Monday, December 21, 2009
Blue Rodeo on CBC The Hour
Tune into The Hour tonight, December 21, on CBC-TV at 9 pm EST to see Jim, Greg and Kathleen Edwards kick off the show!
And just to get you in the mood, check out this video from the Holiday Jam that happened on December 17.
Monday, December 14, 2009
Massey Hall Third Show Announced
Great news for those in the GTA. Blue Rodeo has added a third show to their stops at Massey Hall in Toronto. Tickets go on sale later this week for this February 4 show, but BlueRodeo.com has your presale tickets available tomorrow morning, December 15, at 11 am EST. Make sure you are logged into your BlueRodeo.com Members account in time for the sale.
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Olympic Spirit
In the midst of a 3-month Canadian Tour promoting their new album, The Things We Left Behind, Blue Rodeo has announced its participation in performing at the 2010 Winter Olympics this February. The band will be performing in Surrey, Whistler and Vancouver for the Olympic Celebrations. Check out the Tour page for a complete listing of dates on upcoming events.
Tuesday, December 08, 2009
A Second Hamilton Show and Blue Rodeo on CMT
BlueRodeo.com will be selling Best Seats tickets for a just announced second Hamilton, ON show. This Wednesday morning, December 9, at 11 am EST, log into your BlueRodeo.com members account for your opportunity to purchase tickets to this March 13, 2010 show.
And in other news, the roof top show that Blue Rodeo did back on November 10, which CMT filmed, will air this Sunday, December 13. Tune into CMT at 8 pm EST/ 9 PST to catch the show!
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
What A November!
It has been a very busy month of November for Blue Rodeo with no signs of stopping. Tonight, November 24, the guys are in Victoria, BC followed by two nights this Thursday and Friday in Vancouver, BC. Jim and Greg will find time to be guests on The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos this Wednesday, November 25. And then this Sunday, check out the CFL Grey Cup to hear Blue Rodeo on the halftime show.
If football is not your thing, and you're a SiriusCanada satellite radio subscriber, tune into the Iceberg85 Sunday night to hear a recording of Blue Rodeo live from the Molson Amphitheatre this past August.
And a reminder for all of you holiday shoppers. To ensure that anything you order from the BlueRodeo.com Store arrives before December 25 international customers should place orders no later than December 1, and customers in North America should order by December 11. While we try our very best, we can't guarantee delivery dates, so please do your shopping as soon as you can!
Ladies and Gentlemen..."Arizona Dust"!
Monday, November 16, 2009
Greg Keelor & Blue Rodeo Score Soundtrack
Alliance Films announced today that Greg Keelor and Blue Rodeo will score the soundtrack for an upcoming comic western titled GUNLESS. The film, scheduled for release in Spring 2010, stars Paul Gross and Sienna Guillory. Check out a trailer of the film at Gunless.ca
Earlier last week, Blue Rodeo celebrated the release of their new double album by throwing a roof top concert in downtown Toronto. Check out this video of "One More Night" captured that beautiful November afternoon!
Thursday, November 05, 2009
Blue Rodeo Throw a Street Party to Celebrate New Album
To celebrate the launch of their new double album, The Things We Left Behind, Blue Rodeo are throwing a street party in their hometown of Toronto. The band will perform selections from the new album from the roof of the Diesel Playhouse (55 Blue Jays Way) at 2:30 pm on Tuesday, November 10. The City of Toronto is closing off both Blue Jays Way and Mercer Street that afternoon for the special public performance.
Congratulations to BlueRodeo.com members getfit, Ann, Cruisegirl93, Virginia and paisleee who each won a pair of tickets to be on the roof for this show.
If you weren't lucky enough to get on to the roof, you're welcome to come on down and join the party on the street. You'll be able to watch the performance on large screens set up in front of the venue.
