The Tragically Hip

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The Tragically Hip
The Tragically Hip play during a stop at the Orpheum in Vancouver on June 22, 2009 during their tour supporting the album We are the Same
The Tragically Hip play during a stop at the Orpheum in Vancouver on June 22, 2009 during their tour supporting the album We are the Same
Background information
OriginKingston, Ontario, Canada
Genres
Years active1984–2017
Labels
Past membersRob Baker
Gord Downie
Johnny Fay
Paul Langlois
Gord Sinclair
Davis Manning
Websitethehip.com

The Tragically Hip, often referred to simply as the Hip, was a Canadian rock band formed in Kingston, Ontario in 1984, consisting of vocalist Gord Downie, guitarist Paul Langlois, guitarist Rob Baker (known as Bobby Baker until 1994), bassist Gord Sinclair, and drummer Johnny Fay. They released 13 studio albums, one live album, one EP, and over 50 singles over a 33-year career. Nine of their albums have reached No. 1 on the Canadian charts. They have received numerous Canadian music awards, including 17 Juno Awards. Between 1996 and 2016, the Tragically Hip were the best-selling Canadian band in Canada and the fourth best-selling Canadian artist overall in Canada.[1]

Following Downie's diagnosis with terminal brain cancer in 2015, the band undertook a tour of Canada in support of their thirteenth album, Man Machine Poem.[2] The tour's final concert, which would ultimately be the band's last show, was held at the Rogers K-Rock Centre in Kingston on August 20, 2016, and broadcast globally by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation as a cross-platform television, radio and internet streaming special.[3]

After Downie died on October 17, 2017,[4] the band announced in July 2018 that they would no longer perform under the name.[5] The surviving members have, however, continued to pursue other musical projects, and have begun releasing deluxe reissues of their albums featuring previously unreleased songs from the band's archives.

  1. ^ "Nielsen Music & Billboard Present Canada 150 Charts" (PDF). bdsradio.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 2, 2020. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
  2. ^ Fraser, Laura. "Gord Downie's 'incurable' brain cancer won't keep him from singing, his doctor says". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved May 24, 2016.
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  4. ^ Mazerolle, John (October 18, 2017). "Tragically Hip's Gord Downie dead at 53". CBC News. Retrieved October 18, 2017.
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