Esteemed alt-country rockers Blue Rodeo announce they’ll be returning to Toronto on August 24th for their annual summer night of fun at Budweiser Stage. The band is coming off a successful 2023, having played shows across the nation in celebration of the 30th anniversary of their massively acclaimed fifth studio album Five Days in July. Joining them for their hometown show are fellow Canadians, indie rocker Matt Mays and 2024 Juno-nominee Begonia.
“Happy 30th anniversary to Budweiser Stage! Looking forward to celebrating – along with Matt Mays and Begonia – with all of you this summer.”
Now, with their 16th Warner Music Canada studio album – Many A Mile – Blue Rodeo’s successes are measured in terms that include induction into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame (2012), receiving a Governor General’s Performing Arts Award (2014) and acknowledgement that the band has steadfastly defined itself by its own terms, and in the years that ensued, sold in excess of four million records.
Reflecting back on three decades of successes and those early Blue Rodeo days, both Jim and Greg are able to fully appreciate where the band sits in the pantheon of music. “Success seemed really real when we were entertaining people at The Horseshoe. That was the top of the heap for us,” Cuddy says. “When you look back, you realize that it has just been this beautiful dream.”
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