Mumford and Sons Announce Very Special Guests
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 11am, 3 August, 2012
Secret Sounds Presents
Mumford and Sons
Announce Very Special Guests
The indomitable
Sarah Blasko will be joining Mumford & Sons for their New
Zealand tour in November. The shows are very timely, being
hot on the heels
of the release of her
highly-anticipated new album on October 26th. A musician of
great integrity and artistic temperament who pushes creative
boundaries across the arts, Sarah Blasko’s charismatic
live show with a five-piece band is the perfect addition to
this stellar line up.
The forthcoming self-produced
album was recorded in Sweden at Atlantis studios.
Additionally, she also travelled to Bulgaria to enlist the
services
of the Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra to create
what is likely to be her most acclaimed and personal album
to date.
To complement this international night of
musical magic is Rodney Fisher, best known in New Zealand as
the singer in well loved band Goodshirt.
Living in the
UK for the last six years, Rodney has returned home with a
debut solo album ‘Songs From The Backyard’.
Released earlier this year to critical acclaim (4/5 Time
Out, NZ Herald, 4/5 Groove, Guide), ‘Songs From The
Backyard’ has been described as ‘a folk album,
dripping with nostalgia…undeniably unique.’ Fans
attending the Mumford & Sons shows can expect to hear tracks
from Rod’s solo album as well as
some classic
Goodshirt songs.
Tickets to the Mumford & Sons New
Zealand Stopover Tour have been flying out the door with the
first Wellington show selling out immediately. A second
show was quickly announced, only to sell out soon after.
No further Wellington shows will be added and the Auckland
and Christchurch shows are now
close to reaching
capacity. With Australia and New Zealand being among the
first countries to get a taste of the new album
“Babel” in the live arena, fans should get in
quick to avoid disappointment.
Mumford & Sons’
debut album “Sigh No More” sold more than 5
million albums world-wide, reaching #1 on the ARIA charts,
triple platinum sales and scoring an ARIA award for Most
Popular International Act. Since its release the band have
toured across the world, been nominated for Grammy Awards
and
won the Brit Award for Album of The Year. They have
played with Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen and performed
for US President Barack Obama.
“Babel”
will be released through Gentlemen of The Road/Dew Process
on 21 September, 2012.
MUMFORD &
SONS
NEW ZEALAND STOPOVER TOUR
with
special guests
SARAH BLASKO
and
RODNEY FISHER
Presented by The Edge
and proudly supported by More FM
Tickets to all shows on sale now
Friday 2nd November – Vector Arena,
Auckland
Tickets from ticketmaster.co.nz
09 970 9700
Sunday 4th November – Town Hall,
Wellington –SOLD OUT!
Tickets from ticketek.co.nz
0800 TICKETEK / 0800 842 5385
Monday 5th November
– Town Hall, Wellington – SOLD OUT!
Tickets from
ticketek.co.nz 0800 TICKETEK / 0800 842
5385
Tuesday 6th November – CBS Canterbury
Arena, Christchurch
Tickets from ticketek.co.nz
0800 TICKETEK / 0800 842 5385
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