Music News - The Block Party - New Zealand's premier urban music festival
21 March 2016 - 0 Comments
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony,
Twista,
Mobb Deep,
Tha Dogg Pound
and DJ Quik…
they are some of the biggest names in the urban music world and they are all
heading to New Zealand for one night only!
Promoter, Talk Later, is
proud and excited to bring this incredible line-up to Auckland for the
inaugural THE BLOCK
PARTY festival on Saturday May 20.
Earlybird tickets go on sale Wednesday March
30 (7pm) for 24 hours at only $99. Remaining tickets (general
admission) go on sale Monday April
4. All tickets available from http://www.theticketfairy.com/
Grammy Award winners Bone
Thugs-N-Harmony, who have sold more than 30 million records
worldwide, were last in New Zealand in 2015 and performed to rave reviews in
Christchurch and Auckland. Four of the original five Bone Thugs members
will take to The Block
Party stage – Bizzy,
Krayzie,
Layzie
and Wish
– in what promises to be an extremely welcome return!
They are joined by American West Coast rap duo, Tha Dogg Pound (original members Daz Dillinger and Kurupt). Tha Dogg Pund formed
in the 90s and were signed to Death Row Records, have collaborated with many
artists including Snoop
Dogg and Dr
Dre, and featured on 2
Pac’s highly-acclaimed album, ALL EYEZ ON ME.
Mobb Deep,
featuring original members Havoc
and Prodigy,
are a hardcore East Coast hip-hop duo that recently released their eighth
studio album, 2014’s acclaimed THE
INFAMOUS MOBB DEEP. They are looking forward to bringing the
latest album to life in front of an energetic Kiwi crowd!
Twista
joins the star-studded line-up for The
Block Party with his incredibly impressive fast rapping style
that has seen him collaborate with the likes of Kanye West, T-Pain, Trey Songz, Chris Brown and Mariah Carey. Twista has had a
number of hit singles, including the US #1 ‘Slow Jamz’.
Rounding out the internationals is the well-respected rapper, DJ and producer, DJ Quik. Quik has worked with
a huge list of top artists including Snoop
Dogg, Jay-Z,
Janet Jackson,
2 Pac,
and the names go on…
Joining this impressive first announcement are some of New Zealand’s favourite
artists with Che Fu and
the Krates, Tomorrow
People, PNC
as well as hot new duo, TIMES
x TWO.
This event is a multi-stage festival and fully licensed, so is restricted to
R18.
The Block Party
is proudly presented by Talk
Later, who has designed the festival to encompass everything
punters love: top artists, quality production, core Kiwi fans, and the Talk Later approach
to the delivery of high class events that leave people wanting more.
Don’t miss out, get ready to join The
Block Party!
DATE:
FRIDAY MAY 20 -
5.00pm-11.00pm
ASB SHOWGROUNDS, AUCKLAND
R18 (FULLY LICENSED)
FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT:
BONE THUGS -N- HARMONY
(Bizzy, Krayzie, Layzie and Wish)
TWISTA
MOBB DEEP
(Havoc and Prodigy)
DJ QUIK
THA DOGG POUND
(Daz and Kurupt)
TOMORROW PEOPLE
CHE FU & THE KRATES
PNC
TIMES X TWO
TICKET INFO:
ONE- DAY TICKET DEAL on sale Wed March 30 at 7pm (24
hour deal).
$99 full festival pass or $125 full festival pass + The Block Party Illicit T-shirt
package deal
GENERAL ADMISSION
TICKETS
On sale Monday April 4 at
7.00pm
Tickets available from THETICKETFAIRY.COM
Thanks to:
Talk Later
Mai FM
Red Energy
Illicit Clothing
Redrat Clothing
The Ticket Fairy
ASB Showgrounds
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