FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

PRESS RELEASE

JACK FM, THE OCEAN, & TIMES COLONIST PRESENT

BLUE RODEO With Special Guests The Sky Diggers

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24TH, 2009
SAVE ON FOODS MEMORIAL CENTRE – VICTORIA, BC
DOORS 6:30 PM
SHOW 7:30PM


The definition of a rebel is someone who goes against the grain.  Damn the torpedoes!  Full speed ahead!  For nearly thirty years, Blue Rodeo has taken the road less traveled - and succeeded far beyond anyone's expectations.  The band emerged in the early 80's as a countrified rock band in the era of hair metal and glossy pop.  Despite sticking out like a sore thumb (or maybe because of it), their single "Try" became omnipresent on radio across Canada and set in motion a three decade long career of headlining every club, theatre and hockey arena in Canada.  In 1993, when grunge rock was squeezing commercial rock off the radio, they recorded their quietest album, Five Days In July, and scored their biggest hit selling over a half million copies of that one record alone.  And now, in the digital age, while everyone else is think of ways to sell single songs through the internet or snippets of songs on cell phones, Blue Rodeo has recorded a double album designed specifically to be enjoyed on vinyl.  Due for release on November 10, The Things We Left Behind, is the real deal.  Double gate-fold sleeve, 12 x 12 cover and two records, four distinct sides programmed to take the listener on a trip.

Blue Rodeo has delivered summer anthems and highway tunes, wedding songs and prom themes.  They’ve represented Canada musically at World Fairs and the Olympics, on late-night talk shows and in big Hollywood pictures.  You’ve heard them at hockey games and playing at the cottage down by the lake and yet, for all their success, for each listener they are confidantes. Close friends who tell important truths. Good buddies who get you smiling again.

• Blue Rodeo was recently given a Star on Canada’s Walk of Fame.  The band has won 12 Juno Awards, including a record breaking 5 Group of the Year Junos and the 2008 Juno for Best Group, Best Adult Alternative Album & Best Video.

• Blue Rodeo, led by songwriter/vocalist/guitarist combo Greg Keelor and Jim Cuddy, has amassed over 4 Million units in sales and has never released a studio album in its 20+ year recording history that hasn't achieved a minimum Gold Sales level.

• Blue Rodeo’s Small Miracles tour was in the top 100 grossing tours worldwide in Pollstar’s 2008 mid-year report.  At radio, Small Miracles charted in the US on R&R’s 2008 Top 100 Americana Airplay Chart while in Canada “This Town” charted Top 20 on the 2008 AC Airplay Chart.
Don’t miss Blue Rodeo with special guests The Skydiggers at Save On Foods Memorial Centre on November 24, 2009!
TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2ND @ 10AM

Tickets (incl. GST) $55.50 & $42.50  (Plus FMF & Service charges)

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