The Hip to Play Calgary, AB - 2012/07/11

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I think we have something here people.... A solid line-up for a reasonable price... A ticket that gets you some food... No Beer Cage - Yes, you can walk freely around with your beer instead of having to be in a designated area and feeling the need to consume mass amounts in a short period just so you can get to that special place AND not miss anything... and finally, no Bullshit VIP section... Nice job by the folks at Stampede Roundup. Did I mention no minors? In Alberta that means 18+...

Stampede Roundup
The Tragically Hip
With Special Guests Matthew Good and 54-40
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
3:00pm - 10:00pm
Fort Calgary Historic Site
General Admission
Rain or Shine
$75.00 + Service Charge + GST = $80.85


All tickets include
- Performances by The Tragically Hip, Matthew Good and 54-40.
- Dinner (Beef-On-A-Bun (or Veggie Burger), Campfire beans, Coleslaw, Fruit Salad)
- Free bus transportation throughout the downtown core (2:30pm-10:30pm)

For event details, visit www.stampederoundup.com.
For further questions, please contact Stampede Roundup at 403-205-7448.

Fort Calgary

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Vaccination Scar - Lyrics

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Last played: 2005/07/16 Grand Falls, NF
Debut: 2004/06/23 Calgary, AB
Notes: 49 total plays and all but 1 came in its debut year. An incredibly weird song history for a tune that I believe was the first single released from In Between Evolution.


So the chemistry's set,
and I'm not the saddest cheerleader
to forget the American word
for the gang in the head
that dwindles 'til no members when
The mystery's met,
the sky looks threatened
heading home in the dust,
singing 'Life Is Forgettin'
good enough for the frivolous'

There's one thing I remember is
this tear on your bare shoulder this
little silver boulder
this slowly falling star
rolling, so what
never getting older
where the moon-shocked curtains part
The start of enough
a tear dropped in a vaccination scar

I'll tell ya if I'm able that is
I'll tell ya like it is
He went down like a bad card table, like
the Tacoma Narrows Bridge
like the Tacoma Narrows Bridge

Swimming on a bit
stop you're treading water as the sun assimilated the words
For lighthouse fire
burning down to embers' end
The mystery's met
the sky just reddened,
heading home under dusk
Is life just forgetting
another word for frivolous?
or little silver boulder
silence from Mars
For the heart of enough
or a teardrop in a Vaccination Scar?

Wherever you are, scar



Next song: It Can't Be Nashville Every Night
Previous song: Gus: The Polar Bear From Central Park

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The Tragically Hip to play Squamish Festival in August

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The Tragically Hip, City and Colour, the Sheepdogs and Chromeo will be topping the bill at this year’s LIVE at Squamish festival.

The lineup was revealed Wednesday night during a special event at Vancouver’s Commodore Ballroom featuring B.C. bands Current Swell and The Matinee, who are on the festival’s bill alongside electro-pop songstress Lights, indie soul revelation Charles Bradley, Vancouver’s Mother Mother and The Pack a.d., American indie rockers the Airborne Toxic Event, and Canadian favourites Wintersleep, Kathleen Edwards, and Plants and Animals.

The festival, which takes place Aug. 24-26 at Hendrickson Field and Logger Sports Grounds in Squamish, is in its third year.

As it did last year, the event will feature multiple stages, an artisan village, a silent disco and fun for all ages.

Continue article at the Vancouver Sun website.

Official Squamish Festival website.

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Tragically, Signs Must Be Replaced...

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Turns out the city of Kingston forgot there was a 'The' in the band's title. Maybe they took the Grace, too lyric from Saturday Night Live literally, eh?  Anyway, if the city is smart they will take all the misprinted signs and put them up on E-Bay or have some sort of auction. Maybe split the proceeds between a charity and offsetting the costs of the fuck up.

They need some good PR in Kingston as this process has seemed to be a bureaucratic nightmare from where I'm sitting in Las Vegas and I'm sure it's even more-so from up close. Have a look at the reader comments on the original source page (link below) to see what I mean.

If these signs do become available to the general public in some way, I will get the word out to you...

Will these be for sale?

A"clerical error" means the city will likely have to take down and replace the street signs honoring The Tragically Hip, just a day after the signs went up outside the K-Rock Centre.

The Whig has learned that the city has decided to revise the bylaw that currently calls the portion of what was Barrack Street "Tragically Hip Way." The revision will add the word 'The' to the start of the street name, and, therefore, the sign.

Councillors Dorothy Hector and Jim Neill both confirmed that council will be revisiting the issue in a motion tabled by Hector.

The Tragically Hip's manager, Bernie Breen, confirmed via email that he did notify city staff of the omission of the word "the" after it was brought to his attention.

“The band's official name is The Tragically Hip, Breen wrote.

“(It) seems it was a small clerical error and obviously everyone wants to get it right."

City staff noted prior to the signs being made that they would have to have extra signs made, as there would undoubtedly be thefts of the signage. This means all the extra signs will prove useless should the revised bylaw be approved.

Source: Kingston Whig-Standard
Tori Stafford


Here's a more detailed article on the debacle: Missed It By Three Letters






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The Tragically Hip Return to Caesars Windsor

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Iconic Canadian rockers The Tragically Hip return to Caesars Windsor this summer.

The multiple Juno-winning band from Kingston, Ont., will be playing a concert at The Colosseum on July 5.

That date is almost exactly one year since The Hip played the same venue in July 2011.

But it’s been more than three years since the band’s most recent album, We Are the Same.

Since 1987, The Tragically Hip have released 11 studio albums, a live album, and a two-disc greatest hits package.

Tickets for the July 5 show in Windsor start at $55.

Tickets go on sale at noon on April 14 via the Caesars Windsor website or the box office on the casino’s second floor.

Hail Caesar!

Source: Windsor Star



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The Hip Announce Stop in Victoria, BC - 2012/07/13

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The Tragically Hip
With Special Guests: Sam Roberts Band, Current Swell, Jets Overhead

Registered User Pre-Sale: Wednesday April 4
Time: 10:00am PST

General Admission tickets are $59.50 + SC and VIP tickets are $99.50 + SC.

VIP Tickets include:
Priority Entrance
Priority Access to Parking (limited)
Raised Viewing Deck & Seating (limited)
Separate Washrooms and Bar Facilities

19+ only.

Public On-Sale: Saturday April 7
General Admission and VIP tickets available at Ticketmaster , or charge by phone 1-855-985-5000.

General Admission tickets are available Juan De Fuca Recreation Centre, and at Lyle's Place.

Digital Lyric Art by @hiptour

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