For New Zealand fans, the wait is over. This June is Business Time. Bret and Jemaine are going to Rock the Party. So leave your epilepticdogs at home cause there’ll be Too Many Dicks on a Dance Floor near you.
Co-promoter Stuart Clumpas said that, in an effort to avoid scalping, 300 tickets for each show would be available for people queuing at the box office and organisers were expecting a lot of people to line up.
“I think it’s going to be an extremely popular tour. I’m hoping people will camp out.
“Queuing up makes it something special, something exciting.”
With prices set at between $55 and $79 it is worth camping out, they will go fast!
Get your tickets here
Hastings: Hawke’s Bay Opera House, Wed June 13
Hamilton: Founders Theatre, Thurs June 14
Auckland: Town Hall, Sat June 16
New Plymouth: TSB Showplace, Sun June 17
Wellington: Michael Fowler Centre, Tues June 19, Wed June 20
Dunedin: Regent Theatre, Sat June 23
Queenstown: Events Centre, Sun June 24
Nelson: Trafalgar Centre, Wed June 27
Christchurch: to be announced
Until next time keep rockin’
The 0800 Jukebox crew.
www.0800jukebox.co.nz
Not since Gtaranaki’s Slash, Jennifer Batten (Jeff Beck, Michael Jackson,Natalie Cole) and Uli Jon Roth (Peter Gabriel, Tim Finn, Peter Frampton) have we had such legandary axe slayers under one roof!
The legendary G3 guitar gods – Joe Satriani, Steve Vai and Steve Lukather – will bring their combined guitar pyrotechnics to New Zealand for the first time in March next year.
The two-and-a-half hour shows in Auckland and Wellington will feature individual sets by each guitarist with their own bands before joining Satriani and his band on stage for an all-star jam.
Since it began in 1996, versions of G3 have toured almost annually, selling out shows in the US, Europe, South America, Japan and Australia.
Founded by Satriani, who last performed in New Zealand at the G-TARanaki Festival in 2008, G3 has featured many celebrated guitarists including Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Yngwie Malmsteen, Robert Fripp, Adrian Legg and Eric Johnson.
Grammy award-winning Vai has sold more than 15 million albums worldwide and has worked with legends such as Frank Zappa, David Lee Roth and Whitesnake.
Founding member of Toto, Steve Lukather has a career spanning more than 35 years. As well as selling more than 30 million albums with the band, Lukather has played on more than 1500 other records, including Michael Jackson’s Thriller and albums by Miles Davis, Elton John and Alice Cooper.
G3 Live in New Zealand:
Wellington – Michael Fowler Centre, March 22
Auckland – Logan Campbell Centre, March 25
Tickets on sale from November 25 from Ticketek.
Until next time keep rockin’
The 0800 Jukebox crew.
www.0800jukebox.co.nz
Her first two New Zealand shows were instant sell-outs, so Taylor Swift has announced it will be third time lucky for many of her Kiwi fans.
The four-time Grammy winner is hot property, with shows scheduled for March 16 and 17 selling out at a lightning pace. A third show has been confirmed for March 18.
Throughout her worldwide Speak Now tour, Swift has performed a number of cover songs, including tracks by Mumford & Sons and Uncle Kracker, as well as covering songs of artists from whatever city she happens to be playing in. In Canada, she covered Justin Bieber, in New Jersey she performed Bon Jovi; in addition, she played Fall Out Boy in Chicago and even Eminem in Detroit. What will she play in NZ?
Taylor Swift announces second NZ concert
Press Release:
SECOND AUCKLAND CONCERT ANNOUNCED
Demand for tickets for Taylor Swift’s first-ever New Zealand concert has been exceptionally strong during the pre-sale, with fans clearly signaling that they want a second concert by Swift.
So Michael Coppel is thrilled to announce that a second concert will be scheduled in Auckland at Vector Arena on; SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 2012 Pre-sale tickets to Taylor Swift’s second concert will go on sale from 12 noon Thursday August 25 through Ticketmaster.
