The Fillmore - Detroit, MI 05/30/2009

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The Tragically Hip
The Fillmore
Detroit, MI
05/30/2009

Set I

Love Is A First
The Drop Off
Fifty Mission Cap
Now The Struggle Has A Name
Daredevil
Yer Not the Ocean
Frozen In My Tracks
Morning Moon
Three Pistols
Eldorado
Country Day
Escape Is At Hand For The Travelin' Man

Set II

Coffee Girl @
If New Orleans Is Beat @
Bobcaygeon @
The Depression Suite
Fireworks
Queen Of The Furrows
Poets
Fully Completely
The Last Recluse
Family Band
Locked In The Trunk Of A Car

Encore
It's A Good Life If You Don't Weaken
Blow At High Dough

Show notes: This show was going on as the Red Wings were laying the Beat Down of the Penguins. It makes sense (to me anyways) that as the Big Red Machine was creating its magic, The Tragically Hip was doing the same right up the street. I was getting the sense that we were falling into a pattern of sorts although the loop on this tour has a much larger span.

Daredevil made its first appearance this tour and brings the total of the Day for Night songs up to 9 of 14. Fifty Mission Cap was played outside of the encore for the first time this tour and Coffee Girl made its first appearance in the acoustic portion of the show. No song from We Are the Same had appeared in the acoustic slot before this show. If New Orleans Is Beat loses its status as a one show song after making a second appearance this tour after not seeing any action during the last 15 shows.

IAGLIYDW found itself in the encore for the first time this tour and The Depression Suite made only its second appearance outside of the first set.

Did I mention the Red Wings won. Well they did. 3-1. Country Day.....ho, ho, ho.

-mrjackstraw

Bold = Tour Breakout
@ = Acoustic

The Fillmore - Detroit, MI 05/29/2009

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The Tragically Hip
The Fillmore
Detroit, MI
05/29/2009

Set I

The Depression Suite
Family Band
Gift Shop
Putting Down
The Last Recluse
New Orleans Is Sinking
Throwing Off Glass
Bobcaygeon
Speed River
The Lonely End Of the rink
Now The Struggle Has A Name

Set II

Are We Family @
Fiddlers Green @
Ahead By A Century @
Nautical Disaster
Gus: The Polar Bear From Central Park
In View
The Exact Feeling
Springtime In Vienna
Morning Moon
Grace, Too
Frozen In My Tracks
My Music at Work

Encore
The Dark Canuck
Little Bones

Off the top of my head this looks like the 05/12/2009 setlist from Massey Hall. I will have to check. Lucky I know a site...Ha ha. Little Bones is back in its encore slot after coming out to close the 2nd set for one show (05/19/2009). My Music at Work continues to be featured in a set closing position even though it's been kind of weak this tour.

Love Is A First receives a rare night off.

I like Detroit in 5 over the Penguins. I want to see the boys hoist The Cup on home ice.

@ = Acoustic

Vic Theatre - Chicago, IL 05/27/2009

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The Tragically Hip
Vic Theatre
Chicago, IL
05/27/2009




I don't have an entire setlist for this show as of yet. Once I can confirm the entire show I will post.

In the meantime, keep your stick on the ice. Go Wings!

-mrjackstraw

Vic Theatre - Chicago, IL 05/26/2009

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The Tragically Hip
Vic Theatre
Chicago, IL
05/26/2009

Set I
The Depression Suite
Poets
Don't Wake Daddy
In View
Gift Shop
The Last Recluse
Fireworks
Morning Moon
Ahead By A Century
The Drop-Off
Love Is A First

Set II
Thompson Girl @
Courage @
Scared @
The Exact Feeling
Grace, Too
Speed River
Yer Not The Ocean
Bobcaygeon
New Orleans Is Sinking
Now The Struggle Has A Name
Escape Is At Hand For The Travelin' Man
My Music At Work

Encore
Coffee Girl
Locked In The Trunk Of A Car

Coffee Girl makes an appearance in the encore for the first time. Scared shows up in back-to-back setlists for the first time this tour; both times acoustic.

@ = Acoustic

Tragically Hip Newspaper Links

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Here's a couple of stories I found on the Intertubes:

Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Triumphantly Hip


The Windsor Star
Disciples of the Hip

K-Rock Centre - Kingston, ON 05/23/2009

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The Tragically Hip
K-Rock Centre
Kingston, ON
05/23/2009

Set I

The Depression Suite
Poets
Twist My Arm
Ahead By A Century
Morning Moon
Puttin' Down
Fully Completely
Gift Shop
The Last Recluse
Courage
Love Is A First

Set II

Boots or Hearts @
Scared @
My Music at Work @
Springtime In Vienna
Queen of the Furrows
Three Pistols
Now the Struggle Has A Name
In View
Bobcaygeon
Nautical Disaster
Frozen In My Tracks
New Orleans Is Sinking

Encore
Tiger the Lion
Blow At High Dough

Article Link:

The Whig: Preview
The Whig: Review

@ = Acoustic

Hip Tour Stat-Pack 2009 v.1

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For fun, shits and giggles, etc. I have put together some tour stats. I will update maybe every 10 shows or so. I wanted to wait to do the first one once a good chunk of data had been compiled.

