How to watch Tragically Hip's Man Machine Poem tour finale

The countdown is on. Tragically Hip fans across Canada are preppingfor the Man Machine Poem tour finale in the band's hometown ofKingston, Ont., on Saturday.

Emotions of Hip devoteeshave been high since the iconic band revealedthat frontman Gord Downie hadbeen diagnosed with an aggressive,incurable form of brain cancer.

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With Kingston's Rogers K-Rock Centre able to hold fewer than 6,000 people, most Hip fans plan to tune into the concert via CBC, which is broadcasting and streaming the show live and commercialfree: online, and on television and radio.

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As of 5 p.m. ET on Friday,436 community viewing parties were scheduled.Parties were plannedfrom Yukon'sMarsh Lake Community Centre, to Victoria Park in Charlottetown as well as internationally, with approved as well as fan-organized screeningsinNew York, London, Los Angeles andMexico, and in Rio de Janeiro as the Brazilian city prepares to wrap upthe Summer Olympics.

The Tragically Hip concert begins at 8:30 p.m. ET Saturdayandwill be broadcast nationally and streamed around the globe, in its entirety.

There will be no on-demand, nor online streaming playback, of the full event following the liveshow.

Watch or listen online (worldwide):

• CBCMusic.ca/thehip.
• CBCNews.ca.
• CBCSports.ca.
• The CBC Music app (for Apple and Android devices).
• CBC Music on Apple TV.
• Youtube.com/cbcmusic.
• Facebook.com/cbcmusic.
• ICIMusique.ca.

Watch (nationally):

• CBC Television

Listen (nationally):

• CBC Radio One
• CBC Radio 2
• CBC Radio One on Sirius XM Channel 169