The four-time GRAMMY winner’s SPEAK NOW performance is a two-hour theatrical presentation, reminiscent of a Broadway experience. The show features elaborate costumes, dancers, aerialists, changing sets, and innovative choreography and instrumentation showcased on a multi-level stage.
Taylor plays five different guitars in the show, plus two banjos, the ukulele and the piano, and changes costumes nine times over the course of the evening. During the concert she moves right around the venue, using different stages, thereby giving every audience member a great seat.
Taylor’s 2011 Tour includes 98 shows in 17 countries spanning three continents, and her Speak Now album is the #1-selling album in all genres of music over the past twelve months.
Don’t miss Taylor Swift’s incredible Speak Now World Tour playing at:
AUCKLAND VECTOR ARENA FRIDAY MARCH 16
AUCKLAND VECTOR ARENA SATURDAY MARCH 17* New Show
TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY 9AM, AUGUST 26
Ticketmaster online pre-sale: 1pm Wed Aug 24 until 5pm Thu Aug 25
Until next time keep rockin’
The 0800 Jukebox crew.
www.0800jukebox.co.nz
Press Release:
SECOND AUCKLAND CONCERT ANNOUNCED
Demand for tickets for Taylor Swift’s first-ever New Zealand concert has been exceptionally strong during the pre-sale, with fans clearly signaling that they want a second concert by Swift.
So Michael Coppel is thrilled to announce that a second concert will be scheduled in Auckland at Vector Arena on; SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 2012 Pre-sale tickets to Taylor Swift’s second concert will go on sale from 12 noon Thursday August 25 through Ticketmaster.
The four-time GRAMMY winner’s SPEAK NOW performance is a two-hour theatrical presentation, reminiscent of a Broadway experience. The show features elaborate costumes, dancers, aerialists, changing sets, and innovative choreography and instrumentation showcased on a multi-level stage.
Taylor plays five different guitars in the show, plus two banjos, the ukulele and the piano, and changes costumes nine times over the course of the evening. During the concert she moves right around the venue, using different stages, thereby giving every audience member a great seat.
Taylor’s 2011 Tour includes 98 shows in 17 countries spanning three continents, and her Speak Now album is the #1-selling album in all genres of music over the past twelve months.
Don’t miss Taylor Swift’s incredible Speak Now World Tour playing at:
AUCKLAND VECTOR ARENA FRIDAY MARCH 16
AUCKLAND VECTOR ARENA SATURDAY MARCH 17* New Show
TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY 9AM, AUGUST 26
Ticketmaster online pre-sale: 1pm Wed Aug 24 until 5pm Thu Aug 25
Until next time keep rockin’
The 0800 Jukebox crew.
www.0800jukebox.co.nz
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Neil Diamond’s upcoming Wellington concert has been cancelled due to the lack of a suitable indoor venue, promoters say. [Rumor has it that it was actually due to poor sales.]
Diamond was to perform in Wellington on March 4.
A statement released by the event’s promoters cited “unforeseen production and logistical challenges associated with staging Neil Diamond’s full show outdoors” as the reason for the cancellation.
Online tickets will be automatically refunded. Tickets bought over the counter can be refunded at the point of purchase.
Diamond will still perform at Auckland’s Vector Arena on February 26 and 28. New allocations of tickets have been released for both shows.
What do you think is “unforeseen production and logistical blaa blaa outdoor blaa blaa…” a good reason to cancel a show that was always going to be outside?
Until next time keep rockin’
The 0800 Jukebox crew.
www.0800jukebox.co.nz
Stone Temple Pilots reformed in 2008, will play Vector Arena in Auckland on Saturday, March 26, 2011.
Tickets for the concert go on sale through Ticketmaster from Friday, December 17.
Until next time keep rockin’
The 0800 Jukebox crew.
www.0800jukebox.co.nz
Two of music’s biggest acts paid tribute to the Pike River miners at a sold out Mt Smart Stadium on Thursday night.
