It's high time that we spotlight videos from Wednesday night's Triumph/April Wine concert at GFL Memorial Gardens on the SMS, and we have a lot of videos to rifle through, from at least eight different public channels and uploaders! While local news media didn't cover it in person from what I have found, the concert was a rousing success based on social media reports, which is great to see! To start our (at least) three fallout posts from Wednesday, we'll look at videos of both Canadian classic hard rock legends from two different filmers, so here's what you should know!
Most of the current YouTube videos from the show come from attendee Chris Berlinguette, who posted 12 videos to his YouTube channel, joining a few dozen other concert videos from elsewhere in Ontario and even in Buffalo, New York. Nine of his videos are from Triumph's headlining set, where he filmed the reunited Mississauga legends playing "Hold On", "Allied Forces", "Blinding Light Show", "Rock & Roll Machine" split across two videos (here and here), their cover of Joe Walsh's "Rocky Mountain Way", "Lay It On The Line", "Follow Your Heart" (complete with a partial cover of "24 Hours A Day" at the start), and as embedded below, their two encore songs, namely "I Live For The Weekend" and "Fight The Good Fight". You'll notice by the video lengths that Rik, Gil, and crew are very amenable to jamming and extending songs live ("Rocky Mountain Way" alone is a 9 minute video), so fans got their money's worth!
Give their long hiatus as a touring concern, Triumph sound pretty good overall in these videos, and their touring musicians do beef things up without taking away from the original lineup, though bassist Mike Levine did not join the tour due to a long-term hand injury. Note the locally unique sight of Gil Moore and Brent Fitz drumming on stage simultaneously! The lighting and video screen definitely adds to the presentation, and they picked a solid cross-section of hits from their original run! Chris also had a good vantage point of the stage from the floor, clearly from the third or fourth row. Check out his Triumph videos for yourselves above and below!
We'll pick things back up with Chris in a second, but for some more Triumph videos, let's look at the three uploaded by the non-local tourism YouTube channel Two Thirsty Travelers, which does feature a bunch of live concert videos from far-flung locales. One of the thirsty travelers filmed three Triumph songs on Wednesday, namely "Somebody's Out There", "Never Surrender", and as embedded below, "Hold On". Props to touring bassist Todd Kerns for wearing a Marco Mignosa Soo Greyhounds jersey for part of their set too! The travellers were in side-stage seating, giving us a clearer and more open look at everyone in action, if sacrificing a real look at the audience, but things sound good, so give them a look above & below also!
For the back half of this post, we'll look at the above filmers' videos of Halifax hard rock legends April Wine's first local concert set in 13 years, and first since the retirement & death of frontman Myles Goodwyn. Chris Berlinguette filmed three videos from their set, including "I Like To Rock", a triple header of the back half of "Just Between You & Me", "Sign Of The Gypsy Queen", and "Roller", and as embedded below, both "Oowatanite" and their cover of Hot Chocolate's "You Could Have Been A Lady". Now, April Wine have no original band members left (and long-time guitarist Brian Greenway is the only current member who was even in the band before 2011, so I understand there being fans who don't really consider this to truly be "April Wine". That said, Brian has assembled a talented band to carry the name forward, and Myles did give the current touring band his blessing before he retired in 2023.
The performances here are sound, and from experience, I honestly hear April Wine a little more frequently on local radio than Triumph, so the familiar songs are done in a way that won't alienate fans beyond debating their authenticity compared to the 1970s band. Marc Parent has good energy and melody to his vocals, though some higher notes don't come easy. Good stuff for fans of these classic songs, so give Chris' April Wine videos a look!
Lastly for this post, the aforementioned Two Thirsty Travellers filmed two videos of April Wine's set, specifically them playing "I Like To Rock" and, as embedded below, "Sign Of The Gypsy Queen". These are both songs that Chris also filmed, so interest here will primarily be around the side-stage angle, but they're still a good look at the guys in action playing some familiar hits from back in the day, so give these a look above and below as well!
There's definitely more coming from Wednesday's concert, but stay tuned for this month's YouTube Channel Profile next! Thanks everyone!
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