Deacon Blue announce Wellington venue upgrade and special guest Holly Arrowsmith
All The Old 45s: Greatest Hits Tour New Zealand 2023
AUCKLAND, NZ (Aug 16, 2023) – Deacon Blue are excited to announce their Wellington venue upgrade to Wellington Opera House and special guest Holly Arrowsmith will be joining the band on their New Zealand dates. This Greatest Hits tour will see the band in New Zealand for the first time since their highly successful shows in 2019.
Tickets for all shows are on sale now. 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 this December.
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 Australia and New Zealand, we always love visiting these amazing countries.’
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.
About Holly Arrowsmith
Born in the heart of the American desert, in Santa Fe, New Mexico and raised in the mountains of Southern New Zealand, Multi Award-Winning Songwriter Holly Arrowsmith is both poet and storyteller, drawing on universal themes and the boundless landscapes that raised her.
A strong forerunner in New Zealand’s Folk Revivalist movement, Arrowsmith has won the hearts of music lovers close to home and abroad, touring throughout Australia and North America and sharing stages with Sixto Rodriguez, CW Stoneking, Tami Neilson, Jessica Pratt, Nadia Reid, Marlon Williams and Tiny Ruins.
NPR described her music as ‘Utterly beautiful, anchored by a voice that pulls you close and cancels the noise outside.’ In 2020 she was awarded the APRA Country Song of The Year, after receiving the Tui Award for Folk Album of the year in 2017.
This is Songwriting at its finest, inviting the listener into simplicity, contemplation and a hallowed space to reflect upon the seasons of life.
Deacon Blue
All The Old 45s: New Zealand 2023 Greatest Hits Tour
OPERA HOUSE, WELLINGTON
THURSDAY DECEMBER 7 - VENUE UPGRADE
POWERSTATION, AUCKLAND
SATURDAY DECEMBER 9
POWERSTATION, AUCKLAND
SUNDAY DECEMBER 10
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For complete tour, ticket, and VIP information, visit livenation.co.nz
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