The Scope

Sometimes the unexpected can happen when you’re on tour.

Like, for instance, your appendix needing immediate surgical attention.

That’s what happened to guitarist and vocalist Johnny Turbo of Halifax’s Tom Fun Orchestra recently. According to Facebook, he is recovering well.

But it left his band and the Carmen Townsend Trio grounded in Nova Scotia. And there was no way they could play their scheduled gig here in St. John’s tonight.

“We tried damn hard to get another vehicle,” writes Carmen Townsend on the Facebook event page, “but at the final hour we realized it just wasn’t possible, money-wise. We could not afford the trip on our own.”

“Totally bummed,” she writes.

…But! But! But!

Regina, Saskatchewan’s Rah Rah are still coming. The Canadian epic indie-pop darlings are determined to make it — probably because they had a blast and a tremendous positive response when they were here earlier this year.

How do I know this?

Exhibit A:
Rah Rah really impressed the audience with their high-energy show at The Ship earlier this year, and people really haven’t stopped talking about them. (Most definitely part of it had to do with their ability to knit woolen toques with their fingers.)

Here they are performing one of their best-known tracks from their full length album, Going Steady:

Exhibit B: They had fun off stage when they were here. Here is a clip of them moaning and hooting like ghosts in the old bunker at Cape Spear. It’s really spooky:

Rah Rah will be performing tonight at The Rock House. Quiet Elephant and the Pathological Lovers have since been added to the bill for the show, and tickets are available at the door. Saturday, October 17 they will be performing alongside Texas Chainsaw at The Ship.