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Randy Bachman & Burton Cummings of The Guess Who
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Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings to Tour as The Guess Who for First Time in More Then Two Decades
After regaining rights to the band name, the two princaple songwriters are now able to tour as The Guess Who again. Seven Canadian arena shows have just been announced for summer 2026, joining a previously announced concert in Niagara Falls.
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Guess Who is heading back on the road?
This morning (Nov. 10), Live Nation Canada announced a major 2026 tour by the now reunited classic lineup of legendary Canadian rock band The Guess Who, featuring band principals Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings. Beginning at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto on May 30, the seven-city Canadian arena tour closes out at Rogers Place in Edmonton on June 10, with stops in Hamilton, London, Winnipeg, Saskatoon and Calgary in between.
Tickets for all shows go on sale on Nov. 14 at 10 am here.
Prior to this tour, The Guess Who will perform on January 31, 2026, at the OLG Stage at Fallsview Casino in Niagara Falls, Ontario, marking the first time in over two decades that Bachman and Cummings will perform together as The Guess Who.
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Over the years, the dynamic duo have often performed together, as Bachman-Cummings, and played their classic Guess Who material, but not under that name, because of a long legal dispute with other former members of the band.
Another lineup of musicians calling themselves The Guess Who toured extensively through North America for several decades, until recently, which Cummings referred to as a "cover band."
As Billboard Canada reported back in August, the long-standing dispute over the band name began in 1978 when former bassist Jim Kale (fired from the group in 1972) was granted permission to use the Guess Who name for a single reunion concert. In 1987, Kale filed registration applications with the United States trademark office for the band name the Guess Who.
After securing that trademark, Kale assembled a band of other musicians, called them The Guess Who, and toured extensively under that name, until very recently. The resulting confusion over the name brought acrimony and an eventual 2023 lawsuit.
In early 2024, Burton Cummings cancelled his performance license agreements, in an effort to prevent the then-current iteration of The Guess Who (one featuring original drummer Garry Peterson) from performing, giving up his royalties to protect his legacy.
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In Sept. 2024, Billboard reported that the band settled the dispute. Under the deal, Bachman and Cummings said they would acquire full control over the trademark to the band’s name.
“We are pleased to have reached a resolution that honours our shared history and allows us to move forward with a new sense of purpose and camaraderie,” Bachman said, with Cummings adding that they were “committed to preserving and celebrating the legacy for our fans."
The legacy of the original Guess Who with Bachman and Cummings is one of the most important in Canadian rock. From the late '60s and into the '70s, the Winnipeg band were regular features at the top of the charts, internationally as well as in Canada, thanks to tunes written by the pair. Those hits, including “These Eyes,” “Laughing,” “Undun,” “American Woman” ( the first Billboard No. 1 hit by a Canadian group), “No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature,” “No Time” and many more, propelled the band to international success, and are now recognised as classic rock staples.
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In Oct. 2026, Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings were jointly placed on the Nominees List for induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2026.
THE GUESS WHO 2026 CANADIAN TOUR DATES
MAY 30, 2026
SCOTIABANK ARENA - TORONTO, ON
JUNE 1, 2026
TD COLISEUM - HAMILTON, ON
JUNE 2, 2026
CANADA LIFE PLACE - LONDON, ON
JUNE 5, 2026
CANADA LIFE CENTRE - WINNIPEG, MB
JUNE 6, 2026
SASKTEL CENTRE - SASKATOON, SK
JUNE 8, 2026
SCOTIABANK SADDLEDOME - CALGARY, AB
JUNE 10, 2025
ROGERS PLACE - EDMONTON, AB
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