Last evening, I traveled to the House Of Blues in Hollywood to see Great Big Sea. It was a long drive broken up by stopping in the San Clemente Ripcurl outlet and a walk around Seal Beach.
The HOB had a really nice layout for concerts with an upper (reserved) deck and raised areas away from the stage, so everyone could get a stage view. GBS was great as always. In the encore, Alan Doyle said the just played song was co-written with Russell Crowe, and then Russell walked onstage to join GBS for a few songs. Everyone had their cell phone cameras clicking away.