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The Coda Collection
What Drives Us documentary includes footage of the first time the Foo Fighters played âMy Heroâ live.
The performance took place at Vancouverâs Commodore Ballroom during the Foosâ maiden tour in 1995 â two years before âMy Heroâ would appear on the bandâs 1997 album,Â
The Colour and the Shape. You can watch the clip streaming now via People.com.
âWhen youâre young and you pick up an instrument for the first time, you really donât imagine that someday youâll be the one writing the songs, and youâll be the one traveling the country,â Grohl says in voiceover over the performance footage.
Foo Fighters played “My Hero” live.
The performance took place at Vancouver’s Commodore Ballroom during the Foos’ maiden tour in 1995 two years before “My Hero” would appear on the band’s 1997 album,
The Colour and the Shape. You can watch the clip streaming now via People.com.
“When you’re young and you pick up an instrument for the first time, you really don’t imagine that someday you’ll be the one writing the songs, and you’ll be the one traveling the country,” Grohl says in voiceover over the performance footage.
“But then once you start sharing it with other people, and you see the joy that it brings and you see the love in everyone singing along or dancing, that becomes your mission,” he continues. “The connection to the audience becomes your mission.”
As first reported by Daily Hive Urbanized earlier this year, this would be a redevelopment of the east side of Granville Street between Robson Street and north of the Orpheum Theatre entrance, with the full incorporation and preservation of the mid-block building that houses the Commodore Ballroom and Commodore Bowling & Billiards.
The Commodore building would be preserved in its entirety by constructing a structure that forms a bridge over the entertainment venue. There would be back-of-house and accessibility improvements to both the Commodore Ballroom and the adjacent Orpheum Theatre.
Artistic rendering of 800 Granville Street, Vancouver. (Perkins & Will/Bonnis Properties)
Additionally, as a developer-funded public benefit, the proponent intends to build a new additional 14,700 sq ft performance hall worth about $45 million. This will be a city-owned venue upon completion.
by Steve Newton on April 5th, 2021 at 12:33 PM 1 of 2 2 of 2
Remember concerts?
Twenty-five years ago today on April 5, 1996 Cracker played the Commodore Ballroom. That s the American alt-rock band that was fronted by David Lowery, who used to be in Camper Van Beethoven.
Three days before the show the band released its third album, The Golden Age
, which I thought was awesome. I especially liked the title track, with its sweet pedal-steel guitar.
Video of The Golden Age
Here s my review, which was originally published in the April 11, 1996 issue of the Georgia Straight:
As well as being the most visually appealing place to see a rock concert in Vancouver, the Commodore Ballroom is noted for its consistently strong sound, but I’ve never heard a better-sounding gig than that performed by Virginia-based alternative-poppers Cracker last Friday (April 5). Every instrument and voice was clearly defined, and Johnny Hott’s drum sound was riveting. It was as if the band’s s
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The announcement that The Weeknd After Hours World Tour will begin in Vancouver on Jan. 14, 2022, at Rogers Arena is the first major concert news to come since COVID-19 shut down live music events across the globe.
While this is bound to put smiles on music fans’ faces, few in the industry think this signals the return to arena gigs and club shows. The truth is, nobody knows what the next few months will hold for any kind of public gathering for large scale entertainment events.
“There is some mild optimism that touring, in some form, will recommence in the fall of 2021 if not earlier, but there is no for-sure,” said Sam Feldman of Macklin Feldman Management, which handles such superstars as James Taylor, Diana Krall and Ry Cooder.