GIL MOORE Says Setlist For TRIUMPH's 2026 Tour Is 'Pretty Much Ready To Go'

In a new interview with Meltdown of Detroit's WRIF radio station, drummer/vocalist Gil Moore of legendary Canadian rockers TRIUMPH spoke about the band's decision to reunite for TRIUMPH's first tour in more than 30 years. The North American run of shows will celebrate the legendary Canadian rockers' 50th anniversary, and feature support from APRIL WINE. The 2026 trek will kick off with a series of dates in Canada, beginning April 22 in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, and running through a May 8 show in Calgary, Alberta. From there, the band will hit the U.S. starting May 13 in Rosemont, Illinois, and wrapping up June 6 in Boston. In all, 10 Canadian and 16 American cities are included on the tour. For the 2026 tour, TRIUMPH's classic lineup consisting of Moore, Rik Emmett (guitar, vocals) and Mike Levine (bass, keyboards) will be joined by guitarist Phil X, drummer and keyboardist Brent Fitz and bassist Todd Kerns. Phil X, whose real name is Theofilos Xenidis, is a member of BON JOVI and a former member of TRIUMPH, while Fitz and Kerns are both members of SLASH FEATURING MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS.

Moore said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "We've been so busy rehearsing. It's been nonstop here with TRIUMPH rehearsals and also putting together the new drum riser and the drum sets that we're using and stuff. So I've been coming outta here just kind of exhausted after doing all the rehearsing and hitting the gym as hard as I'm hitting it."

Gil continued: "Brent Fitz was just in town. He came in from Vegas. So we were working on the drums for the last four days. He just headed back, actually, out to Winnipeg. So that was a lot of fun. We got some amazing new gear that we're using and, yeah, we worked on some arrangements here hard at [Gil's] Metalworks [studio in Ontario, Canada] and just keeping the other guys informed over FaceTime and looking forward to the next get-together with everybody. Rik and I and Mike are working — we're on our own schedule — but Phil and Todd and Brent, they'll be coming in. We were looking at the 23rd of March, but I think we're gonna back it up and get them hopefully out even a week before that. So we're gonna have, I would say, probably two full band rehearsal weeks at Metalworks Studios, and then we move into the Hard Rock in Orlando. And we have about, I think, four or five production rehearsals in the Hard Rock, and then we launched the first date down there. So, a lot of rehearsing coming up, a lot of getting in shape, but it's a lot of fun and kind of rediscovering my instrument and rediscovering singing again in a good way. So, I'm loving it."

Regarding how TRIUMPH's live show will be different from how it was during the band's heyday, Gil said: "The only way it's comparable is the fact that we always brought theater to the stage back in the day. So we were always trying to do things different and be one step ahead with production techniques, just to really get the audience into the music, really, to emphasize the music. But the difference being is now the technology has changed. So the TRIUMPH of yore and that type of show, it's so much easier to do the things now that we wanna do in a more impactful way. I mean, video was never much of a factor back then, if at all, whereas now video's a big part of the mix. Our lighting director, Paul Dexter, is working extremely closely with us on all the designs and everything. And I can't wait to see it when it's set up in an arena and it's all there in front of us. It's gonna be something else."

Elaborating on what will be involved in the TRIUMPH production rehearsals for the upcoming tour, Moore said: "Well, it's just different. Not only are we doing production rehearsals in Orlando, after we leave there, we go and we play the Hard Rock Seminole in Hollywood, Florida, and then we head straight to Sault Ste. Marie, which is up north of Michigan, where we have two more production rehearsal days, full arena rehearsals there. So altogether, I'd say we have, like, six or seven full production rehearsals. Band rehearsals, it's more like 25, something like that. But don't forget, because a lot of the production stuff, we're working with the designers and Paul's team, and that's going on in the background. They're already working on that. A lot of the show is already put together. And these consoles now that they use, whether it's a sound console or a lighting console, they'll have built-in memories and everything. They're basically like big computers. So it's not like you show up in the arena and you have nothing and you start from scratch. It's, like, no, we show up in the Hard Rock or GFL Gardens in Sault Ste. Marie, and most of this stuff is dialed in, so you're kind of tweaking it. And the band is already pre-rehearsed, so we're not gonna waste a lot of time with, how does this song go again? That kind of stuff."

