Metric At MTelus

We're a little bit backed up on getting my concert photographs up here on The Old Blog.  I suppose we will catch up at some point, but this would be a good time to remind you that my concert photographs can be seen in a much more timely manner by visiting V13Media, which you can do by following the link.  If you'd like an even more direct route to my photographs, you can visit my personal page over there but using the following link.  Canada Day was a month away when this concert took place, but there was a celebration of Canadian rock music at the MTelus in Montreal that week.  I’ve often seen the sold-out sign hanging from the pick-up window when I pick up my credentials, and it was hanging there again.  On this night it seemed like they had even managed to pack even more people in to the legendary venue as this was a show that nobody wanted to miss.  Metric and The Sam Roberts Band were in town to celebrate some of the great music that comes from our home and native land.  While on stage, Sam Roberts spoke about the tour, mentioning how it was the brainchild of Metric’s Emily Haines.  He mentioned how when he saw on the phone who was calling, he immediately picked up because one does not let a call from Emily Haines to the voicemail.   She suggested a tour that celebrates each bands most famous album, which would be played in its entirety.   Answering the phone was a very good decision.  Sam Roberts immediately agreed and the rest, as they say, is musical history.   The final act of the evening was Metric, another band that has dominated Canadian rock radio.  In keeping with the theme of the evening, Metric performed their album Fanatasies from start to finish.  The album helped Metric win a couple of Juno awards back in 2010 and on this night it had the crowd in Montreal dancing in a sold-out and very warm MTelus.  Opening track “Help I’m Alive” immediately got the crowd going as everyone’s heart immediately began to beat like a hammer as they followed the beat.  Emily Haines made her way to the front of the stage where she held court before the mass of fans that had gathered before her to have Metric rock their worlds.  Her voice remains one of the most iconic in the Country and it seemed like its power only grew as the night continued.  The rest of Fantasies got played, as well as some extra fan favourites afterwards to send the crowd home happy.  It was a sweltering 34 Celcius in Montreal the day of the show, but the temperature inside of the MTelus continued to soar as the evening progressed.  Hockey season may have come to an end for our Canadiens, but Housewife, Sam Roberts Band and Metric scored a hat trick.   All of the photographs were taken at f/3.2 while using various different shutter speeds, ISO settings and focal lengths.  Here are the rest of the photographs that I took of Metric while they performed on the MTelus stage.

If you would like to find out more about Metric and their music, you can do so by following the link to their website.  If you would like to see the photographs that I took of Housewife and The Sam Roberts Band, who also performed that evening, you can do so by following the respective links.  Much thanks to Nick Stern and Carla Bennett of Stern Management and Christopher Gonda of V13 Media for getting me a pass to photograph the show.  As always, it is very much appreciated.  Metric is one of the top Canadian bands of our time.  They always put on great show and this one was no exception. There only remained one show left on the tour after this Montreal appearance, but all three bands are sure to be back on the road again soon.  Be sure to check Metric out when they play in a town near you.