It has been quite sometime since I have seen Our Lady Peace perform live. It was almost three years ago that I last saw this band rock the city of Saskatoon. I must admit that at that time I was not an OLP fan. At the time, The Killjoys were opening for them and my friends and I made our way to the Rylies to see them perform. However, following the concert I must say that I was an instant OLP fan. They were amazing and proved to be true musicians.

After a long wait, OLP finally made their way back to Saskatoon with the recent release of their new album "Clumsy". When word hit the university that OLP was playing the campus bar Louis', the tickets sold out in less than four hours. I luckily gotone of the last five tickets. Whewwww!

The night arrived and we made our way to Louis'. I could not believe my eyes for a lineup had formed that came up two flights of stairs, down a hallway and out the front door. This was very strange considering they were not selling tickets at the door. It turns out that they were trying to get three pieces of ID from everyone, even though the tickets clearly said "picture-age id required". Many people who had only brought their liscence were finding themselves turned down at the door and having to drive all over the city to get more ID. What a joke! After waiting in line for almost three quarters of an hour, my friends and I made our way into a capacity crowd.

Until now, we were not aware of who was opening for OLP, but it was soon made clear that it was Change of Heart. I knew very little about the band and was curious to see what they were all about. When they took the stage, their set opened with a large intro using a very elaborate synthesizer system. The band then joined in and kept the crowd rocking for about forty-five minutes. Change of Heart turned out to be an awesome band that proved to be very energetic and almost wild at times on the stage. The band music consisted of very fast and heavy numbers that can be compared with the music of 1000 Mona Lisas (in my opinion). The floor started out empty, but by the end of their set it was jam packed with grooving newly made fans.

Immediately following Change of Heart's set the pit grew to an enormous size where I soon found myself at the back. It reached the point where you could not even move and many could barely see the stage that was not even twenty feet away. The atmosphere when OLP took the stage was inexplainable. The crowd was now more than ready to see them perform. For the first two songs, my friend and I were in the back of the pit and could barely see Raine's head (except for when everyone was bouncing downwards), so we made our way out of it, barely. We then stood on a couple of chairs which proved to be a much more comfortable location to watch from. The band covered a large amount of songs from both "Naveed" and "Clumsy". The fans were given a treat when OLP performed Starseed with Ian, the lead-singer of Change of Heart. He did not do much, but he did sing along with Raine during the course. It was very well done.

When OLP was done their pre-encore set, Raine said something to the following effect. "This is the time when we usually make our way off stage and you guys scream and chant our name for about five minutes. We usually use this time to take a little rest. But we're going to skip this part because as you can see, there is no room in this place for us to go!" He was right. The whole area around the stage was packed and the band would have probably taken 10 minutes just to get out of there. They played their encore which included a tasty little rendition of Naveed.

This concert was the last on the list for this OLP tour, but I'm sure they will be back soon.I think that it is safe to say that no one will be able to wait another 3 years to see them again!