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.

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 12×12 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.

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.

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.