Forty years deep into their career, Blue Rodeo still know how to open a summer concert series right.
The band brought their 40th Anniversary tour to the Freedom Mobile Arch this past weekend, officially kicking off the PNE’s Summer Night Concert series for the season. For a band with four decades of catalogue to pull from, opening night carried a real sense of occasion — the kind of show that doubles as a reminder of just how long Blue Rodeo has been a fixture of Canadian rock.
The Freedom Mobile Arch has become one of Vancouver’s go-to outdoor stages for exactly this kind of night — big-name touring acts, an open-air setting, and a PNE crowd that shows up ready to sing along. Having Blue Rodeo headline the season opener sets a high bar for whoever else takes that stage this summer.
Did you make it out to opening night? We want to hear how it felt to catch a 40th anniversary set live.
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