Canadian icon Tom Cochrane is coming to Mission.
The singer, and his band, will perform at the Clarke Theatre (33700 Prentis Ave.) on Sept. 11. The show starts at 7:30 p.m. with doors opening at 7 p.m.
Tickets ($89.50 plus facility fee and service charges) are available at all Ticketmaster locations or online at www.ticketmaster.ca.
Cochrane has achieved a level of success known to few recording artists. A Canadian Music Hall of Fame inductee (2003), with an illustrious career spanning almost 50 years, Cochrane, as a solo artist and with Red Rider, has won numerous awards including eight Juno Awards, four Pop Music Awards, National Achievement Award (2003), Composer and Songwriter of the Year (1992), Male Vocalist of the Year (1992), Album of the Year - Mad Mad World (1992), Single of the Year - Life Is a Highway (1992) and Group of the Year – Tom Cochrane & Red Rider (1987).
Over the course of his career he has released 21 albums with hits, Lunatic Fringe, Victory Day, Human Race, Boy Inside the Man, White Hot and the chart topper, Big League.
Launching his solo career with the release of the anthemic hit Life Is a Highway from the breakthrough album Mad Mad World, and selling over one million copies in Canada alone and another six million copies worldwide, giving it certified Diamond Status in Canada, Tom earned a Grammy Nomination (1992) in the United States.
His legacy as a Canadian icon has been cemented with a star on Canada’s Walk of Fame and a 322 km section of Manitoba’s provincial highway named “Tom Cochrane’s Life Is a Highway.”