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Blue Rodeo's Greg Keelor Says 'Lake Ontario' Lyric Now an Anti-Trump Rallying Cry
Blue Rodeo turned the crowd into a chorus after Greg Keelor urged fans to sing with “full authority and ownership” during the band’s waterfront set.
- On Saturday, Canadian band Blue Rodeo led roughly 16,000 fans at Toronto's RBC Amphitheatre in chanting "Lake Ontario" to defy President Donald Trump's executive order renaming the water "Lake America."
- Trump signed the executive order amid an escalating trade war, prompting confusion as Google Maps displays the new title for U.S. users while Canadians continue seeing Lake Ontario.
- During the concert, frontman Greg Keelor prompted the protest while performing the 1993 hit "Hasn't Hit Me Yet," calling the renaming "insulting" and describing it as a "rallying call" for Canadians.
- Ontario Premier Doug Ford reinforced the opposition by erecting a giant billboard along the shoreline reading "Lake Ontario Now," asserting the lake's enduring name.
- Keelor described the lake as a "line in the sand," noting it predates modern borders by thousands of years and remains an enduring symbol of Canadian identity despite the administrative change.
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Blue Rodeo’s Greg Keelor says ‘Lake Ontario’ lyric now anti-Trump rallying cry
Greg Keelor had been mulling what to say about Donald Trump all night. Blue Rodeo was about to play “Hasn’t Hit Me Yet” during their Saturday show at Toronto’s RBC Amphitheatre, and the Canadian band's frontman knew their 1993 hit contained a newly loaded lyric: “Out in the middle of Lake Ontario.” Keelor considered using the moment to tear into the U.S. president, who last week signed an executive order to rename the body of water “Lake America…
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