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9 August 2026 – Broken Social Scene, Metric and Stars Turn Toronto into an Indie Reunion
By Editorial Team - August 9, 2026
Summary
Canadian indie icons Broken Social Scene, Metric, and Stars host a collaborative joint concert in Toronto featuring guest appearances.
Key Facts
- Broken Social Scene, Metric, and Stars play collaborative Toronto show on 7 August.
- Emily Haines and Jimmy Shaw join BSS for 'Anthems for a Seventeen-Year-Old Girl'.
- Showcases new material from 'Remember the Humans' and 'Romanticize The Dive'.
- Entities: Broken Social Scene, Metric, Stars, Emily Haines, Jimmy Shaw, Remember the Humans, Romanticize The Dive
- Tags: broken-social-scene, metric, stars, toronto-indie, indie-rock, canadian-indie
Three central names from Canada's 2000s indie explosion shared a particularly collaborative Toronto show on 7 August, with fresh coverage arriving over the weekend.
Stars opened before Broken Social Scene and Metric repeatedly invited friends from the other bands onto the stage. Emily Haines and Jimmy Shaw joined Broken Social Scene for 'Anthems for a Seventeen-Year-Old Girl', while Metric later brought members of both groups together during their own set.
New material from Broken Social Scene's Remember the Humans and Metric's Romanticize The Dive sat comfortably beside songs that helped define an earlier indie era. The result felt celebratory without becoming purely nostalgic.