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Concert Review: Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls, September 21, Great Canadian Casino Theatre

Posted on
22 Sep 2024
by
Paul

On Saturday night, Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls took to the stage at the Great Canadian Casino, way out in the wilds of Etobicoke, for the third night of Turner’s Lost Evenings Festival. Or as Turner put it, “Welcome to show number 2951.” The archivist in me appreciates that he’s kept track of every show he’s played over the years.

Each night of the festival has seen Turner playing a unique set, with this one centred around his latest album Undefeated, which he and the band would play in its entirety, including at least one song they’d never played live before. They followed that up with a “hardcore” set focusing on the punkier side of Turner’s songbook.

Of the new stuff, highlights included “Show People,” the D.B. Cooper-inspired “International Hide and Seek Champions” and “Ceasefire,” which Turner described as being about the constant argument between himself now and himself at 15 years old. The standout amongst the Undefeated tunes though was the one track off the album that the band had yet to perform live before this evening – “The Leaders.”

“This is kind of a political song. It’s about how I believe in community more than I believe in authority figures,” said Turner as he introduced the tune, adding, “If you ever find yourself unironically referring to a politician by their first name as if you’re friends, you need to have a fucking word with yourself.” After running through the song in just under two minutes, Turner concluded that he thought it went quite well.

Immediately after the band finished up the Undefeated set came the punk portion of the evening. And though Turner joked that it was something he’d been slightly dreading, he and the band acquitted themselves quite nicely as they ran through numbers like “Non Serviam” and “Try This At Home.” Sure, Frank Turner’s getting older, and he’s inching closer to the 3000 show mark, but he can still rock out when he wants to.

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