Our Lady Peace is coming to Syracuse for a private, “invite-only” concert.
The Canadian rock band, known for hits like “Superman’s Dead,” “Clumsy,” and “Somewhere Out There,” will perform at the Black Mamba Skate Park on Nov. 9, 2021. The roller skating and skateboarding venue is located at 1 LePage Place in Syracuse, N.Y.
According to Syracuse radio station 95X (WAQX-FM), the only way to get tickets is to enter to win an invitation online at 95x.com.
Our Lady Peace previously performed in Central New York several times, including at K-Rockathon, twice, and at Woodstock ‘99 in Rome. In a 2017 interview with syracuse.com, lead singer Raine Maida said that the 1997 breakout single “Superman’s Dead,” with angsty lyrics about pop culture and impossible beauty standards for women (“an ordinary girl an ordinary waist”), was still relevant two decades later.
“[It’s still] true to life,” he said. “With social media and everything we’re just bombarded with mundane... you try and escape it, how unhealthy it is -- especially when you’re young, affecting your brain development, which is scary. Pop culture has become the norm and it’s really scary. They’ve been sensationalized and become unrealistic.”
Maida also said the song’s famous outro, “Doesn’t anybody ever know that the world’s a subway,” rings even more true today.
“It was a very raw feeling about how things are happening so fast,” Maida said in 2017. “It’s hard to keep up. Since that song was written, now it’s impossible to keep up. Literally. You can’t check your Instagram or Twitter enough to keep up. Everything happens so quickly now.”
Our Lady Peace, also known for songs like “Starseed” (which appeared on the “Armageddon” movie soundtrack) and “One Man Army,” is promoting its upcoming album “Spiritual Machines II,” featuring the lead single “Stop Making Stupid People Famous.” Produced by TV On The Radio’s Dave Sitek, it will be a sequel to their 2000 album “Spiritual Machines,” which was influenced by inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil’s book “The Age Of The Spiritual Machines.”
The band’s upcoming tour dates also include a Nov. 8 concert at the Town Ballroom in Buffalo, and a show at the Photo City Music Hall in Rochester on Nov. 9, the same day as the Syracuse performance.