Mavado's historic 10 city tour which has Canada buzzing kicked off last night to a packed house in London, Ontario. The country-wide tour is already sold out and will culminate in front of a crowd of thousands next weekend at the Sound Academy in Toronto. During next week Mavado, with opening acts Future Fambo and Stacious, will make the long trek to western Canada for shows in Edmonton, Calgary and Vancouver before heading back to several shows in and around Ontario. The inaugural show in London saw a large and very mixed crowd, of mostly females, who were extremely responsive to the Gully Gad. Alliance selector Boom Boom whipped the crowd into a frenzy before Mavado took to the stage. "There were a lot of different nations in there last night," said Mavado. "It's good to see them singing along to my new material as well as the older songs, which means Dancehall is definitely spreading to a wider audience." With Mavado and the travelling party already experiencing snow blizzards and temperatures as low as -9, the heat he is bringing to Canada will definitely help.