Full New Zealand Tour Announced for Wilson Dixon - Love Don't Live Here Anymore, You Do

AUCKLAND, NZ (4 April, 2024) – Wilson Dixon is known to many as the greatest country singer Cripple Creek has ever produced – as well as the only country singer Cripple Creek has ever produced.

Comedian, director, and writer, Jesse Griffin’s alter ego and country music character Wilson Dixon returns to the stage this May and June. Due to demand, additional dates across Aotearoa have been added alongside his New Zealand International Comedy Festival shows.

Life of late has been fun* for Wilson navigating his way through the pandemic denying QAnon believing alt right leaning members of his own family.

*Use of the word “fun" in the previous sentence is heavily nuanced.

Join Wilson for an intimate hour as he performs his brand-new show with brand new songs about his unfortunately not brand-new extended family.

(p.s. expect a few new stories about his binge eating angry horse Andrew).

“I’m super excited to be touring New Zealand, mainly because it means I’ll be in a different hemisphere to my horse Andrew. That horse has really been getting on my goat lately. No pun intended.”

My Live Nation members can be among the first to secure tickets during the pre-sale period starting at 11am, Friday April 5.

Tickets go on sale at 12pm, Monday April 8. For complete details, visit: livenation.co.nz

“deadpan delivery of some of the funniest songs you’ll ever hear” - Time Out, UK

 “sparks of pure brilliance” - TVNZ

 “packs more laughs into the allotted time than one would think possible” - The Guardian

 “A celebration of absurdity... showcases how humour can be found in the mundane and unexpected details of life” - Theatreview

Jesse Griffin is a comedian, writer and director working largely in TV comedy and live comedy for the last three decades.

He is the co-creator, writer and director of the critically acclaimed TV comedy series Educators. Season 1 won the Bronze award for worldwide comedy streaming at the New York Festivals and Season 3 won the Silver Award at the same festival. The show most recently won the award for Best Comedy at the 2024 NZTV Awards. The show was co-created with and stars Jackie van Beek and Jonny Brugh.

Jesse is a writer and director on The Office Australia, currently in post-production for Amazon Prime Australia and due for release in 2024.

Jesse wrote and directed the TV comedy special Last at Eleven (TVNZ); was a director and Creative Executive Producer on comedy series Talkback (TVNZ+, 2021); and writer, director and Executive Producer on Comedy For Cure Kids (TV3, 2012-2015) with the Flight of the Concords, Taika Waititi, Lorde, Peter Jackson and many more.

Jesse is the creator of comedy character Wilson Dixon, an American country singer, headlining comedy clubs and festivals throughout NZ, the UK and Australia since 2004. He made The Wilson Dixon Line radio series for BBC Radio 2 and the TV comedy special Wilson Dixon: The NZ Tour for TVNZ One. Wilson Dixon won the Fred Award for best comedy at the NZ International Comedy Festival, was a nominee for best comedy at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, won a Spank Award at the Edinburgh Fringe for musical comedy and the best comedy award at the Christchurch International Buskers festival.

Jesse was a founder of Melbourne based physical comedy trio The 4 Noels (1998 - 2008). The trio made a number of critically acclaimed shows and were twice nominated for best show at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. They won best comedy awards at the Melbourne and Wellington Fringe Festivals, a Moosehead Award, a Spirit of the Fringe Award at the Edinburgh Fringe.

As an actor Jesse has appeared in feature films Heavenly Creatures, Nude Tuesday, and Choose Love (Netflix); and in TV series 800 Words, 7 Days, Golden, Funny Girls, Word Up, and Last Man Standing among others. Jesse also features in the series upcoming Apple series Time Bandits.

As writer/director Jesse currently has a feature film in development with the NZ Film Commission. The film, Childish, is a black comedy about a man with a secret family.

WILSON DIXON  
Love Don’t Live Here Anymore, You Do

Q THEATRE, AUCKLAND – SAT, MAY 11 
CAPITAINE BOUGAINVILLE THEATRE, WHANGAREI – TUE, MAY 14                          
TE AUAHA, WELLINGTON – THU, MAY 16 
TE AUAHA, WELLINGTON – FRI, MAY 17 
GLENROY AUDITORIUM, DUNEDIN – WED, MAY 22 
REGENT GREYMOUTH, GREYMOUTH – FRI, MAY 24 
THE PIANO, CHRISTCHURCH – SAT, MAY 25 
THEATRE ROYAL, NELSON – SUN, MAY 26  
CLARENCE STREET THEATRE, HAMILTON – FRI, MAY 31 
HOLLYWOOD AVONDALE, AUCKLAND – SAT, JUN 1

TICKETS ON SALE 12PM MONDAY APRIL 8

For complete tour and ticket information, visit: livenation.co.nz 

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