Photos: Wire, Bear in Heaven @ Lee’s Palace

Photos by: Stephen McGill (@steve_mcgill) –

English post-punk quartet Wire, who formed in 1976, and who released their new album, Change Becomes Us, in March via Pink Flag, performed at Lee’s Palace in Toronto last night, during a short North American jaunt that will see them perform at the Pitchfork Music Festival on July 19th, with Brooklyn-based indie rock trio Bear in Heaven.

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Wire
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Colin Newman of Wire. (Photo: Stephen McGill/Aesthetic Magazine Toronto)

Matthew Simms of Wire. (Photo: Stephen McGill/Aesthetic Magazine Toronto)

Colin Newman of Wire. (Photo: Stephen McGill/Aesthetic Magazine Toronto)

Colin Newman of Wire. (Photo: Stephen McGill/Aesthetic Magazine Toronto)

Colin Newman of Wire. (Photo: Stephen McGill/Aesthetic Magazine Toronto)

Colin Newman of Wire. (Photo: Stephen McGill/Aesthetic Magazine Toronto)

Matthew Simms of Wire. (Photo: Stephen McGill/Aesthetic Magazine Toronto)

Colin Newman of Wire. (Photo: Stephen McGill/Aesthetic Magazine Toronto)

Graham Lewis of Wire. (Photo: Stephen McGill/Aesthetic Magazine Toronto)

Colin Newman of Wire. (Photo: Stephen McGill/Aesthetic Magazine Toronto)

Matthew Simms of Wire. (Photo: Stephen McGill/Aesthetic Magazine Toronto)

Graham Lewis of Wire. (Photo: Stephen McGill/Aesthetic Magazine Toronto)

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Bear In Heaven
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Jon Philpot of Bear in Heaven. (Photo: Stephen McGill/Aesthetic Magazine Toronto)

Jon Philpot of Bear in Heaven. (Photo: Stephen McGill/Aesthetic Magazine Toronto)

Adam Wills of Bear in Heaven. (Photo: Stephen McGill/Aesthetic Magazine Toronto)

Jon Philpot of Bear in Heaven. (Photo: Stephen McGill/Aesthetic Magazine Toronto)

Jason Nazary of Bear in Heaven. (Photo: Stephen McGill/Aesthetic Magazine Toronto)

Jon Philpot of Bear in Heaven. (Photo: Stephen McGill/Aesthetic Magazine Toronto)