2012/11/28: The Fillmore - Detroit, MI

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The Tragically Hip
The Fillmore
Detroit, MI
2012/11/28

Setlist:
At Transformation, Grace Too, Escape Is At Hand For The Travellin' Man, The Kids Don't Get It, Man Machine Poem, Gift Shop, Streets Ahead, The Rules, Lionized*, Poets, We Want To Be It, Eldorado, In View, The Lookahead, Thugs*, Fully Completely, Fire In The Hole, Goodnight Attawapiskat

Encore:
At The Hundredth Meridian, Ahead By A Century, Greasy Jungle, Family Band, Bobcaygeon, Fifty-Mission Cap

*Tour debut.

I miss hockey....






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Gord Downie on Studio Q

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This is a little over a week old, but I have beena little out of the loop lately... Gord Downie interview on CBC Radio's Studio Q with Jian Ghomeshi.






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Black Friday: Get Your Hip Gear For Christmas

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Hey,

Need a gift? Want something for yourself? Why not make that move on the 'Mother of all shopping days...'? That's right. Today's Black Friday and it comes with pleanty of time to ensure shipping for Christmas (or The Canadian leg of Hip Tour)...






Visit the HipTour Shop to place your order.







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Now For Plan A: Tour Stats Vol. 2

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The Tragically Hip Tour Stat Pack
(thru 2012/11/17 Salamanca, NY)

Hey All,

We are through 11 shows.



Where's our Pigeon Camera (T-Shirt)? Click to see...

Total Appearances:

Ahead By A Century - 11
At Transformation - 11
Man Machine Poem - 11
Streets Ahead - 11
We Want To Be It - 11
At The Hundredth Meridian - 9
Bobcaygeon - 9
Grace, Too - 9
Goodnight Attawapiskat - 8
In View - 8
The Lookahead - 8
Courage - 8
Gift Shop - 7
My Music At Work - 7
Blow At High Dough - 6
Fire In The Hole - 6
Fully Completely - 6
Greasy Jungle - 6
New Orleans Is Sinking - 6
Poets - 6
Eldorado - 5
Escape Is At Hand For The Travellin' Man - 5
Nautical Disaster - 5
Now For Plan A - 5
Flamenco - 4
Gus: The Polar Bear From Central Park - 4
It Can't Be Nashville Every Night - 4
Little Bones - 4
Family Band - 3
Fifty Mission Cap - 3
Long Time Running - 3
Love Is A First - 3
The Modern Spirit - 3
Scared - 3
An Inch An Hour - 2
Coffee Girl - 2
Fiddler's Green - 2
Fireworks - 2
Last Of The Unplucked Gems - 2
Morning Moon - 2
On The Verge - 2
So Hard Done By - 2
Springtime In Vienna - 2
The Kids Don't Get It - 2
The Rules - 2
Thompson Girl - 2
Wheat Kings - 2
Daredevil - 1
Done And Done - 1
Don't Wake Daddy - 1
It's A Good Life If You Don't Weaken - 1
Lake Fever - 1
Locked In The Trunk Of A Car - 1
Lonely End Of The Rink - 1
About This Map - 1
Take Forever - 1
Three Pistols - 1
Yawning Or Snarling - 1

Bold = A 'Now For Plan A' song.


Set Openers:
At Transformation - 8
Grace, Too - 1
In View - 1
Man Machine Poem - 1

Set Closers:
Goodnight Attawapiskat - 7
Fire In The Hole - 2
Nautical Disaster - 1
Streets Ahead - 1

Encore Appearances:
29 different songs have appeared in the encore.