Monday, November 02, 2009
Cross-Canada National Tour 2010
BlueRodeo.com is excited to announce a cross-Canada 2010 tour that will take Blue Rodeo to over 30 cities. After kicking things off in Calgary on January 5, the band will hit the prairies, Northern Ontario, Quebec, Atlantic Canada, return to Southern Ontario and then wind up in Sault Ste Marie on April 10. See the full tour itinerary on the Tour page.
Beginning Monday, November 9, BlueRodeo.com will hold Best Seats ticket presales for all shows. As always, ticket presales are exclusive to BlueRodeo.com members, so if you don't have an account yet, simply join now. Presale start times will be posted later this week on the Tour page.
Friday, October 23, 2009
An Evening of The Things We Left Behind
BlueRodeo.com is proud to announce that Jim and Greg will be embarking on a unique promotional tour in support of the band’s new album, The Things We Left Behind. For the first time ever Jim and Greg will perform as a duo in five Canadian cities and, starting Monday morning, October 26, you will be able to buy tickets to these very special events right here through BlueRodeo.com!
As the band will be playing in intimate venues, total available tickets are limited so there will be a maximum of two tickets allowed per order. These shows will sell-out fast, so make sure that you are logged in to your BlueRodeo.com account in plenty of time before the sales start. Blue Rodeo has also arranged for $5 from every ticket sold to be donated to local charities.
If you haven't yet bought your copy of The Things We Left Behind, we'll make it a little bit easier for you. Purchase a pair of tickets to any one of these shows and we'll send you a promo code for $2 off the regular price of the CD or the LP/CD combo.
Visit the BlueRodeo.com Tickets page for show details including what time the presale starts in your timezone.
Monday, October 19, 2009
The Things We Left Behind
Be the first on your block to purchase The Things We Left Behind. The BlueRodeo.com presale for the new album is on now and as an added bonus for our presale buyers, we are throwing in a completely free and exclusive video download - an acoustic version of "One Light Left In Heaven" captured live in the Woodshed Studios with just Jim, Greg and Michael at the piano.
Canadian residents who purchase the album can expect to receive it on or about the November 10 release date. Other locales will follow soon after.
The double CD, with 16-page booklet and full colour art CD sleeves, comes in a two-panel gatefold digi-pack. Or take advantage of the warm, organic nature of the recording and grab the double vinyl package. The 12x12 double gatefold album comes with a lyrics insert as well as the double CDs in individual full colour art sleeves. That's four distinct sides programmed to take the listener on a trip.
But don't just take our word for it. Have a listen to the album yourself, now streaming online here at BlueRodeo.com. Over the next four weeks leading up to the November 10 release date, we will be previewing each of the four sides of the album.
Monday, October 12, 2009
Blue Rodeo Is Going To The Grey Cup
Canadian football fans and Blue Rodeo fans rejoice because your two favourite things are coming together on November 29. “I’ve been watching the Grey Cup all my life and it’s really exciting to be playing the Half-time show,” said Jim Cuddy. The CFL announced today that Blue Rodeo will play this year's halftime show, and you get to choose which songs the band plays!
Visit the "Name Your Playlist" contest at GreyCupHalfTimeShow.ca and select three songs from the following list of hits:
- Lost Together
- Hasn’t Hit Me Yet
- Rose Coloured Glasses
- Heart Like Mine
- Diamond Mine
- Trust Yourself
- C’mon
- Til I am Myself Again
- Walk Like You Don’t Mind
- Head Over Heels
Contest is open until November 20, with great weekly prize packs available to be won.
While music is undoubtedly Cuddy's and Keelor's bond, football also brought them together – literally.
“I was the quarterback of the junior team at our high school, and Greg was a senior defensive end, and somehow he missed the memo about not rocking the quarterback during a scrimmage,” Cuddy joked.
“To this day, I tell Jim that I knew back then: as quarterbacks go, he was going to be a great musician. It’s funny to think that 30 years later that we’re actually playing the Grey Cup,” Greg explained.
Thursday, October 01, 2009
Stratford!