When we look at the "big picture" I am going to break everything down into two sections. One will consist of only We Are the Same material and the other will include everything else. Obviously as the touring album it is going to pull said number of slots at each show regardless.

v.1 Stats are from 04/24/2009 - 05/19/2009 (16 shows)

We Are the Same

Total Plays:

1. The Last Recluse (16) - Never missed. 8 first sets, 7 second sets, 1 encore
T2. The Depression Suite (15) - Only show not played was 4/29/2009. All appearances have been in the first set except for 5/7/2009 where it appeared mid-second set.
T2. Struggle (15) - After missing the Danforth show it has been a constant part of the rotation. 8 first sets, 6 second sets, 1 encore.
T4. Morning Moon (14) - 11/14 have come in the first set
T4. Love Is A First (14) - see Morning Moon ^^^
6. Coffee Girl (12) - 4 first sets, 8 second sets.
T7. Honey, Please (8) - Played in the first 6/8 shows to start the tour but has cooled off since appearing in only 2 of the last 8 shows. 6 of the 8 have been in the first set.
T7. Frozen In My Tracks (8) - Didn't show up in the setlist until 4/29/2009 making Frozen the last song to be played live on this tour from WATS. 3/8 have been encores.
T9. The Exact Feeling (6) - Has never appeared in the first set. 1 encore.
T9. Speed River (6) - 2 first sets, 4 second sets.
11. Queen of the Furrows (5) - Started slow showing up in the first 2 of 9 shows but has since appeared in 3 of the last 7. 4/5 have been in the second set.
12. Country Day (4) - Disappeared for 9 shows 4/29 - 5/15. I don't get it.

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Total Appearances (non WATS songs)

Ahead By A Century - 13
Poets - 12
In View - 11
My Music at Work - 11
New Orleans Is Sinking - 11
Grace, too - 10
Bobcaygeon - 9
Courage - 8
Yer Not the Ocean - 8
Escape is at Hand for the Travelin' Man - 7
Family Band - 7
Fireworks - 7
Fully Completely - 7
Gift Shop - 7
Blow at High Dough - 6
Nautical Disaster - 6
Tiger the Lion - 6
At the Hundredth Meridian - 5
It Can't Be Nashville Every Night - 5
Locked in the Trunk of a Car - 5
Springtime In Vienna - 5
Twist My Arm - 5
Fiddler's Green - 4
Flamenco - 4
Little Bones - 4
Lonely End of the Rink - 4
Pigeon Camera - 4
Throwing Off Glass - 4
Wheat Kings - 4
Are We Family - 3
Bear, The - 3
Dark Canuck, The - 3
Don't Wake Daddy - 3
Drop Off, The - 3
Eldorado - 3
Fifty Mission Cap - 3
Goodnight Josephine - 3
Greasy Jungle - 3
It's a Good Life if You don't Weaken - 3
Lake Fever - 3
Puttin' Down - 3
Thompson Girl - 3
Three Pistols - 3
Toronto #4 - 3
Yawning or Snarling - 3
An Inch an Hour - 2
Boots or Hearts - 2
Emperor Penguin - 2
Inevitability of Death - 2
Gus: The Polar Bear from Central Park - 2
On the Verge - 2
Rules, The - 2
Save the Planet - 2
Scared - 2
Something On - 2
Titanic Terrarium - 2
As Makeshift As We Are - 1
Completists, The - 1
Dire Wolf, The - 1
If New Orleans is Beat - 1
Long Time Running - 1
Opiated - 1
Stay - 1
World Container - 1

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Encore Appearances

19 different songs have been played in the encore:

Little Bones - 4
Blow at High Dough - 3
Fifty Mission Cap - 3
Frozen in my Tracks - 3
Dark Canuck, The - 2
Locked in the Trunk of a Car - 2
On the Verge - 2
Tiger the Lion - 2
Ahead By A Century - 1
Country Day - 1
Don't Wake Daddy - 1
Emperor Penguin - 1
Escape is ay Hand for the Travelin' Man - 1
Exact Feeling, The - 1
Last Recluse, The - 1
New Orleans is Sinking - 1
Now the Struggle Has a Name - 1
Throwing Off Glass - 1
Yawning or Snarling - 1

Bold = Only setlist appearances have been in encores.

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Acoustic Appearances

20 different songs have made up the acoustic portion of the show:

Fiddler's Green - 4
Wheat Kings - 4
Are We Family - 3
Bear, The - 3
Flamenco - 3
My Music at Work - 3
Thompson Girl - 3
Toronto #4 - 3
Ahead By A Century - 2
An Inch an Hour - 2
Boots or Hearts - 2
Courage - 2
Fireworks - 2
Greasy Jungle - 2
Lake Fever - 2
Rules, The - 2
Scared - 2
Titanic Terrarium - 2
Bobcaygeon - 1
If New Orleans Is Beat - 1

Bold = Only setlist appearances have been in acoustic portion.


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Randomness...

