The Tragically Hip’s Surviving Members Reunite to Pay Tribute to a Canadian Icon, Tease New Projects
When the Tragically Hip played their final show on Aug. 20, 2016, at the sold-out Rogers K-Rock Centre in the group’s native Kingston, Ontario, bassist Gord Sinclair stood onstage in awe of the moment — wondering what the future held for the larger-than-life Canadian rock band.
“There was a deep connection with the people, and as we progressed on that last tour, [lead singer Gord Downie] got stronger and stronger. By the time it got to the last show, it was just like, ‘We should be playing more,’” Sinclair tells Rolling Stone. “It was the audience,...
“There was a deep connection with the people, and as we progressed on that last tour, [lead singer Gord Downie] got stronger and stronger. By the time it got to the last show, it was just like, ‘We should be playing more,’” Sinclair tells Rolling Stone. “It was the audience,...
- 10/1/2022
- by Garret K. Woodward
- Rollingstone.com
Members of Canada’s treasured rock band The Tragically Hip will receive the Order of Canada in Ottawa on Friday. Gov. Gen. Julie Payette will present Rob Baker, Johnny Fay, Paul Langlois and Gord Sinclair one of the country’s highest honours, which recognizes outstanding achievement and service to Canada. Read More: Gord Downie, Tragically Hip frontman, receives […]...
- 11/17/2017
- by Alyssa Croezen
- ET Canada
Beyond the tragedy of Gord Downie’s terminal cancer diagnosis on a personal level for his friends, family, and The Tragically Hip bandmates, the idea that we would never again hear his voice sing “Bobcaygeon” or “Courage” live meant his nation was losing its first legend of rock and roll. Considering how many of our greats were cut down by drugs, accidents, or age, the end of “rock eras” so to speak have become commonplace here. But Kiss, Rush, Neil Young, and others still tour. Canada has been fortunate until now.
It’s therefore all the more tragic that the first to go would be younger than each of those 70s superstars. Downie and The Hip were no less prolific, though—his death at age 53 was a young marker considering his debut was three decades and twelve albums ago. This is why their farewell tour inevitably sold out in minutes for every stop.
It’s therefore all the more tragic that the first to go would be younger than each of those 70s superstars. Downie and The Hip were no less prolific, though—his death at age 53 was a young marker considering his debut was three decades and twelve albums ago. This is why their farewell tour inevitably sold out in minutes for every stop.
- 10/30/2017
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
Netflix has taken the world streaming rights to the Tragically Hip's concert documentary, Long Time Running, excluding Canada.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The feature documentary, originally commissioned by Bell Media, chronicles the lead-up and the final concert for the Canadian band in Kingston, Ont., after frontman Gord Downie‘s terminal brain cancer diagnosis.
The film, by directors Jennifer Baichwal and Nick de Pencier, includes interviews with Downie, his brother Patrick, bandmates Paul Langlois, Rob Baker, Johnnie Fay and Gord Sinclair, and managers and key crew.
The final Tragically Hip concert, broadcast live, was watched by 11.7...
Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The feature documentary, originally commissioned by Bell Media, chronicles the lead-up and the final concert for the Canadian band in Kingston, Ont., after frontman Gord Downie‘s terminal brain cancer diagnosis.
The film, by directors Jennifer Baichwal and Nick de Pencier, includes interviews with Downie, his brother Patrick, bandmates Paul Langlois, Rob Baker, Johnnie Fay and Gord Sinclair, and managers and key crew.
The final Tragically Hip concert, broadcast live, was watched by 11.7...
- 9/12/2017
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The curse of 2017 awards shows continues in terrible fashion. Related: Leonard Cohen, Tragically Hip Honoured At Juno Gala Twitter is in shock after Tragically Hip band members Rob Baker and Paul Langlois were played off while acknowledging the band’s frontman Gord Downie at this year’s Juno Awards after the band won the Group of […]...
- 4/3/2017
- by Shakiel Mahjouri
- ET Canada
Over the course of the band's career, The Tragically Hip's Gord Downie has had his share of strange between-song (and mid-song) banter. But in trying to stall for time Friday night during a thunderstorm at a Buffalo show, Downie might have outdone himself with an anecdote about Rod Stewart, semen and science.
The group was only a handful of songs into their show when the weather forced the group to stop, leading Downie to entertain the audience while the situation was trying to be resolved. As heard on the audio-only YouTube clip, the singer dove into the rock myth of Rod Stewart having a quart of semen pumped from his stomach. The myth seemed to nag at Downie who said he conferred with a doctor friend who said the rock group 10Cc was named after the average amount of ejaculate a man produces.
Downie then said he did the...
The group was only a handful of songs into their show when the weather forced the group to stop, leading Downie to entertain the audience while the situation was trying to be resolved. As heard on the audio-only YouTube clip, the singer dove into the rock myth of Rod Stewart having a quart of semen pumped from his stomach. The myth seemed to nag at Downie who said he conferred with a doctor friend who said the rock group 10Cc was named after the average amount of ejaculate a man produces.
Downie then said he did the...
- 7/24/2013
- by The Huffington Post Canada
- Huffington Post
Seattle Theatre Group (Stg) presents The Tragically Hip on Wednesday, June 17, 2009 at 8:00pm at the Moore Theatre. Formed in 1983 in Kingston, Ontario, The Tragically Hip came together with childhood friends Gordon Downie (vocals), Bobby Baker (guitar), Paul Langlois (guitar), Gord Sinclair (bass), and Johnny Fay (drums). The group took their name from a Michael Nesmith video entitled Elephant Parts and focused on making a name for themselves in the local scene during the mid-'80s. While performing Toronto's Horseshoe Tavern, McA Records president Bruce Dickinson was impressed by the Hip's infectious live presence and offered them a deal. A self-titled eponymous Ep appeared in 1987, but it took the band two years to get critical attention.
- 3/2/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
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