Gowan The 40th Anniversary Tour of the Strange Animal Album | Cashbox Canada
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Legendary songwriter and pianist Gowan will be back in Quebec this November as part of the 40th anniversary of the album Strange Animal!
The tour will start on November 19 at Lac Brôme. This will be followed by shows in Sherbrooke (20/11), L’Assomption (21/11), Trois-Rivières (22/11), Quebec City (23/11), Montreal (25/11), Sainte-Agathe (26/11), Drummondville (27/11) and Gatineau (28/11). He will end the tour at Toronto’s legendary Massey Hall on November 29.
Gowan has had a special relationship with Quebec for more than 40 years.
He says: “I remember very well the first time I played in Quebec at the Albert-Rousseau Hall in Quebec City on November 11, 1985. I absolutely want to remain loyal to the Quebec public as the public has been with me for 40 years.”
19/11 – Brome Lake – Brome
Lake Theatre 20/11 – Sherbrooke – Granada
Theatre 21/11 – L’Assomption – Hector-Charland
Theatre 22/11 – Trois-Rivières – Cégep de Trois-Rivières
23/11 – Quebec City – Albert-Rousseau
Hall 25/11 – Montreal – MTELUS
26/11 – Sainte-Agathe – Le Patriote
27/11 – Drummondville – Maison des Arts Desjardins
28/11 – Gatineau – Odyssée
Hall 29/11 – Toronto – Massey Hall
Gowan, surrounded by his exceptional four-piece band, will play the entire Strange Animal album in addition to his great classics such as All The Lovers In The World, Dancing On My Own Ground and Moonlight Desires among others!
One of the best-selling Canadian albums of the 1980s, Gowan’s Strange Animal was certified triple platinum in Canada and the video “A Criminal Mind” won a Juno Award for Best Video. His songs “A Criminal Mind” and “(You’re a) Strange Animal” have been certified SOCAN Classics (ASCAP), each with more than 100,000 plays on Canadian radio.
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Born in Glasgow, Scotland and raised in Toronto, Lawrence Gowan enjoyed a successful solo career before joining the legendary band Styx in 1999 as a keyboardist and one of three lead singers with whom he recorded five studio albums, three DVDs/Blu-Rays and gave more than 3500 shows. Styx’s most recent album, Crash Of The Crown, released in 2021, reached No. 1 on the Billboard Rock chart after its release.
GOWAN – La tournée 40ième anniversaire de l’album Strange Animal au Québec en novembre
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19/11 – Lac Brome – Théâtre Lac Brome
20/11 – Sherbrooke – Théâtre Granada
21/11 – L’Assomption – Théâtre Hector-Charland
22/11– Trois-Rivières – Cégep de Trois-Rivières
23/11 – Québec – Salle Albert-Rousseau
25/11 – Montréal – MTELUS (billets en vente le 7 février)
26/11 – Sainte-Agathe – Le Patriote
27/11 – Drummondville – Maison des Arts Desjardins
28/11 – Gatineau – Salle Odyssée
29/11 – Toronto – Massey Hall
Montréal, septembre 2025 – Le légendaire auteur-compositeur et pianiste Gowan sera de retour en novembre prochain dans le cadre de la tournée 40ième anniversaire de l’album Strange Animal.
La tournée débutera le 19 novembre au Lac Brôme. Suivront des spectacles à L’Assomption (21/11), Trois-Rivières (22/11), Québec (23/11), Montréal (25/11), Sainte-Agathe (26/11), Drummondville (27/11) et Gatineau (28/11). Il terminera la tournée au mythique Massey Hall de Toronto le 29 novembre.
Gowan, entouré de son exceptionnel groupe de quatre musiciens, jouera l’entièreté de l’album Strange Animal en plus de ses grands classiques tels All The Lovers In The World, Dancing On My Own Ground et Moonlight Desires entre autres!
Gowan entretient une relation particulière avec le Québec depuis plus de 40 ans. Il déclare : « Je me souviens très bien de la première fois où j’ai joué au Québec à la salle Albert-Rousseau de Québec le 11 novembre 1985. Je tiens absolument à rester fidèle au public québécois comme le public l’est avec moi depuis 40 ans ».
L’un des albums canadiens les plus vendus des années 1980, Strange Animal de Gowan a été certifié triple platine au Canada et le vidéo « A Criminal Mind » a remporté un Juno dans la catégorie Meilleur vidéo. Ses chansons « A Criminal Mind » et « (You’re a) Strange Animal » ont-été certifiées Classiques de la SOCAN (ASCAP) chacune ayant dépassé 100 000 passages sur les radios canadiennes.
Né à Glasgow en Écosse et élevé à Toronto, Lawrence Gowan a connu une fructueuse carrière solo avant de se joindre, en 1999, au mythique groupe Styx en tant que claviériste et l’un des trois chanteurs principaux avec qui il a enregistré cinq albums studio, trois DVD/Blu-Ray et donné plus de 3500 spectacles. Le plus récent album de Styx Crash Of The Crown lancé en 2021, a atteint la 1ère position du palmarès Rock du Billboard après sa sortie.
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Cashbox Canada
Sat Sep 20, 2025
Legendary songwriter and pianist Gowan will be back in Quebec this November as part of the 40th anniversary of the album Strange Animal!
The tour will start on November 19 at Lac Brôme. This will be followed by shows in Sherbrooke (20/11), L’Assomption (21/11), Trois-Rivières (22/11), Quebec City (23/11), Montreal (25/11), Sainte-Agathe (26/11), Drummondville (27/11) and Gatineau (28/11). He will end the tour at Toronto’s legendary Massey Hall on November 29.
Gowan has had a special relationship with Quebec for more than 40 years.
He says: “I remember very well the first time I played in Quebec at the Albert-Rousseau Hall in Quebec City on November 11, 1985. I absolutely want to remain loyal to the Quebec public as the public has been with me for 40 years.”
19/11 – Brome Lake – Brome
Lake Theatre 20/11 – Sherbrooke – Granada
Theatre 21/11 – L’Assomption – Hector-Charland
Theatre 22/11 – Trois-Rivières – Cégep de Trois-Rivières
23/11 – Quebec City – Albert-Rousseau
Hall 25/11 – Montreal – MTELUS
26/11 – Sainte-Agathe – Le Patriote
27/11 – Drummondville – Maison des Arts Desjardins
28/11 – Gatineau – Odyssée
Hall 29/11 – Toronto – Massey Hall
Gowan, surrounded by his exceptional four-piece band, will play the entire Strange Animal album in addition to his great classics such as All The Lovers In The World, Dancing On My Own Ground and Moonlight Desires am