Asked if TRIUMPH has already decided on a setlist for the upcoming tour, Gil said: "It's pretty much ready to go, but I'm saying we're tweaking some of the arrangements. And I would say there's maybe two or three songs that could either be added or taken out. So there's a 'for sure' list and then a 'maybe' list, and, yeah, that kind of depends as we start rehearsing on which ones really — the band consensus is, yeah, these are really the best ones. So we'll make those adjustments in rehearsals probably. So we'll probably rehearse more songs than we're actually gonna play."

Last month, Moore was asked by Jimmy Kay and Alan Dixon of The Metal Voice how Rik agreed to take part in TRIUMPH's 2026 tour after previously saying that he was not interested in hitting the road anymore, Gil said: "Same way I did. I mean, I said exactly what Rik said. I said, 'Sorry. I love you guys, but my life… I'm in a different spot now and I'm doing the stuff I love to do, which I'm still doing with [my studio] Metalworks and things like that, that are near and dear to me. So it was a big challenge to do this. But, man, there's just something about the magic of when we got together with Brent and Todd and Phil, and seeing people's faces again and talking to people and receiving the messages online. And it all came together. I said it was like a laundry hamper that opened on the floor. It was also just these puzzle pieces that are sort of scattered on the table and they sort of all come together."

Referencing the fact that Phil X, Fitz and Kerns previously played with Gil and Rik on June 6, 2025 at the Rogers Festival At The Final, a free outdoor concert in the ICE District ahead of Game 2 of the 2025 Stanley Cup final between the Edmonton Oilers and Florida Panthers in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Moore continued: "We're sitting in the trailer backstage in Edmonton looking at each other and we're singing harmonies together and talking about music, and all of a sudden we're, like, 'Man, this feels good.' I'm sitting there, I'm looking at Rik Emmett and Phil X play, two of the greatest guitar players, I would say, in rock and roll. Anybody that argues with me, get off this interview. Those two guys are a double-barreled shotgun. So me as a drummer, I'm sitting and I'm watching these guys and I'm watching how well they play together and how they got off on each other's playing. And Phil's complimenting Rik. Rik's complimenting Phil. Phil's complimenting Rik. Rik's complimenting [Phil]. 'No, you take this part.' 'No, you take this part.' 'No, you do it.' 'No. Hey, let's do it together.' This is magic. It's happening. It's lightning in a bottle. It's right in front of you. Or me and Brent. I've never met a drummer that, for some reason or other, he's a technical dude like me; he's into all of this tech and the science behind drums and every little tidbit of minutiae in the erector set. [It's] fantastic the way we jell. And Todd Kerns, he's taller than me, so I nicknamed him Too Tall. He's a hell of a singer, he's a hell of a bass player, but let's face it: he's six-foot-four. What are you gonna say about that?"

As for which musicians will perform certain songs during TRIUMPH's 2026 tour, Gil said: "Well, for starters, Mike, like we've said from the beginning, has got some health challenges. But, man, I'll tell you what: he wants to be there. He's got the spirit and the will. He's part of the brotherhood, of course. So when I say we're a brotherhood, he's the number one brother, and we're hoping that he's gonna be at as many shows as possible. But I can't predict that part of it. As far as Rik and I are concerned, unless we get hit by a bus, we will be on the bus. We will be at every show. We will be playing all the way through every show. Now, let me say this. When you've got guys like Phil and Todd and Brent, these guys are not side sidemen. That is not who we're talking about here. We're talking about guys that are rock stars, big time, in their own right. I mean, what Brent and Todd have done with Slash, what Phil's done with TRIUMPH or what he's done with BON JOVI subsequently… I mean, Rik and I are not puck hogs. Okay? So these guys are gonna shine in this show. And we would be idiots not to let them do that. These guys are great players and great singers, so we're gonna share the stage. We're not gonna hog the stage. And as far as individually who does what in which songs, those are things that we work out in rehearsals. We have a template, obviously, like who's gonna sing which song, or blah blah, blah, but once we get into the arena and we get [our lighting director] Paul [Dexter at Masterworks in Los Angeles] and we get the big sound and lighting system set up and everything, and then we start working on it, that puck's gonna get passed around a little bit. And I'm not sure exactly what, but just think of guitars, for example. You got two guys like Phil and Rik. When they get together, they're, like, 'Hey, man, you take it.' And, 'No, no. You're doing better than me. You take it.' They're just passing it back and forth, back and forth like this. And then, when they start playing together, holy crap. It's amazing. So, it's gonna be a lot of fun working out those parts. With Brent and myself, I don't know. I've never done double drummers before. It's gonna be fun. It's a double-barreled shotgun we've got going. We've got this massive riser that we're building and we're both gonna be up there. How we're gonna trade it back and forth, or what we're gonna do... Rik is talking about wanting me to sing upfront as well. I never could really do that well in TRIUMPH before because you have no drums. Now we have drums. So I don't know if that's gonna happen until we get in a rehearsal environment and then we see, how does it feel? And no wine before its time."

