Twenty years on from its release, the band have revealed plans for a 30+ date anniversary tour beginning in February which will see the band perform Transmission in its entirety.
Date/Time: Mar 31 2017, 8:00 pm to 11:30 pm
Vancouver, Commodore Ballroom | Event calendarAge: 19+
Cost: $39.50
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1997 was an epic year. The Simpsons was named the longest-running prime-time animated series, Steve Jobs returned to Apple and Tiger Woods became the youngest golfer to ever win the Masters. In Canada, fans of award-winning The Tea Party were celebrating the release of the band’s fourth studio album, Transmission.
Equally as epic, this album reached #3 on the Canadian charts, earned double platinum status in Canada and received a 1998 JUNO Award nomination for "Blockbuster Rock Album of the Year." It’s no wonder that, 20 years later, the band has confirmed that it will embark on a large-scale tour to celebrate the anniversary of this hit record.
Seeing The Tea Party perform Transmission in its entirety, this national tour will kick-off on February 3 in St. Catharines (ON) and will see the band wind its way through 28 cities before landing in Seattle, WA on April 4. Joined by special guests The Road Heavy in a handful of markets, each show of the #TX20 tour will culminate with a set of greatest hits certain to deliver the energy and drive that The Tea Party have been known to bring since 1990.
Jeff Martin grew up in Windsor, Ontario, just across the Detroit River from the home of proto-punk and the Motown sound; he was also influenced by his blues-loving father. He formed the Tea Party with multi-instrumentalists Stuart Chatwood (bass, keyboards, mandolin, and harmonium) and Jeff Burrows (drums, percussion). Martin himself plays guitars, sitar, hurdy gurdy and harpguitar. Consequently, the trio's sound marries rock with elements of Middle Eastern, Celtic and Mediterranean music. Their 1993 album, Splendor Solis, sold over one million copies in Canada; The Edges of Twilight followed, trailed in 1997 by Transmission.
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