Music News - Deacon Blue announce Wellington venue upgrade and special guest Holly Arrowsmith
16 August 2023 - 0 Comments
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 45's - the Top 10's, 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.
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
TICKETS ON SALE NOW
For complete tour, ticket, and VIP information, visit livenation.co.nz
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