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CONCERT ANNOUNCEMENT: 54-40 bringing the CanCon classics to Midway March 3

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54-40 is coming to Midway March 3.
54-40 is coming to Midway March 3. Photo by Jaden D
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Legendary CanCon rock outfit 54-40 is on its way back to Edmonton March 3.

Emerging from the borderland wilds of Tsawwassen, B.C., in 1980, with a name summoning a classic fight to stop the United States from absorbing Canadian land, the band’s first-ever gig was also the night John Lennon was murdered.

With tough and beautiful hits like One Day in Your Life, I Go Blind, Baby Ran, She-La and the absolutely epic One Gun, singer Neil Osborne and bassist Brad Merritt’s enduring project fights on to this day and remains wicked live with co-members Matt Johnson on drums, Dave Genn on guitar and David Osborne handling organ, sax and harp.

“54-40 is always future thinking,” says Neil Osborne. “As a band we’re always expanding our borders — after all the name does comes from a border dispute — into what we call future history.”

Speaking of which, the band has a new album called Embassy Supreme, so expect to hear tunes off that including the title track at the Midway gig.

Source: EdmontonJournal

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