Bic Runga announces 'Birds' tour
Posted: Fri Feb 3, 2006 12:50 pm

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The outstanding line-up of musicians who worked on Bic Runga’s latest album will re-unite for her forthcoming tour beginning on March 19.

The concerts offer the rare opportunity to see and hear on one stage Bic Runga, Neil Finn, Anika Moa, Shayne Carter, Anna Coddington (Duchess), Ricky Gooch (Trinity Roots), Ben Maitland (Boxcar Guitars), Tim Arnold (Pluto) and Conrad Standish (The Devastations).

Venues include the glorious outdoor settings of Invercargill’s Anderson Park, the Lawns of Caccia Birch mansion in Palmerston North, Neudorf Vineyards in Nelson, Whangarei’s Museum Lawns and Tahaki Reserve in Auckland, together with some of the country’s premier theatres.

Although released only shortly before year-end, Bic’s album ‘Birds’ entered the charts at No 1, has soared to the top of CD of the year listings and has already sold in excess of triple-platinum. This is the first time for fans outside of Auckland to see the album translated onto the live stage.

Concert-goers will also be treated to the well-known songs that helped her debut album, ‘Drive’, achieve sales of 7x platinum and the follow-up ‘Beautiful Collision’, an incredible 11x platinum.

Runga continues to make inroads overseas, and will complete a promotional visit to Europe before the tour to build on her firm base of single success in Ireland and the UK.

Flight of the Conchords *, another act achieving attention in Europe, will open the shows, and Anika Moa will add a solo slot to the outdoor dates.

Tickets are on-sale from February 7 and further in-depth ticketing and general information is available at http://www.bicrunga.com/

* Except Invercargill

Bic Runga- ‘Birds’

MARCH

- SUN 19 - Invercargill @ Anderson Park
- MON 20 - (Invercargill Rain Date)
- TUES 21 - Dunedin @ Town Hall
- THUR 23 - Christchurch @ Isaac Theatre Royal
- FRI 24 - Nelson @ Neudorf Vineyards
- SAT 25 - Wellington @ Michael Fowler Centre
- SUN 26 - Palmerston North @ The Lawns of Caccia Birch
- MON 27 - (Palmerston North Rain Date)
- TUES 28 - Napier @ Municipal Theatre
- THUR 30 - Hamilton @ Founders Theatre
- FRI 31 - Tauranga @ Holy Trinity

APRIL

- SAT 1 - Auckland @ Tahaki Reserve Mt Eden
- SUN 2 - Whangarei @ Museum Lawns
- MON 3 - (Whangarei Rain Date)
- TUES 4 - (Auckland Rain Date)