Following yesterday's news that frontman Gord Downie had been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer, Canadian rock vets the Tragically Hip have detailed a summer tour in support of their forthcoming album Man Machine Poem.
The cross-country trek will begin in Victoria, BC, on July 22, and will take the band across Canada for around a month, wrapping things up in their native Kingston, ON, with a performance on August 20. "We're going to dig deep," the group said of the dates yesterday, "and try to make this our best tour yet."
Tickets for all tour dates will go on sale to the general public on June 3 at 10 a.m. local time, while American Express members can get their hands on tickets from May 31 through June 2. A portion of all ticket proceeds will be donated to the Sunnybrook Foundation.
Take a look through the band's tour itinerary and hear the first single from Man Machine Poem, "In a World Possessed by the Human Mind" below. Man Machine Poem, the band's 14th album, arrives June 17.
Tour dates:
07/22 Victoria, BC - Save On Foods Memorial Centre
07/24 Vancouver, BC - Pepsi Live at Rogers Arena
07/28 Edmonton, AB - Rexall Place
08/01 Calgary, AB - Scotiabank Saddledome
08/05 Winnipeg, MB - MTS Centre
08/08 London, ON - Budweiser Gardens
08/10 Toronto, ON - Air Canada Centre
08/12 Toronto, ON - Air Canada Centre
08/16 Hamilton, ON - FirstOntario Centre
08/18 Ottawa, ON - Canadian Tire Centre
08/20 Kingston, ON - Rogers K-Rock Centre
The cross-country trek will begin in Victoria, BC, on July 22, and will take the band across Canada for around a month, wrapping things up in their native Kingston, ON, with a performance on August 20. "We're going to dig deep," the group said of the dates yesterday, "and try to make this our best tour yet."
Tickets for all tour dates will go on sale to the general public on June 3 at 10 a.m. local time, while American Express members can get their hands on tickets from May 31 through June 2. A portion of all ticket proceeds will be donated to the Sunnybrook Foundation.
Take a look through the band's tour itinerary and hear the first single from Man Machine Poem, "In a World Possessed by the Human Mind" below. Man Machine Poem, the band's 14th album, arrives June 17.
Tour dates:
07/22 Victoria, BC - Save On Foods Memorial Centre
07/24 Vancouver, BC - Pepsi Live at Rogers Arena
07/28 Edmonton, AB - Rexall Place
08/01 Calgary, AB - Scotiabank Saddledome
08/05 Winnipeg, MB - MTS Centre
08/08 London, ON - Budweiser Gardens
08/10 Toronto, ON - Air Canada Centre
08/12 Toronto, ON - Air Canada Centre
08/16 Hamilton, ON - FirstOntario Centre
08/18 Ottawa, ON - Canadian Tire Centre
08/20 Kingston, ON - Rogers K-Rock Centre