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CANADIAN TREASURE STOMPIN' TOM CONNORS
SET TO TOUR WESTERN CANADA THIS SUMMER, WILL PLAY HIS FIRST BC SHOWS IN SIX YEAR.
 This summer one of Canada's most iconic artists Stompin’ Tom Connors is hitting the stage in 13 cities beginning in Thunder Bay on July 31 and heading West from there. The tour will have a triumphant finish in Fort McMurray at MacDonald Island Park on September 4. This tour also marks Stompin' Tom's first time back to BC in six years. All shows go on sale June 4 - details listed below.
Stompin' Tom is in the 46th year of his incredible music career since his break in Timmins, ON, of which he overcame a life of poverty and hard knocks to become the revered recording artist he is today. Last month, the Toronto Musicians Union awarded Stompin' Tom their Lifetime Achievement Award and 50 Year Membership Pin to add to his unbelievable list of accolades which also includes: officer of The Order of Canada, the Queen’s Jubilee Medal, The Governor General’s Performing Arts Award, SOCAN’s Lifetime Achievement Award, recipient of three Doctorates from the Universities of St. Thomas in Fredericton, UPEI in Charlottetown and U. of T. in Toronto and his very own Canadian Postage Stamp.
He has also written two autobiographies - the first of which was a No. 1 best-seller. At the end of 2008,
Stompin' Tom released one of his most critically acclaimed albums ever, The Ballad of Stompin' Tom, of which there is also a very popular theatrical play about his life.
Tickets on sale June 4, 2010 through Ticket Seller 250-549-7469 www.ticketseller.ca
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