Music News - Dave Dobbyn Announces Slice Of Heaven - 40 Years of Hits Album and Tour
12 March 2017 - 0 Comments
Bonafide Kiwi legend Dave
Dobbyn is celebrating 40 years as a songwriter, recording
artist and performer with a nationwide tour taking in twelve centres this
April.
For full tour and ticket information visit davedobbyn.co.nz.
Dobbyn’s extraordinary musical career began with high school band Th’ Dudes.
His first try at writing a song was a ‘disaster’ and never saw the light of
day, but he took the next attempt to the band. That song - Be Mine Tonight -
went on to be Th’ Dudes first release and winner of Single of the Year at the
National Music Awards in 1979.
Four decades on, Dave Dobbyn’s music has become part of the nation’s
soundtrack. He has an astonishing 10 songwriting credits on APRA’s Top 100 New
Zealand Songs of All Time, featuring songs released by Th’ Dudes, DD Smash and as a solo artist. He’s won
Best Male Vocalist a record six times and the most awards of any New Zealand
musician - three Silver Scroll awards and 29 New Zealand Music Awards across
his career. The music hasn’t stopped coming - he released a 10th
studio album as a solo artist, Harmony
House, just last year.
All these songs and many more will feature in a theatre tour with Dobbyn and
his full band, along with anecdotes about how the songs came to be written,
told in his inimitable style.
The tour is a classic rock n roll roadtrip down the country, kicking off in
Whangarei on 12 April and wrapping up just over two weeks later in
Invercargill.
“Playing provincial New Zealand gigs is my favourite thing,” Dobbyn said. “I
love it so much, it’s pure pleasure. Just being aware of the community and
community life - everyone’s celebrating, there’s an energy flow that’s
healthily contagious.”
The tour coincides with the release of the Slice
Of Heaven - 40 Years of Hits album to be released by Sony on 7
April.
DAVE
DOBBYN
SLICE OF HEAVEN - 40
YEARS OF HITS TOUR
12 April - Forum North, Whangarei
13 April - ASB Waterfront Theatre, Auckland
14 April - Waiheke Jazz Festival, Waiheke
15 April - The Plaza, Putaruru
16 April - Gaiety Theatre, Wairoa
20 April - Civic Centre, Feilding
21 April - Opera House, Wanganui
22 April - Old St Paul’s, Wellington
26 April - Trafalgar Centre, Nelson
27 April - Isaac Theatre Royal, Christchurch
28 April - Glenroy Auditorium, Dunedin
29 April - CentreStage Theatre, Invercargill
Tickets go on sale at
midday on Monday 13 March - visit davedobbyn.co.nz for full ticketing information.
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