- 399 songs have been played total
- 24.9 songs per concert on average
- 123 songs from We Are the Same (30.8%)
- 276 songs from the rest of the albums(69.2%)

Totals By Album

30.8% We Are the Same - 123 songs played
11.5% Phantom Power - 46 songs played
9.8% Fully Completely - 39 songs played
8.5% World Container - 34 songs played
7.8% Music @ Work - 31 songs played
7.8% Trouble at the Henhouse - 31 songs played
7.5% Day For Night - 30 songs played
5.0% Up to Here - 20 songs played
4.8% Road Apples - 19 songs played
3.6% In Between Evolution - 15 songs played
2.6% In Violet Light - 11 songs played
0% Anyone want to guess? Ha ha. The LP silly!

Percentages of Albums Played...

100% We Are the Same - 12/12
75.0% Phantom Power - 9/12
66.7% Fully Completely - 8/12
57.1% Day For Night - 8/14
57.1% Music @ Work - 8/14
54.5% World Container - 6/11
50.0% Road Apples - 6/12
46.2% In Between Evolution - 6/13
41.7% Trouble at the Henhouse - 5/12
36.3% In Violet Light - 4/11
36.3% Up to Here - 4/11
0.00% Should I bother?????????

Kinda neat looking at these numbers. If you're a Day For Night fan for example, it's nice to see that they have played almost 60% of the album contents. On the other hand the numbers show that on average you may see 2 of these songs per show, but it is also quite possible that you may get none.

IVL makes up less than 3% of the live material put forward this tour, yet I saw 3/4 that they have done from this album during a segment of the Massey run.

I'm interested to see what songs will be on the "one time played list" by the end of the tour. Always nice to catch one of those, especially if they hold.

Notable absences this tour: Fire in the Hole, Summer's Killing Us, Vaccination Scar, Heaven, Silver Jet, Use It Up, 38 Years Old, Looking For A Place to Happen, and Cordelia.

I'll keep adding to the info, so check in regularly. Maybe every 10 to 15 shows. Feedback is always appreciated. Just hit the "Post Comment" button.

Original content written by mrjackstraw and appears on: Tragically Hip Tour Blog. Content is copyright protected under Creative Commons and is free to be reproduced under those terms.

Alex Lifeson w/The Hip

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-mrjackstraw

Massey Hall - Toronto, ON 05/19/2009

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The Tragically Hip
Massey Hall
05/19/2009
Toronto, ON

Set I
The Depression Suite
Fireworks
Yer Not The Ocean
Coffee Girl
Lake Fever
Lonely End Of The Rink
Grace, Too
Queen Of The Furrows
Save The Planet
New Orleans Is Sinking
Country Day

Set II
The Rules @
Titanic Terrarium @
Ahead By A Century @
Love Is A First
Nautical Disaster
Escape Is At Hand For The Travelin' Man
Opiated
The Exact Feeling
Fully Completely
Now The Struggle Has A Name
Family Band
My Music At Work

Encore
The Last Recluse (w/Alex Lifeson)
Little Bones (w/Alex Lifeson)

I skipped going down to this show to watch the Red Wings. Conflicting schedules suck. The shitty thing is that it's Tuesday and I'm pretty sure I could have been in for $20 by the start of Lake Fever. The Wings won and thank fuck for that because there was an Opiated. Opiated was last played 10/16/2007 in Boulder, CO. The live history of this song is interesting as there are gaps where it just disappears for 3-4 years. It's never been played a ton, but it has had its spurts. The gaps I was speaking of occurred from 08/08/1991 until 02/02/1995; 12/13/1996 until 07/13/2000; and 12/21/2000 until 10/10/2004.

I'm looking forward to hearing the bootlegs. Lake Fever, Save the Planet, Titanic Terrarium, The Rules all made rare appearances. From We Are the Same, Country Day and Queen of the Furrows made what I would describe as rare appearances relative to the other songs on the album.

The other Tour Breakout was Alex Lifeson. He plays guitar for a little outfit known as RUSH. He also owns the greatest live music bar in Toronto. The Orbit Room on College St in Little Italy. Check it out.

I'm kicking myself as I type. This randomness is a beautiful thing dontcha think?

Stay tuned for an extensive tour stats update.

-mrjackstraw

@ = Acoustic
Bold = Tour Breakout

A Trip to Massey Hall

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Saturday May 16th, 2009

The Tragically Hip @ Massey Hall
The Lead-up and The Show

I have spent many a Victoria Day Weekend (May 2-4) camping at one of Ontario's Great Lakes Beaches or at the Come Together Music Festival just south of Owen Sound freezing my ass off, but always having fun. Yesterday's weather here in The Big Smoke was blustery and grey for the most part and there's no doubt that if it wasn't for The Hip, I'd be up at one of those venues again where this "Spring" weather would have had even more of a bite. For any of you cursing this weather more than me, I hear there are good deals for Mexico these days.

I had some house keeping to take care of and some errands to run before we headed down to my sister's new place. She has a roof top patio with skyline views and weather permitting, we were going to take advantage of that. Our group was three couples with one Hip virgin. Two had floors right near the sound booth and the rest of us were up in the right side balcony right up front. We were on the side that was standing all night and thank god, not on the other side with the sitters. I am getting ahead of myself though...