Moore added: "We're entering into an environment that is new to us. So it's not like when we practiced for a TRIUMPH tour back in the day when it was just Mike, Rik and Gil and there was — I don't know — a simpler environment, whereas we're trying to elevate the whole concert experience to another level and we're trying to use our talents wisely and have something sustainable. I mean, Live Nation's already talking about more dates, and we're getting bombarded with, 'Oh, you're not playing here,' you know, the different cities. They're, like, 'Hey, come on. What, do you hate us?' Like, 'Why are you not here?' So we're getting, we're already getting the, Hey dude, it's time. So, once we get in that big arena to rehearse, that's when a lot of the details are gonna get sorted out. But anybody that thinks that Mike or Gil and Rik aren't playing, I mean, I don't know — I guess they think O.J.'s not guilty."

In December 2025, Levine was asked by SiriusXM's Ozzy's Boneyard (Channel 38) host Mark Strigl whether he expects to appear at all of the upcoming TRIUMPH tour dates. Levine said: "I'm going to attempt to play as many shows as I can. I have a problem with my hand that precludes me from being able to really play well. That is a big issue. I don't want to go up there and not be able to execute properly. There is that. In the meantime, we are going to do some shooting. There is going to be some really neat video stuff, special effects. So I am going to pre-record a couple of things, just so… when I am feeling good, and they will get pumped into the show at various times. I will be there physical or virtually in one way shape or form."

In a separate interview with the Preston & Steve show on Philadelphia's active rock station 93.3 FM WMMR, Emmett stated about TRIUMPH's upcoming tour: "There's these three guys now that are gonna sort of step in. We've got Brent Fitz on drums and keys, and he can sing. Phil X on guitar, and he can sing his head off. He's unreal — he's like a force-of-nature guitar player. And then Todd Kerns on bass. But Todd Kerns can play anything, and he can sing like — one minute he sings like me, next minute he sings like Axl Rose. He can just go so high and so great, and I'm going, 'This is gonna be such an ass kicking. I'm gonna love this.' Here's these younger guys."

When the interviewer joked that this means Rik, Mike and Gil can "take every other show off" if they need to, Emmett said: "Well, I don't think we can take the shows off, but honest to God, [Gil] and I are sitting around every day doing script meetings and going over stuff on Zoom like this, and we're going, like, 'Well, maybe after the second verse we could kind of back out a little and then pick it up the next song.' I'm pretty sure I'm not gonna be able to make it through all of the songs, singing all of the vocals. When I did the Hall Of Fame thing with Phil, I sang the intro and the first verse, and then when it came to the really high notes, I just went, 'Phil.' But that's kind of so much fun that you're seeing the songs move to the next generation and they get the energy that these people bring and the character and the personality. And it's not me; now it's gonna be them, but I go, 'Yeah, good. Take the legacy. Run with it.'"

Earlier in December, Moore spoke to "The Afternoon Rock Ride With Bilal", which airs weekdays on Canada's legendary rock station CHOM 97.7 FM in Montreal, about how all the musicians involved plan to perform the classic TRIUMPH songs on the 2026 tour. Gil said: "There was a lot of confusion, I think, that came from a number of sources and so on, and that's why we posted [a statement on our social media clarifying that]. But Rik and myself will be on stage playing the whole show. With us, we brought Phil X back into the band, who, of course, played a tour with us and recorded an album with us in 1992. So we got a double-barreled shotgun on guitar. And we're hoping Mike Levine will be there. He's gonna be at selected shows, but Rik and I will be at every show. And we also have — we borrowed Brent Fitz and Todd Kerns from Slash's band, so they're gonna be there to help us as well."

