Jimmy Kay and Alan Dixon from The Metal Voice interview Triumph’s Gil Moore (Drummer).

In the exclusive interview Gil Moore sets the record straight in regards to the upcoming Canadian and USA tour. He explains & clarifies all

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Triumph, one of Canada’s most revered and influential rock bands, proudly announces their first tour in 30 years with the Triumph 50th Anniversary Tour, produced by Live Nation – an expansive 2026 North American run celebrating five decades of musical excellence, pioneering stagecraft, and a legacy that continues to inspire fans worldwide.

Special guests on the tour April Wine

Comprised of members Brian Greenway (guitar), Richard Lanthier (bass), Roy Nichol (drums), and Marc Parent (lead vocals, guitar), this will not be the first time April Wine and Triumph have shared the stage before. Longtime fans may recall a show at the Municipal Auditorium in San Antonio, Texas on February 18, 1977, which served as Triumph’s major American debut and a significant breakthrough for the band.

2026 TRIUMPH 50TH ANNIVERSARY NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES

CANADA

April 22 – Sault Ste. Marie, ON | GFL Memorial Gardens
April 24 – Toronto, ON | Scotiabank Arena
April 25 – Hamilton, ON | TD Coliseum
April 28 – Halifax, NS | Scotiabank Centre
April 29 – Moncton, NB | Avenir Centre
May 1 – Laval, QC | Place Bell (Montreal)
May 2 – Ottawa, ON | Canadian Tire Centre
May 5 – Winnipeg, MB | Canada Life Centre
May 7 – Edmonton, AB | Rogers Place
May 8 – Calgary, AB | Scotiabank Saddledome

UNITED STATES

May 13 – Rosemont, IL | Rosemont Theatre (Chicago)
May 14 – Milwaukee, WI | Miller High Life Theatre
May 16 – Kansas City, MO | Starlight Theatre
May 17 – St. Louis, MO | Hollywood Casino Amphitheater
May 20 – Irving, TX | The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory (Dallas)
May 21 – San Antonio, TX | Frost Bank Center
May 22 – Houston, TX | Smart Financial Center at Sugar Land
May 24 – Tampa, FL | MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheater
May 26 – Atlanta, GA | Synovus Bank Amphitheater at Chastain Park
May 28 – Camden, NJ | Freedom Mortgage Pavilion (Philadelphia)
May 30 – Sterling Heights, MI | Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre at Freedom Hill (Detroit)
June 3 – Darien Center, NY | Darien Lake Amphitheater
June 5 – Wantagh, NY | Northwell at Jones Beach Theater (New York)
June 6 – Boston, MA | Leader Bank Pavilion

Jimmy Kay from Canada’s The Metal Voice recently visited and interviewed founder, drummer of Triumph Gil Moore at the legendary Metalworks studio in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.

In the chat Moore talked about the future plans of Triumph consisting of a mixed reality tour and part 2 of Rock and Roll Machine documentary. Moore also gave his thoughts on Artificial intelligence in music today and for the future.

When asked if there will a Rock and Roll Machine Documentary part 2
“I think so. I’m probably the only person that thinks that because I remember when we were filming this one (Rock and Roll Machine) I said to Sam Dunn who was the co-director, I said you know we got to keep some of this b-roll here because we’re going to do another one. And he’s like don’t get ahead of yourself and I said hey man my whole career I’ve been ahead of myself that’s how I had a career, so let’s stay with that. I have a plan to do a mixed reality tour for Triumph and I’m very serious about that. I’m working with our lighting director Paul Dexter at Masterworks in Los Angeles. He’s unbelievable and he’s kind of The Godfather of holograms, this is not a hologram Tour by any means. But we are going to use a form of holography or three-dimensional recreation to do this. There’s a lot of Technology involved. Let’s put it this way, it’s not going to be like anything that anybody’s ever seen before if Paul and I get our way with the way we’re developing the content that’s going to be seen. It’s going to be something that’ll blow people’s minds and it’ll be Triumph through and through. I don’t want to say too much other than, the key is, think of mixed reality and what that means, no glasses, no tricks that way. All the tricks will be coming from the stage. but we’ve got some phenomenal plans. All the music is pre-recorded, it’s all from live shows but it will be custom tailored to this particular performance l and it involves some actors. And involves footage of Mike, Rik and Gill and Recreations of Mike Rik and Gill and some of the coolest things that people are going to see in the touring Market, I can tell you that. I have a lot of things that I’m working on that I’m passionate about in the education field and so on for music so I don’t have the bandwidth for another Triumph tour at this stage and you know Mike and Rick have different things they’re doing as well .This is a way to give something to the fans that we know will absolutely knock them right off their chairs. ” 

When asked to clarify if this sequel to the Documentary will consist of new video footage
“I think there’ll be a tiny bit of the archival footage that’s already in the can from the first documentary that was not stuff that wasn’t used. But I would say there’s gonna be a lot of new footage and it’s going to tie into this tour so I think that the footage that is related to the tour and how we develop the technology that we came up with. And stuff that’s really unusual like some of our technical partners like Microsoft is helping us for example. People would be like what? Yeah Microsoft Microsoft mixed reality yeah they’re really happening you know they’re really helping Triumph, so yeah pretty cool stuff. “

AXS TV USA is airing our Doc, Triumph: Rock & Roll Machine, over Memorial Day weekend. Tune in on Sunday, May 28th at 12pm ET!

Can’t watch this weekend? Mark your calendar! Doc will re-air on July 1st at 3:30pm ET.