My better half and I rode The 504 King Car from Dundas West station to my sister's place loaded down with beer and Angus burgers. Both were obvious choices. She had Corona and I had Heineken. We went import on the beer since we were going domestic on the music. It's all about balance ya know.

Everyone was there when we got there a little late. I couldn't pin this one on my girlfriend this time though as she was quite efficient getting out the door. We had a TTC driver that refused to go above 20km/h. REFUSED. Never have I seen a streetcar go into old lady mode like this one. When a red light would turn green our driver would stand there and let every single car that was behind him go around and pass us before moving off the line. WTF? I said that out loud. I was advised not to swear in front of children but FUCK, let's go dude! Anyways, 50 MC was playing as we walked in the door and all was once again well with the world.

We went right up top to the deck. Breezy with gusts is how I'd describe it. With long sleeves or a light jacket, one was more than comfortable. There was one pair of gloves at the table but that may have been an over reaction. Yer Favorites was spinning in the CD player and the beers were going back fast and smooth. The meat hit the BBQ about an hour after our arrival as we listened to The Hip and just shot-the-shit. The sky was constantly changing throughout the afternoon. At first it was a menacing grey sneering down at us knowing that we were at its mercy. It was a Hip day and the clouds obviously didn't know this. The sun was battling hard to break through and bit by bit it happened. By the time we had to pack it in around 7pm the sun was out. A sign for sure.

"Ride the 501 to fun, fun, fun." That's what the Queen Streetcars should say. We rode the rocket down Queen St W at a much faster pace than our trip to the Sister's. Much faster. We hopped off at Yonge & Queen and things were lively downtown. Downtown Toronto is always busy and there's a lot of fun to be had show or no show. Of course on this night there was a show and as we walked up the block towards Massey Hall random chants of "Hip, Hip, Hip" could be heard. So could the cries of "Tickets...tickets. Who's buying? Anybody selling?" Fucking scumbags. Get a real job.

We tucked into a little nook on the corner of Yonge and Shuter out of the wind to haul off on the one-hitter a few times. We were asked by a scalper if we could spare some bud. For free. I mean here's a dude trying to take as much as possible off the naive general public and he's hoping for some charity. Faaaaaaawk UUUU! How 'bout you give us some free tickets? No, eh?

We went inside with about 20 minutes to go before the curtain rose. I had to shoot downstairs to the washroom. I am getting to know this building well. It's a good thing because this was about the point I was feeling as if I had taken one too many hits off the pipe. I made my way up the stairs and then up some more. This was my first show off the floor. 4 of us were close together in the same section while the other two were down on the floor. I was by myself one row ahead and a few seats over from the three ladies. I found my seat but immediately caught the Pasties. Water was needed. The discovery of a bar/lounge up on the 2nd level was pretty exciting for me. I walked in Dazed & Confuzed and reconnected with my Crew. We scored beverages surprisingly quick and managed to put back a couple quick beers. As soon as the flicker we hit our seats.

The Show

This is off the top of my head. I'm just going to write what I remember without consulting a setlist so please excuse if I leave something out or get the order wrong. Here we go...

The Depression Suite
started things off. I think this is going to be a staple in the live shows for some time. A lot of people still don't know it that well. The casual fan I guess. I was thinking as they played about how special this song is going to be when 1) everybody gets to know it really well and 2) when we are not guaranteed to see it every show. It will a real treat when we don't see it coming. I think about Nautical Disaster back in the day. Not your standard verse>chorus>verse>chorus song but when we (the fans) got to know it, well you know the rest. As it stands, The Suite is either going to open or close the first set of 95% of the shows on this tour which is fine by me.

In View
. This is one of my bathroom songs, but when it's played so early I need to mentally prepare to "hold it". The crowd was digging it and hey, I'm always about giving 100%. Coffee Girl was next and that was my other bathroom break song. I don't know how they can ever play this song different than they do. Maybe they will come up with something, but right now if you've seen it once, you've seen it 100 times.

Twist My Arm
. Fuck yeah! Was that fun or what? Kudos to the band and the crowd. The balconies were swaying and the place was jumping. I love watching the crowd when everyone is into it. Fantastic.

Good Life build energy and tension similar to a coil, but there is never a full release. Love it. Morning Moon is a beautiful tune. Great lyrics and should be a staple for some time to come. New Orleans was New Orleans. They don't hit the Waaaaaaaah waaaaaaaaaaah's anymore. A shadow of its former self. A 3 1/2 minute version might as well be dropped. Give it an honorable death. Just my opinion. The crowd was loving it, but I remember some versions...

Honey, Please. I like this song. I don't really have anything else to add specific to this version. Tiger the Lion rocks! Putting this back into the setlist on a regular basis has been great. I've seen both Tigers this week and they were executed quite nicely.

