City and Colour closed out the opening night of the 2024 Born & Raised music festival on Friday, July 5, 2024 in Montebello Park in St. Catharines, Ontario.
Photographer Kevin Metcalfe was there to cover the set for SWOMP. Check out Kevin’s photos, below:
SWOMP had the opportunity to cover City and Colour’s headlining set at last summers Bluewater Borderfest.
Check out our coverage, here: City and Colour serenades Bluewater Borderfest crowd in Sarnia
Here is some more information about City and Colour:
Over the course of six studio albums, Dallas Green has compiled a canon ripe with songs born of adoration and devotion amassing a legion of fans worldwide and garnering him three JUNOs, including two Songwriter of the Year awards, plus one Triple Platinum, two Double Platinum, one Platinum, and one Gold certification at home in Canada.
City and Colour’s last studio album A Pill For Loneliness – released on Green’s Still Records, an imprint of Dine Alone Records – debuted at #1 on the Billboard Canadian Albums Chart, his fourth consecutive chart-topper in Canada.
His previous #1 LP If I Should Go Before You made serious waves internationally debuting at #16 on the U.S. Billboard 200 Chart and #5 in Australia where Green’s LP Little Hell was certified GOLD.
In 2014, Green collaborated with international superstar Alecia Moore (aka P!nk) on a new project titled You+Me.
The duo’s acclaimed Platinum-certified first record, rose ave., debuted at #4 on the U.S. Top 200 Chart, #1 in Canada, #2 in Australia culminating in memorable performances on The Ellen Show and Jimmy Kimmel Live.
Green was personally invited by Alice in Chains to perform alongside Metallica, Korn, members of Soundgarden, Jane’s Addiction, Nirvana and other legendary artists when the Seattle quartet were honoured as the recipients of the 2020 Founder’s Award from the Museum of Pop Culture (MoPop).
In 2022, Green was honoured with the SOCAN National Achievement Award at the JUNO Awards in recognition of his philanthropic contributions to music education in Canada music education in Canada.
Learn more at https://cityandcolour.com/.