Ian Axel and Chad Vaccarino bonded as music students with dreams of Broadway. Together, they’re A Great Big World, and their dreams are paying off.

A Great Big World have played for enormous TV audiences on the likes of America’s versions of So You Think You Can Dance, The Voice and even The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show. Their debut album Is There Anybody Out There? went to number one on the US iTunes store, proving that, indeed, someone was out there.

Experience A Great Big World of your own at the Metro Theatre on Friday August 1. Tickets on sale 10am Monday March 31 through Live Nation.

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