The Tragically Hip

For poet Damian Rogers no one combines the intimacy of poetry and arena rock’n’roll like Downie

Award-winning novelists Joseph and Amanda Boyden on a nation’s love for the ’imperfectly perfect’ Tragically Hip

The Halifax singer/songwriter on the Hip in the Canadian landscape — pure and cool and weird

The Tragically Hip is in Toronto for the first of three shows. Here’s the scene so far — as told by fans who are there

The Rheostatics’ Dave Bidini recalls playing with the Hip, and dispels the myth that Downie’s band never made it in the U.S.

’Every mix tape I ever made had at least one Hip song on it,’ says the Weakerthans’ John K. Samson

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

Blue Rodeo frontman Jim Cuddy reflects on three decades in music that saw his band cross paths repeatedly with the Tragically Hip

First stop in the province? London. Here’s a sense of the show — as told by those who were there

Canadians everywhere will tune in to the Hip’s show in Kingston on Aug. 20. Tell us: Where will you be watching?