Rain Doesn’t Stop Hedley at Stampede
*sigh* Anytime I wonder if Canadian Idol has real merit, I think of Jacob Hoggard and his success as the frontman of Hedley. I cannot even tell you how much I love him as a performer and even as just a really cool person. A couple months ago, when I was covering the 2008 Juno Awards, there was a full weekend of events and whenever I saw him (and, of course, the whole awesome band!), they were just really cool (see pics from the Fan Fare event here!).
Last night, I headed over to the Coca-Cola stage at the Calgary Stampede and, after I found a good spot, the lightning started. Just before the band took the stage, it started to pour. Unfortunately, I didn’t have any protective gear for my camera (give me a break – I live in Canada’s sunniest city!) so the pictures I ended up getting were from far away, through the windows of a warm, dry building.
All the same, Hedley’s performance was amazing! They didn’t care about the rain and their energy made everyone else forget how drenched they were.
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images by Jyle Dupuis
you know what made that concert really awesome…when they sang Never Too Late, they said we’re gonna pretend we’re in a place where its warm and happy and fun or something like that and it stopped raining halfway through that song! it was amazing.