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Great Big Sea
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Steve Anthony, a Mix 99.9 on-air-personality, will be broadcasting live from the restaurant from 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. and at 5 p.m. Great Big Sea will be on hand at the location. Fans, for a minimum $9.99 donation, will get a lawn ticket (limited to 500 tickets) for Great Big Sea’s show at the Molson Amphitheatre on June 21. All proceeds will go to the Mount Sinai Hospital SARS Research Fund.
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Get ready to catch a wave, because Great Big Sea is on its way. How big a wave? Well, last year the East Coast Music Awards held a phone-in poll, and the Celtic rock band from Newfoundland beat out Ashley MacIsaac, Laura Smith, the Barra MacNeils and the Rankin Family as Entertainer of the Year.
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Soon after releasing a self-titled, self-produced album in 1992, Great Big Sea signed with Warner Brothers Canada, who reissued their debut album. Enthusiasm for the band's hard-driving sound and close-knit harmonies continued to spread. While their second album, Up, released in September 1995, took nearly a year to sell 100,000 copies in Canada and be certified platinum, their third album, Play, released in June 1997, was certified platinum within three months. By February 1998, Play had sold more than 200,000 copies. Releasing their first United States-distributed album, Rant and Roar, a compilation of tunes from their previous album, in 1998, Great Big Sea spent many months touring the U.S. The following year, the band released their fifth album, Turn, produced by Steve Berlin of Los Lobos and Tragically Hip fame. The album included a traditional French tune, "Trois Navires de Ble," recorded with the Chieftains.
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The crowd was roaring, the lights were down low - Great Big Sea made their way to the front of the stage. The only equipment they had were guitars, Celtic drum, tin flute, accordion, and mandolin. "Donkey Riding" opened up the hour and a half set. A cappella and accompanied by the bodhran they sang in great harmonies that night. Combining a mixture of traditional Newfoundland music and some original numbers, these four boys from the Rock brought the house down with their tunes not to mention their good ol’Newfie humour. Music from all four of their albums entertained a rowdy Aitken Centre crowd on this cold Fredericton night.
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Great Big Sea was formed in 1991, and are the most successful Newfoundland band to date. The band has brought their brand of Celtic/rock music across the globe, and has won many awards along the way! Originally composed of Alan Doyle, Sean McCann, Bob Hallett and Darrell Power, the group has seen some changes in members recently, but through it all, the band has stayed true to their Newfoundland roots. Great Big Sea has had international success performing and recording a large repertoire of traditional and folk music, and consistently reminding concert-goers that they are from "the tropical island of Newfoundland."
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Great Big Sea has been collecting a few awards along the way, most notably as Entertainer of the Year (five times consecutively) in the East Coast Music Awards. That's the one the fans get to vote for. Along with eight other trophies and three more nominations, that's not a bad haul in four years. Add to that five Juno nominations, Canada's music industry awards, and a pile of other regional awards, Great Big Sea is on to conquer the world.
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