Redemption. That's what this Meridian was all about. Monday's was easily the worst version I've ever heard live. Zero heart. Zero soul. This one however, made thing better. This one was meaty. This one build the tension before letting it all hang out on the release. The jamming by the band was stellar. I don't know if they felt the same way about their previous 100th Meridian, but the difference was like night and day. Check it out yourself. Join The Hip Tracker.

Love Is A First closed the first set. This one gets going pretty good. At this point it's so new that it's a lot of fun. Gord is a real character doing this song. I guess he is every song. One of the greatest performers it's ever been my pleasure to watch. Have you ever seen him not give 110%? I haven't. Not once. There was a Canada Day show in 1994 up at Molson Park in Barrie where the crowd was tossing water bottles at Daniel Lanois and Gordie was a little surly with the fans. I think he walked on stage and said, "This one's for the assholes who like to throw bottles." The Hip went on to play what would look like a dream setlist today, but they played most of Day For Night before it even came out. We were lost. But he gave'er.

Set break. We bust outside for a smoke. My girlfriend say she might love Gord. Yep. This was her 3rd Hip show. She is from San Francisco and thus didn't not grow up having ever heard of them. Her first 2 shows were down at Fort York. That's right. Her second show we go down with no tickets and get miracled and the Boys bust out 38 Years Old. Ha ha. I digress...

The acoustic portion of the show begins with a beautiful version of The Bear. Only the third time ever played live. All coming on this tour. The Hip have such a deep catalog. My sister was really hoping for Wheat Kings. Check. Fireworks acoustic worked really well and the crowd was all over that one.

A rip-roarin' Poets opened the electric portion of the second half. They seem to be jamming out on this one moreso than in the past. I like it. I like it a lot. The Last Recluse kind of killed the momentum that Poets built up. I like the song but following Poets just isn't the right spot. Maybe if they had flipped it with Giftshop, which came next, it might have worked better. The pendulum swings!!!!! Giftshop is a fine example of tension and release. The crowd ate it up and so did I.

The twosome that followed made the show for me. A Day For Night combo of Inevitability of Death and Yawning or Snarling. I had just listened to DFN as soon as I woke up and was hoping one of these would show up. IOD had only been played once this tour previous to this show and Yawning or Snarling only twice prior. Both versions were very well done especially the Yawning. Such a cool song.

Yer Not the Ocean followed. My girlfriend really likes this one and delayed here bathroom break just to hear it. Now that's dedication :) I think Struggle is a great tune. It's one of my favorite on We Are the Same and I though it held its own in this part of the set, amid some heavy hitters. Grace, too was rocking and the crowd responded. Remember when they used to come out of the gate with this one? Grace works anywhere in the setlist. My Music @ Work closed the set and for me it was a little disappointing. Far from the best version I've heard. I don't think M@W holds up well as a set closer. Inevitability of Death would have done better here. Or Poets.

Ahead By A Century started the encore. I was reading some threads over at Hipbase and apparently Frozen in my Tracks was bumped at the last minute. They crowd sure didn't mind. They ate that up and asked for more. More is what they got in the form of On the Verge. This was THE one song I wanted to hear this week. The Hip obliged and dusted it off for only the second time this tour. I don't know what I can say that won't sound completely biased regarding this one. I left smiling.

This was a really fun show. First and foremost, because of the people I was with. The vibe in The Hall definitely had a Saturday Night feel. We all had a lot of prep time not afforded to us during the week. The crowd was easily the most lively it's been all week and everyone was feeding of each others energy. The band played great. It was neat to be able to look down on Robby as he was playing/picking the slide. For me just having that vantage point, as much as I've seen The Hip, was great. Gord was Gord. What can you say. He's incomparable and we are all lucky to be able to share in this experience.

Our night ended at St Louis Bar & Grill on King St E. I had the Sweet Asian BBQ wings. I got them with fries which was fine, but they have these onion chips that are similar to onion rings save for the shape. They trump the fries big time and are very good dipped in the creamy dill sauce that comes with all wings. I managed to negotiate a wing trade for one each of Hot and Cajun.

We took the subway home and I crashed soon after. Cheers to the Crew for the good times.

-mrjackstraw

Massey Hall - Toronto, ON 05/16/2009

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The Tragically Hip
Massey Hall Set List
05/16/2009
Toronto, ON

Set I

The Depression Suite
In View
Coffee Girl
Twist My Arm
It's A Good Life If You Don't Weaken
Morning Moon
New Orleans Is Sinking
Honey, Please
Tiger the Lion
At the 100th Meridian
Love is a First

Set II

The Bear @
Wheat Kings @
Fireworks @
Poets
The Last Recluse
Gift Shop
Inevitability Of Death
Yawning or Snarling
Yer Not the Ocean
Now the Struggle has a Name
Grace, too
My Music at Work

Encore
Ahead by a Century
On the Verge

I will be posting a write up on this show/day soon so be sure to check back.

