Live And Intimate From The Bathouse Studio

From TheHip.com here’s the list of theatres showing “The Tragically Hip – Live and Intimate from the Bathouse Studio” on Monday, April 6th:

SilverCity Ancaster – Ancaster
Galaxy Cinemas Barrie – Barrie
Famous Players 8 Belleville Cinemas – Belleville
SilverCity Brampton – Brampton
Galaxy Cinemas Brantford – Brantford
Galaxy Cinemas Brockville – Brockville
SilverCity Burlington – Burlington
Galaxy Cinemas Cambridge – Cambridge
Galaxy Cinemas Collingwood – Collingwood
Galaxy Cinemas Cornwall – Cornwall
Galaxy Cinemas Guelph – Guelph
SilverCity Hamilton – Hamilton
Cineplex Odeon Gardiner’s Road – Kingston
SilverCity London – London
Galaxy Cinemas Midland – Midland
Coliseum Mississauga – Mississauga
SilverCity Newmarket – Newmarket
Cineplex Odeon Niagara Square – Niagara Falls
Galaxy Cinemas North Bay – North Bay
SilverCity Oakville – Oakville
Galaxy Cinemas Orangeville – Orangeville
Galaxy Cinemas Orillia – Orillia
Cineplex Odeon North Oshawa – Oshawa
Cineplex Odeon South Keys Cinemas – Ottawa
Coliseum Ottawa – Ottawa
SilverCity Gloucester – Ottawa
Galaxy Cinemas Owen Sound – Owen Sound
Galaxy Cinemas Peterborough – Peterborough
SilverCity Richmond Hill – Richmond Hill
Famous Players Lambton 9 Cinemas – Sarnia
Galaxy Cinemas Sault Ste. MarieSault. – Ste. Marie
SilverCity Yonge & Eglinton – Scarborough
Coliseum Scarborough – Scarborough
Galaxy Cinemas St. Thomas – St. Thomas
SilverCity Sudbury – Sudbury
SilverCity Thunder Bay – Thunder Bay
SilverCity Fairview Mall – Toronto
Cineplex Odeon Sheppard Grande – Toronto
Cineplex Odeon Eglinton Town Centre – Toronto
Cineplex Odeon Queensway – Toronto
Scotiabank Theatre Toronto – Toronto
Galaxy Cinemas Waterloo – Waterloo
Cineplex Odeon Devonshire Mall – Windsor
Colossus Toronto – Woodbridge
Cineplex Odeon Eau Claire Cinemas – Calgary
Cineplex Odeon Crowfoot Crossing – Calgary
Scotiabank Theatre Chinook – Calgary
SilverCity Coquitlam – Coquitlam
Cineplex Odeon North Edmonton – Edmonton
Cineplex Odeon South Edmonton – Edmonton
Scotiabank Theatre Edmonton – Edmonton
Cineplex Odeon Grande Prairie – Grande Prairie
Cineplex Odeon Aberdeen Mall – Kamloops
Famous Players Orchard Plaza – Kelowna
Colossus Langley – Langley
Galaxy Cinemas Lethbridge – Lethbridge
Galaxy Cinemas Medicine Hat – Medicine Hat
SilverCity Mission – Mission
Galaxy Cinemas Nanaimo – Nanaimo
Cineplex Odeon Park & Tilford – North Vancouver
Galaxy Cinemas Prince Albert – Prince Albert
Famous Players 6 Prince George – Prince George
Galaxy Cinemas Red Deer – Red Deer
Galaxy Cinemas Regina – Regina
SilverCity Riverport – Richmond
Galaxy Cinemas Saskatoon – Saskatoon
Galaxy Cinemas Sherwood Park – Sherwood Park
Cineplex Odeon Strawberry Hill – Surrey
Scotiabank Theatre Vancouver – Vancouver
Famous Players 7 Vernon – Vernon
SilverCity Tillicum Victoria – Victoria
SilverCity Polo Park – Winnipeg
Colossus Laval – Laval
Cineplex Odeon Brossard – Montreal
StarCite Montreal – Montreal
Scotiabank Theatre Montreal – Montreal
Coliseum Kirkland – Montreal
Cineplex Odeon Ste. Foy – Quebec City
Cineplex Odeon Beauport – Quebec City
Galaxy Cinemas Sherbrooke – Sherbrooke

Live And Intimate From The Bathouse Studio

For one night only, on Monday, April 6th, Cineplex Entertainment presents The Tragically Hip – Live and Intimate from the Bathouse Studio. This Big Screen event will feature live performances, Q & A and exclusive footage of the band’s studio and home base, The Bathouse. George Stroumboulopous will host the event and interview the band between live cuts from We Are The Same and classic favourites.

