The Tragically Hip Hold Final Concert

Last night in their hometown of Kingston, Ontario, beloved Canadian rockers The Tragically Hip held what is likely their final live concert with founding frontman Gord Downie who is battling terminal brain cancer. Saturday’s concert at Rogers K-Rock Centre was the last date scheduled on their Man Machine Poem Tour, which began earlier this summer in Victoria on July 22.

Within the audience at the sold-out concert was Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau who was among those treated to a marathon The Hip show. Crafting a setlist that pulled from throughout the band’s career, they mixed several songs from their recently issued studio album Man Machine Poem with cuts from their 1989 debut LP Up To Here and other favorites from throughout their over 30 years together.

As the band took the stage for an unprecedented third encore, Downie reportedly told the crowd the band was “officially into unchartered waters. We never do third ones.” The trio of “Locked in The Trunk Of A Car,” “Gift Shop” and “Ahead By A Century” brought the emotional evening to a close.

CBC shared official footage of The Tragically Hip performing “New Orleans Is Sinking” to open the first encore last night in Kingston. Watch here:

Here are audience-shot videos captured by KINGSTON 360 DOTCOM from the final show Saturday at Rogers K-Rock Centre.

[Locked in The Trunk Of A Car]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEPcSr5t4fI

[Ahead By A Century]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y77FLu6Q6r0

[Grace, Too]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8hv1EY1Chw