[DID NOT ATTEND: November 21 & 22, 2025] Rheostatics
I am a huge fan of the Rheostatics, but I’ve only seen them live one time–ten years ago!
They don’t play live much these days and they record music even less. But they had just released this new project–The Great Lakes Suite. And, even crazier, Alex Lifeson was on the record and was going to play live! I could go to this relatively small venue in Toronto and see one of my favorite bands with one of my favorite guitarists.
When I saw Rheostatics, they were playing their Group of 7 album–it was a special event. So, I saw them play my least favorite of their albums (although live it was really tremendous) plus a few extra songs.
The Great Lakes Suite is a beautiful piece of symphonic music inspired by the Great Lakes. And this is what they were playing. And no matter how much I wanted to see Rheostatics and how exciting it was to see Alex up close, I didn’t want to drive all the way to Toronto and hear a band I love NOT play the songs I wanted to hear.
I see on the setlist that they played the entire Suite and two encores. So I’m glad I didn’t get tickets.
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