Supertramp performs in Winnipeg on July 9, 1979, three weeks before they were to play in Halifax. Their Breakfast in America album had come out just months before and they toured across North America and Europe in support of it. Rick Tarkka was 15 when the highlight of his summer was supposed to be a Supertramp concert in Halifax. Rock and roll mystery: Here's why Supertramp didn't play in Halifax in 1979 CBC News Nova Scotia 2:44 With concerts resuming amid Nova Scotia's reopening, we have an odd story about a Halifax concert that didn't happen. Supertramp was set to play in the city in 1979, if not for what some might call: the crime of the century.

Source: CBC News July 31, 2021 09:00 UTC