Canadian Indie Rock Group, Blu Beach Band has secured over 12,000 Canadian signatures on their Change.org petition calling on CBC and Rogers Sportsnet to restore Hockey Night in Canada to free, public television, after the public broadcaster announced it would no longer carry NHL games after 74 years on air.
Fresh off the release of their third studio album, Mulligan, this June and currently on tour across Western Canada, the group launched the petition from the road. The band’s identity is closely tied to hockey: they regularly take the stage in hockey jerseys and have long considered Hockey Night in Canada a cornerstone of Canadian life. When CBC made its announcement, the band launched the petition from the road and has been asking fans to sign at every stop of their Western Canada “Mulligan Tour.” Listen – Blu Beach Band’s Carter Vosper on CBC’s The 306
About Blu Beach Band:
Built on gritty Canadian rock-and-roll, fuzzy garage-band energy, humour, and nostalgic summer textures, Mulligan finds the self-described “Canadian-Indie-Frat Rock” group embracing second chances, getting older, and refusing to lose their sense of fun along the way. Entirely self-produced for the first time, the album captures the band at their most ambitious and creatively uninhibited yet, balancing shout-along hooks, breezy yacht-rock influences, groove-heavy riffs, and tongue-in-cheek storytelling with surprisingly heartfelt reflections on relationships, insecurity, and life as working musicians. Watch: Blu Beach Band on CTV Saskatchewan (June 12 2026)
Since emerging out of Regina, Blu Beach Band has built a devoted grassroots following through relentless touring, live performances, and a DIY spirit that has seen them share stages with Trooper, Big Wreck, Down With Webster, and Bombargo, while earning multiple Saskatchewan Music Award nominations and amassing over half a million streams independently.
The album’s lead single, “Queens,” offers an immediate glimpse into the band’s wit, personality, and larger-than-life energy. Inspired by Joan Jett, OK Go, and classic power-pop influences, the playful and heartfelt track is paired with a colourful, cheeky 80’s workout-inspired music video that perfectly captures
