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The legendary Toronto music venue is unveiled for media the night before their reopening show following the storied concert hall's $184-million facelift.

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The newly renovated Massey Hall, legendary Toronto music venue, is unveiled for media the night before their reopening show on Wednesday, November 24, 2021.Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail

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Workers complete the final touches of renovations on Massey Hall.Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail

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Media receive a tour of the newly renovated Massey Hall, in Toronto, on Wednesday, November 24, 2021.Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail

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Final touches are underway at the newly renovated Massey Hall.Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail

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A view of the newly renovated Massey Hall, in Toronto, on Wednesday, November 24, 2021.Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail

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Frederic Dionne works to complete renovations on Massey Hall on the eve of its re-opening.Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail

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Details inside the newly renovated Massey Hall concert venue in Toronto.Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail

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A preserved section of Massey Hall is encased in glass seen during a media tour of renovations on the eve of the concert hall's grand re-opening.Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail

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Jesse Kumagai, CEO of Massey Hall, is photographed on the eve of the venue’s opening, on Wednesday, November 24, 2021.Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail

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Marianne McKenna, lead architect on the revitalization project of Massey Hall, stands outside the venue on the eve of its re-opening.Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail

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The newly renovated Massey Hall officially opens on Thursday November 25, 2021 with a Gordon Lightfoot concert.Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail

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People walk by a lit up Massey Hall sign as the newly renovated legendary Toronto music venue is unveiled for media the night before their reopening show following the storied concert hall's $184-million facelift, in Toronto.Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail

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Archival photo of Massey Hall on Shuter Street in Toronto taken on September 30, 1970.John McNeill/The Globe and Mail

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This photo from October 23, 1925 was taken inside Massey Hall at a Liberal party rally. Crowds gathered in the upper galleries of Massey Hall to listen to a keynote address by Prime Minister W.L. Mackenzie King.John Boyd/The Globe and Mail

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The interior of Massey Hall photographed in 1894, the year it opened.Massey Hall Archives

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