It’s been 25 years since the release of Tom Cochrane’s landmark album, Mad Mad World, which has its deluxe edition reissue in stores now, and at streaming services via Universal Music Canada.

The remastered two-CD set includes the previously unreleased original demo recording of Love is a Highway, from which grew the career-defining single Life is a Highway, and also a 1992 concert performance from Chicago which features key tracks from the album alongside Red Rider classics.

Mad Mad World accelerated the Canadian singer-songwriters already upward trajectory into the stratosphere. Cochrane celebrated this milestone anniversary on October 28 in Calgary, where an exhibition of his musical work was unveiled at the National Music Centre ahead of its opening to the general public.

The never-at-rest iconic artist also announced a cross-Canada tour through February and March of 2017, with 21 dates on the calendar and more to be announced in the coming days. On stage with his reunited bandmates Kenny Greer and Jeff Jones, Cochrane will perform Mad Mad World in its entirety with additional fan favourites in the set. See website for complete details and information on VIP packages.

Mad Mad World remains among the top-selling albums in Canadian music history, achieving rare Diamond-certified status on the strengths of such hit singles as the title track, No Regrets, Washed Away, Sinking Like a Sunset, and of course Life is a Highway, which reigned at #1 for 6 weeks in Canada, reached number six on the Billboard Hot 100, and went on to become recognized the world over.

Tom Cochrane is recipient of eight Juno awards, plus multiple songwriter awards from SOCAN, CAPAC and ASCAP. Cochrane is a Grammy nominee, a member of the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and has a place on Canada’s Walk of Fame. Cochrane has also been tireless in his philanthropic works for decades, working with War Child, World Animal Protection, The United Way, and Amnesty International, Make Poverty History and Tree Canada just to name a few. He was a performer at Live 8, and in both Tears are Not Enough, and Young Artists for Haiti.

Tom Cochrane’s Mad Mad World Tour comes to Western Financial Place in Cranbrook on Friday Feb 24 (2017). Tickets for the event go on sale Friday, November 4 at 10 a.m. at WFP box office, or you can order by phone or on line.

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