Saturday, Aug 9, 2008 7:11AM (Pollstar News)
Canadian folk rockers Great Big Sea are celebrating the release of album No. 10 with a six-week North American trek. The jaunt launches August 15 with an appearance at Buffalo Place Rocks
The Harbor at Erie Basin Marina in Buffalo, N.Y., and runs through
early December.
Highlights include stops at Outerland in Edgartown, Mass. (August 19),
Western Fair Grandstand in London, Ontario (September 9), Celtic
Festival in Chicago (September 13), Nokia Theatre Times Square in New
York City (September 19), House of Blues in West Hollywood, Calif.
(October 3), Paramount Theatre in Denver (October 9), German House
Theater in Rochester, N.Y. (October 22), Variety Playhouse in Atlanta
(October 28), K-Rock Centre in Kingston, Ontario (November 17), General
Motors Centre in Oshawa, Ontario (November 22), TCU Place in Saskatoon,
Saskatchewan (November 28), and Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium in
Calgary (December 1). Tickets are available at Ticketmaster.com. GBS' new album, Fortune's Favour, was released in June on Warner Brothers Canada / Red Eye USA.
The disc sees the band "boldly embracing new sounds and new ideas, fearlessly pushing boundaries of their own art and music." "Walk on the Moon," the first single released in Canada from the CD has
already hit the airwaves, with "Love Me Tonight" and "Here and Now"
slated for U.S. release.
Fri 08/15/08 Buffalo, NY Erie Basin Marina
Sat 08/16/08 Akron, OH Lock
3 Live Amphitheatre
Sun 08/17/08 Schwenksville,
PA Old Pool Farm
Tue 08/19/08 Edgartown, MA Outerland
Thu 08/21/08 Dewey
Beach, DE Bottle & Cork
Fri 08/22/08 Vienna, VA Filene Center At Wolf Trap
Tue 09/09/08 London, ON Western
Fair Grandstand
Wed 09/10/08 Ann Arbor, MI Michigan Theater
Thu 09/11/08 Madison, WI Majestic
Theatre
Fri 09/12/08 Minneapolis, MN The
State Theatre
Sat 09/13/08 Chicago, IL Celtic
Festival
Sun 09/14/08 Indianapolis, IN The Music Mill
Tue 09/16/08 Cleveland, OH House
Of Blues
Wed 09/17/08 Columbus, OH Southern Theatre
Thu 09/18/08 Pittsburgh, PA Byham
Theater
Fri 09/19/08 New York, NY Nokia Theatre Times Square
Sat 09/20/08 Albany, NY Albany AOH Irish Festival
Wed 10/01/08 Seattle, WA Moore
Theatre
Thu 10/02/08 San Francisco, CA Palace
Of Fine Arts Theatre
Fri 10/03/08 West Hollywood, CA House
Of Blues
Sat 10/04/08 Santa Barbara, CA Lobero
Theatre
Sun 10/05/08 San Luis Obispo, CA Cal
Poly St. Univ.
Tue 10/07/08 Tucson, AZ Rialto
Theatre
Wed 10/08/08 Albuquerque, NM Historic
El Rey Theater
Thu 10/09/08 Denver, CO Paramount
Theatre
Fri 10/10/08 Murray, UT Murray
Theater
Sat 10/11/08 Boise, ID Egyptian
Theatre
Sun 10/12/08 Portland, OR Aladdin
Theater
Wed 10/22/08 Rochester, NY German
House Theater
Thu 10/23/08 Keene, NH Colonial
Theatre
Fri 10/24/08 Boston, MA Orpheum
Theatre
Sun 10/26/08 Charlotte, NC Dana
Auditorium
Tue 10/28/08 Atlanta, GA Variety
Playhouse
Wed 10/29/08 Raleigh, NC Fletcher
Theatre
Thu 10/30/08 South Orange, NJ South Orange Performing Arts Ctr.
Fri 10/31/08 Burlington, VT Flynn
Center For The Performing Arts
Sat 11/01/08 Portland, ME Merrill
Auditorium At City Hall
Sun 11/02/08 Lebanon, NH Lebanon Opera House
Mon 11/17/08 Kingston, ON K-Rock
Centre
Tue 11/18/08 Barrie, ON Barrie Molson Centre
Wed 11/19/08 Hamilton, ON Hamilton
Place Theatre
Thu 11/20/08 Kitchener, ON Kitchener Memorial Auditorium
Sat 11/22/08 Oshawa, ON General
Motors Centre
Wed 11/26/08 Thunder Bay, ON Thunder Bay Community Auditorium
Thu 11/27/08 Winnipeg, MB MTS
Centre
Fri 11/28/08 Saskatoon, SK TCU
Place
Sat 11/29/08 Regina, SK Conexus
Arts Centre
Sun 11/30/08 Edmonton, AB Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
Mon 12/01/08 Calgary, AB Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
Wed 12/03/08 Vancouver, BC Centre
In Vancouver For Perf. Arts
Thu 03/05/09 Cedar Falls, IA Univ. of Northern Iowa
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