Courage - 6
My Music At Work - 6
Ahead By A Century - 5
Bobcaygeon - 5
At The Hundredth Meridian - 4
Blow At High Dough - 4
We Want To Be It - 4
Little Bones - 3
Fiddler's Green - 2
Fifty Mission Cap - 2
Grace, Too - 2
Nautical Disaster - 2
Scared - 2
An Inch An Hour - 1
Daredevil - 1
Eldorado - 1
Family Band - 1
Fire In The Hole - 1
Fireworks - 1
Fully Completely - 1
Goodnight Attawapiskat - 1
Greasy Jungle - 1
Locked In The Trunk Of A Car - 1
Long Time Running - 1
Now For Plan A - 1
Streets Ahead - 1
The Lookahead - 1
The Modern Spirit - 1
Wheat Kings - 1


Randomness

-58 different songs have been played played
-255 total songs have been played in 4 shows
-23.18 songs per show
-11 one-timers


Now For Plan A Tour Stats Vol. 1



To get an idea of what we did previously you can check out the Tragically Hip Tour Stats from The 2009 WATS Tour here: v.1 | v.2 | v.3 | v.4 | v.5


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2012/11/17: Seneca Allegany Casino - Salamanca, NY

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The Tragically Hip
Seneca Allegany Casino
Salamanca, NY
2012/11/17

Setlist:
At Transformation, Grace Too, Escape Is At Hand For The Travellin' Man, Ahead By A Century, Man Machine Poem, At The Hundredth Meridian, Flamenco, Poets, We Want To Be It, Fully Completely, About This Map*, Bobcaygeon, Blow At High Dough, On The Verge, Goodnight Attawapiskat

Encore:
Wheat Kings, Streets Ahead, Courage, My Music At Work

*First time played

Notes: A shorter show than all the others on this tour by abour 20%. 50MC was listed on the setlist, but not played. The Las Vegas show from the 2009 WATS Tour was similar. I have a casino (conspiracy) theory I may try to put into words in the coming days...









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2012/11/16: Landmark Theatre - Syracuse, NY

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Landmark Theatre
Sycaruse, NY
2012/11/16

Setlist:
At Transformation, New Orleans Is Sinking, Gus: The Polar Bear From Central Park, Grace Too, Escape Is At Hand For The Travellin' Man, Man Machine Poem, Gift Shop, Greasy Jungle, Flamenco, Streets Ahead, Eldorado, In View, Ahead By A Century, We Want To Be It, Poets, Fire In The Hole, Goodnight Attawapiskat

Encore: Courage, At The Hundredth Meridian, Bobcaygeon, The Lookahead, Nautical Disaster, Blow At High Dough






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2012/11/15: Upstate Concert Hall: Clifton Park, NY

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Upstate Concert Hall
Clifton Park, NY
2012/11/15

Setlist:
Grace Too, An Inch An Hour, Man Machine Poem, Gift Shop, At Transformation, Morning Moon, Bobcaygeon, In View, The Modern Spirit, Now For Plan A, Little Bones, Love Is A First, Streets Ahead, Long Time Running, Fully Completely, New Orleans Is Sinking > Nautical Disaster > New Orleans Is Sinking, Fire in the Hole

Encore:
My Music At Work, Ahead By A Century, We Want To Be It, Courage, Fireworks, Fifty Mission Cap






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2012/11/13: Theatre of Living Arts - Philadelphia, PA

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Theatre of Living Arts
Philadelphia, PA
2012/11/13

(Unconfirmed & I believe incomplete based on average show length this tour. Song order seems wrong too. Source setlist.fm)

Setlist:
At Transformation, Gift Shop, Lake Fever, Bobcaygeon, The Lookahead, Blow At High Dough, Love Is A First, Man Machine Poem, Greasy Jungle, Ahead By A Century, Now for Plan A, Courage, Streets Ahead, It Can't Be Nashville Every Night, Fully Completely, Fifty Mission Cap, Goodnight Attawapiskat

Encore:
Grace Too, We Want To Be It, Eldorado, At The Hundredth Meridian, Scared, My Music At Work


Theme: Philadelphia Eagles (setlist art to follow confirmed setlist)





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Bobcaygeon: The Movie - Advance Screenings

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I may have put this info out earlier, but just as a reminder if you live in one of these areas this is something pretty cool you can check out...

From the band...

Hi Folks,

Someone once said, all good things come to those who wait. Time and time again that statement proves to be true. November is once again an exciting time in the Hip camp. The band is into their US tour, the Canadian tour is approaching, The Tragically Hip in Bobcaygeon documentary is set for release and limited theatrical run and Now For Plan A will be released in Europe.

