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LISTEN TO THE BRAND NEW
BIC RUNGA SINGLE
"I DREAMED A
DREAM"
LISTEN! soundcloud.com/bic-runga
"I DREAMED A
DREAM" IS OFFICIALLY RELEASED FRIDAY 26th JUNE
Pre order is now
available now from iTunes: http://apple.co/1d4TYIA
Bic Runga’s accomplishments are already
enough to label her a national treasure.
Signed at the age of 19, Bic Runga was the first female artist to self pen and
self produce three consecutive albums to debut at number one. Drivein 1997 (seven times platinum), Beautiful Collision in 2002 (eleven
times platinum) and Birds in 2005 (triple platinum.) Her debut
single Drive won the prestigious APRA Silver Scroll (New Zealand's
equivalent to the Ivor Novello.) Over her 20 year career she has won a dozen
Tui awards (New Zealand's Grammys.) In 2006 she was made a member
of the Order of Merit by The Queen for her contribution to music.
She gained an international audience when her song Sway featured in the
soundtrack of the 1999 film American Pie and in 2005. She has shared stages
with members of Radiohead and Wilco for Neil Finns' The Sun Came
Out project and made a cameo appearance as a Vietnamese lounge singer in
the movie Little Fish with Cate Blanchett and Sam Neill.
It’s now 2015 and Bic Runga has been writing and recording her fifth studio
album from her home studio in Auckland. Some of the new material will be
debuted live at the Bic Runga/Tiny Ruins collaborative concerts this June /
July:
The Mayfair Theatre,
Dunedin Thursday 25th June 2015
The Oamaru Opera
House, Oamaru Friday 26th June 2015
The Cardboard
Cathedral, Christchurch Saturday 27th June 2015
The Wintergarden –
The Civic, Auckland Thursday 2nd July 2015
- NEW SHOW ADDED DUE TO
POPULAR DEMAND!
The Wintergarden – The
Civic, Auckland Friday 3rd July 2015
- SOLD OUT!
The Opera House,
Wellington Saturday 4th July 2015
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