54-40 in Toronto

54-40 is a Canadian alternative rock band formed in British Columbia in 1980. Its catalogue includes “I Go Blind,” “One Gun,” “Baby Ran,” “One Day in Your Life” and “Ocean Pearl,” as well as the albums Dear Dear and Smilin’ Buddha Cabaret. The band played its first concert at Vancouver’s Smilin’ Buddha Cabaret in 1981, beginning a live history rooted in the local club circuit. Across the following decades, 54-40 toured Canada in clubs, theatres and festival settings; its later hometown concerts have included multiple nights at the Commodore Ballroom.