Guess Who returns to Scotiabank Arena after 23-year Toronto absence

Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings brought The Guess Who home to Toronto for the first time in over two decades, playing a sold-out show at Scotiabank Arena on Saturday night to a standing ovation before playing a note.

The performance marked a major milestone: the first Toronto concert under The Guess Who name since SARSfest in 2003. The pair had been touring as Bachman-Cummings for years while other band members continued performing under the Guess Who name — what Cummings called misleading fans into seeing a "cover band."

That changed in September 2024 when they won a lawsuit reclaiming the rights to the name. The settlement enabled them to launch the Takin' It Back Tour, which kicked off in late January at OLG Stage in Niagara Falls and has since taken them across North America.

The Saturday setlist featured the classics that made them Canada's first band to chart on Billboard's Hot 100 in 1969 with "These Eyes" and the first to hit No. 1 in 1970 with "American Woman." The set also included "Laughing," "No Time," "No Sugar Tonight," and "Share The Land."

Bachman, 82, and Cummings, 78, are in the middle of an almost 40-date run that will wrap August 25 in Victoria, with dates bouncing between Canada and 23 U.S. stops.

For Toronto fans who grew up on these songs, the homecoming felt like unfinished business finally resolved.