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It’s the news you’ve been waiting for Toronto. The annual Blue Rodeo show at The Molson Amphitheatre will be happening on August 18! The BlueRodeo.com ticket presale for this perennial fan favourite begins tomorrow morning, May 8, at 10 am EDT. As always, you need to be a BlueRodeo.com member to take part in the presale. Not a member? Sign up here today for your chance at some of the best seats in the house!

The line up for this year’s Bluesfest in Ottawa has been announced, and Blue Rodeo is on the bill once again. The band will headline the main stage on Friday, July 13. Other performers at this year’s festival include John Mellencamp, Alice Cooper and David Gray.

For a look at the complete list of confirmed acts, and to order tickets, please visit OttawaBluesfest.ca

UPDATE: Both presales have sold out.

Heads up! Blue Rodeo return to The Kee, in Bala, ON, next month, for two shows on May 19 and 20. The BlueRodeo.com presale for these dates will begin tomorrow morning, April 12, at 10 am EDT.

As always, you need to be a BlueRodeo.com member to take part in our presales. Not yet a member? Sign up now!

Good, Pinsent, Keelor, Greg’s new side project with Travis Good and Gordon Pinsent, will perform songs from their new album Down And Out In Upalong at the intimate Glen Gould Theatre in Toronto on June 19. Your first chance to get tickets to this very special show is today (April 11), when an exclusive presale begins at noon EDT. To take advantage of this offer, simply click here and enter the password: tremolo

Today’s the big day for Greg! Down And Out In Upalong, from his new side project Good, Pinsent & Keelor, is out now and we’ve got it in the BlueRodeo.com Store. Come on by to order your copy.

Hopefully you’ve also got your ticket to this Thursday’s NOW Talks at The Drake Underground, with Greg, Travis Good and Gordon Pinsent, as the event is now sold out! If you’re attending, be sure to post your photos on Greg’s Facebook page.

At last night’s Juno Awards in Ottawa, Blue Rodeo was inducted in to the Canadian Music Hall Of Fame. Prior to their induction, the band performed “Lost Together” with longtime friend Sarah McLachlan on guest vocals. If you missed it, you can see that performance here.

We’ll have some special behind-the-scenes photos and footage from the show for you later this week, but for now, check out our newly-launched splash page, where you can get a closer look at the video montage prepared for the band’s performance last night.

Stay tuned for more soon and don’t forget to congratulate the guys on Facebook if you haven’t already!

Don’t forget to tune into CBC Radio tomorrow morning (March 30) for a very special Juno Awards episode of Q with Jian Ghomeshi, featuring performances from Blue Rodeo, Austra and Dan Mangan.

Q airs at 10 am/10:30 NT on CBC Radio One

MusiCounts, Canada’s music education charity, associated with The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS), is pleased to announce that Jim has been named as a MusiCounts Ambassador. This news comes just days before the annual JUNO Cup, the rockers vs. the NHL greats that has become a highlight of JUNO week whose proceeds go to MusiCounts initiatives.

In Jim’s words,

“I am very proud to be an Ambassador for MusiCounts. Through the program I have seen a spark light up in so many kids because they got a new piccolo or a new violin and they hear a sound they never thought they could make. I feel like I represent many musicians who would love to inspire others to follow the path into the world of music.”

Jim has long been a champion for music education. In the past, he has supported MusiCounts as a participant in Band Aid Grant celebrations at local schools and represented MusiCounts at fundraising events. In addition to being a driving force behind the JUNO Cup, Jim served as a member of the MusiCounts Advisory Committee for the past seven years, providing valuable artist insight and perspective on how MusiCounts can thrive in its fundraising mission to put more instruments in schools to benefit the children. Jim is a friend of MusiCounts and a shining example to other artists of how their support can help bring music to our schools. Jim joins Nikki Yanofsky as an ambassador for the organization.

As you know, Blue Rodeo is being inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame this Sunday, April 1, as part of the 2012 Juno Awards.If you’re a fan of Blue Rodeo on Facebook, visit the page to sign our Congratulations card and share your best wishes with the band. And don’t forget to tune into the Junos this Sunday on CTV to catch a special performance by the band.

We’ve got two new Blue Rodeo shows to tell you about. On May 25, the band will be in Sunderland, ON, and in Edmonton, AB, on July 27.

Ticket presales for Edmonton are on now, while the Sunderland presales begin on April 2. Just a note that, for now, we’re selling weekend packages for the Interstellar Rodeo in Edmonton. Blue Rodeo will be performing on Sunday, July 29, 2012 and single-day tickets for this date only will go on sale May 2.