Blue Rodeo is performing at Empire Square Live on Thursday September 9

For close to thirty years now, Blue Rodeo has taken the road less traveled – and succeeded far be- yond anyone’s expectations.

The band emerged in the early 80’s as a coun- trified rock band in the era of hair metal and glossy pop. Despite sticking out like a sore thumb (or maybe because of it), their single “Try” became omni-present on radio across Canada and set in motion a three decade long career of headlining every club, theatre and arena in Canada. In 1993, when grunge rock was squeezing commercial rock off the radio, they re- corded their most acoustic album, Five Days In July, and scored their biggest hit selling over a half million copies of that one record alone. And now, in the digital age, while everyone else is thinking of ways to sell single songs through the internet or snippets of songs on cell phones, Blue Rodeo has re- corded The Things We Left Behind, a double album designed to be enjoyed on vinyl.

Twelve albums on, the rebels live.

Ticket information: http://www.empiresquarelive.com/anniversary.html#pricing