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Gordon Lightfoot’s legions of fans have something more to celebrate in 2014: the legendary singer/songwriter has just announced dates for the second part of his 2014 coast-to-coast tour. Adding to the spring dates, the fall tour kicks off October 21st in Nanaimo, BC, and winds through Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba before landing November 20th in Montreal, then heading to Ontario for dates in Cornwall and Ottawa before settling into his traditional four-night stand at Toronto’s Massey Hall. Mr. Lightfoot will visit large metropolitan cities as well as smaller towns. The music icon is currently marking five decades of touring and counting.
Media partner CBCMusic.ca will host an exclusive Canadian ticket pre-sale beginning on January 29th. Please visit CBCMusic.ca/lightfoot for more information. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday, January 31st at noon.
A national treasure, Gordon Lightfoot (born Nov. 17, 1938 in Orillia, Ontario) is beloved by music fans around the world. In the 1950s, he moved to Los Angeles where he studied at the Westlake College of Music. He returned to Canada in the early 60s and began performing at the Riverboat in Toronto and in coffee houses throughout Canada and the U.S. In 1966, his debut album Lightfoot! was released. Tracks such as For Lovin' Me, Early Mornin' Rain, Steel Rail Blues and Ribbon of Darkness brought him global recognition as a songwriter, resulting in cover-versions of his songs recorded by Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley, Barbara Streisand, Johnny Cash and countless others. In 1971, Gordon earned his first Top Ten hit when If You Could Read My Mind became an international sensation. In 1974, his classic single, Sundown, went to No.1 on the American charts, followed two years later by The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, inspired by a Newsweek magazine article; it reached No. 2 on the U.S. charts. In 2004, he released his 20th album Harmony, and his iconic Massey Hall residencies are celebrated on his 2012 album, Massey Hall Moments – All Live, a collection of his finest Massey Hall performances, recorded between 1998 and 2001.
Lightfoot has won 15 Juno Awards and has five Grammy nominations. He was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 1986 and the Canadian Country Music Hall Of Fame in 2001. In May 2003, he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada; he is also a member of the Order of Ontario. In 2004, Gordon was inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame, and in 2012 into the U.S. Songwriters Hall of Fame. And at the seasoned age of 75, Gordon Lightfoot continues to perform approximately 80 concerts each year… because he loves it!