Music News - Cyndi Lauper and Blondie - Two iconic artists joining for NZ tour this Easter Weekend
23 January 2017 - 0 Comments
They’re two of music’s most iconic artists, the wondrous Blondie and the
bewitching Cyndi
Lauper.
In a world first, these two amazing artists are teaming up to co-headline an
absolute cracker of a New Zealand tour this Easter Weekend in April.
Cyndi Lauper and Blondie will play arena shows in Christchurch and Auckland in
what will be Blondie’s first trip to New Zealand in seven years, and will see
Cyndi Lauper grace our shores for the very first time.
With both artists greatly loved by New Zealand fans, the tour is certainly one
to savour!
“Blondie were the true trailblazers of the New York City new wave and punk
scenes. As a young artist, they had such a big impact on me. I just
thought that Debbie was so cool. She is still a hero of mine. We are
going to have a blast!” – Cyndi Lauper
“You can't miss this show. The bitches are coming back to make it happen!
All the songs and music you want to hear from us and much much more.” -
Debbie Harry
Boasting 13 Top Ten hits in New Zealand between them, Cyndi Lauper and Blondie
have both enjoyed great success here for four decades. Both Cyndi and Debbie
Harry have always escaped the usual clichés of women in rock and are
unquestionably two of the most important and influential women to have graced
the stage. The two New York natives are thrilled to be touring together.
Blondie emerged from the late 70’s New York punk scene and quickly became
music, style and pop culture icons selling more than 40 million albums
worldwide and becoming Rock ‘N’ Roll Hall of Fame inductees. They scored hits
with reggae, rock/disco, hip hop and pop songs bursting with great hooks and
brilliant, ironic lyrics. Heart Of Glass was Blondie’s first
US #1 in 1978 opening the floodgates to a run of 14 Top Ten US hits including The Tide Is High,Call Me, Rapture, Picture This, Hanging On The Telephone, Union City Blues and Atomic, racking up a phenomenal five
US and five UK number one singles.
Fans will be thrilled to learn that Blondie – including founding members Debbie
Harry, guitarist/song-writing partner Chris Stein and drummer Clem Burke, along
with the rest of the band have just completed a new album to be released in May
this year.
Thirty-three years and fifty million album sales since her debut, the
ever-versatile Cyndi
Lauper, one of only 20 people to earn Emmy, Grammy, and Tony
awards, shows no sign of slowing down. Her celebrated musical journey took an
unexpected southern turn on her acclaimed 11th studio album Detour released in
May 2016, where Cyndi puts her signature spin on a dozen classic country songs.
On Detour the unpredictable siren proves once again that her magnificent voice
can bring to life any genre of music.
New Zealand fans have of course loved Cyndi since her 1983 debut solo album
She’s So Unusual and its hits Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, Time After Time, She Bop and All Through The Night.
Don’t miss what promises to be one of the concert highlights of 2017!
CYNDI LAUPER &
BLONDIE
Frontier Members
pre-sale runs from Wed 25 Jan
Click here for details
General public on
sale from Tue 31 Jan
12 noon NZDT
For full tour information, click here
TOUR DATES
Sat 15 Apr (Easter Saturday)
Horncastle Arena
Christchurch, NZ
(All Ages)
ticketek.co.nz
Ph: 0800 842 538
Mon 17 Apr (Easter Monday)
Vector Arena
Auckland, NZ (All
Ages)
ticketmaster.co.nz
Ph: 0800 111 999
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