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\u201cYou\u2019re correct in calling it an accident, \u201csaid Moore, 73, down the line from the band\u2019s production rehearsals recently at the Hard Rock hotel in Orlando, Fla., before a Make-A-Wish benefit show on April 10.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve said publicly many, many times that I would never go back on the road again (because I wanted to spend time with my family).\u201d<\/p>\n
Believe it or not, Moore first asked Triumph lighting director Paul Dexter in 2019 if the band \u2014 who sold 15 million albums since their 1975 formation \u2014 could be brought back in hologram form.<\/p>\n
That was a no, although a crew will be filming the new Triumph tour for a documentary as a sort of sequel to 2021\u2019s Triumph: Rock & Roll Machine by co-director-editor Marc Ricciardelli, who the band is working with again.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThen after we had our tribute album (started in 2019, released in 2025), which again was caused by not touring, producer (Mike Klink) said \u2018Why don\u2019t you use some people who worked on the record (for a tour)?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
While (guitarist) Phil X , who replaced original axeman-singer Rik Emmett in Triumph around 1990, was open to it, tour plans didn\u2019t start to solidify until what Moore calls \u201cthe Canadian hockey phenomenon.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAs a kid growing up hockey was everything for me, everything,\u201d said the drummer. \u201cBut I thought this is a really good opportunity to get close to the Stanley Cup. I may be driving the Zamboni but at least I\u2019m there. We literally had one rehearsal for two and half hours the evening before the (Edmonton) performance and we went and played and then all of the sudden Live Nation is lighting up the phones going \u2018You have to tour.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
Thus the 10-city Canadian tour \u2014 dubbed Triumph\u2019s Rock and Roll Machine Reloaded Tour \u2014 officially begins on April 22 with fellow Can-rock act April Wine opening and includes a hometown Toronto show on April 24 at Scotiabank Arena followed by a 15-city U.S. trek.<\/p>\n
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Moore says it\u2019s hoped original bassist-keyboardist Mike Levine, 76, who missed the Edmonton NHL performance due to a doctor\u2019s appointment, \u201cwill perform at select shows,\u201d as the band states on triumphmusic.com.<\/p>\n
Original member facing health challenges<\/p>\n
\u201cMike\u2019s been facing some health challenges,\u201d said Moore. \u201cHe\u2019s not here (now) but we\u2019re hoping that he\u2019s going to be able to join us. But we really don\u2019t know. For him, it\u2019s a game-time decision, based on his doctors and his health.\u201d<\/p>\n
And if he can\u2019t play at the Toronto show, at the very least he\u2019ll be in the crowd.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhether he\u2019s going to be on the stage, or whether he\u2019s going to be in the box looking at us, that\u2019s going to be his decision,\u201d said Moore. \u201cThat\u2019s the backup plan if he can\u2019t perform. He\u2019ll still be there with his family. We\u2019ve got a box held at the venue.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the meantime, Moore and Emmett, 72, previously rehearsed for the tour on their own for about two-three weeks at Moore\u2019s studio, Metal Works, in Mississauga, Ont.<\/p>\n
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Then touring musicians \u2014 Phil X, bassist Todd Kerns and drummer Brent Fitz (both from Slash\u2019s band) joined them \u2014 and they learned about 17 songs.<\/p>\n
\u201cEverybody got together \u2014 the boys flew in from the states \u2014 we went at it hard for two weeks, it was a lot of fun,\u201d said Moore.<\/p>\n
Moore said because Emmett still extensively toured after he left Triumph in 1988 it\u2019s been an easier adjustment for his bandmate to pick back up again.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve not been on the concert stage for a long time but, I don\u2019t know, it\u2019s been fun getting back on the bicycle,\u201d he said. \u201cI wouldn\u2019t say it\u2019s completely natural. I\u2019ve had to woodshed really hard.\u201d<\/p>\n
It was inner-band friction that caused Emmett to leave to pursue more progressive music as a solo artist and Phil X filled in for one album before Triumph effectively disbanded in 1993.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe had a family squabble, we got over it in 2006, so it\u2019s been 20 years,\u201d said Moore, adding he, Emmett and Levine have regular Christmas dinners.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s kind of unfortunate that we didn\u2019t agree on things then but it\u2019s like every family, you have a squabble, hopefully you get over it. And in this case, we got over it. We were buds again.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Moore said a lot of the mend-making came leading up to the band\u2019s 2007 induction into the Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame followed by the Canadian Music Hall of Fame (2008), and later Canada\u2019s Walk of Fame (2019).<\/p>\n
\u201cAll these reasons to get together and have a laugh,\u201d he said. \u201cSo it\u2019s been a really good ride since 2006.\u201d<\/p>\n
COMEBACKS A REAL RUSH<\/p>\n
It somewhat feels like the mid-\u201970s in terms of Canadian music with both Triumph and Rush staging comeback tours in the same year.<\/p>\n
Both are hard-rock trios from Toronto who came up around the same time with frequent comparisons.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it\u2019s an incredible coincidence\u201d said Triumph drummer-singer Gil Moore.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve seen stuff on social media like \u2018It\u2019s a rigged game. They planned it.\u2019 It\u2019s like, \u2018No!\u2019 I can\u2019t speak for (Rush guitarist) Alex (Lifeson) and (Rush singer-bassist) Geddy (Lee), how it came together, why they decided what they decided but it had nothing to do with us. They\u2019ve been fantastic ambassadors for Canadian musicians, always have been, always will be. So I applaud them for what they\u2019re doing.\u201d<\/p>\n
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As for new Rush drummer and German virtuoso Anika Nilles (Jeff Beck) filling in for Neil Peart, who passed in 2020, Moore was impressed with what he\u2019s seen so far as the trio made their debut performing, Finding My Way, opening the 2026 Juno Awards on March 29.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe\u2019s absolutely incredible,\u201d said Moore. \u201cShe\u2019s a great, great drummer. Anybody trying to step in after Neil Peart, not only was he great, but he was so distinct in his contribution to Rush\u2019s music, so in my mind I can\u2019t sort of separate Neil from Rush and their music. And so I think for any drummer \u2013 talk about a tough task. That\u2019s got to be one of the toughest gigs out there. And from what I saw, which was at the Junos, seeing that song, with Rush, I thought, \u2018Holy mackeral! This is really something!\u2019 Yeah, she\u2019s knocking it out of the park in my opinion. And good for her. If anybody should give her flak (for being a girl), they should shut up because she\u2019s cutting the mustard. She lit it up and she killed it.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Nilles is on the road for Rush\u2019s 2026 Fifty Something Tour that has four dates in August at Scotiabank Arena plus two stops in Montreal, Vancouver, and Edmonton in the fall.<\/p>\n
Triumph 2026 Canadian tour dates<\/p>\n
April 22 \u2013 Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., GFL Memorial Gardens<\/p>\n
April 24 \u2013 Toronto, Scotiabank Arena<\/p>\n
April 25 \u2013 Hamilton, Ont., TD Coliseum<\/p>\n
April 28 \u2013 Halifax, Scotiabank Centre<\/p>\n
April 29 \u2013 Moncton, N.B., Avenir Centre<\/p>\n
May 1 \u2013 Laval, Que., Place Bell (Montreal)<\/p>\n
May 2 \u2013 Ottawa, Canadian Tire Centre<\/p>\n
May 5 \u2013 Winnipeg, Canada Life Centre<\/p>\n
May 7 \u2013 Edmonton, Rogers Place<\/p>\n
May 8 \u2013 Calgary, Scotiabank Saddledome<\/p>\n
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