Blue Rodeo is returning to the Festival Theatre in Stratford, ON, on December 4 and 5. And starting Monday October 5, at 11 am EDT, BlueRodeo.com will have tickets available for your presale purchases. Ensure that you are logged in to your BlueRodeo.com Member account (and that your payment and delivery info is all up-to-date) first thing Monday morning because these tickets will go fast!
Hey Western New York, we haven't forgotten about you! Tomorrow morning, October 2, at 11 am EDT, tickets for the November 19 show at the Riviera Theatre in North Tonawanda will be on sale through BlueRodeo.com.
Check out the Tickets page for links to all of these presales.
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
New Album Track List Revealed
Blue Rodeo's new album The Things We Left Behind is due to be released November 10, and we can now reveal the track listing for this double disc / double vinyl recording. Read on after the jump for the full run down.
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CD One
|
| Vinyl A |
Vinyl B |
| All The Things We Left Behind |
One Light Left In Heaven |
| One More Night |
Million Miles |
| Waiting For The World |
Gossip |
| Never Look Back |
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| Sheba |
|
| |
| CD Two |
| Vinyl C |
Vinyl D |
| Don't Let The Darkness In Your Head |
You Said |
| Arizona Dust |
And When You Wake Up |
| In My Bones |
Venus Rising |
| Candice |
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| Wasted |
|
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
BC Dates Announced with Presale Tickets
BC Blue Rodeo fans will not have to wait very long to hear songs from the brand new album. Nor will they have to wait very long to grab some Beat Seat concert tickets, because tomorrow morning, Wednesday, September 30, at 9 am PDT, BlueRodeo.com will hold presales for three upcoming BC shows scheduled for the end of November.
The shows, one in Victoria, and two in Vancouver, are on sale exclusively to BlueRodeo.com members, so make sure you're logged in and ready to go first thing tomorrow morning!
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Blue Rodeo Show Their Olympic Spirit at Vancouver 2010
It has been announced that Blue Rodeo will take part in
Whistler Live!, a free concert presented by the Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad. The performance is schedule for February 28, 2010, in the Whistler Village Square. You can visit the
Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad website for more information, and please also visit the
Official Website of Whistler. Some good advice: take the Sea to Sky Highway shuttle bus from Vancouver as this will be the best way to get into Whistler during the Olympics.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
UPDATE: US Dates Announced
Following the release of The Things We Left Behind on November 10, Blue Rodeo will make a brief trip to the US for a series of 5 dates, including two special nights in New York City: one, an acoustic performance and the other fully electric.
For a look at the complete list of shows, please visit the Tour page now. Information on ticket sales will be added as we receive it, so check back often. Tickets for these shows will be on sale to BlueRodeo.com members Thursday, September 17, in the BlueRodeo.com Store.
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Watch Canada's Walk of Fame Tonight
Canada's Walk of Fame
unveiled our very own Blue Rodeo's star on the walk yesterday in a Toronto ceremony. BlueRodeo.com members
Bluegirl and
julesheart
won a chance to be there. For the rest of us that weren't able to be
part of the action, Global Television and Slice will be airing last
night's festivities TONIGHT at 9 pm EST. It is almost like being there!
Tuesday, September 08, 2009
Blue Rodeo set to release new album on November 3
At last, the news you've all been waiting for: Blue Rodeo's twelfth studio album, The Things We Left Behind will be released on November 3, 2009.
We'll be sharing many more details in the coming weeks, so make sure you keep an on this space, and register for the BlueRodeo.com mailing list if you haven't already.
Monday, August 31, 2009
CBC-TV Documentaries
CBC-TV has a couple of very interesting documentaries airing on Thursday nights for the next few weeks. Each of these programs take a look back at the Canadian music scene in the 1970s and 1980s. This Beat Goes On focuses on the ground-breaking era of great sounds, from glam and progressive rock to punk and reggae of the 1970s. From Gordon Lightfoot and Burton Cummings to Trooper and Loverboy, by the end of the decade the Can-rock revolution had arrived.
