Topp Twins Continue Tour Celebrating Country Music Greats

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Topp Twins Continue Tour Celebrating Country Music Greats

Auckland concerts 24-26 October
• New Album #1 in NZ Music Charts
• Featuring special guests Tami Neilson, Phil Doublet, Cam Luxton
• Fiddler extraordinaire Marian Burns joins the tour

“sheer entertainment …a slam-dunk hayride to hitsville” – Southland Times

Well-loved New Zealand entertainers Lynda and Jools Topp begin the North Island leg of their national tour this week in their brand new show paying homage to country music greats and celebrating contemporary Kiwi music.

With six South Island shows behind them, The Grand Ole Topp’ry now heads to Napier, Hamilton, Auckland, New Plymouth, Wanganui, Wellington and Palmerston North.

The Topp Twins in The Grand Ole Topp'ry is playing at the Bruce Mason Centre on Friday 24, Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 October.

Reminiscent of Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry, where comedy and country music always went hand in hand, the Topps’ hilarious characters host The Grand Ole Topp’ry channeling stars from the US Country Music Hall of Fame, and joined by New Zealand’s top country music performers.

The story of Country Music from the swamps of Tennessee to the Waikato hills has never been told, so come along for the ride of your lives. Special guests include 2014 New Zealand Country Music Awards Best Female winner and Silver Scrolls finalist Tami Neilson, supported by Dave Khan and Ben Woolley, 2014 New Zealand Country Music Awards Best Male winner and legend guitarist Phil Doublet, 2014 New Zealand Country Music Awards Horizon Award winner Cam Luxton, and New Zealand fiddler extraordinaire Marian Burns replacing all-girl Johnny Cash band The Johnnys who played in the South Island shows.

The Grand Ole Topp’ry tour comes hot on the heels of the release of The Topp Twins’ new CD The Very Best of The Topp Twins which is currently at #1 in the New Zealand Music Charts, while Tami Neilson’s album Dynamite is at #7 and Cam Luxton’s debut album Laid Back Man is at #9.

Lynda Topp says that just as Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry has changed over the years, like the Topp Twins, it has remained a cultural institution.

“Our take on the Grand Ole Opry (Topp’ry) celebrates country music's diversity and it’s a night of rollicking good fun, foot-stomping music to laugh and live by. You will laugh, stomp and holler and perhaps, even shed a tear.”

The Grand Ole Topp'ry is at the Bruce Mason Centre on Friday 24, Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 October. Tickets are available through Ticketmaster 0800 111 999 www.ticketmaster.co.nz For more details visit www.topptwins.com

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