Just over a year ago, The Tragically Hip and 25,000 fans descended upon the grounds on Pigeon Lake in Bobcaygeon, ON for a sold-out show and director Andy Keen was there to film the monumental moments. Next week the infamous "Bobcaygeon" documentary will debut at the Bloor Cinema in Toronto. The film documents an inside view to one of the most anticipated events in Canadian music. The film will have very limited screenings in select theatres before the in-store release on BluRay and DVD on November 20th! You can buy advance tickets to the screenings below, and check out thehip.com next week for pre-sale information on the BluRay/DVD release.

Special Advance Theatrical Screenings
TORONTO
Bloor Cinema 506 Bloor Street West
Advance Screening
Friday November 16th @ 11:30pm
Saturday November 17th @ 8:30pm
Tuesday November 20th @ 6:45pm
- Release Day Q & A with the director Andy Keen
Ticket information
OTTAWA
Empire Ottawa 111 Albert Street
Sunday November 18th @ 7:00pm
Ticket information
KINGSTON
Monday November 19th @ 7:00pm
Empire Capitol 7 Cinema
213-223 Princess Street
Ticket information



www.bobcaygeonthemovie.com







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2012/11/12: 9:30 Club - Washington, DC

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The Tragically Hip
9:30 Club
Washington, DC
2012/11/12




Setlist:
At Transformation, New Orleans Is Sinking, Gus: The Polar Bear From Central Park, Man Machine Poem, Gift Shop, So Hard Done By, The Lookahead, Thompson Girl, At The Hundredth Meridian, Wheat Kings*, Coffee Girl, It Can't Be Nashville Every Night, Ahead By A Century, Streets Ahead, Bobcaygeon, Nautical Disaster

Encore:
Long Time Running, Grace Too, An Inch An Hour, We Want To Be It, My Music At Work, Little Bones


*Paul sings 2nd verse.
**First show on US Tour not to feature 'In View'

Setlist via Hipbase

Theme: Washington Redskins














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2012/11/10: Termanal 5 - New York, Ny

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Terminal 5
New York, NY
2012/11/10





Setlist:
At Transformation, Grace Too, Escape Is At Hand For The Travellin' Man, The Kids Don't Get It, Man Machine Poem, Gift Shop, Streets Ahead, Eldorado, Ahead By A Century, Poets, The Lookahead, In View, We Want To Be It, Springtime In Vienna, Fully Completely, Fire In The Hole, Goodnight Attawapiskat

Encore:
At The Hundredth Meridian, Bobacygeon, Nautical Disaster, Fiddler's Green, Courage, Blow At High Dough



Theme: Brooklyn Nets












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2012/11/09: House of Blues - Boston, MA

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House of Blues
Boston, MA
2012/11/09




Setlist:
In View, Man Machine Poem, Grace Too, At Transformation, Ahead By A Century, Love Is A First, Last Of The Unplucked Gems, Greasy Jungle, The Lookahead, Streets Ahead, The Rules, It Can't Be Nashville Every Night, At The Hundredth Meridian, Now For Plan A, Family Band, We Want To Be It, New Orleans Is Sinking, Fire In The Hole

Encore:
Scared, Courage, Little Bones, Bobcaygeon, Goodnight Attawapiskat, My Music At Work



Theme: Boston Celtics
















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Now For Plan A - Tour Stats & Observations Vol. 1

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The Tragically Hip Tour Stat Pack - Vol. 1
(thru 2012/11/17 Portland, ME)

Hey All,

The Stat Pack is back! I don't know if I'll go into as much detail with every update like I did for the 2009 We Are The Same Tour, but there will be some good nuggets of information available to you here for sure.

So far it's really too early for any substantial patterns to have emerged, but it's looking exciting with all the song variation and one-timers we've seen so far. The Hip have played 53 different songs from their catalog through 4 shows including 26 one-timers. I'd have to say that the biggest surprise (to my delight) is the return to prominence of Greasy Jungle now having been played in the first 3 of 4 shows.

About This Map is the only song from 'Now For Plan A' not to be played.

Where's our Pigeon Camera (T-Shirt)? Click to see...

