Fannish 50 Challenge 2024: Post # 32: Canadian Musician Fandom (BNL)

[ride_4ever]

It was with amazement and delight that I learned my beloved Canadian band -- The Barenaked Ladies -- was going to be performing 5 miles (or 8 km if you're Canadian) from my home in the Midwestern U.S. I had never seen them perform live, always wanted to...and haven't even gone to ANY concerts since the pandemic. (The last two live concerts I did attend before the pandemic were also Canadian, which I'm sure surprises no one.) I got online at the ticket-ordering website about an hour before it opened, wanting to be right at the front of that virtual ticket line. I got a ticket for myself and a ticket for my fanpair...and the concert completely sold out within the first hour of ticket sales.

Here's a clip from that concert:

Watch on YouTube

(And TYK to desireearmfeldt for having pimped me into BNL fandom all those years ago.)

Comments

[sholio]

I saw them perform live here in Fairbanks, Alaska about 10 or 15 years ago! It was a terrific show, so much energy and enthusiasm from both the band and the crowd.

[ride_4ever]

Yeah, "so much energy and enthusiasm from both the band and the crowd" describes this time too! Seemed like just about everyone there -- myself included -- knew the lyrics to all the songs and was singing along and dancing.

[dine]

how cool you got to go! I have loved their music for decades, and I'll bet it was a terrific show

[ride_4ever]

It was the most terrific of terrifics!

[minoanmiss]

My icon is dancing!

[ride_4ever]

So. Much. Dancing.

[out_there]

Aww, that looks like a lot of fun!

[ride_4ever]

Spectacular fun!

[cmcmck]

We saw them at the Orkney folk festival some years back (there are huge connections between Orkney and Canada so Canadian bands often pop up) and they were great fun!

[ride_4ever]

At a folk festival in Orkney! And what is the nature of this connection you mention between Canada and Orkney?

[cmcmck]

The HBC- many Orkney people went over there to work.

[vivarocksteady]

They've been touring like crazy lately! I'm a little amazed they sold out so fast. Still as popular as ever!

I saw them in Glasgow when I lived in Scotland, about 15 years ago, and it was a very fun show. The audience was probably 60% Canadian expats lol.

[ride_4ever]

Heh, is that 60% number a reflection of there being a lot of Canadian expats in Scotland or just a reflection of the concert audience being made up of so many of them?

(In how many countries have you lived?)

[vivarocksteady]

Haha, more a function of the concert. It was like we all congregated at the concert, lol.

I've only lived in two! I went to university in Scotland. And I spent about six months in Tanzania doing volun-tourism, but IDK if that counts as "living there."

[ride_4ever]

Oh, I would deffo count six months as living there.

[isis]

So awesome you got to see them! I haven't seen much live music in the past 20 years, living in a small relatively rural area very very far away from any major city, but it's always lovely when someone stops through.

[ride_4ever]

I'm suburban, not rural, but still I'm someplace where famous bands don't make local appearances...except this time BNL did! And it was indeed awesome!

[corvidology]

Congrats on getting the tickets. I've always loved their music.

[ride_4ever]

Yays for you being a fellow BNL fan!

[adafrog]

Yay! Have fun.

[ride_4ever]

It was entirely made of yays!

[verushka70]

That was such a fun evening! I'm glad we went - BNL were awesome live!

[ride_4ever]

BNL FTW! And going as two fen together increased the fun of the experience!

[verushka70]

True, that!

[ride_4ever]

True like a true thing!

[siglinde999]

Nice!

[ride_4ever]

Yeah, ultra-nice!

[seleneheart]

Nice work! Glad you go to go!

[ride_4ever]

Yeah, it was a great experience!

[scintilla10]

Awww, YAY! This seems like SO much fun! :D :D :D

[ride_4ever]

So VERY much fun!