Asked by host Bilal Butt if that means that Moore and Emmett will be "taking a break here and there" during TRIUMPH's set while the other musicians perform on their own, Gil said: "I doubt it. I mean, it's possible that we'll take a break for a song or something like that and pass the baton around, so to speak. But I would say for the majority of the show, we'll both be on stage. I mean, until we get into rehearsals, it's hard to say. Rik's got a lot of vocals that are very high, and I did too, so I know that I'm working… I actually got a vocal coach to start getting back in shape and stuff, so I'm gonna sing as many of my songs as I can. And so far it's going pretty well. But, yeah, anybody thinking that we're not gonna be on stage or whatever, it's just false Internet nonsense. We will be there, and we'll be playing."

Moore also addressed Mike's health, saying: "Well, Mike, he's had some struggles, so that's why I say he'll be at select shows as he's able, but he can't commit to being at all the dates. He's very, very pumped up about the tour, so he's very much part of everyday discussions with TRIUMPH. He's not as interested as Rik and I are in what's going on, and we've got every hope that he's gonna be at as many shows as he can make."

During a December 9 appearance on SiriusXM's "Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk", Emmett was asked how Phil, Brent and Todd will be involved in "filling out the sound" and "filling in" where Rik, Gil and Mike are no longer able to reproduce the original material,.Emmett said: "That's an ongoing thing. And every day I sit down with the script and I look at the tunes and I think about it. And the big thing is, first of all, they're incredibly skilled and talented and experienced musicians in their own right. And they deserve to end up feeling like they're as much a part of this as Gil and Mike and I are. I want them to feel that sense of sort of ownership and pride in what's going on, because — and this goes back to the songs again and the way that we present them, those songs have a life of their own. But I think this hunger that everybody is understanding is out there now for TRIUMPH to come back and play these songs, I think that hunger will be sustained by those guys, even if we get old and infirm and we can't necessarily do it. I think the songs are still gonna be there, and if those younger guys wanna start carrying a bigger workload, I think they could in."

Referencing the fact that Phil X, Fitz and Kerns previously played with Gil and Rik on June 6, 2025 at the Rogers Festival At The Final, a free outdoor concert in the ICE District ahead of Game 2 of the 2025 Stanley Cup final between the Edmonton Oilers and Florida Panthers in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Emmett continued: "In the short term, I'm gonna tell you this: I know that they can all sing fantastic. And there was a moment in Edmonton, and it actually made it on social media, where Gil and I and those three guys, in the trailer, we were just singing 'Lay It On The Line' background vocals to warm up. And I thought, 'Okay.' This was a great moment — it was one of my favorite moments in that experience out there — and I thought that should be part of the show. We should have moments where the band should cut out in 'Lay It On The Line' and we should just sing the harmonies. And we can do that in 'Fight The Good Fight'. We can do that in songs that we never did it originally. It's like another arrow in my quiver, it's another tool. I go, 'Okay.' There's things I wanna try and take advantage of. And they're all incredibly skilled. Fitzy can play keyboard parts, and Todd is as good a guitar player as he is a bass player. There's so many playing cards that are on the table now, I go, 'Oh…' Those people that are only listening on radio, I'm rubbing my hands in glee. That's what's happening. This is gonna be a really fun thing to get to play with over the next little while. And then those weeks that Gil was talking about, those dress rehearsals and stuff, man, I think there's gonna be an opportunity to build some things. And never mind the [stage] production that Gil's talking about and where this whole thing started, just musically, artistically, there's gonna be something here that's gonna be quite something."

Regarding how Fitz and Kerns were chosen to take part in the TRIUMPH 2026 tour, Gil said: "When I convinced Phil that this was something [that was gonna happen] — and at first I think he thought, 'Oh, this is fanciful. It's not gonna happen.' And then he realized, 'No, no, it's serious. It's gonna happen.' So when it came to filling the other spots in and stuff, and he said, like, 'Who do you want me to get?' And he was kind of going through this, this, this and this. And I said, 'It's really simple. We've gotta find some people that have great hearts.' All these guys we're talking about, they're really good players, but we want people that are gonna be good in the dressing room. So we wanna get good people. And immediately he goes right to Todd and Brent. And he says, 'That settles it. I got the guys.' And it's because of how they are as people, in addition to all their talent. They're very, very talented, as Rik said, tremendously talented people, but it's who they are. That's why they were picked. And Phil picked them."

