a big stage, making that transition seamlessly both in terms of sound and performance.

    Both Cayman-based bands looked completely at home on the custom built stage and totally justified their selection in the line up for the biggest rock gig Cayman has seen in quite some time.

    “That was a lot of fun,” said Smooth Bill Annie’s percussionist Eden Hurlston afterwards, summing up the sentiments of all the local musicians.

    With a multitude of maple leaf flags held high above the crowd, the headline act stepped into the spotlight and delivered a set that had everyone jumping, Canadians and non-Canadians alike.

    Lead singer Gordon Downie has a voice as unique as his onstage persona and is backed by a very tight group of accomplished musicians delivering a totally individual sound. Formed in 1983 in Kingston, Ontario, the Tragically Hip have ten successful albums under their belt and, understandably after 24 years together, they really know how to put on a live show.

    Having proved that Cayman is capable of putting on a concert of this scope and size, it is hoped other international acts will follow suit and come to perform on the Island.

    the caymans...very cool. :)

    thanks for posting, direwolf.
  • Gary Carter
    Gary Carter Posts: 14,077
    locked wrote:
    bumping this to page one...


    also, its time we got some Official boots from this tour.. yes??
    2 questions for hip fans. how much do hip boots cost and #2 are they gonna be on actually cds or downloads like pj boots
    Ron: I just don't feel like going out tonight
    Sammi: Wanna just break up?

  • direwolf74
    direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    2 questions for hip fans. how much do hip boots cost and #2 are they gonna be on actually cds or downloads like pj boots

    Unfortunately they don't have any official boots from the '07 tour yet, but you can still download three shows from the '04 tour here for about $10 each, complete with artwork:

    http://www.livedownloads.com/stash.asp?view=shows&artist=23


    And if you're looking for fan recordings, you can download all kinds of them here:

    http://www.hipfans.com

    All you have to do is register.
    "I try my best to chug, stomp, weep, whisper, moan, wheeze, scat, blurt, rage, whine, and seduce. With my voice I can sound like a girl, the boogieman, a Theremin, a cherry bomb, a clown, a doctor, a murderer. I can be tribal. Ironic. Or disturbed. My voice is really my instrument."

    -Tom Waits
  • Gary Carter
    Gary Carter Posts: 14,077
    direwolf74 wrote:
    Unfortunately they don't have any official boots from the '07 tour yet, but you can still download three shows from the '04 tour here for about $10 each, complete with artwork:

    http://www.livedownloads.com/stash.asp?view=shows&artist=23


    And if you're looking for fan recordings, you can download all kinds of them here:

    http://www.hipfans.com

    All you have to do is register.
    cool thanks for both links
    Ron: I just don't feel like going out tonight
    Sammi: Wanna just break up?

  • civ_eng_girl
    civ_eng_girl Posts: 2,001
    Zanne wrote:
    Chicago is gonna RAWK!

    3 more sleeps!! I'm so excited to get there!! :D:D:D:D:D
    ~~*~~ ...i surfaced and all of my being was enlightend... ~~*~~
  • Zanne
    Zanne Posts: 899
    3 more sleeps!! I'm so excited to get there!! :D:D:D:D:D

    hehe =)

    I was just thinkin' about you. See ya early Friday! CK messages, too.
    Just me
  • jamainiac
    jamainiac Posts: 429
    their new album is really fucking good.

    I knew if I kept a positive outlook and held out long enough...

    that you and I would 'fully, completely' agree on something!!

    :D
    Exercising her will to lose control...
    she lets go
  • jamainiac wrote:
    I knew if I kept a positive outlook and held out long enough...

    that you and I would 'fully, completely' agree on something!!

    :D

    corny, but it works! :D
  • 3 more sleeps!! I'm so excited to get there!! :D:D:D:D:D

    me jealous! :)
  • civ_eng_girl
    civ_eng_girl Posts: 2,001
    1 sleep 'til Chicago! :D


    *in my mind i just sang that to the tune of "that night in toronto"* :o
    ~~*~~ ...i surfaced and all of my being was enlightend... ~~*~~
  • Zanne
    Zanne Posts: 899
    Ok. Now I'm nervous =)
    Just me
  • civ_eng_girl
    civ_eng_girl Posts: 2,001
    Zanne wrote:
    Ok. Now I'm nervous =)

    i'm not crazy! i promise! :D

    plus, you invited me, remember?? :p
    ~~*~~ ...i surfaced and all of my being was enlightend... ~~*~~
  • Zanne
    Zanne Posts: 899
    i'm not crazy! i promise! :D

    plus, you invited me, remember?? :p

    HAHA! I was more concerned about *YOU* thinking *I* am crazy. Now what? =)

    We're going for the rail both nights, right? I'm too short to have it any other way (my excuse).
    Just me
  • civ_eng_girl
    civ_eng_girl Posts: 2,001
    Zanne wrote:
    HAHA! I was more concerned about *YOU* thinking *I* am crazy. Now what? =)

    We're going for the rail both nights, right? I'm too short to have it any other way (my excuse).

    absolutely! although at 6'0", i don't have an excuse...
    lol! we're going to be quite a pair... :o:D
    ~~*~~ ...i surfaced and all of my being was enlightend... ~~*~~
  • Zanne
    Zanne Posts: 899
    absolutely! although at 6'0", i don't have an excuse...
    lol! we're going to be quite a pair... :o:D

    6 feet tall? It's almost gonna be like having my boyfriend with me (6'7"). Good though, you can catch any goodies tossed out to the crowd.. Though at the shows I've been to, they didn't seem to do a lot of tossing. =/
    Just me
  • patrickredeyes
    patrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
    Zanne wrote:
    6 feet tall? It's almost gonna be like having my boyfriend with me (6'7"). Good though, you can catch any goodies tossed out to the crowd.. Though at the shows I've been to, they didn't seem to do a lot of tossing. =/



    Good luck catching any goodies at the shows Sue. :)
  • Zanne
    Zanne Posts: 899
    Good luck catching any goodies at the shows Sue. :)

    Yeah, hopefully one of 'em tosses out a phattie! Now, that would be a rock show!

    EDIT: I wish you were going along, too, Patrick. You can always change your mind and I can grab another ticket. I think tomorrow night is sold out now, but last I looked, Saturday still had tix available.
    Just me
  • patrickredeyes
    patrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
    Zanne wrote:
    Yeah, hopefully one of 'em tosses out a phattie! Now, that would be a rock show!

    EDIT: I wish you were going along, too, Patrick. You can always change your mind and I can grab another ticket. I think tomorrow night is sold out now, but last I looked, Saturday still had tix available.



    Very tempting Sue. :)
  • Zanne
    Zanne Posts: 899
    Very tempting Sue. :)

    You have my number.. and I will be online as much as possible on your favorite li'l laptop. Get ahold of me if you decide you wanna.
    Just me
  • civ_eng_girl
    civ_eng_girl Posts: 2,001
    Zanne wrote:
    Yeah, hopefully one of 'em tosses out a phattie! Now, that would be a rock show!

    lol! too funny....

    ok... seriously... i gotta get some work done.

    Z, i'll catch you later!!! :cool: :D
    ~~*~~ ...i surfaced and all of my being was enlightend... ~~*~~