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#BREAKING: The Tragically Hip--@thehipdotcom--to appear as #NHLFaceOff headline performer at Yonge-Dundas Square on Oct. 8! @NHL

I hope this is the first of several announcements!

*Yawn* I hope this isn't the only big announcement. A Hip show in Toronto is about as common as the sun rising. Let's hope there's some more interesting news forthcoming.

everyone is so negative
myself included
i remember when i was 17 a free hip show would have been the biggest news to me !

I guess they need to freshen things up !
Free is not good anymore

eatmecompletely Wrote:everyone is so negative
myself included
i remember when i was 17 a free hip show would have been the biggest news to me !

I guess they need to freshen things up !
Free is not good anymore

Don't get me wrong. If the Hip announced a free show in Calgary, I'd probably be pretty excited, because it never happens. But as I said, surprise Hip shows in Toronto are a dime a dozen.

I wonder if this is going to be a full concert or a small 5-10 song "greatest hockey hits" type set list show.

I would bet so much money on this ...

cochise Wrote:a small 5-10 song "greatest hockey hits" type set list show.

With the tour rumors for the winter, I'd guess they are using this show as a launch of a tour announcement similar to bands that play the Super Bowl announcing tours the day after. Not to say at all that this is the magnitude of a Super Bowl half time show, but it's at least some national exposure.

Also, there wouldn't have been the, "join the mailing list" post on Facebook from Mav if it was only this one event.

sullivand Wrote:I would bet so much money on this ...

cochise Wrote:a small 5-10 song "greatest hockey hits" type set list show.

:thumb:

New Songz!!

TORONTO / NEW YORK -- Canadian rock band, The Tragically Hip, will headline the 2014 Molson Canadian NHL Face-Off™, the National Hockey League's free hockey and music festival to celebrate the start of the 2014-15 season, at Yonge-Dundas Square in downtown Toronto on Wednesday, Oct. 8.

The Tragically Hip (@thehipdotcom) will perform a 45-minute performance set as part of the free concert, presented by SiriusXM Canada, at Yonge-Dundas Square prior to the 7:00 p.m. Toronto Maple Leafs ®-Montreal Canadiens® game. Portions of the band's set will be featured in Sportsnet's live national broadcast of the game. Critically acclaimed for more than two decades, The Tragically Hip has been at the heart of the Canadian musical zeitgeist for evoking a strong emotional connection between their music and their fans that remains unrivalled in this country. A five-piece group of friends including Robby Baker (guitar), Gordon Downie (vocals, guitar), Johnny Fay (drums), Paul Langlois (guitar) and Gord Sinclair (bass), who grew up in Kingston, Ontario, The Hip has achieved the enviable status of a band that enjoys both mass popularity with more than 8 million albums sold worldwide, as well as peer recognition through 14 Juno Awards from more than a dozen recordings. Their studio catalogue includes their self-titled debut album "The Tragically Hip" (1987), "Up To Here" (1989), "Road Apples" (1991), "Fully Completely" (1992), "Day For Night" (1994), "Trouble At The Henhouse" (1996), "Phantom Power" (1998), "Music @ Work" (2000), "In Violet Light" (2002), "In Between Evolution" (2004), "World Container" (2006), "We Are The Same" (2009) and "Now For Plan A" (2012).

cochise Wrote:I wonder if this is going to be a full concert or a small 5-10 song "greatest hockey hits" type set list show.

45 minute set.

direwolf74 Wrote:*Yawn* I hope this isn't the only big announcement. A Hip show in Toronto is about as common as the sun rising. Let's hope there's some more interesting news forthcoming.

It says a lot about the state of things with this band when their most dedicated and fervent fans are yawning at a free show. Even more given that the band hasn't played live in ages.

And the thing is, I completely agree with direwolf. This is such a gimme: TTH performing on Rogers for the start of the NHL season? Imagine what non-fans are going to think. "Oh, of course The Hip are opening for Hockey Night in Canada." This band is on the verge of becoming so one-dimensional it's scary.

But hey, Fireworks everyone! Bobby Orr! Don Cherry thumbs up good Canadian boys!

I am totally pumped for this, should be awesome. Hearing the sound of The Hip reverberating through the downtown is going to be cool.

It's going to be amazing news