Live at the Burton Cummings Theatre

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Live at the Burton Cummings Theatre
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Live album by
ReleasedMarch 23, 2010 (2010-03-23)
RecordedApril 2009
Genre Indie rock
Label ANTI-
The Weakerthans chronology
Live Session EP
(2009)
Live at the Burton Cummings Theatre
(2010)

Live at the Burton Cummings Theatre is a live album and concert DVD by Canadian indie rock band The Weakerthans. The album was recorded during April 2009 at the Burton Cummings Theatre in the band's home town of Winnipeg, as they toured in support of their album Reunion Tour . [1] It was released March 23, 2010 on ANTI-. [2]

Track listing

  1. Everything Must Go
  2. Tournament of Hearts
  3. Our Retired Explorer (Dines with Michel Foucault in Paris in 1969)
  4. Night Windows
  5. Reconstruction Site
  6. Aside
  7. Civil Twilight
  8. Bigfoot
  9. Plea from a Cat Named Virtute
  10. The Reasons
  11. Sun in an Empty Room
  12. Left and Leaving
  13. Wellington's Wednesdays
  14. Benediction
  15. Manifest
  16. One Great City!
  17. This Is a Fire Door Never Leave Open
  18. Virtute the Cat Explains Her Departure
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References

  1. "Press Release" Archived 2010-09-17 at the Wayback Machine . ANTI-
  2. "The Weakerthans Divulge Details of Forthcoming Live Album". Exclaim! , February 9, 2010.
  3. "CHARTattack review".
  4. "Now Magazine review".
  5. "Sputnikmusic review".