Terminally ill frontman of Tragically Hip leads last gig

A delirious sold-out crowd attended the final gig by Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip, whose lead singer and songwriter Gord Downie has been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer.

The band ended their 15-show Man Machine Poem tour on Saturday night in their home town of Kingston, Ontario, with the event broadcast live on national TV.

The Hip, who have become an indelible part of the country’s national identity with songs about hockey, small towns and Canadian literature, returned to the city where their musical journey began in the 1980s.