On the Hip’s final tour, and enduring illness on stage
Spirit of the West’s Geoffrey Kelly on watching his own bandmate make it through a final tour—and how much fun it was to watch the Hip one last time
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Michael Barclay
Michael Barclay is a copy editor at Maclean’s and a freelance music writer. He’s been nominated for a National Magazine Award, blogs at Radio Free Canuckistan, is a juror for the Polaris Prize, and is co-author of the acclaimed Canadian music history book ’Have Not Been the Same: The CanRock Renaissance 1985-1995’ (ECW, 2001; revised 2011).
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