-mrjackstraw

@ = Acoustic

Massey Hall - Toronto, ON 05/15/2009

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The Tragically Hip
Massey Hall
05/15/2009
Toronto, ON

Set I

Love Is A First
Poets
Goodnight Josephine
Ahead By A Century
Morning Moon
Something On
Fully Completely
Eldorado
The Last Recluse
Courage
The Depression Suite

Set II
Boots Or Hearts @
Flamenco @
Music at Work @
Springtime In Vienna
Queen Of The Furrows
Three Pistols
Now The Struggle Has A Name
In View
Bobcaygeon
Nautical Disaster
Frozen In My Tracks
Locked In The Trunk Of A Car

Encore
Country Day
Blow At High Dough

Country Day returns!

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Massey Hall - Toronto, ON 05/14/2009

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The Tragically Hip
Massey Hall
05/14/2009
Toronto, ON

Set I

The Depression Suite
Fireworks
Don’t Wake Daddy
Gift Shop
In View
The Last Recluse
Poets
Morning Moon
Ahead By A Century
The Drop Off
Love Is A First

Set II

An Inch An Hour @
Courage @
Scared @
The Exact Feeling
Grace, too
Speed River
Yer Not The Ocean
Coffee Girl
New Orleans Is Sinking
Escape Is At Hand For The Travelin’ Man
Now The Struggle Has A Name
My Music @ Work

Encore
Emperor Penguin
Fifty Mission Cap

Looks like we may be at the end of the road for tour breakouts. The one Massey Hall show I'm not going to and they play Emperor Penguin. I should have bet that :) My Red Wings were in a game 7 and they need my presence. Sacrifices must be made in the playoffs. It worked and they got through. Bring on the Blackhawks and a renewed Original 6 rivalry that has been missing for too long.

@ = Acoustic

Massey Hall Reviews & Link Dump

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Here's a few links to reviews from the last few shows:

Exclaim

National Post

Torontoist

Eye Weekly

Toronto Sun

Toronto Star

The Tragically HIp @ Virginfest Halifax - July 4, 2009

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If you're not going to be in America for July 4th why head to Halifax?

Virgin Festival Halifax
with The Offspring, Metric, Dinosaur Jr., Hey Rosetta!, Plants and Animals, Arkells and more.

Doors @ 2:00pm

Tickets are 75.50 for a regular day pass and 160.50 for the VIP pass. The VIP tickets will give you access to a VIP area with lounge chairs, cabanas, drinks, and food. You will also get a front of the line entrance to the Festival, shorter washroom line ups, and a Festival merchandise discount.

Tickets available at www.geg.ca and www.ticketatlantic.com or charge by phone at (902) 451-1221, at the Ticket Atlantic Box Office at the Halifax Metro Centre, and at participating Atlantic Superstore outlets.

Pre-Sale: Wednesday May 13th at 9am – Friday May 16 at 6pm. There is no password for this pre-sale.
http://ev9.evenue.net/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/SEGetGroupList?prc=FAN2&caller=PR&linkID=halifax&RDAT=&RSRC=

Public Onsale: Saturday May 16th at 9am

www.virginfestival.ca/novascotia


The boys have also added a third date to their Hamilton run at the end of the tour. Saturday October 3rd is that date.

Be careful out there.

Massey Hall - Toronto, ON 05/12/2009

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The Tragically Hip
Massey Hall Set List
05/12/2009
Toronto, ON

Set I

The Last Recluse
Family Band
Giftshop
Now The Struggle Has A Name
Puttin' Down
New Orleans Is Sinking
Throwing Off Glass
Bobcaygeon
Honey, Please
The Lonely End Of The Rink
The Depression Suite

Set II

Are We Family @
Thompson Girl @
Wheat Kings @
Nautical Disaster
Gus: The Polar Bear from Central Park
Coffee Girl
Love Is A First
Springtime In Vienna
Morning Moon
Grace, Too
Frozen In My Tracks
My Music At Work

Encore
The Dark Canuck
Little Bones

I managed to get into this one for $20. I saw from NOIS onward. I will break it down in more detail soon but my Red Wings need me right now :)

@ = Acoustic

Massey Hall - Toronto, ON 05/11/2009

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The Tragically Hip
Massey Hall
05/11/2009
Toronto, ON

The Depression Suite
In View
Courage
Pigeon Camera
Poets
Morning Moon
It Can't Be Nashville Every Night
Fully Completely
Now The Struggle Has A Name
Yer Not The Ocean
Love Is A First

Set II

Toronto #4 @
Fiddler's Green @
Greasy Jungle @
The Last Recluse
Twist My Arm
At The 100th Meridian
Coffee Girl
Ahead By A Century
Speed River
Bobcaygeon
Tiger The Lion
Blow At High Dough

Encore
Frozen In My Tracks
Locked In The Trunk Of A Car

This was the first show on this tour I attended. I went down with my sister and had a blast. She got her ultimate request fulfilled, Greasy Jungle, and I was happy for her.

We started out riding the 504 streetcar down King and worked out way up to the Hard Rock Cafe. I remember coming into Toronto back in my youth to see The Hip play Maple Leaf Gardens and we would go there because we didn't know anyplace else in the city. I relived old memories overlooking Dundas Square sipping on Mojitos on the HRC patio getting my pre-show on. That Night In Toronto played in the background. I followed that up with some beer and weed cookies. Nothing like a good body buzz to set things right, right?

