[NWOntario]

I thought I'd wake up feeling a little better this morning, but I don't. It still feels like I've been sucker-punched in the gut. Seeing those tour dates pop up was very bittersweet, knowing it's likely the last. Same with the new album. Right now I just can't believe it might be their last one.

I was just about to post a new topic on this question -- i.e. is this actually confirmed as the "last" tour? Then I thought maybe it would be seen as insensitive to ask that, so I deleted my post. I re-read the Hip's announcement and it doesn't actually say it is the last tour or a farewell tour. I realize that is all likely and that there could be no guarantees at this point, but am I right that the band itself (or their management) has not said this is the "last" one?

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They didn't officially say it was the last. But I don't think it would be insensitive to assume that it might be. Over the last 24 hours, everybody on this forum has been talking about saying goodbye, etc..

It feels like a lot of people--not on here, but in the media and on social media especially--are eager to write Gord's eulogy. It's disgusting. But what we don't know, and I don't imagine the band does either, is what happens after Kingston. I'm guessing the tour's ending in Kingston in case this is the end, and that way they can go out with an epic hometown blowout. After that, it'll be up to the band in general and Gord in particular to see what happens next. But the tour was announced to support MMP. It wasn't billed as a farewell tour or a f*ck cancer tour or whatever. Heck, even the announcement yesterday said they'd be doing "another" tour, not "one more" tour.

Or maybe they do know it's the end and just don't want to make an official announcement, which is obviously their prerogative.