any tragically hip UK fans?

[Pastacube]

here?

Yes. Me. I'm Canadian but I've lived here for 16 years. I'm so sad today. Gord Downie was amazing, his lyrics and music got me through young adulthood. I thought they were pretty much only known in Canada. How did you find them?

Not a fan as such but I do have one of their CDs that I picked up in Canada 21 years ago after my cousin recommended them!

I was a big fan, so sorry to hear about Gord's premature death. I saw them in a small club in Canada many years ago and they were cooler than cool.

dh heard them on a mid night tv show in the late 80s and was hooked. we saw them in the 90s at Shepherd's Bush empire. Was a sea of Canadian flags. fully completely is one of my lps I listen to all the time.

I remember talking to some canadians at the concert as the venue was so small and they said imagine U2 playing at a similar size venue.

It's amazing to me that such a great band was so unknown here.

Apparently any time they toured outside of Canada so many expats showed up they never broke through anywhere else.

that would make sense, seems strange they were just (and still are) overlooked