The Tragically Hip is gearing up to broadcast the 2016 Man Machine Poem concert, marking a decade since their last show. Canadians will have the opportunity to relive the experience through a special airing on CBC this summer.
Scheduled for August 22, fans can catch The Tragically Hip: A National Celebration concert at 7 p.m. local time on various CBC platforms including CBC TV, CBC Gem, CBC Radio, and CBC Music’s YouTube page. The original concert took place in Kingston, Ont., the band’s hometown, on August 20, 2016, and garnered a viewership of 11.7 million on CBC. This concert was part of the band’s final tour before the passing of lead singer Gord Downie from brain cancer on October 17, 2017.
In honor of the event, the band will release a new live album titled The Tragically Hip: Live July 22 – August 20, 2016 on August 21, just a day before the broadcast. The album, mixed and mastered by the band’s longtime audio engineer Mark Vreeken, will include live renditions of popular tracks like Ahead By a Century, New Orleans is Sinking, and more from their last nationwide tour.
Live recordings of Fifty-Mission Cap from Edmonton and Locked In The Trunk Of A Car from the final Kingston performance are already available. Additionally, the band is set to be inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame at Toronto’s Massey Hall in September.
