Tickets go on sale Saturday, February 12th at 9:30am

Has it really been twenty years since Outskirts, Blue Rodeo’s debut, introduced this Toronto band to the rest of Canada? It has, and nine albums later, Blue Rodeo is as vital and creative as when founding members and high school buddies Greg Keelor and Jim Cuddy first put the band together.

Are You Ready, the group’s 10th album and the follow up to 2002’s Palace of Gold, is set to be released April 5th, with the first single, “Rena” making it’s way onto the airwaves mid-February. “Rena” has just been picked as a Canadian Music Network Power Pick. In celebration of the group’s 20th Anniversary, they released the DVD Blue Rodeo In Stereo Vision, which is fast approaching 2X Platinum and was recently nominated for the 2005 Juno for Music DVD Of The Year.

From inspired rockers and distortion-driven jams to lonesome prairie balladry and alternative country, Blue Rodeo have mastered all the flavours of roots-rock to become one of Canada’s best-loved bands. Its passionate and ever-expanding fan-base, meanwhile, guarantees a full house of folks happy to sing along to favourites tunes like “Hasn’t Hit Me Yet” whenever this multiple Juno Award-winning act hits town.

Recently nominated for both the 2005 Juno for New Artist Of The Year as well as Adult Alternative Album Of The Year are special guests Matt Mays & El Torpedo.

A band that is synonymous with Canadian roots-rock, Blue Rodeo may be an institution but its musical fire continues undiminished. Witness Blue Rodeo live on their Are You Ready tour on Thursday, April 14th at the Save On Foods Memorial Centre.

Tickets: $37.50 (INCL. GST) + f.f. + s/c (Reserved Seating)

Methods of Payment:
1) Cash
2) Debit
3) MasterCard
4) Visa

Random Line-up Policy:
- ½ hour before on-sale, numbers will be handed out to all individuals waiting to purchase tickets.
- 5 minutes before on-sale a number will be drawn. That is where the line-up will begin.
- Numbers preceding the number drawn will line up sequentially.
- Any patrons arriving after the draw will line up after the last ticket handed out.

Box Office:
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With head office in Vancouver, RG Arenas is a division of RG Properties. RG Arenas manage and/or own facilities in Kelowna, Greater Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia

For more information contact:
Ken Noakes
Victoria Salmon Kings/Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre
Phone: (250) 220-7889
Email: ken.noakes@saveonfoodsmemorialcentre.com