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Gord Downie & Bob Rock + Toronto live music listings

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May 18, 2023
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Happy May long weekend, Canada (except Quebec, of course).

Never-Ending Present readers: it was seven years ago this week that the Tragically Hip’s management announced Gord Downie’s glioblastoma diagnosis. They waited until the Tuesday after the long weekend—no idea if that was intentional, but 2016’s Victoria Day was the last long weekend Canadians had…

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