Summer Concert Tour Kicks Off In Queenstown
Summer Concert Tour Kicks Off In Queenstown
Central Otago was
on song today, when the annual nationwide Summer Concert
Tour kicked off in Queenstown with international music
artists Colin Hay of Men At Work fame, Alanis Morissette and
The Orchestra starring former members of Electric Light
Orchestra performing to a 18,000 strong sell-out crowd at
the Gibbston Valley Winery Summer Concert.
This year’s line-up has
proved to be hugely popular with all three concerts in the
tour selling out only a month after going on sale last
year.
Setting the scene for the Queenstown crowd in great concert weather, (warm and sunny), local artists The Cellar Doors took stage mid-morning delivering what would be a total of five incredible acts over the course of the afternoon with a chilled out atmosphere of picnic rugs and hampers, along with the incredible background of the Crown Range beyond.
For the first time, a fourth international act were added to this year’s Summer Concert Tour line up. Nashville based Fairground Saints brought to concert goers their unique California country sound.
Colin Hay
of Men At Work fame
was next to take to stage early afternoon and wowed
concert goers with his unmistakable hits , entertaining them
with songs including Who Can It Be Now , Down Under
and Be Good Johnny.
Next up was a
massive crowd favourite, Alanis Morissette.
Touring New Zealand for the first time in 20 years, she
captured the audience with hits from her No. 1 selling
album, Jagged Little Pill, punching out the likes of
You Oughta Know, Hand In My
Pocket and
Ironic.
At the time
of this release, The Orchestra starring
former members of Electric Light Orchestra,
were gearing up to perform their formidable repertoire of
ELO hits such as Mr Blue Sky, Evil
Woman, Livin’ Thing, Telephone Line and Sweet Talkin’
Woman, promising to be an amazing end to the
day.
Amanda Calvert, CEO of
Greenstone Entertainment comments, “The Gibbston Valley
Winery Summer Concert has been another amazing success! It
always gives us immense pleasure to bring the Summer Concert
Tour to Queenstown and have the opportunity to showcase our
beautiful country and people to our international guests. We
now look forward to taking the tour to the North Island next
weekend for what will be two more fantastic shows in the
idyllic locations of Taupo and Whitianga.”
While
both of next weekend’s Taupo and Whitianga Summer Concerts
are sold out, Greenstone Entertainment remind concert goers
of a ticket exchange forum available on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/833141843530638/?fref=mentions
THE
ORCHESTRA Starring Former Members Of ELECTRIC LIGHT
ORCHESTRA, ALANIS MORISSETTE & COLIN
HAY of MEN AT WORK fame
Queenstown – Gibbston Valley Winery,
Saturday January 20th 2018 – SOLD
OUT
Taupo – Taupo Amphitheatre, Saturday
January 27th 2018 (Auckland Anniversary Weekend) –
SOLD OUT
Whitianga – Whitianga
Waterways Arena, Sunday January 28th 2018 (Auckland
Anniversary Weekend) – SOLD
OUT
CONCERT INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT:
www.greenstoneentertainment.co.nz