Apr 15 2015 – The Tragically Hip is one of Canada’s top live rock outfits and they proved it once again to a capacity crowd at Oshawa’s GM Centre. It was a celebration of the re-issue of one of the greatest albums in Canadian rock history, The Tragically Hip’s classic Fully Completely which was performed in its entirety. Originally released on October 6, 1992 it went on to sell more than a million copies and was certified Diamond by Music Canada in January 2007.
The crowd erupted with the opening chords of Courage and everyone in the arena was on their feet singing and dancing for the entire album. Gord Downie was his usual energetic self, gyrating to the music and appearing to talk to someone who wasn’t actually there. Downie is the consummate showman who effortlessly got everyone in the audience moving and singing along.
The Tragically Hip are five friends who grew up in Kingston, Ontario. The band consists of Rob Baker (guitar), Gord Downie (vocals, guitar), Johnny Fay (drums), Paul Langlois (guitar) and Gord Sinclair (bass), The Hip has achieved the enviable status of a band that has a strong emotional connection between their fans and their music.
The Set List
- Grace, Too
- At Transformation
- Man Machine Poem
- In View
- My Music at Work
Fully Completely
- Courage
- Looking for a Place to Happen
- At the Hundredth Meridian
- Pigeon Camera
- Lionized
- Locked in the Trunk of a Car
- We’ll Go Too
- Fully Completely
- Fifty-Mission Cap
- Wheat Kings
- The Wherewithal
- Eldorado
Encore:
- Fireworks
- Boots or Hearts
- Bobcaygeon
- New Orleans Is Sinking
- Little Bones
