There have obviously been a lot of highlights in The Tragically Hip‘s long and illustrious career: They hold the record for most number one debut’s on the Canadian album charts (8 of them!), no fewer than 14 Juno awards, Honorary fellowships to the Royal Conservatory of Music and of course the greatest honour of all, appearing on Oh! Canada 5.
To celebrate the launch of their 11th Studio album ‘We Are The Same’ earlier this year the band performed a concert that was screened in over 80 cinemas around Canada. That album will see it’s UK release on 17th November, and to mark it the band embark on the following European dates:
11/22/09 Luxor: Germany, DE
11/23/09 Effenaar: Eindhoven, NL
11/25/09 Oosterpoort: Groningen, Holland
11/26/09 Tivoli: Utrecht, Holland
11/27/09 Paradiso: Amsterdam, Holland
11/29/09 Ancienne Belgique: Brussels, Belgium
11/30/09 Forum: London, GB
12/02/09 Academy 3: Manchester, GB
12/03/09 The Garage: Glasgow, GB
12/04/09 The Village: Dublin, IE
The band have also produced a montage video containing three tracks from the forthcoming record
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ1nKqq90fk
Keep your eyes peeled for more from The Hip in the coming weeks.
Look/Listen:
www.myspace.com/thetragicallyhip
www.thehip.com
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