The second documentary, Rise Up puts the spotlight on the 1980s, an era of big hair and bigger shoulder pads. MTV and MuchMusic have arrived, giving homegrown artists the ability to take off internationally. The late 80s sees the rise of some diverse new sounds, including the alt-country of our own Blue Rodeo and Cowboy Junkies and the hip hop beats of Maestro and Michie Mee.
Follow and join in on the conversation about these documentaries right now in the BlueRodeo.com forum. And check your local CBC-TV (and CBC Newsworld) schedules for dates and air times.
Monday, August 17, 2009
Catch The Swallows!
Glenn Michem’s side project, The Swallows, is touching down this Thursday, August 20, at Toronto’s Graffiti’s, located in Kensington Market. This pay-what-you-can show starts around 10, with doors opening at 9:30 pm.
Friday, August 07, 2009
A Concert for the Kids with the Jim Cuddy Band
On October 6, the Jim Cuddy Band will perform at the Grand Theatre in London, ON, for A Concert for the Kids, a fund raising event for the Make-A-Wish Foundation, Bethany's Hope Foundation and the George Bray Sports Association. Tickets for this very special show go onsale Monday, August 10 at 10 am EDT.
You must be a BlueRodeo.com member to take advantage of our presales, so create an account now if you don't have one already. And for a look at the complete list of upcoming JCB and Blue Rodeo shows, check out the Tour page.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Canada's Walk of Fame
Hey Blue Rodeo fans - we did it! Canada's Walk of Fame has just announced that one of this year's inductees is none other than our own Blue Rodeo! Congratulations! Without all of your support and votes, this obviously could not have happened. Give yourselves a pat on the back.
And big congrats to BlueRodeo.com members Bluegirl and julesheart for winning trips to the prestigious ceremony happening in September. They will have the opportunity to mingle with the stars!
Friday, May 29, 2009
Dougy, Cuddy & Friends Celebrity Bowl
On June 11, Jim Cuddy will co-host with Doug Gilmour the 6th Annual
Dougy, Cuddy & Friends Celebrity Bowl for Special Olympics Canada Foundation. This is always an inspiring afternoon of great fun and all for a very worthwhile cause. You can also be involved by submitting your own team, sponsoring a celebrity, or by contributing to Dougy's or Cuddy's pledge goals. Visit the
Dougy, Cuddy & Friends Celebrity Bowl website for all of the details.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Concert Announcements - Pointe-Claire, QC and St. John's, NF
The summer tour just keeps on filling with more and more dates. Today, we can announce two more. On June 27, Blue Rodeo will make their way over from Miramichi, NB to Pointe-Claire, QC for a show at the Fairview Centre Pointe-Claire. And then on July 30, the guys will find themselves at one of the biggest street parties in North America, at the George Street Festival in St. John's, NL.
Presale tickets for both of these concerts are available to BlueRodeo.com members Friday, May 22. Check the Store page for times and details.
Monday, May 11, 2009
Kitchener & Calgary Announcements
BlueRodeo.com has two concert announcements to make, which means two more presales this week. Kitchener-Waterloo and surrounding areas, tickets for the June 13 show at the Region of Waterloo International Airport go on sale Tuesday morning, May 12 at 11am EDT.
And for everyone in the Greater Calgary Area, you'll want to be logged in to BlueRodeo.com first thing Wednesday morning, May 13. Tickets for the July 2 show at Flames Central will be on sale at 10am MDT.
Check the Store Tickets page for links to the respective sales.
Friday, May 01, 2009
Presale Monday Morning for Toronto Amphitheatre
Blue Rodeo has confirmed their annual date at Toronto's Molson Amphitheatre, and which means BlueRodeo.com has an exciting presale for you! Monday, May 4, at 11am EDT, "best seats" tickets will be
available for presale to this August 27 show. Make sure you are logged in to your BlueRodeo.com member account ahead of time and ready to go!
