Gord Downie to play Halifax concert for Secret Path project

Tragically Hip frontmanGord Downie will be performing in Halifax on Nov. 29 on the heels of his recently released Secret Pathproject.

The album is a set of songs and a graphic novel honouring Chanie Wenjack,a 12-year-old Ojibwayboy whodied from hunger and exposureafter trying to find his way home from a residential school near Kenora, Ont., 50 years ago.

It was announced in May that Downie had been diagnosed with glioblastoma, a relatively rare but aggressive and incurable form of brain cancer.

The singer-songwriter thenembarked on a cross-country tour with the Tragically Hip this past summer, which culminated in a show broadcast by CBCthat had almost 12 million viewers.

The Halifax show, announced Tuesday by promoter Sonic Concerts,will be held at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium. Tickets will go on sale on Thursday at noon through the Dalhousie Arts Centre and Sonic Concerts' website. Tickets cost $61, including fees.

Secret Pathoriginated from a collection of poems written byDownie, which evolved into songs. The album, recorded in 2013, was produced by Broken Social Scene's Kevin Drew and DaveHamelin, known for his work withindierock group the Stills.