Tickets are available at Cineplex starting on March 20th. Tickets are $20.95 for the performance, or $21.95 that also includes a copy of We Are The Same.

Stay tuned for a full list of over 80 participating theatres across the country.

2009 Hip 64 Tournament

2009 Hip 64 Tournament presented on Hipbase.com
Sixty-Four of your favourite Tragically Hip songs engaged in a head-to-head, bracketed tournament. You decide which songs advance by casting a daily ballot at The Hipbase. The tournament begins Monday, March 16th. Follow the Hip 64 Madness at Hipbase.com.

2009 Summer Tour Dates

Official tour dates are always available on thehip.com.

With the purchase of a ticket, The Hip are offering their fans the option to pre-order their highly anticipated 12th studio album, We Are The Same, due out April 7th, 2009. With the purchase of the album, Hip fanatics will also receive a bonus live album, Live From The Vault: Volume 4, that is not available in stores.

04/27/09: Centre In The Square: Kitchener, ON Canada
Tickets: www.centre-square.com & livenation.com

04/28/09: Centre In The Square: Kitchener, ON Canada
Tickets: www.centre-square.com & livenation.com

04/29/09: Centre In The Square: Kitchener, ON Canada
Tickets: www.centre-square.com & livenation.com

05/01/09: Metropolis: Montreal, QC Canada
Tickets: www.ticketpro.ca

05/02/09: Metropolis: Montreal, QC Canada
Tickets: www.ticketpro.ca

05/04/09: Le Capitole: Quebec, QC Canada
Tickets: www.billetech.com

05/07/09: The Fillmore at Theatre of Living Arts: Philadelphia, PA United States
Tickets: www.livenation.com

05/08/09: Nokia Theatre: New York City, NY United States
Tickets: www.ticketmaster.com

05/09/09: House of Blues: Boston, MA United States
Tickets: www.ticketmaster.com

05/11/09: Massey Hall: Toronto, ON Canada
Tickets: livenation.com & ticketmaster.ca

05/12/09: Massey Hall: Toronto, ON Canada
Tickets: livenation.com & ticketmaster.ca

05/14/09: Massey Hall: Toronto, ON Canada
Tickets: livenation.com & ticketmaster.ca

05/15/09: Massey Hall: Toronto, ON Canada
Tickets: livenation.com & ticketmaster.ca

05/16/09: Massey Hall: Toronto, ON Canada
Tickets: livenation.com & ticketmaster.ca

05/23/09: K-Rock Centre: Kingston, ON Canada
Tickets: www.k-rockcentre.com & www.livenation.com

05/26/09: Vic Theatre: Chicago, IL United States
Tickets: www.ticketmaster.com

05/27/09: Vic Theatre: Chicago, IL United States
Tickets: www.ticketmaster.com

05/29/09: The Fillmore: Detroit, MI United States
Tickets: www.livenation.com

05/30/09: The Fillmore: Detroit, MI United States
Tickets: www.livenation.com

05/31/09: House of Blues: Cleveland, OH United States
Tickets: www.ticketmaster.com

06/02/09: Artpark: Lewiston, NY United States
Tickets: www.tickets.com

06/04/09: Artpark: Lewiston, NY United States
Tickets: www.tickets.com

06/05/09: Artpark: Lewiston, NY United States
Tickets: www.tickets.com

06/06/09: Artpark: Lewiston, NY United States
Tickets: www.tickets.com

06/09/09: The Troubadour: Los Angeles, CA United States
Tickets: www.ticketmaster.com

06/10/09: The Troubadour: Los Angeles, CA United States
Tickets: www.ticketmaster.com

06/11/09: The Troubadour: Los Angeles, CA United States
Tickets: www.ticketmaster.com

06/13/09: The Fillmore: San Francisco, CA United States
Tickets: www.livenation.com

06/14/09: The Fillmore: San Francisco, CA United States
Tickets: www.livenation.com