Between 1975-1988, Triumph – singer/guitarist Rik Emmett, singer/drummer Gil Moore, and Levine – rocked the world, and in the process, gave us countless classic hard rock anthems (“Fight the Good Fight,” “Hold On,” “Magic Power,” “Lay It On the Line,” “A World of Fantasy,” etc.) and albums (Just a Game, Progressions of Power, Allied Forces, Never Surrender, Thunder Seven, etc.).

Jimmy Kay and Alan Dixon from Canada’s The Metal Voice spoke with  Triumph‘s  Drummer and Metalworks Studios owner Gil Moore via Zoom on August 8 2020.

Topics in the chat, the history and the evolution of the famous Metalworks studios, Triumph’s documentary, upcoming Triumph tribute album and the possibilities of Triumph releasing new material.

Tell us about the long term success of Metalworks Studios
“When we look at the music that’s what tells us where we have been and what we’ve done and who we have interacted with. We have just been very fortunate because a recording studio is really just a host for a musical artist or a producer or a musical entity and we have been lucky to be have hosted some great artists. I think its just one step at a time trying to do a good job for artists, the credit goes to our engineering staff “

The name of the studio was called Metalworks before the word Metal was popular, right?
“I have been questioned about that word a zillion times because in the first incarnations of the studio there was a resistance from Country artists, Jazz artists and so on cause they thought, oh those guys (at the studio) just do metal. At the time ‘Metal’ was a new word. First time I heard the word metal was out of John Kay’s mouth from Steppenwolf and it was really a new term. We intended the ‘Metal’ in Metalworks to be what we understand it to be in terms of Metal in music, that was sort of intentional. “

Tell us how many Albums that sold, that came from Metalworks Studios
“At last count in (terms of album sales) some of the records that we did which originally sold a million now have now sold nine million. Our studio manager did a count and said we are closing in on 200 million. “

Guns n Roses Use your Illusion was recorded at Metalworks what do you remember from those sessions?
“I guess the thing that I remember which was the biggest impact for me was meeting producer Michael Clink (Guns N Roses, Use your Illusion). Mike worked with Triumph just before he worked with Guns that is why Guns ended up coming to Metalworks because of Mike Clink bringing them there. We’ve worked together off and on right until this day and in fact in 2021 a Triumph tribute album will be released and the producer of the tribute album is in none other than Mike Clink. As far as the members of Guns n Roses at Metalworks. Duff I remember was absolutely the most kind of outgoing, gregarious, slap you on the back, hang out kind of guy. And Axl was definitely in his own space, he did some very unique drawings in the lounge and on the console, they got photographs, he was constantly doing artwork all the time. But they were good guys, a lot of the stories you hear in the press about debauchery and so on, there was nothing of that. Mike Clink is a very matter of fact record producer, he is like we are going to start at this time and go to that time and he got to accomplish something everyday. Mike is a good Sergent of arms to keep a band in line and I think that is why he lasted so long with Guns n Roses because he was the guy who was able to keep the platoon marching forward, he had that talent. “

Any updates on the launch of the Triumph documentary
“It was slated to come out next month but I think what has happened because of Covid it has been pushed back a bit, so I am going to guess it’s going to be before Christmas but I am not sure when. The film festival they were shooting for which was Toronto International Film Festival like all film festivals kind of melted during Covid so there is really no date that they are shooting for it’s just kind of a no wine before its time approach now. But they are getting close to the final stage. I think it’s going to be a really cool film not just for Triumph fans but for anybody that is a music fan that wants to look back to that era, they will get something out of it. Where it will be shown has yet to be determined I would think it will have a theater release, I think Netflix is a likely location I can tell you that in Canada it will be on Crave, Crave is Canada’s Netflix. It will be on Crave in Canada for sure cause I know that that distribution deal has been made but in America and Europe the deals are still pending, so Netflix would be a good guess but it could end up elsewhere. For the theater run I would expect it to be different for Canada than it is for the United States but there will be some kind of event in both countries I would imagine it would be with Cineplex up here.”

Will there be any new music or unreleased music from Triumph?
“They just released not too long ago the 120 gram version of Allied Forces and next up is the (Triumph) Tribute album that I mentioned with Mike Clink (Producer) and the tribute album is going to have some fantastic guests on it including a return of Phil X. I’m going to guess that the tribute album is going to be out maybe the spring of 2021, Mike Clink was starting to record it in Los Angeles in July 2020 but was having trouble getting studio availability cause of Covid but he will be starting up this month, August 2020. And on top of that, I know that there is a (Triumph) box set being put together by Round Hill Records that is going to be a blockbuster. There has never been a really thorough big box set done on Triumph and this one is going to be a five star version. They are just working on the artwork and I know they are going to be looking for unusual aspects in terms of recordings and it will definitely contain vinyl, how much vinyl I don’t know. “

Will the band ever record again?
“It’s hard to say there is nothing stopping us obviously Metalworks is still there. Mike, Rik and I have kicked around the idea of going back into the studio. We are all quite busy, so finding the time to do it and the musical inspiration and so on it could happen, we will see.”

Metalworks Studios is a music recording studio in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. It was established in 1978 by Gil Moore of the Canadian rock group Triumph. Over a span of 40 years, Metalworks is the 17 time recipient of Canadian Music Week’s ‘Studio of the Year’. Since 1978 Metalworks Studios, has expanded into a six studio facility offering in-house tracking, mixing and mastering, as well as video editing and DVD authoring.

In 2004, Metalworks Studios launched an adjacent educational facility; Metalworks Institute.
Metalworks Studios has won 17 ‘Studio of the Year’ awards at Canadian Music Week from 1998–2015

More info
https://metalworksstudios.com