Total Appearances:

Ahead By A Century - 4
At Transformation - 4
In View - 4
Man Machine Poem - 4
Streets Ahead - 4
We Want To Be It - 4
At The Hundredth Meridian - 3
Goodnight Attawapiskat - 3
Greasy Jungle - 3
Poets - 3
The Lookahead - 3
Blow At High Dough - 2
Bobcaygeon - 2
Courage - 2
Eldorado - 2
Escape Is At Hand For The Travellin' Man - 2
Family Band - 2
Fire In The Hole - 2
Flamenco - 2
Fully Completely - 2
Gift Shop - 2
Grace, Too - 2
Gus: The Polar Bear From Central Park - 2
My Music At Work - 2
New Orleans Is Sinking - 2
Now For Plan A - 2
The Modern Spirit - 2
Coffee Girl - 1
Daredevil - 1
Done And Done - 1
Don't Wake Daddy - 1
Fiddler's Green - 1
Fifty Mission Cap - 1
Fireworks - 1
It Can't Be Nashville Every Night - 1
It's A Good Life If You Don't Weaken - 1
Last Of The Unplucked Gems - 1
Little Bones - 1
Locked In The Trunk Of A Car - 1
Lonely End Of The Rink - 1
Long Time Running - 1
Morning Moon - 1
Nautical Disaster - 1
On The Verge - 1
Scared - 1
So Hard Done By - 1
Springtime In Vienna - 1
Take Forever - 1
The Kids Don't Get It - 1
The Rules - 1
Thompson Girl - 1
Three Pistols - 1
Yawning Or Snarling - 1

Bold = A 'Now For Plan A' song.


Set Openers:
At Transformation - 3
Man Machine Poem - 1

Set Closers:
Goodnight Attawapiskat - 3
Streets Ahead - 1

Encore Appearances:
19 different songs have appeared in the encore.

Ahead By A Century - 4
Blow At High Dough - 2
Bobcaygeon - 2
At The Hundredth Meridian - 1
Courage - 1
Daredevil - 1
Family Band - 1
Fiddler's Green - 1
Fifty Mission Cap - 1
Fire In The Hole - 1
Fully Completely - 1
Greasy Jungle - 1
Little Bones - 1
Locked In The Trunk Of A Car - 1
My Music At Work - 1
Now For Plan A - 1
Streets Ahead - 1
The Modern Spirit - 1
We Want To Be It - 1


Randomness

-53 different songs have been played played
-97 total songs have been played in 4 shows
-24.25 songs per show
-26 one-timers



To get an idea of what we did previously you can check out the Tragically Hip Tour Stats from The 2009 WATS Tour here: v.1 | v.2 | v.3 | v.4 | v.5


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2012/11/07: The State Theatre - Portland, ME

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The State Theatre
Portland, ME
2012/11/07




Setlist:
At Transformation, Grace Too, It's A Good Life If You Don't Weaken, In View, Man Machine Poem, Greasy Jungle, The Lookahead, Eldorado, Fireworks, Coffee Girl, The Lonely End Of The Rink, We Want To Be It, Gus: The Polar Bear From Central Park, Take Forever, New Orleans Is Sinking > Nautical Disaster > New Orleans Is Sinking, Flamenco, Poets, Streets Ahead

Encore:
Blow At High Dough, Ahead By A Century, Courage, Fiddler's Green, My Music At Work, Fire In The Hole


Theme: Portland Pirates











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2012/11/06: Auditorium Theatre - Rochester, NY

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Auditorium Theatre
Rochester, NY
2012/11/06




Setlist:
Man Machine Poem, In View, So Hard Done By*, At Transformation, Escape Is At Hand For The Travellin' Man, Morning Moon, Don't Wake Daddy, The Modern Spirit, Courage, Now For Plan A, Family Band, At The Hundredth Meridian, Yawning Or Snarling, Done and Done#, Three Pistols, Long Time Running, On The Verge, Goodnight Attawapiskat

Encore:
Daredevil, Ahead By A Century, Streets Ahead, Fully Completely, We Want To Be It, Locked In The Trunk Of A Car


*only the 15th time played since the 90's
#First time played

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Now For Plan A - Lyrics

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Welcome to to lyrics post page for The Tragically Hip's Now For Plan A album. Click on a song title below for the lyrics and Digital Lyric Art.



