LIVE: The Hip in KingstonArticle Continued Below“The Prime Minister’s kudos got me,” he said, referring to a pre-show meeting with Trudeau, who was in the audience. It seemed everyone was clad in some piece of Hip merchandise, as every bar churned the Hip’s indefatigable catalogue joyously into the street. A nearby coffee shop got in on the pun (sorry) by advertising Tragically Drip coffee. “They were offered $1,000 (for their tickets) and they refused, so I guess they’re pretty good fans also,” he grinned. Marco Alphonso similarly passed on his Hip fandom to his daughter, Melanie, who scored tickets for both of them through the fan club.

Source: thestar August 20, 2016 23:36 UTC