For nearly 3 decades, Canadian band Our Lady Peace has been a staple of the music scene not only at home, but around the world. Lead by Raine Maida with guitarist Steve Mazur, bassist Duncan Coutts and drummer Jason Pierce, the band recently released their 10th Studio Album Spiritual Machines II and embarked on the Wonderful Future tour. The band plays Oxford Stomp with Kyle McKearney, Serena Ryder, and The Black Crowes on July 15th.
"It will be fun. It’ll just, you know, flying gig bunch of people, hopefully it’s a nice hot day. No pressure. I can’t wait. I love coming to Calgary. The last time we played Oxford was with Serena and Corey Hart. I was amazed (with the) massive crowd. People were there to have fun and see music and, and that’s a good thing. I can’t wait to see Serena. Chris (Robinson of the Black Crowes), our kids went to school together. They are amazing, I’m glad they’re back together. It’s been long overdue."
Expect a lot of hits like Starseed, Clumsy, Somewhere Out There and more sing along worthy cuts. It’s challenging for a band to create a setlist when they have decades of material to pick from.
"At the end of the day, it’s getting tough, man. There are so many songs on basically the last three or four records that will just never probably play live. That’s a weird thing as an artist, every time I record a song, it’s always about capturing that moment here in a studio, but I always think further like, oh, wow, I can’t wait to see this translates live. And then not getting that opportunity to fulfill that destiny of those songs. It’s kind of…
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