Gord Downie, Tragically Hip, has terminal cancer

[Mx. Canadian Destroyer]

https://www.google.ca/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=cbc%20gord%20downy

Pretty shitty news to wake up to. They're going on one last tour. 

[IDOL]

It really is a shame, being just south of the River from Ontario, The Hip has a massive following here. Got to see them play a couple years back and it was one of the best concerts I've been to.

[RPS]

Yeah, I am not a huge Hip fan, but I grew up close to Kingston, so I grew up hearing their songs and having people talk about how great they are, so I may actually try to get a ticket to one of their shows. Terrible news because they are a national treasure. 

[apsham]

I really want to go to one of the shows on this last tour but it's.. it's a hard thought.

[Draevyn]

I love Tragically Hip and was absolutely gutted when I heard this. I'm very sad that they're not coming close to me for their last tour but I get it. I'm very surprised they're doing the dates that they are doing to be honest.

[RPS]

Honestly, this may  sound really terrible, but being a Canadian rock band is not a very lucrative gig. My thought is that a) Gord wanted to do one last tour for himself and b) he wanted to leave the band with a little something before he goes. 

[Draevyn]

Tonight The Hip are playing live on CBC and I couldn't be more pumped for it. I wish they would've come further east but this is a good enough consolation to me. 

[Ruki]

 

Their final show, starting soon.

I'm not a fan of the Hip, but I do know that they make good music. They are Canada's band and tonight is an end of an era.

[Draevyn]

I admit that I had to stop watching with about 10 minutes to go. Just the sight of all the fans in tears and Gord nearly breaking down made me tear up.

[munky]

That was a hell of a show.

I'm a 37 year old Canadian male, so The Hip have pretty much been a presence for my whole life.

[Moses Julep]

It is very hard not to like the Tragically Hip. They were never as big in Quebec as they were across the rest of the country, at least with my generation, but they were always around, always churning out hits and catchy songs and Gordie was always present on a national scale. I did manage to catch parts of the concert and I do not think i am likely to forget their performance of "Grace, Too" - that was probably one of the most heart-wrenching, emotionally unsettling performance of any song I have ever seen. They really did go out with a bang. 

[Mx. Canadian Destroyer]

Gord Downie has passed away.

http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/entertainment/gord-downie-obit-1.4359906

Fucking hell. 

[Draevyn]

This was the news that I was woken up to. I mean we knew it was coming but I just felt like he was hanging on so well.