Deacon Blue add a second Auckland show due to phenomenal demand
AUCKLAND, NZ (July 20, 2023) – Live Nation are excited to announce a second Auckland show on the forthcoming Deacon Blue tour which sees the band in New Zealand for the first time since their highly successful shows in 2019. Due to phenomenal demand, the band have added a new show on Sunday December 10 at Auckland’s Powerstation.
Tickets for the new show go on sale 2pm, Friday July 21.
For complete tour, ticket and VIP experience information, visit: livenation.co.nz
Thirty-five years since their debut single, ‘Dignity’, and millions of record sales since, Deacon Blue are digging out all their old 45s - the Top 10s, the favourites, the sing-along rarities and touring New Zealand in December 2023.
The band have always thrived onstage, but they’ve never played gigs quite like this. They’ll go electric for a raucous trip across their hits and play some of their favourites in an intimate acoustic section of the show.
Vocalist and songwriter Ricky Ross is raring to go on this celebration of Deacon Blue’s brilliant and loyal fans, roaring the Caledonian gospel from the South Coast to the Uplands.
‘We’ve decided to play a Greatest Hits show with a difference,’ he says. ‘Yes, we intend to play all (or nearly all) the old 45s, but we also want to play some songs acoustically too. We really can’t wait to come back to New Zealand, we always love visiting your amazing country.’
Ross, co-vocalist Lorraine McIntosh, Dougie Vipond (drums), Jim Prime (keyboards), Gregor Philp (guitar) and Lewis Gordon (bass) will breathe new life into well-loved songs like ‘Dignity’, ‘Loaded’, ‘Wages Day’, ‘Real Gone Kid’, ‘I’ll Never Fall In Love Again’, ‘Your Swaying Arms’, ‘Twist & Shout’, ‘Your Town’, ‘The Hipsters’ and ‘City Of Love’. And so many more.
The dates will culminate in Auckland for the final fling on a special tour of Deacon Blue’s greatest hits - and the rest – as they reel in the years and the ships and the songs, in the hurricane days and summers and suns, amplified and unplugged, surrounded by friends in cities of love.
Deacon Blue
All The Old 45s: New Zealand 2023 Greatest Hits Tour
SAN FRAN, WELLINGTON
THURSDAY DECEMBER 7
POWERSTATION, AUCKLAND
SATURDAY DECEMBER 9
POWERSTATION, AUCKLAND
SUNDAY DECEMBER 10 - NEW SHOW
For complete tour, ticket and VIP information, visit livenation.co.nz
For all tour-related enquiries, contact:
Mad Dog Publicity
Jo Wilson
+61 414 316 044
For all Live Nation related enquiries, contact:
Marie Lebourdais
+61 420 359 558