Full con job: Tegan and Sara playing entire album at Playhouse

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Twin sisters and beloved Canadian music duo Tegan and Sara Quin are marking the 10th anniversary of their album The Con with a cover version of the record, titled The Con X: Covers, and a tour which stops in Winnipeg Nov. 2 at the Pantages Playhouse Theatre.

The Con, released in 2007, was an artistic and commercial breakthrough for Tegan and Sara; it was their first release to chart on the Billboard 200, peaked at No. 5 on the Canadian charts and was nominated for a Juno Award and the Polaris Music Prize.

“The first four records of our career felt like we were navigating winding mountain roads. With The Con, it was obvious we had turned a corner and hit an open stretch of highway. It felt like our first fully realized Tegan and Sara record. Which made it then and still makes it now a very important record to us,” said Tegan in a news release.

The Con X: Covers album, out Oct. 13, will feature different artists covering all 14 tracks on the album, while the touring show will feature Tegan and Sara performing acoustic arrangements of each song from The Con in the order they appear on the album, along with other material from their catalogue.

Tickets range in price from $28.50 to $63.50 (plus fees) and go sale Aug. 18 at 10 a.m. at Ticketmaster.

One dollar will be added to each ticket to benefit the Tegan And Sara Foundation, an organization which “fights for economic justice, health and representation for LGBTQ girls and women.”