The Big Night In
PRESS RELEASE
The Big Night In
presents in association with Juice TV, Bnet and The
Groove Guide
The Veils
True Lovers (NYC)
Cairo Knife Fight
Valedictions (Auckland Only)
The Big Day Out takes its Big Night In warm-up carnival on the road this year with a line-up of The Veils, True Lovers and Cairo Knife Fight.
The three bands play
Wellington’s San Francisco Bath House on Wednesday 13
January and the Kings Arms in Auckland on Thursday 14
January before all taking
to the stage at the Big Day Out
the following day.
It’s a stunning line-up of two of the
country’s finest semi-expat bands, half-English act The
Veils and the New York domiciled True Lovers, alongside
Cairo Knife Fight
whose rejuvenated two-man line-up has
been on the end of rave reviews over the past few
months.
The Veils’ sell-out New Zealand dates in
November were a revelation for fans who revelled in the
bands’ stunning and polished delivery of songs from their
three
acclaimed albums including the just-released Sun
Gangs.
True Lovers make their New Zealand debut in January
but the band’s frontman Dion Lunadon and lead guitarist
Ben Maitland are of course well known in these parts.
The
True Lovers hold fast to the rock’n’roll roots Dion laid
down here in the mighty D4 while Ben’s Boxcar Guitars were
a highly regarded Auckland band and he toured as
a sideman with Bic Runga. With an album due for release in March and their single “Death Threat” burning up the airwaves, the dirty swagger of this band is not to be missed.
Cairo Knife Fight have pared their line-up down to an essential duo – guitarist Aaron Tokona of Weta and drummer Nick Gaffaney of enough bands to mention to fill a phone book have been in the studio working on an album of effects- drenched heavy duty progedelica that is going to blow some minds at these shows.
Plus in Auckland, there is a further
D4 connected addition to the bill, with drummer Beaver
Pooley joining forces with former members of Pan Am in the
exciting new act, Valedictions.
Four bands in one
night, not to be missed on your way to the Big Day Out
2010.
The Big Day Out brings The Veils and True Lovers two of the country’s finest semi-expat bands back to the country in January and is teaming them up with Cairo Knife Fight and Valedictions:
Jan 2010
Wednesday 13 Jan - San Francisco Bath House - Wellington
Thursday 14 Jan - Kings Arms - Auckland
TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY 18 DECEMBER from:
www.eventfinder.co.nz
www.nztix.co.nz
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