Released: Oct 2, 2012
Recorded: Noble Street Studios - Toronto, ON; Bathouse Recording Studio - Bath, ON
Length: 39:18
Label: Zoë Records, Universal Music Canada
Producer: Gavin Brown


Track listing:
At Transformation - 3:44
Man Machine Poem - 3:52
The Lookahead - 2:26
We Want To Be It - 3:28
Streets Ahead - 3:26
Now For Plan A - 5:07
The Modern Spirit - 3:21
About This Map - 3:47
Take Forever - 3:10
Done And Done - 2:53
Goodnight Attawapiskat - 4:04


Previous album: We Are The Same




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Road Tales From The Hip

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Interviews with a few of the boys at the time of Paul's Kingston show in August 2012...



Armed with will and determination, the Tragically Hip embarked 30 years ago on a rock ‘n roll journey that has taken them around the world and across Canada more times than the band members can remember.

Those trips have resulted in songs and lyrics that will forever resonate with the group’s devoted fan base. “At the Hundredth Meridian,” “Last American Exit,” “As I Wind Down the Pines” and “Silver Jet” — with its continent-binding lyric about flying “from Clayoqout Sound to Cape Spear” — are only a handful of the Hip’s songs that reference Canadian geography and a sense of the nation’s vastness.

Another travel-inspired tune is “Broken Road,” which appears on guitarist Paul Langlois’ solo album, “Fix This Head.” The song was written “while I was in the middle of doing a lot of driving for these guys,” says Langlois, whose lyrics speak of being 700 miles away and homesick for Cataraqui — the river that flows through the Hip’s hometown of Kingston, Ontario. It recalls the quintet’s early days in the ’80s when they toured the country in a van, not the luxury bus or airline flight that takes them from stop to stop these days.

Read the full article by Adrian Brijbassi at VACAY.CA





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2012/11/03: Riviera Theatre - Chicago, IL

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Riviera Theatre
Chicago, IL
2012/11/03




Setlist:
At Transformation, New Orleans Is Sinking, Gus: The Polar Bear From Central Park, The Last Of The Unplucked Gems, In View, Man Machine Poem, Gift Shop, Greasy Jungle, Streets Ahead, Flamenco, Poets, We Want To Be It, Thompson Girl, The Lookahead, At The Hundredth Meridian, Scared, My Music At Work, Goodnight Attawapiskat

Encore:
Blow At High Dough, Ahead By A Century, The Modern Spirit*, Now For Plan A*, Bobcaygeon, Little Bones




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Now For Plan A - Tour Expectations

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Tonight kicks off the first 'tour show' since the epic 2009 We Are The Same Tour. There have been a little over 20 shows in between the end of that tour and tonight's show and they have all been mirrors of each other for the most part. This has been a real head-scratcher for me because for as long as I have been a fan I've never seen them fall into something like this. Even during non-tour years when they played shows the setlists were all different.

Now granted, we were introduced to new songs, but never the entire new album. It was always the same songs over and over. And every show had a Courage, Bobcaygeon, Wheat Kings, NOIS, ABAC, Gift Shop, 100th, Grace, In View (aaargh!!)... I'm not saying that these were bad shows, but they were not unique experiences as each individual Hip show should be. The catalog depth is there and the musicianship is there. I mean, some of those shows were so close together that of course people did multi-night runs... Only to see the same setlist 2 nights in a row. Again, I'm sure they were well played and energetic for anyone there but...

I can cite the 2-night Fork York run in 2006 as an example. And just forget the fact that Thirty-Eight Years Old saw a bust out.