The crowd was lined up down the block from Massey. Too bad they didn't notice all the doors were open for entrance. Anyways, we hit the bar first. Is there anything harder than drinking at a show in Canada? Knock the States about whatever you want, but concerts are a better overall experience there. Period.

First set highlights for me were The Suite, Pigeon Camera, Poets, Fully Completely and Struggle. I wish they wouldn't open with Depression Suite every show, but this one is going to stick folks. It could be placed just about anywhere in the setlist and work. The Camera has always been a fav of mine ever since it came out. I don't think I've heard it in 6 or 7 shows (for me) so I was happy about that. Poets had a real nice groove to it. Fully Completely for me may just about be the best Tragically Hip song live. It's just a showcase tune. Hey, Honey Watson...Struggle is just a really solid tune. I don't know if it will stick long term, but I'm enjoying it while it's out there.

The second set started with the acoustic trio as usual. Toronto #4 & Fiddler's Green started it off. These were the same two songs as the previous show. I was happy to see them and truth-be-told, didn't expect them based on the last setlist. Greasy Jungle came next and as soon as Gord said, "This one's for a mother from the Ottawa Valley", I told my sister, her dream was about to come true. She's been trying to catch this one for some time now and was quite relieved to not have to go into Saturday's show fretting over the matter.

From here on things were pretty standard. No surprises or breakouts and everything was played pretty standard. Twist My Arm was a highlight for me. 100th Meridian was probably the biggest disappointment for me. It just didn't "pop". It was mid-tempo and might have been less than 5 minutes in length. This version would be embarrassed if listened back-to-back with the Lofty Pines Meridian in which Gord quotes Steve Yzerman. Coffee Girl was Coffee Girl. ABAC was a crowd favorite and did what it does. Speed River was great. That song really gets going and comes off really well live. Bobcaygeon was expected. Tiger the Lion was a first for me live and it rocked. There was a noticeable difference in the crowd of those who knew the song and those who didn't.

Compared to other shows on this tour the setlist doesn't jump out at you, but it was a well played show. I don't know if the band feels any extra pressure playing T.O. or not, but it was like they slid into the water instead of diving. There are still five more shows to go at Massey Hall. I will save further opinion until the end of the run here and we can take a look at the entire body of work.

I had a great time tonight. I always do. Thanks Alie. You rock.

-mrjackstraw

PS: Where the fuck did Country Day go?

@ = Acoustic

Massey Hall Baby!!!

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Here's some links:

Wikipedia - Massey Hall


Massey Hall Official Website

The Canadian Encyclopedia

House of Blues - Boston, MA 05/09/2009

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The Tragically Hip
House of Blues
05/09/2009
Boston, MA

Set I
The Last Recluse
Poets
Goodnight Josephine
Ahead By A Century
The Depression Suite
It Can't Be Nashville Every Night
Morning Moon
Grace, Too
Now the Struggle Has A Name
At the 100th Meridian
Springtime in Vienna

Set II
Toronto #4 @
Fiddler's Green @
Music@Work @
Love Is A First
Queen of the Furrows
In View
Speed River
Bobcaygeon
Nautical Disaster
Throwing Off Glass
Family Band
New Orleans Is Sinking

Encore
Frozen In My Tracks
Fifty Mission Cap

There were no tour breakouts this show but, Love Is A First was played in the 2nd for the first time. I only mention this because of what I wrote just last post regarding its placement in first sets only.

Whether intentional or not, I like the Toronto theme sprinkled throughout the 2nd set and encore. Was it a nod to the 1st place Blue Jays right in the Red Sox backyard? Frustration of the Bruin's performance versus Carolina by long time fan Gord Downie? A nod toward Massey Hall? Coincidence? Regardless Toronto #4, Queen of the Furrows, Bobcaygeon and Fifty Mission Cap.

After only being played in one of the first three shows, NOIS is on a current four show run and 6 for the last 7. It appears the song may be around all the time for another while yet, like it or not. Another notable run is Courage: 4 of the last 5 including one acoustic version.

Frozen In My Tracks was actually the last of the new songs to be performed live on this tour with its breakout coming in Montreal already five shows into the tour. However since that point the song is on a 5 of 6 run including the last 3 in a row. Two of these have also been in the encore.

-mrjackstraw

@ = Acoustic

Nokia Theater - New York, NY 05/08/2009

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The Tragically Hip
Nokia Theater
05/08/2009
New York, NY

Set I

The Depression Suite
New Orleans Is Sinking
Escape Is At Hand For The Travelin' Man
Now The Struggle Has A Name
In View
Ahead By A Century
Morning Moon
Frozen In My Tracks
Courage
The Drop Off
Love Is A First

Set II

The Rules @
Flamenco @
Bobcaygeon @
The Exact Feeling
Fully Completely
Long Time Running
Coffee Girl
Poets
Fireworks
The Last Recluse
Family Band
Locked In The Trunk Of A Car

Encore
Tiger The Lion
Blow At High Dough

Tour breakouts tonight: Long Time Running, The Rules.

