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The Tragically Hip play during a stop at the Orpheum in Vancouver, June 22nd, 2009, on their tour supporting their new album "We are the same." (Scott Alexander/Pressphotointl.com)

Tragically Hip releasing coffee table book it considers the definitive account of an incredible journey

Mar 26, 2024 | 11:22 AM

The Canadian band Tragically Hip have announced a coffee table book for release this fall that promises to tell the definitive account of their incredible journey, as told in their own words.

This Is Our Life is the story of The Tragically Hip, drawn from hundreds of hours of interviews with Rob Baker, Gord Downie, Johnny Fay, Paul Langlois, Gord Sinclair and the fellow musicians, producers and crew that helped in shaping the band’s story.

The book will span the decades, from their beginnings in Kingston, Ontario, in the late 1970s where all five band members attended the same high school, to the pinnacle of success, culminating in the incredible, bittersweet 2016 concert held in their hometown, broadcast live for an estimated television audience of 11.7 million people.

The band opened their archives for the first time for the book, revealing a trove of rare and previously unpublished material.

There is a wealth of photography, vintage posters, concert tickets, tour passes, handwritten lyrics, setlists, backstage photographs, instruments, album artwork, and much more.

The Tragically Hip will release the book on Oct. 1 and are calling it their official anthology. It can be ordered online via the band’s website.