''The Show Must Go'' is Canadian

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group Hedley's third studio album and was released on November 17, 2009, in Canada. The album was successful, producing three top 20 singles, with the lead track, "

Cha-Ching "Cha-Ching" is a song by Canadian pop rock group Hedley. It was released to radio on August 17, 2009 as the lead single from the band's third studio album ''The Show Must Go''. The song entered the Canadian Hot 100 at number 34, and ended up ...

", and eighth track, " Perfect" both hitting the top 10. The album was later released in the US on December 7, 2010.

Track listing

Personnel

Credits for ''The Show Must Go'' adapted from

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Jacob Hoggard Jacob William Hoggard (born July 9, 1984) is a Canadian convicted sex offender and former singer-songwriter who was the lead singer for the pop-rock band Hedley. Before Hedley was formed, Hoggard competed on the second season of ''Canadian Ido ...

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vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

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Dave Rosin Dave Cameron Rosin (born July 28, 1981) is a Canadian guitarist and singer. Rosin was the lead guitarist of the rock band Hedley. Career Dave Cameron Rosin was part of a band named ''Day Theory'' in 2003. Rosin, Tommy Mac and Chris Crippin were ...

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, textures, background vocals * Tommy Mac – bass, background vocals *

Chris Crippin Chris Crippin (born August 4, 1974) is a Canadian musician. He is best known as the former drummer of the rock band Hedley. Crippin departed the band in 2017. Outside of Hedley, he was the drum technician on the 2000 album '' Drawing Black Lines ...

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Brian Howes Brian Howes, also known as Howes, is a Canadian songwriter and record producer. Career Howes played in a British Columbia band, Young Guns, and later fronted the group DDT which blended punk, ska, and rap. The band was signed to Metallica drumme ...

- keyboard, guitar, background vocals * Jason Van Poederooyen - keyboard,

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Exc ...

* Joel Straton - background vocals * Jay Benson - percussion *

John Feldmann John Feldmann (born June 29, 1967) is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. He serves as the lead singer/guitarist of the band Goldfinger. Early life Feldmann grew up in Saratoga, California. He started writing song ...

- background vocals, percussion * David Benedeth - percussion * Dan Korneff - keyboard * David Eggar -

cello The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a Bow (music), bowed (sometimes pizzicato, plucked and occasionally col legno, hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually intonation (music), t ...

* Jonathan Dinklange -

violin The violin, sometimes known as a ''fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone (string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in the family in regular ...

* The Late Show's Gospel Choir - vocals *

Dave Genn David Robert Madison Genn is a Canadian musician, producer, and songwriter. He is a member of the rock group 54-40, and a former member of the Matthew Good Band. Early life Genn was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, on 2 March 1969. He is the ...

- guitar, keyboard, background vocals * Darren Parris - bass * Kelly Brock - background vocals * Brian Davies -

trumpet The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitched one octave below the standard ...

* Mark D'Angelo - trumpet * James Hopson -

trombone The trombone (german: Posaune, Italian, French: ''trombone'') is a musical instrument in the Brass instrument, brass family. As with all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player's vibrating lips cause the Standing wave, air column ...

* James Robertson -

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* April White - background vocals ;Production * Misha Rajaratnam - editing * Tom Lord-Alge - mixing * Brian Howes - producing * Jason Van Poederooyen - programming, engineering, editing * Kyle Moorman - engineering *

Erik Ron Erik Ron (born July 4, 1985) is an American producer, mixer, and songwriter based in Los Angeles. He has worked with artists such as Panic! at the Disco, Set It Off, Issues, New Years Day, Too Close to Touch, I the Mighty, Motionless In W ...

- engineering * John Feldmann - string arrangements, programming, producing * Mike Fraser - mixing * David Benedeth - producing * John Bender - engineering, editing * Kato Khandwala - engineering, editing * John D'uva - engineering, editing * Dan Korneff - engineering, editing, programming * Dean Maher - engineering * Dave Genn - producing

Awards and nominations

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

Tours

The Show Must Go... on the Road Tour

Hedley announced a tour across Canada in support of the album.

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Stereos Stereos are a Canadian pop band from Edmonton, Alberta, formed in 2008. Their musical style fuses aspects of electronic music, rock, and pop. Their breakout came from appearing on the MuchMusic original series, '' disBAND''. In October 2009, ...

were supporting acts for the entire tour, while

Boys Like Girls Boys Like Girls is an American rock band from Boston, Massachusetts. Formed in 2005, the group gained mainstream recognition when it released its self-titled debut album which went on to sell over 700,000 albums in the United States earning a ...

supported the dates from March 28 to April 10, and

Faber Drive Faber Drive is a four-piece Juno Award-nominated Canadian pop punk band from Mission, British Columbia, formed in 2004. The band consists of lead vocalist Dave Faber, lead guitarist Jordan Pritchett, bass guitarist Jeremy "Krikit" Liddle and drum ...

supported the other eight dates. A live album called '' Go With the Show'' was released in a CD/DVD pack on November 9, 2010. The CD contains tracks from the three final destinations of the tour, as well as a documentary and bonus features on the DVD. A second leg was announced on May 25, 2010. The opening acts touring with the band are San Sebastian,

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" # " On My Own" # "Shelter" # "She's So Sorry" # " Perfect" # " Old School" # "Amazing" # "Saturday" # "Gunnin'" # " Don't Talk to Strangers" # "Friends" # "Beautiful" # "321" # " Never Too Late" Encore: # " For the Nights I Can't Remember" # "

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Show Must Go 2009 albums Hedley (band) albums Universal Music Canada albums Island Records albums Albums produced by John Feldmann