Across Canada with Barenaked Ladies
February 28, 2007 by David Bergman
I spent some more time in February touring Canada with Barenaked Ladies for TourPhotographer.com.
The guys all live in Toronto and the Air Canada Centre was packed with over 13,000 people. They’ve given me unbelievable access to photograph them backstage and on stage, so I couldn’t miss the opportunity to make a shot showing the band with their fans.
As they were taking their bows at the end of the first encore, I jumped onto the drum riser. Ed Robertson said to the crowd, “Do you guys want to be in a picture?” Everyone went nuts, the band turned around to face me, and here’s the result.
 
It bothered me a little that there is a space with two empty seats just to the left of the band. However, I actually got an email from the couple that was sitting there. The wife is pregnant and her husband told me that they left right before the encore because they thought her water broke!
It turned out to be a false alarm, but they wanted to get on the road just in case. They’re pretty upset that they missed being in the photo!
