Blue Rodeo tonight and Muse on Monday.

I wasn't planning on seeing Blue Rodeo this time around. I'm not loving the new disk. But a co-worker had decent seats and couldn't go so I bought her tickets. Other friends of ours will be there, so we'll go to the show and meet up with them for beverages afterwards. Despite not totally digging the new disk, Blue Rodeo always put on a great show! I've lost count now of how many times I've seen them as we used to go and see them in clubs all the time before and just after their first album came out. In fact, once they started getting big I actually resented having to buy tickets and pay to see them. But I got over it. They are a damn good live band.

I've been wanting to see Muse for years. I've had to miss them each time they've come to town. In the past, even though they can sell out Wembley Stadium, they've always just played club shows here. But I guess getting a song in the last Twilight movie (I've been told...have no desire to actually see it) has catapulted them to the fame that they have overseas, and deserve. They've sold out a 20,000 seat hockey stadium here. They even changed the staging so that they could sell tickets behind the stage! I wish I'd been able to catch one of those club shows before they hit the big time here. But it is what it is and I'm really excited about Monday night's show!