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While the citizens of Vancouver try and return to normal with the COVID-19 pandemic, concerts continue to be announced around the city. One that was announced recently was City and Colour.

His real name is Dallas Green. Before going out on his own as City and Colour, Green was a member of the band Alexisonfire. Green was with the group from its formation in 2001, up until they disbanded in 2011 when Green decided to go out on his own. This past September, Green announced that Alexisonfire was putting some new music together, they are scheduled to appear at a U.K. music festival in 2022.

Green began putting music out as City and Colour in 2005, at first he would put out music online for fans to download, eventually the music he released turned into his first solo album, “Sometimes.” By 2011, Green went on as City and Colour fulltime leading to the end of Alexisonfire.

            His second album “Bring Me Your Love” which released in 2008, featured a collaboration with The Tragically Hip’s front man Gord Downie. The song, which is titled “Sleeping Sickness” peaked at #32 on the Canadian Hot 100 charts.

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City and Colour’s third album Little Hell features the hit song “Fragile Bird” was the first single off the album. Fragile Bird went as high as #48 on the Canadian Top 100 charts and was #1 on the Canadian Alternative Rock charts for over 9 weeks. The song was used for the intro video for Game 7 of the 2011 Stanley Cup Finals between the Vancouver Canucks and the Boston Bruins.

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Since going solo, City and Colour has released six studio albums, four of which have gone platinum, and the other two went gold. No news of a new album has been announced yet.

City and Colour will be heading out on tour starting October 12^th in Pittsburgh PA. Two shows are set for the Queen Elizabeth Theatre here in Vancouver for November 12^th and 13^th 2021. City and Colour will hop on BC Ferries and head to Victoria for two shows on November 15^th and 16^th, before finishing the BC portion of the tour in Vernon on November 18^th.

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For tickets to the Vancouver shows, head over to the Ticketmaster website

-Kosta Pappas