After ten years since their final performance, The Tragically Hip is gearing up to rebroadcast the 2016 Man Machine Poem concert on CBC this summer for Canadians to relive. Scheduled for August 22, fans can tune in to watch The Tragically Hip: A National Celebration concert at 7 p.m. local time on CBC TV, CBC Gem, CBC Radio, and CBC Music’s YouTube page.
The original concert occurred in Kingston, Ontario, The Hip’s hometown, on August 20, 2016, and was broadcasted on CBC with an impressive viewership of 11.7 million. This concert marked the band’s final tour before the passing of lead singer Gord Downie, who succumbed to brain cancer on October 17, 2017.
In honor of this event, the band will also be releasing a new live album on August 21, titled The Tragically Hip: Live July 22 – August 20, 2016. This album was mixed and mastered by the band’s seasoned audio engineer, Mark Vreeken, and will showcase live recordings of popular tracks like Ahead By a Century, New Orleans is Sinking, and more from their last nationwide tour.
The live renditions of Fifty-Mission Cap, captured in Edmonton, and Locked In The Trunk Of A Car, from the final Kingston performance, are already available. Looking ahead, The Tragically Hip is set to be inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame in September at Toronto’s Massey Hall.