Music News - Ben Ottewell (Gomez) announces NZ tour
03 April 2017 - 0 Comments
Ben Ottewell (known for the distinctive voice in Mercury Award
winning British band Gomez) has announced he will return to New Zealand this
June, playing Wellington’s San Fran on Thursday, June 22, before Auckland’s
Tuning Fork on Friday, June 23. Support for both shows will be a rare solo set
from Buddy, lead singer of Los Angeles based indie band, also called, Buddy.
As a singer and lead guitarist in rock band Gomez, Ben Ottewell is well known
for his unmistakable voice and talent for blistering and inspired guitar solos.
Rolling Stone declared him “Gomez’s
not-so-secret weapon…” and as GQ Magazine once wrote and anyone
listening can attest, “[his]
voice is not of this world.”
Since his first solo release, Shapes & Shadows, Ottewell has embarked a
series of successful acoustic tours including a one-off New Zealand show at the
Tuning Fork in 2014. The release received 4.5 stars by the New Zealand Herald,
who said his “mature
lyrics of poetic allusions and mystery, songs of loss and regret [are] ideally
suited to his soulful, gentle and raw delivery.”
In 2013, Ottewell launched a pledge campaign on Indiegogo to fund his second
release, Rattlebag. Simultaneously stripped-down and lush, Rattlebag is a
collection of beautifully poetic tales of salvation and redemption, of
sanctuary and braving rocky seas in search of distant shores. Ottewell’s
infectious melodies and bluesy riffs will stick with you, and beg you to sing
along.
“There’s a time and
place for us / I will take you there,” he sings (on ‘Shoreline’). Ben
Ottewell proffers hope and promise accompanied by sublime acoustic and slide
guitars, and that’s something we can all use.
Buddy are a melodic indie band from Los Angeles, with a soft, melancholy style
that Impact Press have described as “irresistible,
infectious, and emotionally powerful.” Buddy’s solo shows are
acoustic-based, intimate versions of the indie folk songs that appear on the
recordings.
Ben Ottewell (GOMEZ)
w/ Buddy
San Fran -
Wellington - Thursday 22nd June
The Great South
Pacific Tuning Fork - Auckland - Friday 23rd June
My Ticketmaster pre-sale from Monday 3rd April @ 12pm
Tickets on sale Thursday 6th April @ 9am from http://www.ticketmaster.co.nz/ 0800 111 999
Tickets in advance $45 + booking fees
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