1993
UB campus...School Of Fish opened for them
the boys ended early after being pelted with shit thrown from the crowd
May 11 1995, Wild Wild West in Tucson AZ - still have the ticket stub. Was there on business and heard on the local radio station they were playing that night. I knew about them but didn’t even have one of their albums. Bought a $10 ticket at the door... best money I ever spent. They absolutely blew the roof off that place.
January 1999 at the Charlottetown Civic Centre, the Phantom Power tour. I was just really starting to get into The Hip at the time, it was a good show. The setlist was heavy on PP material (9 songs in all), though sadly no "vapour trails"
I had been a huge fan starting around 1996. In 2004 I convinced my buddy to go see them live in Sudbury by saying "Buddy can you afford $25 bucks? The second they got on stage and hit their first note I said "I wanna see these guys again!!!" That was 14 shows ago!
ron Wrote:1994 Horizontal boogie bar Rochester , New York w/ Spirit of the West opening.
I was at that show too. Not my first but it was a great show. Met Gord at the hotel we were staying at.
Phantom51 Wrote:ron Wrote:1994 Horizontal boogie bar Rochester , New York w/ Spirit of the West opening.
I was at that show too. Not my first but it was a great show. Met Gord at the hotel we were staying at.
Here is an old admission ticket from that show:
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11/13/96 Northlands Coliseum, Edmonton, AB
All I remember is a really tall bald guy in the front row.
1991 in Toronto @ the Concert Hall.
Joey Vandetta introduced them.
Flies on Fire were the opening act.
Three Pistols first song!!
June 16th, 2006 - Pittsburgh, PA
Drove all the way up from VA to see them at the Two Rivers Art Park (or whatever it's called.) Met a ton of Hipbasers, got to be five feet from Gord (and meet them after the show!), awesome times.
Benefit of seeing them so late: I can actually pull up clips on Youtube of my first Hip show.
Here's "Gus."
July '95, ARA Markham Fairgrounds: AMAZING show, great vibe...John popper guesting on Fight, and gift shop long before the henhouse release.
June 21, 2003 at SkyDome. Concert for Toronto. Wanted to see BNL and OLP too, but I had always wanted to see The Hip. Short set, but I was hooked. I still remember when they opened with Grace, Too.
being from niagara falls, ny you would think it was early. but i moved to florida in 1988. my younger brother was visiting with a friend and turned me onto up to here. have been a rabid fan ever since. unfortunately being in the vey south end of our country i never got the opportunity till 2002, when during the ivl tour they came to orlando and the house of blues. such a great show. brought my boss and a hip virgin. all he could say was "wow". since then have devoured everything hip for 20 some years. would love another southern swing. the show was small and full of expats. i was 5 feet from paul the whole show. and never forget kind of evening.
Aug 1993 at Chene Park in Detroit MI. Good show, didn't really convert me but it was entertaining. I didn't seen the Hip again until 1998 at the Toledo Zoo. THAT was the show that sold me...I GOT IT. Been hooked ever since.
Jan 1, 2000. My first non-friends from high school concert. The first professional musician I ever heard sing on a stage was Sarah Harmer. The live music obsession began that day.
What a solid lineup. Sarah Harmer, Julia Dorion, Headstones, Treble Charger, Watchmen, Cash Brothers and Das Hip.
1993 at UB
I think the boys walked off early , after Gord got hit with a thrown jug of some sort
School Of Fish opened up the show
And Doug Gilmour and the Leaf's were battling Detroit in the playoffs