{"id":136765,"date":"2025-09-12T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interior-news.com\/2025\/09\/12\/video-tippe-returns-to-country-stage-for-one-night-only\/"},"modified":"2025-09-12T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T01:00:00","slug":"video-tippe-returns-to-country-stage-for-one-night-only","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/interior-news.com\/2025\/09\/12\/video-tippe-returns-to-country-stage-for-one-night-only\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Tippe returns to country stage for one night only"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#39;s been 5,144 days since Rick Tippe left the stage and retired from his career as a country music singer and songwriter.<\/p>\n<p>Tonight (Thursday, Sept. 11), he&#39;s making a return of sorts, performing two songs before a sold-out crowd in Kelowna, as part of the Canadian Country Music Awards.<\/p>\n<p>The 66-year-old Maple Ridge resident, who officially retired last month from his latest career (Rick, his wife Bonnie, and sons Tyler and Cameron &ndash; both Red Seal mechanics &ndash; ran a commercial truck repair shop called&nbsp;Dynamic Powertrain Ltd.), said he couldn&#39;t turn down this invitation.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b6Bul7f-fbU?si=daSXUQ8asgjtVPg6\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Tippe insists he&#39;s not coming out of retirement again, but when he was received a call a few months ago asking him&nbsp;to be part of the CCMA&#39;s Legend show, it was a no brainer.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;This is only the third time in 47 years of CCMA weeks that they have come to B.C.,&quot; said Tippe, who grew up in the country music industry, shadowing his father Elmer Tippe &ndash; a true legend in Canadian country music both as a musician and radio disc jockey.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I had to be apart of this rare opportunity,&quot; Tippe told The News. &quot;It was an honour to be asked.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Not having attended&nbsp;the CCMA awards for 17 years, Tippe did jump at the chance to be part of the four-day affair, excited to catch up with old friends and fans, sign on for a gig in the Legends show, and attend the CCMA awards show on Saturday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&quot;CCMAs have been doing this show for 12 years now,&quot; he said, referring to tonight&#39;s&nbsp;Legends event.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;They feature us so-called legends and new artists all in one show. 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