Noting that Phil X already replaced Rik in TRIUMPH once before, host Eddie Trunk asked Emmett if he was "worried" that he would have to take a step back and give the spotlight to the younger musician on the upcoming tour. "No, no, no. The total opposite," Rik said. "If somebody had said, 'Well, it's just gonna be the original three guys,' I would've been far more reluctant than when they came to me and said, 'And guess who else we've got?' And in my mind I'm thinking, 'Phil X.' I definitely wanna give this guy so much rope that he hangs himself, because he's such an incredible player and he's a different kind of a player than I am. Tahat whole world of sort of the Eddie Van Halen, Randy Rhoads — he's got a virtuosity that it's not a part of my playing at all. But he has all this experience. He's been out on the road with BON JOVI and that. And I think, well, I think maybe he's gonna get an opportunity to stretch himself a little bit more and maybe have a little bit more leeway.

"TRIUMPH is a band that doesn't really have a musical leader," Emmett explained. "Gil's kind of the leader in certain ways. When we first started in the early days, Mike was kind of the guy that was the producer in the studio and was a leader in that respect. But I think all of these guys that we've got, and Phil in particular, they have leadership capability in certain ways, and I want Phil's star to shine. I'm happy to kind of take a backseat, move back upstage a little bit and let him have some room."

Formed in Mississauga in 1975, TRIUMPH rose from playing high school auditoriums and rock 'n' roll bars to selling out iconic arenas, from Toronto's famed Maple Leaf Gardens to Reunion Arena in Dallas, Texas. Their virtuosic musicianship, soaring vocals, and dazzling, high-production live shows helped define an era of arena rock. Blending hard rock power with progressive ambition, TRIUMPH has sold over 15 million albums worldwide and earned multiple gold and platinum certifications, building a global following through headline tours and landmark festival performances, including the 1983 US Festival before 500,000 fans. With hits like "Lay It on The Line", "Magic Power" and "Fight The Good Fight" — combined with pioneering stage productions featuring pyrotechnics, laser lighting, and theatrical flair — TRIUMPH became arena rock legends, securing a permanent place in Canadian and international rock history.

The band's return to the road follows a defining year honoring TRIUMPH's impact across generations. In June 2025, the band was celebrated with "Magic Power: All-Star Tribute To Triumph" (Round Hill Records, June 6, 2025),a 15-track tribute album featuring rock luminaries such as Phil X, Sebastian Bach, Slash, Nancy Wilson, Joey Belladonna, Dee Snider, Lawrence Gowan, Deen Castronovo, Alex Lifeson, Jeff Keith, Mickey Thomas and produced by the world-renowned Mike Clink (GUNS N' ROSES, MÖTLEY CRÜE, WHITESNAKE).

Further solidifying their celebrated status, TRIUMPH was inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall Of Fame in October, a prestigious honor recognizing their enduring influence, masterful songwriting, and contributions to Canada's cultural legacy. This induction adds to their long list of accolades, which includes membership in the Canadian Music Industry Hall Of Fame (2007),the Canadian Music Hall Of Fame (2008),and Canada's Walk Of Fame (2019).

Regarding why now was the right time for TRIUMPH to reunite for a tour, Rik told Meltdown of Detroit's WRIF radio station in a separate interview: "I think we all had to sort of bow to the ambition and desire of Gil Moore, who wanted to get the rock and roll machine back up on the road so that he could mount some sort of show thing that only he can imagine. And that Mike and I just go, 'Oh, God, what are we getting ourselves into?'"

Asked by Meltdown if it's correct to say that Gil was "the mastermind behind all the TRIUMPH stagecraft" back in the day, Moore replied: "I'll take one for the team for that, yeah. I always felt better behind the scenes, to be honest. I always liked the technology and the big spectacle and all that. But I think we tried to use the stage in a way that we really enhanced the music. And what I see now in a lot of tours, I'm seeing a lot of flashing, kind of gratuitous flotsam and jetsam of effects and stuff. And that's not the intent here. What we're really trying to do is tell the story of TRIUMPH from the early days to the present and really trace the interest that our fans have had that's gone on for years and now decades to become what they tell us, so how they own the songs, how they have been impacted by the lyrics. And we've noticed that in that feedback that it's all about kind of the positivity in some of our songs, the uplifting messages within the 'never surrender' and the 'hold on to your dreams' kind of content that was in the lyrics. So hopefully the show will add another dimension to that, I'll say, and not just be a bunch of flashing nonsense. It's gonna be something that's very, very well crafted. I've been working on it for about six years with our back-in-the-day lighting director Paul Dexter, who's really a kind of a genius in this area. So we're gonna try to bring that to the stage and really have a show that people will never forget. That's what we're trying to do."

