{"id":21379,"date":"2018-08-22T19:03:39","date_gmt":"2018-08-22T23:03:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=21379"},"modified":"2018-08-29T19:24:14","modified_gmt":"2018-08-29T23:24:14","slug":"blue-rodeo-to-headline-2018-hoedown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/blue-rodeo-to-headline-2018-hoedown\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Rodeo to headline 2018 Hoedown"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Brock Weir<\/strong><\/p>\n

Iconic Canadian country band Blue Rodeo will headline the 2018 Magna Hoedown.
\nThe eagerly-anticipated announcement for the Saturday, September 15 headliner was made Monday.
\nA returning favourite, Blue Rodeo\u2019s Saturday night concert joins the roster alongside previously announced guests The Road Hammers, who will be headlining the Friday night event, and Saturday\u2019s lineup which includes a performance from the Hoedown Showdown winner, who will be crowned on Friday ahead of The Road Hammers, followed by Beverley Mahood and Gord Bamford, who opens for Blue Rodeo.
\nBlue Rodeo, which is headlined by Jim Cuddy and Greg Keelor, came together in 1984 and have been wowing crowds ever since. They dropped their first studio album, Outskirts, in 1987, and their latest, 1000 Arms, was released in 2016.
\n\u201cThis record has a lot more energy, a bit more up-tempo,\u201d said Keelor of 1000 Arms. \u201cJim and I are singing a lot together and it turned out really great.
\nSince its inception, Blue Rodeo has prided itself on forging its own path. There were times of doubt, according to members, but \u201cthe band stayed true to itself and success quickly followed.\u201d
\n\u201cGreg and I have this strange symbiosis which sometimes is contrasting and sometimes it is marrying,\u201d said Cuddy. \u201cWe write in isolation. We don\u2019t know what the other one is writing, but it seemed like we came up with a much more energetic record this time than we have for some time.\u201d
\nOver the last 30 years, and numerous studio albums, Blue Rodeo has become one of Canada\u2019s most well-known country-rock acts, selling over four million records and winning several Juno awards along the way. They are members of the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, have received a star on Canada\u2019s Walk of Fame, and have been honoured with the Governor General\u2019s Performing Arts Award for their contributions to Canadian music.
\nThey sold out the Magna Hoedown when they last appeared in 2013 to mark the 25th anniversary of what has become York Region\u2019s biggest fundraiser, and they\u2019re aiming to do the same in this, the Hoedown\u2019s 30th.
\nTickets for both the September 14 and September 15 evenings are on sale now at www.hoedown.ca.<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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