06/16/09: Wonder Ballroom: Portland, OR United States
Tickets: www.ticketmaster.com

06/17/09: The Moore Theatre: Seatle, WA United States
Tickets: www.stgpresents.org

06/20/09: Save On Foods Memorial Centre: Victoria, BC Canada
Tickets: www.selectyourtickets.com & www.livenation.com

06/22/09: Orpheum Theatre: Vancouver, BC Canada
Tickets: www.ticketmaster.com & www.livenation.com

06/23/09: Orpheum Theatre: Vancouver, BC Canada
Tickets: www.ticketmaster.com & www.livenation.com

06/24/09: Orpheum Theatre: Vancouver, BC Canada
Tickets: www.ticketmaster.com & www.livenation.com

07/23/09: Harris Park: London, ON Canada
Tickets: www.rockthepark.ca

09/09/09: Centennial Concert Hall: Winnipeg, MB Canada
Tickets: www.ticketmaster.ca

09/10/09: Centennial Concert Hall: Winnipeg, MB Canada
Tickets: www.ticketmaster.ca

09/11/09: Centennial Concert Hall: Winnipeg, MB Canada
Tickets: www.ticketmaster.ca

09/14/09: Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium: Edmonton, AB Canada
Tickets: www.ticketmaster.ca

09/16/09: Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium: Edmonton, AB Canada
Tickets: www.ticketmaster.ca

09/17/09: Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium: Edmonton, AB Canada
Tickets: www.ticketmaster.ca

09/19/09: Eric Harvie Theatre: Banff, AB Canada
Tickets: www.ticketmaster.ca

09/21/09: Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium: Calgary, AB Canada
Tickets: www.ticketmaster.ca

09/23/09: Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium: Calgary, AB Canada
Tickets: www.ticketmaster.ca

09/24/09: Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium: Calgary, AB Canada
Tickets: www.ticketmaster.ca

09/26/09: National Arts Centre: Ottawa, ON Canada
Tickets: www.livenation.com & www.ticketmaster.ca

09/27/09: National Arts Centre: Ottawa, ON Canada
Tickets: www.livenation.com & www.ticketmaster.ca

09/28/09: National Arts Centre: Ottawa, ON Canada
Tickets: www.livenation.com & www.ticketmaster.ca

“We Are The Same” iTunes Canada Pre-sale with bonus

We Are The SameStarting Friday, February 27th, through iTunes Canada, We Are The Same can be pre-ordered.

All purchasers will receive the full album on Tuesday, April 7th. The pre-order version also comes with an exclusive bonus track, ‘Hush‘. Just when you thought this news could not get any better, when you purchase the album, you will also receive an Instant Gratification Gift from iTunes. At time of purchase, ‘Love Is A First’, will be downloaded into your iTunes player for your listening pleasure.

Alternatively, Love Is A First can be purchased on it’s own right now.

Stay tuned to thehip.com and your inboxes for the next wave of exciting news on Monday morning, including more album pre-sale options.

Ten Years Later: 1999-02-22 – Toronto, ON (Air Canada Centre)

It’s hard to believe it’s been 10 years since The Hip took the stage at the Air Canada Centre as the first* act to rock the hanger.

Here’s what Jam! Canoe had to say about the show:

The Tragically Hip strikes an inaugural chord with fans at The Hangar
By JANE STEVENSON — Toronto Sun

Hockey, hoops and now The Hip.

The new Air Canada Centre, christened over the weekend with its first hockey and basketball games, saw its inaugural rock concert last night as Canada’s biggest band, The Tragically Hip, made a triumphant return to T.O. to play the first of two, back-to-back, sold-out shows.

Led by the always entertaining Gord Downie, the Kingston, Ont., fivesome took the stage in their typical low-key fashion before 20,000 nonetheless ecstatic fans at the swanky, $265-million sports and entertainment venue.

“Hey, guess it’s time for Something On,” said Downie, as he launched his band into the first song of the night from their latest album, Phantom Power.

But the audience, albeit immediately on their feet, didn’t really get going until Downie, equal parts vaudeville performer and English professor, introduced the follow-up song, 50 Mission Cap.

As The Hip performed their well-known anthem about Leafs legend Bill Barilko, they shone their stage lights on the fans on the floor below who roared their approval and basically went nuts.

