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Halifax VFest Feels "Alternative" Like The '90s

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By Shannon Webb-Campbell (CHARTattack) July 6, 2009 1:45 pm
It wouldn't be summer without a muddy festival on Citadel Hill. This past weekend Halifax hosted the inaugural Virgin Festival Nova Scotia, free of charge due to The Tragically Hip's last minute cancellation. Virgin headquarters sent out notice less than 24 hours before the show, which stated there was an unforeseeable family emergency that...
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Hip Memorable At Massey

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By Jared Morano (CHARTattack) May 13, 2009 9:35 am
"We're going to take you on a trip tonight." Gord Downie stood at the edge of the Massey Hall stage while the rest of The Tragically Hip got their gear in order. "Trip" is an appropriate description, since the band visited nearly every album in their 20-year catalogue on Monday night. Part of the fun in seeing The...
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The Tragically Hip — We Are The Same

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By Steve McLean (CHARTattack) April 7, 2009 2:30 pm
The Hip's 12th album is their second straight with producer Bob Rock, but it's not full of the big, heavy rock sounds the Winnipeg-born studio technician made his name with while twiddling knobs for Metallica and Motley Crue. Much of the first half of We Are The Same is comprised of semi-acoustic, mid-tempo pop-rock songs, beginning with pleasant...
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Tragically Hip Crowd Not Aging With The Band

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By Noah Love (CHARTattack) February 9, 2007 5:00 pm
I'm from Kingston, Ontario, and the last 26 years of my life have remained almost entirely Tragically Hip-free. I'd never seen the group perform live, owned only a cassette copy of Fully Completely, and have mostly ignored their entire catalogue, save for the singles that played endlessly on the radio and MuchMusic as I grew up. It's weird, too,...
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The Tragically Hip Go Hot And Cold

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By Bryan Borzykowski (CHARTattack) June 26, 2006 4:30 pm
The only way last Friday's Tragically Hip concert could have been more Canadian was if it took place on Canada Day. The show was outside, at the Historic Fort York — the same spot where the battle of York took place during the war of 1812 — on a warm summer night. The CN Tower was to the right of the stage while Toronto's busy Gardiner...
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The Tragically Hip — Hipeponymous

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By Bryan Borzykowski (CHARTattack) November 1, 2005 3:01 pm
It's hard to believe, but Canadian rock legends The Tragically Hip have never put out a Best Of record before. Now, 18 years after releasing their self-titled debut, the band have compiled their biggest hits and fan faves into an impressive two disc, two-DVD compilation. The music portion, titled Yer Favourties, can also be purchased sans video,...
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Stripper's Union — Stripper's Union Local 518

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By David McPherson (CHARTattack) June 14, 2005 11:36 am
Canadian bands intermixing members to help out solo ventures is all the rage these days. Stripper's Union — the latest of these musical mixes — features The Tragically Hip's Rob Baker and his buddy Craig Northey (formerly of The Odds). The result is a 13-song rawk assault that sounds like a cross between Iggy Pop & The Stooges and Tom Petty...
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The Tragically Hip — Music @ Work

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By Debbie Bento (CHARTattack) June 13, 2000 3:01 pm
The highly-anticipated release from The Hip is here, and even though it's a steady, solid progression from Phantom Power, all the blazing rock 'n' roll that used to be part of this band is gone. I guess as you get older you get more melodic. This is mainstream, with a slight middle-of-the-road appeal, which scares me. This used to be a band whose...
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I Read The News Today... For June 29, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) June 29, 2011 2:34 pm
Tennis have covered rockabilly and country legend Brenda Lee's "Is It True?" and you can grab the cover over at their website. If you wanted to see The Tragically Hip at Toronto's Downsview Park on Canada Day and you didn't buy tickets... you're shit out of luck. Their festival, which features performances from Weezer, Broken Social Scene, Hey...
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Have Not Been The Same Salutes Can-Rock's Glory Days

