GBS And SOTW Join Forces

A bicoastal meeting of Celtic-influenced bands will take place when St. John's, Nfld.'s Great Big Sea and Vancouver's Spirit Of The West play eight shows together in March. 

Spirit Of The West finished a tour at the end of October, while Great Big Sea are still on the road in support of the gold-certified Fortune's Favour. GBS will also be part of the Barenaked Ladies' Ships & Dip V Caribbean cruise that embarks from Miami to Cozumel, Mexico on Feb. 1.

That cruise will feature lots of celebrities, but it would even be more impressive if actor Russell Crowe set sail with his pals in Great Big Sea, since he appeared with them at Los Angeles' House Of Blues on Oct. 3 to cover Johnny Cash's "Folsom Prison Blues."

Great Big Sea's video for "Love Me Tonight" just came out. Here it is:

Here are Great Big Sea’s tour dates:

Nov. 26 Thunder Bay, ON @ Thunder Bay Community Auditorium
Nov. 27 Winnipeg, MB @ MTS Centre
Nov. 28 Saskatoon, SK @ TCU Place
Nov. 29 Regina, SK @ Conexus Arts Centre
Nov. 30 Edmonton, AB @ Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
Dec. 1 Calgary, AB @ Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
Dec. 3-4 Vancouver, BC @ The Centre In Vancouver For Performing Arts
Feb. 1 Miami, FL @ Norwegian Jewel (Ships & Dip V cruise)
March 11 Moncton, NB @ Moncton Coliseum w/Spirit Of The West
March 12 Halifax, NS @ Halifax Metro Centre w/Spirit Of The West
March 14 St. John's, NL @ Mile One Centre w/Spirit Of The West
March 17 Windsor, ON @ WFCU Centre w/Spirit Of The West
March 18 Guelph, ON @ Sleeman Centre w/Spirit Of The West
March 19 London, ON @ John Labatt Centre w/Spirit Of The West
March 20 Montreal, QC @ Metropolis w/Spirit Of The West
March 21 Ottawa, ON @ Ottawa Civic Centre w/Spirit Of The West