Broken Social Scene in Amsterdam

So we did finally make it to Europe and i will post all about that soon, but first while in Europe since our trip was re-scheduled for 3 weeks later we were able to catch Toronto's favourite band Broken Social Scene, just as they released their new album Forgiveness Rock Record. We spent the day riding bicycles around Amsterdam's beautiful Vondelpark and then we headed to the Concert. Another small venue. No more than 600 people here. Very cool pub/concert hall and the band was amazing as usual. I believe they were a 9 piece in Amsterdam.....but it could have been 8. They played a mixture of their three albums as well as a Pavement cover. Kaely bought a poster at the show (shown above) and ended up leaving it on a train to Napoli by accident. When she got back to Canada she emailed them and told them the story hoping to buy another (if there were any left as the pressing was limited to 100 copies) as she claimed it was her favourite souvenir from the entire European adventure. They happily sent a replacement free saying,"Amsterdam can be a crazy place." Good people for sure! I will support Broken Social Scene and the Arts & Crafts label as much as I can for sure. I am super glad we made the concert and it was so good I already bought tickets to see them again in Calgary in the fall.

Enjoi!