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By Aaron Brophy (CHARTattack) June 9, 2011 2:12 pm
You kids have it so good these days, what with owning your own glockenspiels and having thousands of Facebook friends you can call on to gang-sing in your viral video campaigns and such.There was a time, though, when being a Canadian rock 'n' roller wasn't so easy. Back in the '80s and '90s, if you weren't Kim Mitchell you had to learn to hunt as...
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I Read The News Today... For May 18, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) May 18, 2011 4:16 pm
Next major trend: orchestras playing indie rock. Case in point: The Jingle Punks Hipster Orchestra. Watch them do The Black Keys' "Tighten Up" and MGMT's "Time To Pretend." Not only are Devo playing North By Northeast this year, with a free show at Toronto's Yonge-Dundas Square on June 18, but they'll head out to the 'burbs...
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Tragically Hip Playing Big Music Fest In... Bobcaygeon

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) March 22, 2011 2:01 pm
If you're a Tragically Hip fan, you know the obvious significance of Bobcaygeon, Ont. in the band's musical history. If you don't know, then you aren't a Tragically Hip fan; and if you don't know and you are a Hip fan, you're probably stupid. Of course, "Bobcaygeon" is a song on 1998's Phantom Power LP, and it's only appropriate then that the Hip...
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Tragically Hip Headlining Canada Day Festival With BSS, Weezer

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) February 28, 2011 10:39 am
The Tragically Hip are often called Canada's quintessential band in that many of their songs have immortalized parts of Canada and are about Canadian history. So it's only appropriate that the Hip are headlining a special concert that will take place on Canada Day at Toronto's Downsview Park.The July 1 show will also feature sets from Weezer,...
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I Read The News Today... For Dec. 7, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) December 7, 2010 2:45 pm
The Tragically Hip's Paul Langlois released his Fix This Head debut solo album today. "Can't Wait Anymore," which appears on it, was used in Nov. 20's Toronto Maple Leafs/Montreal Canadiens game. You can hear it here. Jay-Z says he supports (and supported) Kanye West's "George Bush doesn't care about black people" comments in the wake of Hurricane...
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New Gord Downie Album Coming

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) March 24, 2010 2:45 pm
It's been seven years since Tragically Hip frontman Gord Downie put out a solo album, but that long gap between records will end on June 8, when his latest solo record drops. The disc doesn't have a title yet and there's no other information other than a graphic posted on Downie's official website announcing the LP's release date. At any rate,...
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Finger Eleven, K'Naan, Lady Gaga, Tragically Hip Help Haiti

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) January 21, 2010 1:06 pm
It seems a pantload of new concerts and events in support of Haiti relief get announced every day now. So here's your daily Haiti update about what's going on in the world of popular music to help the people of the earthquake-affected Caribbean nation. Finger Eleven will headline yet another Haiti benefit concert in Hamilton, Ont. later this...
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Tragically Hip Post Full Concert To YouTube

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) December 10, 2009 5:12 pm
The Tragically Hip have posted a full concert, which was recorded earlier this summer in Abbotsford, B.C., on their YouTube account. The 27-song set was shot on video Aug. 8 and sees the Hip performing songs from this year's We Are The Same and their back catalogue. "New Orleans Is Sinking," an acoustic version of "Fiddler's Green...
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Hip Headlining U.S. Tour In Fall

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By Jason MacNeil (CHARTattack) July 22, 2009 1:33 pm
The Tragically Hip will head to the U.S. for a 14-date tour in late October and early November before they finish the year in Europe. The U.S. jaunt of theaters and small venues kicks off Oct. 15 in Albany, N.Y. before hitting select cities in the east. The tour is in support of The Tragically Hip's new album, We Are The Same. Members of the...
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Hip Hitting Europe In Fall

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By Jason MacNeil (CHARTattack) July 10, 2009 1:11 pm
The Tragically Hip have announced dates for a European fall tour in support of We Are The Same. The 10-date trek kicks off in Germany and also sees stops in the Netherlands, Belgium and England before closing in Dublin, Ireland on Dec. 4. Special presales have already started for fan club members for shows in Manchester, England, Glasgow,...
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Hip Off Of VFest Nova Scotia

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By CHARTattack Staff July 3, 2009 4:38 pm
The Tragically Hip are no longer performing tomorrow (July 4) as part of Virgin Festival Nova Scotia in Halifax. The band have pulled out due to what VFest officials are calling "a sudden family medical issue." The show will go on, they say. But it'll now be free. Here's the official statement from the Virgin Festival Canada website...
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