Big Shiny Tunes 4 Launch Party



The Big Shiny Tunes 4 Launch Party aired live on November 23, 1999, celebrating the launch of mix CD Big Shiny Tunes 4, which was to be released on store shelves that day. The show was hosted by BadBoy at the MuchMusic headquarters at 299 Queen Street West in downtown Toronto. The show was the last appearance of Michael Wharton playing the part of BadBoy, as he would leave the company the very next day, having grown disillusioned with BadBoy and his decaying relationship with executive producer and long time creative partner Mel Lastman. The event had several live performances by artists featured on the CD including the Matthew Good Band, Sugar Ray, Smash Mouth, FatBoy Slim, and Moist. BadBoy would give out free copies of Big Shiny Tunes 4 to random people in the audience with a secondary prize wheel featured on the show in addition to BadBoy's normal wheel. The show had a 6 foot tall fountain that had Sprite instead of water and was catered by Domino's Pizza, with their corporate employees loudly encouraging patrons to enjoy the free pizza even though it was still very early in the day.