Made In Canada is one of my favourite shows and The Tragically Hip had a big influence on the show, from Blow At High Dough being the theme song, to drunken demands for Poets, to lyrics being repeated through the series as lines.
Also, they have a cameo as the curling team from Kingston in the most Canadian movie ever made, Men With Brooms.
Edit: this part here for those reading this thread not from Canads who may not be aware of the situation.
A big part of the impact here isn't that it's the last concert of a band, it's the situation behind it. If they're just broke up or something it wouldn't be nearly as impactful. The fact that this is a man facing death from no fault of his own (ie not another rock drug overdose but inoperable brain cancer) who chose to spend a good chunk of what likely is the last few weeks/months of his life crossing the country singing his heart out with all proceeds going to charity (well, all proceeds the band makes, not the profit the money gouging resellers pulled in) makes it, well, noble for the lack of a better term.
I hope that this concert becomes available for sale. I'll buy it.
In an odd way it reminds me of Hadfield's cover of space oddity - the situation the song(s) are performed in elevates them beyond previous renditions of the music.