Predictable = Flamenco played in NY. Unpredictible = The Rules. Call it even :)

I still can't figure out why Country Day and Queen of the Furrows are getting no love this tour (2 plays each in 9 shows). Courage is on a 4 show run after going 1 for 5 to start the tour. Love Is A First has only appeared in 1st sets so far while Music@Work has yet to appear in a first set this tour.

@ = Acoustic
Bold = Tour Breakout

Theater of the Living Arts - Philadelphia, PA 05/07/2009

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The Tragically Hip
Theater of the Living Arts
05/07/2009
Philadelphia, PA

Set I
The Last Recluse
You're Not The Ocean
Honey, Please
Gift Shop
Morning Moon
Bobcageon
Love Is A First
Grace, Too
Nautical Disaster
Now The Struggle Has A Name
The Completists
Three Pistols

Set II
Are We Family@
Thompson Girl@
Wheat Kings@
Frozen In Your Tracks
It's A Good Life If You Don't Weaken
Courage
Depression Suite
Music @ Work
Coffee Girl
Twist My Arm
New Orleans Is Sinking

Encore
Yawning Or Snarling
Little Bones

Please join me in welcoming The Completists to the party! This was the 3rd show in a row with Yer Not The Ocean after only appearing in 1 of the first 5 shows this tour. I guess they go with their gut and how it played the last time. I can't figure why Country Day is not played more. Thoughts?

@ = Acoustic
Bold = Tour Breakout

Le Capitole - Quebec City, PQ 05/04/2009

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The Tragically Hip
Le Capitole
05/04/2009
Quebec City, PQ

Set I

The Depression Suite
Fireworks
Emperor Penguin
Gift Shop
In View
The Last Recluse
Poets
Pigeon Camera
Ahead By A Century
The Drop Off
Love Is A First

Set II

An Inch An Hour @
Courage @
Scared @
Honey, Please
Grace, Too
Speed River
Yer Not The Ocean
Coffee Girl
New Orleans Is Sinking
Escape Is At Hand For The Travelin’ Man
Now The Struggle Has A Name
My Music At Work

Encore
Don’t Wake Daddy
Blow At High Dough

Wow! Some nice tour breakouts here. Emperor Penguin (one of my personal favs), An Inch An Hour, Scared, and The Drop Off. This brings it up to 72 originals played so far. Definitely a treat for long time fans and those of you doing multiple night runs. Cool looking venue too.

This is the first show that Morning Moon has not appeared in. This leaves The Last Recluse as the only song to be played at every show. Country Day is inconspicuous by its relative absence. I think it's a great song and can hold its own closing a set.

@ = Acoustic
Bold = Tour Breakout

Abbotsford, BC & 4th Winnipeg Shows Announced

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The Tragically Hip
We Are The Same Tour 2009

New Show Announcements

Centennial Concert Hall in Winnipeg, MB on 09/07/09 Canada
Registered User Presale starts on 05/06/09 at 10:00:00 local time

Abbotsford Entertainment and Sports Centre in Abbotsford, BC on 08/08/09 Canada
Registered User Presale starts on 05/06/09 at 10:00:00 local time


Visit www.thehip.com for more info.

Metropolis - Montreal, PQ 05/02/2009

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The Tragically Hip
Metropolis
05/02/2009
Montreal, PQ


Set I

Love Is A First
In View
Courage
Pigeon Camera
Fully Completely
Morning Moon
The Depression Suite
It Can’t Be Nashville Every Night
Now The Struggle Has A Name
Yer Not The Ocean
Blow At High Dough

Set II

Toronto #4* @
Fiddler’s Green @
Greasy Jungle @
The Last Recluse
Twist My Arm
At The 100th Meridian
Queen Of The Furrows
Ahead By A Century
Honey, Please
Bobcaygeon
Tiger The Lion
Poets

Encore
Frozen In My Tracks
Locked In The Trunk Of A Car

* = First Time Played
@ = Acoustic
Bold = Tour Breakout

Metropolis - Montreal, PQ 05/01/2009

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The Tragically Hip
Metropolis
05/01/2009
Montreal, PQ

Set I

The Depression Suite
Family Band
Gift Shop
The Last Recluse
Puttin' Down
New Orleans Is Sinking
Throwing Off Glass
Bobcaygeon
Speed River
The Lonely End Of The Rink
Now The Struggle Has A Name

Set II

Are We Family @
If New Orleans Is Beat @
Lake Fever @
Nautical Disaster
Gus: The Polar Bear From Central Park
Coffee Girl
The Exact Feeling
Springtime In Vienna
Morning Moon
Grace, Too
Frozen In My Tracks*
My Music At Work

Encore
The Dark Canuck
Little Bones

Friday night in Montreal. While there's lots to do, those in the know are down at Metropolis to see The Hip do what they do best. Rock it. We were given 6 more tour breakouts all coming in the second set. This pushes the tour play-list up to around 66. Little Bones and Nautical Disaster finally showed up on this tour 5 songs in. For the first time this tour Poets did not make an appearance in the setlist. Well done boys! Always leave them wanting more is the name of the game.

* = First Time Played
@ = Acoustic
Bold = Tour Breakout
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