Drake, Great Big Sea draw waves of support
Who attracted more of the record-setting crowd to Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest last night?
By Lynn Saxberg, The Ottawa Citizen July 17, 2010
Great Big Sea and lead singer Alan Doyle entertained the crowd on the MBNA stage at the 2010 Bluesfest held at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa, Friday July 16, 2010.
Photograph by: Ashley Fraser, The Ottawa Citizen
OTTAWA — Who attracted more fans to Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest Friday night: Newfoundland’s favourite sons, Great Big Sea, or Drake, Canada’s hot new rap superstar?
It was a tough call. Drake, being the only big-name rapper on this year’s program, drew throngs of young concertgoers to his show on the Claridge stage, although the Great Big Sea army turned out by the tens of thousands, as they always do when their top band is on the main stage. Plus, it was Friday night.
In other words, it was a huge crowd, at least as big as the 35,000 estimated at Santana the other night.
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