(Photo courtesy Tragically Hip)(Photo courtesy Tragically Hip)
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Tragically Hip Set Tour Dates

Dates have been set for the Tragically Hip's final tour just one day after Canada learned the band's frontman Gord Downie has an aggressive form of brain cancer.

The band will play its last London show at Budweiser Gardens August 8.

Doctors have cleared the 52-year-old father of four for the 11-show tour following his surgery and treatment.

The Man Machine Poem Tour starts July 22 in Victoria, BC and ends August 20 in Kingston, ON.

Tickets go on sale June 3 at 11am local time.

Full list of tour dates:

  • July 22 – Victoria, BC
  • July 24 – Vancouver, BC
  • July 28 – Edmonton, AB
  • August 1 – Calgary, AB
  • August 5 – Winnipeg, MB
  • August 8 – London, ON
  • August 10 – Toronto, ON
  • August 12 – Toronto, ON
  • August 16 – Hamilton, ON
  • August 18 – Ottawa, ON
  • August 20 – Kingston, ON

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