There was little doubt that a band with the social conscience of U2 would acknowledge the tragedy, even during the entertainment behemoth that is their 360 tour.
“People have ways of dealing with grief, in Ireland we sing,” said charismatic front man Bono before an emotional version of Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For.
They followed that with local favourite One Tree Hill as the names of the 29 dead scrolled down the massive screen at Mt Smart Stadium on Thursday night.
Earlier, hiphop mogul Jay Z dedicated Forever Young to the miners as he said “they will always be in our hearts and they will always be forever young”.
Those were two moving moments in an otherwise upbeat night as U2 returned to New Zealand after an absence of exactly four years.
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| TRIBUTE: U2 honoured the Pike River miners during the song One Tree Hill. |
In a show of more than 20 songs there was a run through their catalogue of hits including Beautiful Day, Elevation, Vertigo, Sunday Bloody Sunday, One and With or Without You.
They were interspersed with new songs like Magnificent and Get On Your Boots off their uneven 2009 album No Line on the Horizon.
Until next time keep rockin’
The 0800 Jukebox crew.
www.0800jukebox.co.nz
Rhythm and blues legend Joe Cocker is set to play at the Bowl of Brooklands this summer.
Joining him on stage for the January 28 show is master of the slide guitar George Thorogood and his Destroyers.
The Sheffield-born singer is one of the most successful and popular singers of the last 40 years. The 66-year-old is also one of music’s most loved and most respected, becoming an international sensation with his performance at Woodstock in 1969.
Cocker will be performing songs from his latest offering Hard Knocks in addition to songs in his illustrious back catalogue including You Can Leave Your Hat On, Unchain My Heart, Up Where We Belong, The Letter, and You Are So Beautiful.
Support artist George Thorogood and his band The Destroyers are also stars in their own right. The blues and rock specialist has sold more than 15 million albums worldwide, amassing a loyal following for his scorching live performances. Their hits include Move it on Over, You Talk Too Much, Bad To The Bone, and One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer.
Tickets are available through Ticketmaster from November 26.
Until next time keep rockin’
The 0800 Jukebox crew.
www.0800jukebox.co.nz
Shihad are on the road againg this summer with Cairo Knife Fight and The Naked & Famous.
December 29 Riwaka Hotel
January 2 Brewer’s Field Mt Maunganui
January 3 Waihi Beach Hotel
Cairo Knife Fight and The Naked & Famous.
Until next time keep rockin’
The 0800 Jukebox crew.
www.0800jukebox.co.nz
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Highly acclaimed heavy metal icons Disturbed will be returning for their massive ‘Music As A Weapon’ tour and are ready to annihilate arena stages in Australia and New Zealand this April, much to the satisfaction of their legions of fans.
Arguably one of the most successful heavy metal bands around today, Disturbed have sold over 11 million albums globally and are one of only three bands in music history to have four consecutive releases debut at #1 on the US Billboard Top 200 album chart.
Since the band’s formation fifteen years ago, Disturbed have had three Platinum albums in Australia thus far and a strong fourth contender in their latest offering Asylum which debuted at #2 on the ARIA Album Chart and #1 on New Zealand’s RIANZ Album Chart upon its release in August.
This killer lineup is sure to have fans eagerly rearing their horns in anticipation and clamouring for a piece of the action. Tour information and ticketing details below.
Disturbed New Zealand:
Frontier Members pre-sale from 2pm AEDT, Wed 17 November – 2pm AEDT, Thu 18 November
General public on sale from 9am local time, Friday 26 November
w/ Trivium, As I Lay Dying & SUPPORT TBC at all New Zealand shows|
All shows are all ages.
Tuesday 3 May: Vector Arena, Auckland
Wednesday 4 May: TSB Arena, Wellington
Friday 6 May: Canterbury CBS Arena, Canterbury
Tickets available through Ticketek: 0800 4 TICKET or www.ticketek.co.nz
Until next time keep rockin’
The 0800 Jukebox crew.
www.0800jukebox.co.nz