Overview
- The Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame named its 2026 class Tuesday, adding the Tragically Hip, Feist, Loverboy songwriters Mike Reno and Paul Dean, and Roch Voisine.
- The induction takes place Sept. 26 at Toronto’s Massey Hall, with tickets on sale April 29 at 10 a.m. ET and a livestream on Amazon Music’s Twitch and Prime Video.
- The Tragically Hip called the honour bittersweet because late frontman Gord Downie will be absent.
- The announcement arrives as a Hip musical readies its Hamilton opening and a new version of Ahead by a Century lands through Canada Soccer’s Perfect Pitch project.
- Feist and Hip guitarist Paul Langlois are slated to headline the free TOgether festival on June 6 at Toronto’s Nathan Phillips Square in support of two city hospitals.