Photo Andrew MacNaughton

GREAT Big Sea's Darrell Power (left), Sean McCann, Bob Hallett and Alan Doyle
are co-headlining the Stardust Picnic on Canada Day with Blue Rodeo.

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Canada

Bob Mackin
News Reporter

IT will be Canada Day up Canada
Way when Blue Rodeo and Great
Big Sea bring their Stardust Picnic
festival to the west coast on July 1.

The Toronto country/rock stalwarts and the
Newfoundland Celtic rack combo are co-head-
lining the festival at Deer Lake Park in Burnaby.
Tc will be the fourth stop on a seven-city tour
which begins June 25 in Kingston, Ont.

Both bands were in Vancouver Monday to
announce the tour before a show at the Starfish
Room.

“Vancouver's a good market for us, always
has been strong,” says Blue Rodeo bassist Bazil
Donovan. “It's also like a second home. Half of
my friends I think, are here. So it’s a good excuse
to come here.”

Stardust Ball began in 1997 when Blue
Rodco headlined a day-long summer fesuval at
Toronto’s Fort York with Great Big Sca, Steve
Earle, Victoria Williams, The Skydiggers and Oh
Susanna, Last year the bands took the Stardust
Picnic on the road to Montreal and Orrawa with
Cowboy Junkies, 54-40, Ron Sexsmith and

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Neko C
mith and Case will be on the bill at Deer
Park. Tickets, $35 plus service charges and
xes, are on sale Saturday at 9:30 a.m. through
‘Tickermas cr.

At Stardust Picnic, Blue Rodeo will preview
songs from: its upcoming cighth album.
According to Donovan, it will be released late
this year or in spring 2000. The band is going to
Daniel Lanois’ Kingsway studio in New Orteans
for 10 days in June to begin recording.

In the meantime, a double live album will be
in stores by June. The compilation of songs span-
ning the band’s career was recorded during
1997-98.

Stardust Pienie hits the road June 25 ar
Kingston, Ontario’s Fort Henry and continues
June 26 near Montreal, June 27 in Guelph,
Ont, July 2 oat Deer Take Park, July 20 ar
Calgary’s Canada Olympic Park and July 4 in
Edimonton’s Telus Field. It wraps up July 10 asd
1] at Fort York in Toronto.

feanwhile, Sarah McLachlan is announcing
the lineup and schedule for her third Lilith Fair
tour on Tuesday in New York City. The tour
begins carly July at Thunderbird Stadium. The
tour has ended in Vancouver during the previous
two years,

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