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Date: Saturday, March 09, 2013 At 07:30 PM
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MONDAY, OCTOBER 22nd, 2012  GREAT BIG SEA WITH GUESTSSATURDAY, MARCH 9TH, 2013SAVE-ON-FOODS MEMORIAL CENTRE - VICTORIA, BC DOORS: 6:30PM SHOW: 7:30PM In celebration of the band’s 20th anniversary, Great Big Sea announces the release of their first Greatest Hits and Box Set, XX on October 30th and an upcoming cross-Canada tour, kicking off in Victoria, BC on March 9. Tickets will go on sale Friday, October 26th at 10am. Tour listing below. The XX will be made available as both a Greatest Hits 2 CD set and a full Box Set which includes bonus audio and a DVD of the band’s early career edited together by founder Sean McCann. 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. Time, and their own stubbornness and persistence has proven them right. 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. Great Big Sea Tour Listing: March 9 – Save On Foods Memorial Centre, Victoria March 10 – Orpheum, Vancouver March 12 & 13 – Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, Edmonton March 14 & 15 – Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, Calgary March 16 – Brandt Centre, Regina March 17 – MTS Centre, Winnipeg April 10 - Hamilton Place Theatre, Hamilton April 11 – Budweiser Gardens, London April 12 – K-Rock Centre, Kingston TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26TH @ 10AM www.livenation.com Charge by Phone 250-220-7777 Tickets also available at Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre Box Office and Rogers Wireless Box Office is a NO SERVICE FEE mobile ticketing service available exclusively to Rogers Wireless customers. Visit www.Rogers.com/WBO or text TICKETS to 4849 for full event listings and special offers. Tickets (incl. HST) $45.50, $59.50, $85.00 (Plus FMF & Service charges)**RESERVED SEATING / ALL AGES** For more information contact: Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Office: 250.220.2600 For Tickets call (250) 220-7777Methods of Payment:
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