Unfortunately, the group lost a bit of that momentum during the next two draggy numbers before cranking up the energy again with Courage, which prompted the first sing-and-clap-along of the night, and the stellar Poets featuring the fine guitar work of Bobby Baker.

The Hip’s stage was supposed to resemble an old theatre with red velvet drapes, gold tassles and an impressive chandelier — appropriate for The Phantom Of The Opera — but the blue sky backdrop was somewhat distracting in terms of that concept. Still, the backdrop came in pretty handy during the projection of trippy coloured cells during Courage.

Opening for The Hip were Toronto’s own pop-rockers, By Divine Right, whose excellent sophomore album, Bless This Mess, is in stores today.

BDR’s singer-guitarist Jose Contreras, drummer Mark Goldstein, bassist Brendan Canning and guitarist-keyboardist Leslie Feist had the right idea in terms of getting people’s attention as they straggled into the venue before The Hip went on. The quartet took the stage in brightly coloured pajamas and made it all seem appropriate.

“Hello Air Canada Centre!” yelled Contreras, who slightly recalled the Afghan Whigs’ Greg Dulli in looks, mannerisms and voice.

Reviewers, meanwhile, were put in the top rows of the venue’s platinum level, which is closest to the floor, and with both Contreras and Downie’s vocals sounding pretty muddy at times, you can bet there were some sound problems way up above in the nosebleed section.

What do you expect from a venue with a tin roof?

Still, with its wider seats, generous leg room, lower ceiling, acoustic panels and expansive hallways, the ACC is obviously trying to offer a more comfortable and enjoyable concert-going experience than Maple Leaf Gardens.

Whether it’s going to be sonically superior will take a few more concerts to figure out.

Naturally, a lot depends upon the band’s P.A. system and in the case of The Hip, they certainly try to look after their audiences.

The same can be said of The Rolling Stones who pull into the ACC on Thursday night with their No Security tour.

And if you want to hear what it sounded like, here’s the show in FLAC. Thanks to Dreyfuss aka Steve Stroud for taping and sharing.

Right click and save each linked FLAC file.

Disc 1
01. Something On
02. Fifty Mission Cap
03. Giftshop
04. Membership
05. Courage
06. Poets
07. Cordelia
08. Vapour Trails
09. Ahead By A Century
10. Lionized
11. Bobcaygeon
12. Nautical Disaster
13. Springtime In Vienna
14. Fireworks
15. Blow At High Dough

Disc 2
01. Escape Is At Hand For The Travellin’ Man
02. At The Hundredth Meridian
03. First Encore
04. Save The Planet
05. Scared
06. Fire In The Hole
07. Second Encore
08. Grace, Too
09. The Rules
10. New Orleans Is Sinking

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Text File

* Some will claim that By Divine Right – the nights opening act – were the “first” but come on… people were there to see The Hip.

Ringtone: “Love Is A First”

Fans can listen to a very very short clip of “Love Is A First” on the MyTelus site by following these steps:

  • Click “Tragically Hip ‘s ringtones” link on the left side of the page.
  • On new page click on “Click here to get a list of Tragically Hip ‘s ringtones” link the middle of the page – opening a new window.
  • Scroll down and click on “more matching ringtones >>” link.
  • Find Love Is A First

And if that doesn’t work – here’s a link to the sample MP3.

Hidden Tracks: The Tragically Hip are Just That

To read the complete article, please visit NBC Philadelphia.

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When Springsteen’s “Darkness on the Edge of Town” came out, I was standing in the record store, waiting for UPS to deliver the shipment. I had to buy 3 copies — my buddies had to work, so it was my duty to get the first ones.

So when I heard that this week’s band is coming out with a new disc in April, I felt compelled to write about their previous one. The Tragically Hip should be better known then they are. And if you doubt me go out and grab “World Container.”

From “Yer Not the Ocean”, the opening track to “Last Night I Dreamed You Didn’t Love Me” this Canadian quintet hits all the right notes. They find unique ways of expressing eternal ideas.

They bring a northern sense to their music. And it’s perfectly expressed in “The Lonely End of the Rink”: a song about that’s about misfit love. Or hockey…I haven’t really decided which yet.

“The Kids Don’t Get It” is what rock is supposed to be; heavy guitars, and lyrics that you have to think about more than once to get the message. “In View,” “Fly” and the title track are unlike most music you have heard.
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To read the complete article, please visit NBC Philadelphia.