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Upon suggestion from Arthur's brother, Willy, Tim, Arthur and Tom made their way across town to film before the sun disappeared, as it does quickly in London in mid-November. With only two or three shots at it, the boys backtracked through the cemetery, Arthur guiding Tim (cameraman) to avoid tree roots and puddles, while brother Tom expertly diverted cemetery traffic to avoid corrupting the shot.

Spending the summer performing the NZ festival circuit, No Cigar will be continuing to tour their latest album with a string of shows in Aotearoa and Australia. The band will be taking their live show to Wellington, performing at San Fran on February 2, before heading to Auckland to perform at the Hollywood on February 10.

Tickets are available HERE

No Cigar’s recently released sophomore album The Great Escape has been met with acclaim; featuring in Rolling Stone Magazine and NZME Local’s Only Podcast, with a number of the album's singles achieving chart success. Cool reached #14 on the Hot NZ Singles Chart, and Concubine is sitting at #28 on the Top 200 NZ Shazam Chart, as well as having charted on the NZ Radio charts five weeks in a row. Amongst the hype of their recent release, their 2022 debut album Bienvenido has reentered the charts, currently placed at #10 on the Official Top 20 NZ Albums Chart.

Listen to The Great Escape HERE

No Cigar have quickly risen in the ranks of the New Zealand music industry as a band to watch. After recently releasing their debut album Bienvenido in September 2022, the band have gone on and played at some of New Zealand’s most exciting music festivals and sold out New Zealand and Australian tours over the last summer. The band is just back from touring the northern hemisphere, playing headline shows in the UK and Europe; their London show selling out in less than a day. While across Europe they have sold more than 1000 tickets across four shows. Their track record has amassed over 6 million streams on Spotify alone and gained a monthly listenership of 181,000+ fans.

Watch the video for Father Of Mine now, and don’t miss the opportunity to witness No Cigar performing The Great Escape live in Aotearoa - tickets are on sale HERE.

Aotearoa’s No Cigar have been riding high on the success of their recently released album The Great Escape, with the record currently sitting at #9 on the Official Top 20 NZ Albums Chart. With two shows scheduled in Aotearoa in February, the band show no signs of slowing down, today releasing their captivating latest video for the track Father Of Mine.

Watch the video HERE

Directed, filmed and edited by Tim Cotton, the black and white visuals for Father Of Mine were filmed as a single shot in the Abney Park Cemetery, in Stoke Newington, London. The one-take nature of the video reflects how the song came together during their writing sessions in Mangawhai, with No Cigar writing the track in “what was essentially one take, with our friend Jono Lee adding bits of wizardry on the guitar.”

“The half-speed video plays into the anticipatory nature of the song; you can sense some sort of epicness is brewing throughout, which manifests in Willy's performance in both the song and video” explains Arthur.

Having tried multiple other backdrops during their week at Battery Studios in London, it came down to their last day before returning home, before they were confident that the cemetery was the perfect location for the shot.

NO CIGAR LIVE SHOWS:

February 2 - Wellington, NZ - San Fran
February 10 - Auckland, NZ - The Hollywood Avondale
February 15 - Gold Coast, AU - Miami Marketta
February 16 - Melbourne, AU - The Corner Hotel
February 17 - Fortitude Valley, AU - The Zoo
February 21 - Adelaide, AU - Lion Arts Factory
February 22 - North Perth, AU - Rosemount Hotel
February 24 - Sydney, AU - UTS Underground

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