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Kenora, ON Harbourfest Presale
Kenora, Ontario's biggest summer party will take place on the Harbourfront July 31, August 1 and 2. And you know that it just wouldn't be a summer party without Blue Rodeo! The band is confirmed to play on Sunday, August 2, and BlueRodeo.com will have general admission tickets available for
presale tomorrow morning, Wednesday, April 29 at 10am CDT.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
BC Shows Announced With Presales Too
Calling all Blue Rodeo fans in Penticton, Abbotsford and Vancouver - Blue Rodeo will be heading out west at the beginning of this June for a handful of shows. The shows are June 3 through 6 and are on sale to BlueRodeo.com members only on Wednesday, April 22 at 9am PDT. These shows are Best Seats sales, so ensure that you are logged into your account bright and early tomorrow morning to get the best seats you can. All ticket links can be found at the
Tickets page here.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Presales for Bala and Miramichi
BlueRodeo.com has two presales happening on April 15 for two very exciting shows! On May 30, Blue Rodeo will return to The Kee in Bala, ON. A favourite destination for both the band and the fans. Tickets for this show are on sale here at 12pm EDT noon on April 15.
And the other exciting concert announcement is June 26 at the Cultural Festival 2009 in Miramichi, NB. This marks the first time that Blue Rodeo will be performing in Miramichi. Tickets for this show are on sale here at 11am ADT on April 15.
See all upcoming concerts on the Tour page.
Monday, March 30, 2009
Juno Weekend Update
This past weekend in Vancouver, BC, Blue Rodeo added another Juno to their list of 
accomplishments. Blue Road was awarded Music DVD of the Year at the Juno Gala Evening presentations Saturday, March 29.
This win was just part of a big weekend for the guys. Friday night saw the Rockers finally beat the NHLers in the Juno Cup. "I don't know how this happened,", said team captain Jim Cuddy. "We're certainly not supposed to win." Other highlights included the Juno Songwriters' Circle, featuring Jim Cuddy and many others.
It seems that the only crack in the armour was a Juno Cup half-time show sing-off that saw NHL legend Lanny McDonald beat our Jim Cuddy. All in good fun of course!
Congratulations Blue Rodeo!
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Jim Cuddy Band Presale
River Place Park in Ayton, ON, is THE place to be on June 20 for all Blue Rodeo fans. That's when the Saugeen Summer Nights festival will be presenting a terrific line-up including Johnny Reid, Serena Ryder, Corb Lund, The Sadies, Mark Benson, and the Jim Cuddy Band. More to be announced.
As always, BlueRodeo.com gives you the chance to get tickets before the general public. Tomorrow morning, March 26 at 11am,
presale tickets will be available for
BlueRodeo.com members.
Monday, March 23, 2009
Songwriter's Circle
This Sunday, March 29, the Centre in Vancouver for Performing Arts will host the Juno Songwriters' Circle - Songs and Stories by Some of Canada's Finest Songwriters. This event will be hosted by Hawksley Workman and will feature our own Jim Cuddy & Greg Keelor along with Buffy Sainte-Marie, members of Doc Walker, Jacob Hoggard (Hedley), Ndidi Onukwulu, and Sarah Slean.
Tickets can be purchased through Ticketmaster, or if you aren't in the Vancouver area, listen live on CBC Radio 2 at 12 noon PST.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Sunderland Ontario!
It is now confirmed - Blue Rodeo will be coming back to Sunderland just in time to usher in summer! Friday, May 29, is the date to mark on your calendars, but more importantly, make sure that you are right here at BlueRodeo.com this Thursday morning (March 19) for the official presale. Tickets will go on sale at 11am EDT through the BlueRodeo.com store. If you haven't registered as a BlueRodeo.com member, you can follow this link.
This is always a popular concert on the Blue Rodeo tour, and has sold out the past few years in a row.