********************

2006/06/23
The Lonely End Of The Rink, Fully Completely, Twist My Arm, Gus: The Polar Bear From Central Park, Poets, Lake Fever, Heaven Is A Better Place Today, Ahead By A Century, It Can't Be Nashville Every Night, As Makeshift As We Are, Fly, Gift Shop, Bobcaygeon, Fireworks, Escape Is At Hand For The Travellin' Man, Grace Too, My Music At Work

Encore: Lionized, Flamenco, Fire In The Hole

2006/06/24
Don't Wake Daddy, Courage (For Hugh Maclennan), Yer Not The Ocean, Summer's Killing Us, It's A Good Life If You Don't Weaken, Chagrin Falls, Nautical Disaster, It Can't Be Nashville Every Night, Thirty-Eight Years Old, Puttin' Down, At The Hundredth Meridian, Sherpa, Springtime In Vienna, No Threat, Blow At High Dough, Something On, The Wherewithal

Encore: The Drop-Off, Greasy Jungle, We'll Go Too

********************

Now of course there's a sprinkling of the heavy-hitters throughout these 2 setlists but they don't make up the entire setlist. I believe one of The Hip's best assets is their diverse catalog that is capable of filling in any show for any audience... Whether it's made up of casual fans or hard-core fans. Sure everyone blows a nut for Courage or 100th Meridian, but look at these 2 setlists. No New Orleans. No Little Bones. No problem.

Songs like Gus, Lake Fever, Makeshift, Nashville, Sherpa, Lionized, Greasy Jungle, We'll Go Too, The Wherewithal, No Threat, Chagrin Falls, Something On, Flamenco, Puttin' Down, Escape Is At Hand are all solid, solid tunes. Ocean, Fly, Drop-Off, Lonely End were all new to the crowd as they hadn't been released yet...

Listen, I know that Highway Girl, I'll Believe In You, Fight, Bring It All Back, Get Back Again may never again see the light of day on the stage. And whatever. That's cool. I've always loved how The Hip continue to create new music and evolve as they go and as they grow. Sometimes though I just find it frustrating when they write this great new material only to basically shelve it after 1 tour. One and Dones I call them...

Some songs that fit into this category include: Emergency (never played), Impossibilium, Butts Wigglin, Apartment Song, Coconut Cream, Put it Off, Stay, The Bastard, The Completists, Freak Turbulence, Sharks, Wild Mountain Honey, Train Overnight, As I Wind Down the Pines (never played), Are You Ready, Use It Up, The Darkest One, All Tore Up, Leave, A Beautiful Thing, Vaccination Scar, You're Everywhere, Mean Streak, The Heart of the Melt, One Night in Copenhagen, Luv (sic), Pretend, Last Night I Dreamed You Didn't Love Me, World Container.

And I'm really scared for the We Are the Same material because it was produced with keyboards. Country Day was dropped very early in the 2009 tour. The Depression Suite is the big one for me. I think it's one of The Hip's greatest songs. I think it's their Terrapin Station (Grateful Dead) or their You Enjoy Myself (Phish).

I guess time will tel what we see on this tour. Is it going to fall into a familiar pattern or will there be surprises along the way? What do you think?




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2012/11/02: House of Blues - Cleveland, OH

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The Tragically Hip
House of Blues
Cleveland, OH
2012/11/02




Setlist:
At Transformation, Grace Too, Escape Is At Hand For The Travellin' Man, The Kids Don't Get It, Man Machine Poem, Gift Shop, Streets Ahead, The Rules, It Can't Be Nashville Every Night, Poets, We Want To Be It*, Eldorado, In View, The Lookahead*, Fire In The Hole, Springtime In Vienna, Fully Completely, Goodnight Attawapiskat

Encore:
At The Hundredth Meridian, Ahead By A Century, Greasy Jungle, Family Band, Bobcaygeon, Fifty Mission Cap

Yep. That's a six song encore. Of course it could be a really short second set with no encore... but for now we'll call it your standard six song encore...

*First time played

Theme: Cleveland Browns
















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The Tragically Hip - Intimate & Interactive (2000)

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Here's a time waster for you on a Friday... The Tragically Hip doing 'Intimate & Interactive' at Much Music in downtown Toronto. The band takes questions from the host, Sook Yin Lee as well as from fans...

Track listing:
Part 1: Puttin' Down, Freak Turbulance, My Music At Work
Part 2: Escape Is At Hand For The Travelin' Man, Tiger The Lion, Something On
Part 3: Stay, Fireworks
Part 4: Cordelia
Part 5: Bobcaygeon, The Completists
Part 6 Lake Fever, Poets (outro)















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