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Breadcrumb Trail LinksToronto & GTAMusicThe concert will happen on May 23Published Nov 17, 2023  •  1 minute read A Gordon Lightfoot tribute concert will be held a Massey Hall on May 23, 2024, featuring Burton Cummings, Tom Cochrone and more Photo by Artist Jud HaynesArticle contentBurton Cummings, Sylvia Tyson and Tom Cochrane lead a lineup of musicians who will pay tribute to Gordon Lightfoot at Massey Hall on May 23.Advertisement 2This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.THIS…

Breadcrumb Trail Links Toronto & GTA Music 'His songs touched (people) all around the world," said the man first in line. Published May 07, 2023  •  Last updated 18 minutes ago  •  3 minute read Brent Johnson holds a record up while waiting to pay his respects to Gordon Lightfoot at a public visitation which was held at a church in Orillia on May 7, 2023. Lightfoot died in a Toronto hospital at the age of 84 on May 1. Photo by REUTERS /Toronto Sun Article content ORILLIA, Ont.…

Breadcrumb Trail Links Music Canada Canadian music royalty hailed late singer-songwriter as the voice of a nation Published May 04, 2023  •  Last updated 14 minutes ago  •  3 minute read Gordon Lightfoot in his music room in his Bridle Path home in Toronto, Feb. 4, 2020. Photo by Craig Robertson /Toronto Sun Article content Rush’s Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson, The Tragically Hip and Neil Young have added their thoughts to the growing number of tributes to music legend Gordon…

Breadcrumb Trail Links Toronto & GTA Music Day long public visitation planned at church in Orillia on May 7 followed by private funeral Published May 03, 2023  •  3 minute read Gordon Lightfoot's longtime bassist Rick Haynes. Photo by SUPPLIED /FACEBOOK Article content Gordon Lightfoot’s attention to detail in life extended to his wishes for how he would be laid to rest. Advertisement 2 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.…

Breadcrumb Trail Links Toronto & GTA Music 'There wasn't a bigger Canadian artist.' Published May 02, 2023  •  Last updated 15 minutes ago  •  3 minute read Was Gordon Lightfoot, pictured here in August 2016, the Justin Bieber or Shawn Mendes -- minus the screaming female fans -- of his time? Pretty much in terms of hits. Article content Was Gordon Lightfoot the Justin Bieber, Drake, The Weeknd, or Shawn Mendes — minus the screaming female fans — of his time? Advertisement 2…

Breadcrumb Trail Links Toronto & GTA Music Entertainment Canada Lightfoot lived in the Bridle Path but had offices in mid-town Published May 02, 2023  •  Last updated 5 minutes ago  •  3 minute read Veteran Canadian singer and songwriter Gordon Lightfoot performs at the newly refurbished Massey Hall in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Nov. 25, 2021. Photo by REUTERS/Carlos Osorio/File /Toronto Sun Article content You could take the man out of Orillia, but you couldn’t take…

Canadian PM Justin Trudeau Mourns Passing Of Folk Music Legend Gordon Lightfoot, Read On! (Picture Credit: Wikimedia) Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau issued a statement honouring legendary folk singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot, who died on Monday (U.S. Time) at the age of 84, reports ‘Variety’. In his statement, Trudeau recalls meeting Lightfoot as a child, when his father Pierre was prime minister in the 1970s and ’80s. “I was deeply saddened to hear of the passing yesterday of Gordon Lightfoot, one of…

Article content Officials at Massey Hall, the spiritual home of Gordon Lightfoot, say “the world has lost one of its most profound voices,” after the Orillia-born singer-songwriter’s passing on Monday night at the age of 84. Article content “There has never been a more quintessential Canadian experience than Gordon Lightfoot in concert at Massey Hall,” said Jesse Kumagai, Massey Hall president & CEO, in a statement released late Tuesday afternoon. Article content “Over 170 appearances, the chime of his…

Breadcrumb Trail Links Music Canada 'Every time I hear a song of his, it's like I wish it would last forever' Published May 02, 2023  •  Last updated 13 minutes ago  •  4 minute read Portraits of Gordon Lightfoot in his music room in his Bridle Path home on Tuesday February 4, 2020. Lightfoot is releasing his 21st album "Solo" on March 20th. Photo by Craig Robertson /Postmedia Network Article content Tributes poured out online after the passing of Canadian music legend Gordon…

The Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot, best known for folk-pop hits such as If You Could Read My Mind and The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, has died at the age of 84, his family has announced.His longtime publicist Victoria Lord said Lightfoot died at a Toronto hospital on Monday evening.Once called a “rare talent” by Bob Dylan, dozens of artists have covered Lightfoot’s work, including Elvis Presley, Barbra Streisand, Harry Belafonte, Johnny Cash, Anne Murray, Jane’s Addiction and Sarah McLachlan.Most of his…