As a highly lauded tunesmith who has penned dozens of memorable songs over a decades-long recording career, Nick Lowe isn’t usually lost for words. Read this article for free: Already have an account? To continue reading, please subscribe: * As a highly lauded tunesmith who has penned dozens of memorable songs over a decades-long recording career, Nick Lowe isn’t usually lost for words. Read unlimited articles for free today: Already have an account? As a highly lauded tunesmith who has penned dozens of memorable songs over a decades-long recording career, Nick Lowe isn’t usually lost for words.
But when he is informed that nary a weekend goes by in this corner of the world when his 1985 smash ) doesn’t have people filing onto the dance floor at one wedding social or another, the most he can come up with is, “Well, I’ll be.” Nick Lowe & Ron Sexsmith ● Burton Cummings Theatre ● Saturday, 8 p.m.
● Tickets $49.25 to $72 at Ticketmaster He asks a reporter to explain the concept again when reached over the phone at his home in West London, a week ahead of an abbreviated Canadian tour that includes a June 15 stop at the Burton Cummings Theatre. It’s called a social and it has become tradition to play a canned version of his old chestnut? “Isn’t that the craziest?” he says.
What’s doubly hard to believe is that Saturday will mark the first time Lowe, 75, graces a Winnipeg stage. He performed at the Winnipeg Folk Festival “a few years ago, when it was .
