Former lead singer with Barenaked Ladies coming to Lake Country
Hot on the heels of his induction in to the Canadian Music Hall of Fame alongside his ex-bandmates in Barenaked Ladies, singer-songwriter Steven Page has announced the release of the most forceful musical statement of his solo music career. Discipline: Heal Thyself, Pt. II, will be released on Friday.
This album is included in the ticket price for his intimate show at the Creekside Theatre in Lake Country on May 28, 2019. Tickets go on sale for $43 (includes fees, charges and digital album) this Friday at 10 a.m. The opening act is Port Cities.
Get tickets online at creeksidetheatre.com.
“I grew up in a household where social justice was a fundamental value, and I always believed that it was a fundamental Canadian value as well as a central Jewish one,” said Page in a news release. “Although I grew up politically aware, in a left-leaning household, it wasn’t until I discovered the politically-charged music coming from the U.K. in the 1970s (The Clash, The Jam) and 1980s during the Miner’s Strike and the Red Wedge movement (Billy Bragg, Style Council, Communards, etc.) that I became excited by the power of music and activism.
“This song (White Noise) pays tribute to that music, and was written in the wake of last year’s events in Charlottesville.
“The open displays of racism and antisemitism, and the chants of ‘Jews Will Not Replace Us’ made me grab my guitar and tell them I’d be more than glad to replace them.”
Tickets for the performance in Lake Country can be purchased in person at Lake Country Municipal Hall customer service counter (250-766-9309) or at Kelowna Tickets, which is now located at 2600 Enterprise Way in the old Grouse River building.
Prior to the release of Discipline: Heal Thyself, Pt. II, Steven Page embarks on consecutive tours of the U.K. and the U.S.
“The Creekside Theatre is building a brand of hosting world calibre acts in our intimate venue setting,” said Ryan Donn, Lake Country’s cultural development co-ordinator and Creekside Theatre manager. “We are over the moon to host such a well-known Canadian icon in Lake Country.”