Canadian alt-rockers Our Lady Peace performed on the main stage at Crewfest 2023 at Lions Park in Brantford, Ontario on Saturday, July 29, 2023.
Kicking off their set with the title track from their 1995 debut LP Naveed, OLP followed up the opener with a cover of Prince’s ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’.
However, the significance of the song choice undoubtedly was a tribute to Irish-songstress Sinéad O’Connor, whose career took off when she covered the song in 1990.
O’Connor died earlier this week on July 26, 2023 at the age of 56.
“There is no place we’d rather be than right here with you guys tonight,” front man Raine Maida told the Brantford crowd, during the closing number Starseed.
Our Lady Peace is Raine Maida (lead vocals), Duncan Coutts (bass), Jason Pierce (percussion), and Steve Mazur (lead guitar).
They have sold over five million albums, won four JUNO Awards and 10 Much Music Videos Awards (one of the MMVA’s most awarded artists), and have toured the world with The Rolling Stones, Guns ‘n’ Roses, Van Halen, Goo Goo Dolls, Alanis Morissette, and more, in addition to launching their music festival, Summersault, and playing at legendary festivals such as Woodstock ’99 and Live 8.
The band’s 1995 debut LP Naveed rode the wave of post-grunge in North America and has been followed by nine other albums, many of which going double platinum.
The band’s No. 1 radio hits in Canada include “Clumsy,” “In Repair,” “Somewhere Out There,” and “Angels Losing Sleep.”
SWOMP covered OLP’s recent performance at Caesars Windsor earlier this year.
Check out our photos from the Windsor show, here.
Leading up to the Windsor concert, SWOMP’s Dana Haggith caught up with OLP’s Duncan Coutts for an interview. Listen, below:
More details about the band can be found at https://www.ourladypeace.com/.