An Evening with Great Big Sea in Nanaimo

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Monday, October 21st, 2013
Doors: 6:30PM Show: 7:30PM

In celebration of the band�s 20th anniversary, Great Big Sea kicked off a cross-Canada tour in March. Newfoundland�s most popular have now added more dates to the tour, including stops in Nanaimo, Vernon, Prince George, Kamloops, and Red Deer. Tickets will go on sale Friday, June 21.

20 years is a long time in anyone�s life.

Few bands last more than an album or two � a few tours, a song played on the radio, and then they�re quickly forgotten. Alan Doyle, Sean McCann and Bob Hallett have somehow managed to keep the dysfunctional-family-bar-room-brawl-student-art-project-musical-pirate-crew known as Great Big Sea going for two decades. And more often than not, they have done it with more than a bit of flair.

For the hundreds of thousands of fans who sang, danced and celebrated with the band, Great Big Sea has been a constant factor in their own lives. While musical fashions have come and gone, Great Big Sea has maintained an unswerving commitment to their original ideals � a belief that a marriage of their own creativity and the joyous folk music of their home in Newfoundland would be an unbeatable combination.

Released earlier this year, and compiled by the band members themselves, XX is a special two-disc set which captures the many highs in a recording career that has produced ten full-length CDs and two DVDs. In order to express the band�s two sides, one disc covers the biggest hits from their more pop-oriented repertoire, while the other contains some of their most loved traditional and folk songs. To balance out the discs, the band recorded six new songs � almost a new album in itself � which run the gamut of their varied stylistic approach. �Heart of Hearts� is classic Great Big Sea, the sound of three men singing and playing acoustic instruments together in their own kitchens. �Live This Life� is a majestic epic, hearkening back to the sonic experimentation of albums like �Fortune�s Favour�. �Le Bon Vin� is a hearty Newfoundland version of an old French folk song, one the band has sung live for years, and finally committing it to tape for this collection. �Josephine the Baker� recreates the earliest years of the band, in the rough and ready sailor pubs of St. John�s. �Born To Believe� is a powerful radio anthem, while �Let My Love Open The Door� is the band�s take on the Pete Townsend solo hit, re-imagined through the lens of some questionable characters from Newfoundland.

http://www.greatbigsea.com/

TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY, JUNE 21 @ 11AM