Asked if the success of the 2021 TRIUMPH documentary "Triumph: Rock & Roll Machine" and the recent TRIUMPH tribute album "Magic Power: All Star Tribute To Triumph" was partly the impetus for the 2026 reunion tour, Mike said: 'The doc and the tribute record certainly were, I guess, slight impetuses, if that's a word, for us to do more things. I think the strongest impetus was the fact that that Rogers Communications, which owns the Maple Leafs and the Blue Jays and the cable networks and stuff, used 'Lay It On The Line' in a TV commercial throughout all the Stanley Cup playoffs. It was like a hit record, and people discover were rediscovering TRIUMPH, including brand new fans. And you couldn't go anywhere without somebody singing the song behind you. They'd go, 'Oh, there's a guy from TRIUMPH. Yeah, yeah, yeah. 'Lay It On The Line', man.' And so that kind of had some influence. And Live Nation started to talk to us about maybe doing something. And as far as [fellow Canadian rock legends] RUSH [reuniting for a tour] was concerned, they contemplated their return a long time ago, and we didn't even know about it while we were talking about what we were gonna do. So, we sat down and talked it out and said, 'Okay, let's toss the coin and do it.'"

Referencing the fact that TRIUMPH's reunion tour will also include Phil X, Fitz and Kerns, Emmett said: "We're not just going do this on our own, first of all. We're gonna have three other musicians join us. And I think that that's gonna make it so that it's not just the good old TRIUMPH that's trying to see if they can survive this thing. It's gonna be a new thing, and there's an energy to that that excites me and makes me wanna be involved and make it happen. I mean, Gil pretty much touched on it, that there's these folks that it was the soundtrack of their lives, and now they're bringing their kids, and there's grandkids involved in this now. So yes, we're old. I think there's going to be a level of curiosity. 'Are they gonna drop dead when they're trying to actually make this happen? Will the flash pots go off and scare them that they're just gonna keel over?' But I feel safe."

Rik continued: "We played out in Edmonton. Gil and I went out there [and played with Phil X, Brent and Todd]. Mike didn't make it, but we went out there and it felt like it was fun. And I think at the bottom of it, all of this stuff that we're talking about, the songs and the big show and all the nostalgia of the three of us getting back together, really the bottom line has to be, well, yeah, but is it gonna be fun? And I think that's something that translates to the audience. I think they get a sense of, 'Look at these guys. They're just having the time of their lives. Yes, they're very old lives. They're in their seventh decade, eighth decade of life. Wow.' But if we're not gonna have fun with that, what's the point?"

Elaborating on what fans can expect from the upcoming TRIUMPH show, Rik said: "Yeah, well, we made it through three songs out there in Edmonton. So there's a little bit of a spine to build from. Of course, that wasn't with any production. We were just playing out — it was all these people that were outside the arena. It looked like a holding pen. And they were going crazy and it was fun, but it was like an outdoor show. What we're planning here is a much more intense, multi-leveled multimedia… There's going to be screens that are doing things at the same time that we're playing… Anyhow, we've got a lot of work ahead of us because there will be an intense period of trying to figure out what the script is for this thing. Then you get to the point where it's, like, well, now we're gonna have to go into the studio and the six of us are gonna have to be bashing away for a while. Then we're gonna have to go into an arena somewhere and set this thing up because it's a massive thing."

Rik's memoir, "Lay It On The Line - A Backstage Pass To Rock Star Adventure, Conflict And Triumph", came out in October 2023 via ECW Press.

Moore, Levine, and Emmett formed TRIUMPH in 1975, and their blend of heavy riff-rockers with progressive odysseys, peppered with thoughtful, inspiring lyrics and virtuosic guitar playing quickly made them a household name in Canada. Anthems like "Lay It On The Line", "Magic Power" and "Fight The Good Fight" broke them in the USA, and they amassed a legion of fiercely passionate fans. But, as a band that suddenly split at the zenith of their popularity, TRIUMPH missed out on an opportunity to say thank you to those loyal and devoted fans, a base that is still active today, three decades later.

After 20 years apart, Emmett, Levine and Moore played at the 2008 editions of the Sweden Rock Festival and Rocklahoma. A DVD of the historic Sweden performance was made available four years later.