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Winnipeg Free Press
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Winnipeg Free Press
Blue Rodeo, 40, to stage two shows in city
Canadian alt-country band Blue Rodeo is touring coast to coast in 2025 to celebrate four decades of making music. Frontmen Jim Cuddy and Greg Keelor founded the band in the '80s and have been a constant ever since, creating such hits as Try, Lost Together, After the Rain and Five Days in May, and winning multiple Juno Awards. The members of the Canadian Music Hall of Fame will play two shows in Winnipeg at the Burton Cummings Theatre on Oct. 16 and 17. Tickets go on sale Friday, June 6, at 10 a.m. at Joining the band on all dates is singer-songwriter Adam Baldwin. Amber Bracken / The Canadian Press Blue Rodeo's Jim Cuddy (left) and Greg Keelor: Lost Together again after 40 years.
Winnipeg Free Press
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Winnipeg Free Press
Blue Rodeo celebrating 40 years with 2 Winnipeg shows
Canadian alt-country band Blue Rodeo is touring coast to coast in 2025 to celebrate four decades of making music. Frontmen Jim Cuddy and Greg Keelor founded the band in the '80s and have been a constant ever since, creating such hits as Try, Lost Together, After the Rain and Five Days in May, and winning multiple Juno Awards. The members of the Canadian Music Hall of Fame will play two shows in Winnipeg at the Burton Cummings Theatre on Oct. 16 and 17. Tickets go on sale Friday, June 6, at 10 a.m. at Joining the band on all dates is singer-songwriter Adam Baldwin.
Montreal Gazette
26-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Montreal Gazette
Blue Rodeo to play free outdoor show at jazz fest
Blue Rodeo has been added to the lineup of this year's Montreal International Jazz Festival. The Canadian rockers will hit the TD Stage at Place des Festivals for a free outdoor show on June 27 at 9:30 p.m. They'll join an already packed schedule on the main free stage, including American soul legend Mavis Staples on June 26 and Esperanza Spalding on July 5. The Lost Together hitmakers celebrated their 40th anniversary as a band in 2024. They were also inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 2012 and received their own stamp from Canada Post earlier this year. Blue Rodeo are no strangers to the city. They most recently played Place des Arts in 2022 and 2023. For the latter, they played their album Five Days in July in its entirety to mark its 30th anniversary. The group, led by Jim Cuddy and Greg Keelor, released Blue Rodeo Greatest Hits: Vol. 2 in March. The 45th Montreal International Jazz Festival runs from June 26 to July 5.
Calgary Herald
16-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Calgary Herald
'It's a lovely payoff': Glass Tiger, Sum 41 among the six artists inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in Calgary on Thursday night
Article content It seemed a very Canadian moment: Quiet, modest, a little self-deprecating. Article content At the National Music Centre on Thursday evening prior to the Canadian Music Hall of Fame Induction ceremony, the first of six inductees to hit the red carpet was singer-songwriter Dan Hill. Article content While these events tend to be fuelled by the mutual admiration, attendees seemed to be particularly enthused about Hill finally being inducted nearly 50 years after scoring the global hit Sometimes When We Touch. Article content Article content These days, the soft-spoken songwriter may be better known for his work behind-the-scenes writing and producing hits for stars such as Celine Dion, Britney Spears, The Backstreet Boys and Rod Stewart. But the respect from his peers was apparent. Country singer Beverley Mahood, who inducted Hill into the Hall of Fame later that night, snuck up behind him for a hug when he was being interviewed. Fellow 2025 inductee and Quebecois singer Ginette Reno said she wanted to hug him. 'I'm looking forward to taking him in my arms and holding him,' she said. Article content Article content 'Dan I know probably better than anybody,' he said. 'If anybody deserves to be in the Hall of Fame, it's Dan Hill.' Article content Hill, on the other hand, showed some genuine Canadian modesty when asked how it felt to be inducted after a half-century in the business. Article content 'I thought I was being pranked,' he told Postmedia on the red carpet. 'I couldn't really believe it. I'm very humbled.' Article content Article content On Thursday, the National Music Centre held its third induction ceremony since 2019. Since opening in 2016, the centre has been the physical home of the Canadian Music All of Fame. Hill, Reno, Glass Tiger, pop-punk band Sum 41 and Celtic-classical singer-songwriter Loreena McKennitt were in the class of 2025. Maestro Fresh Wes, who was inducted in into the Hall of Fame at the Junos in 2024 in Halifax, was also honoured. He is the first Canadian hip-hop artist to be inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. Article content The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences began inducting multiple artists in 2019 after realizing there were dozens of worthy contenders who had yet to honoured, far too many to be limited to one a year. The six artists were all on hand Thursday night. Article content There was a show-stopping performance by Reno, who turned 79 a few weeks ago, and a Glass Tiger medley to end the evening. Superstar Celine Dion made a surprise appearance, albeit via pre-recorded video, to honour Reno. The members of Sum 41 gathered for what will presumably be the last time after calling it quits this year after a 30-year career. Their final performance was in March during the Juno Awards in Vancouver.
CTV News
02-05-2025
- Entertainment
- CTV News
New NMC exhibition celebrates Canadian Music Hall of Fame class of 2025
A new NMC exhibition celebrates new Canadian Music Hall of Fame inductee Loreena McKennitt along with Ginette Reno, Dan Hill and members of Glass Tiger (Courtesy National Music Centre)