Monday, March 02, 2009
Blue Rodeo Presale Tuesday March 3
Blue Rodeo will be making a stop in Alliston, ON, on August 7 to headline the 36th annual Alliston Potato Festival. Tickets to this general admission show will be on sale to BlueRodeo.com members this Tuesday morning (March 3), right
here through BlueRodeo.com.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Jim Cuddy Band at Massey Hall
The Jim Cuddy Band performed at Massey Hall this past Saturday night (February 14), and the best way to capture the feeling at this Valentine's Day show would be with three S's: Smiling, Singing and Swooning! Read reviews from the BlueRodeo.com community in the forums
here and
here, and check out this terrific article published in the
Toronto Star just before the concert.
Tuesday, February 03, 2009
Blue Road Earns Juno Nomination
The Juno awards nominations (Canada's Grammy's) were announced this morning, February 3, during a media conference at Toronto's Fairmont Royal York Hotel. Blue Rodeo have been nominated in the Music DVD of the Year award for Blue Road.
Many of the Blue Rodeo One Degree artists were also honoured with Juno nominations, including Great Big Sea, Ron Sexsmith, Matt Mays & El Torpedo, Sarah McLachlan, Sarah Slean, and Kathleen Edwards. The awards will be presented in Vancouver on March 29. Congratulations everyone!
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Welcome to the new BlueRodeo.com
As you can see, we have a brand new look here at BlueRodeo.com. We hope that you like the new changes. We felt that it was time for the site to get a bit of a polish - spruce it up a bit!
We'll have some nice new features for you in the coming weeks, and you'll still find all of your old favourite things about the site.
Have a look around, and let us know what you think. Use the poll on the side of the page here, and leave a comment in the forums.
If you have some personal comments, please feel free to email us at help@BlueRodeo.com.
Thursday, January 22, 2009
California Or Bust
Blue Rodeo are on their way to California for a handful of shows. If you're lucky enough to find yourself in San Francisco, Los Angeles or Santa Barbara near the end of February, head on over to the BlueRodeo.com Store to grab some tickets to these shows. Full concert details can be found on the Tour page.
Monday, January 12, 2009
An Evening with Jim Cuddy and Greg Keelor
War Child Canada is excited to announce another exceptional night of music, An Evening with Jim Cuddy and Greg Keelor of Blue Rodeo, which will take place at The Dakota Tavern in Toronto on Tuesday, January 20, 2009. This special night will be the third Dakota Nights for War Child benefit, a unique monthly concert series featuring very intimate performances by celebrated artists, hosted by The Dakota Tavern and War Child Canada. All proceeds from these events will go to support War Child Canada, a registered charity that provides humanitarian assistance to war-affected children in some of the most devastated regions of the world. Tickets for An Evening with Jim Cuddy and Greg Keelor are $50 and can be purchased at the door on the night of the show.
Twenty some years after the formation of Blue Rodeo, Jim Cuddy and Greg Keelor are widely respected as one of Canada’s best songwriting teams. Since the release of their debut album Outskirts in March 1987, Blue Rodeo has established themselves as one of the most successful and well known contemporary bands in Canadian music history. Over the course of their stellar career, Blue Rodeo has released eleven studio albums, two live albums, a Greatest Hits collection and an award winning DVD, selling in excess of 4 million copies around the world. Blue Rodeo has won numerous Canadian music awards, including eleven Juno Awards.
War Child Canada is an award-winning charity which provides opportunities and long term solutions for war-affected children, focusing on education, strengthening children's rights, reducing poverty and fostering self reliance. War Child Canada works in partnership with local people and organizations to build sustainable programming that empowers children and their communities. War Child Canada currently provides active support to communities in Afghanistan, Sudan (Darfur), Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Sri Lanka and Georgia. For more information please visit www.warchild.ca.
The Dakota Tavern is one of Toronto's newest live music venues, located just north of Dundas Street West on Ossington Avenue. Set downstairs in a dimly-lit basement with character in every corner, The Dakota Tavern serves up live music, serious drinks, and simple, good food seven nights a week, plus a Bluegrass Brunch on Sundays. For more information please visit www.thedakotatavern.com.
