Sandy Mill and Band To Support PP Arnold

"I feel incredibly honoured to be playing support for PP. A true force of nature, rock royalty, a voice with so much emotion and soul, what a woman! Easily one of the best in the business, you'd be a fool to miss her show; Nau mai haere mai PP Arnold!" – Sandy Mill

Coinciding with the release of her new EP “A Piece of Me”, legendary New Zealand vocalist Sandy Mill, who has worked with Basement Jaxx, Boy George, Gary Numan, Neil Finn and others, has been announced as opening act for another legend, the US/UK ‘60s soul icon PP Arnold, who performs at the Powerstation Sunday May 20.

The first single of Sandy’s EP, “Giftbox” is inspired by the great singers of the 60’s and blends the power of American soul and the honesty of UK pop, which very much makes Sandy perfect company for PP.

PP Arnold of course is the former Ikette who landed in London in 1966 and forged a solo career with the help of Mick Jagger, Andrew Loog Oldham and others. With hits like ‘First Cut is The Deepest’ and ‘(If You Think You’re) Groovy’, and work with everyone from The Small Faces and Roger Waters to Primal Scream and Paul Weller, P.P. Arnold is British rock, pop, and mod royalty.

PP’s tour visit follows the release of “The Turning Tide”, an album of unreleased recordings from the late ‘60s and early ‘70s. It was meant to be her third album. Sessions were begun with Barry Gibb (who contributed a few new compositions) producing; Barry got busy with the Bee Gees, and the project was picked up by Eric Clapton, who used a band that would soon become the basis for Derek & The Dominoes. “The Turning Tide” includes superb interpretations of Traffic’s “Medicated Goo” and the Rolling Stones’ “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” in addition to the aforementioned Gibb songs and more. It cracked the UK Top 30 upon release, recently made the NZ iTunes Top 20, and has been the subject of many accolades and much airplay since its release.

Although this will be PP’s be first concert tour of these parts, she has previously performed here as a featured singer with Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters in 2007.

PP has worked with numerous other artists in both a live and studio context too – from Nick Drake to Boy George. Her voice has graced numerous hits including Peter Gabriel’s “Sledgehammer” and the KLF’s ‘What Time Is Love”. She sung on the Kane Gang’s hit 1989 hit cover of the Staple Singers’ “Respect Yourself”, which reached #19 in Australia. More recently she has recorded with Primal Scream and Oasis, and she has worked extensively with Ocean Colour Scene. She appears on Paul Weller’s 2017 album “A Kind Revolution”. She has a voice that other artists love to work with; her first duet was with Rod Stewart on a single produced by Mick Jagger, “Come Home Baby”, way back in ’67.

With her memoir soon due for publication and a new album in the can, co-written and produced by the Ocean Colour Scene’s Steve Craddock and also including a couple of tracks written by long-time supporter and fan Paul Weller (who also sings on one of the tracks), 2018 promises to be a big year for PP Arnold.

She gets right into the swing of it in May when she teams up with a stellar five-piece band featuring three members of You Am I - Tim Rogers on guitar & vocals, Andy Kent on bass, Russell Hopkinson on drums – together with James Black on keys and Talei Wolfgramm on backing vocals. All five love PP and her music – Tim and Talei recreated Steve Marriot and PP’s vocal parts for a duet of “Tin Soldier” on Rockwiz some years ago (and Tim will do the same with PP for this tour!) This is a dream band backing an extraordinary vocalist in what will undoubtedly be amongst the most talked about tours of the year.

Catch PP ARNOLD, with Tim Rogers, Andy Kent, Russell Hopkinson, Talei Wolfgramm and James Black, together with Sandy Mill and band, in Auckland,

Sunday 20th May at The Powerstation.

Tickets from:

www.davidroywilliams.com/tours/pp-arnold/

‘The Turning Tide’ is out on Kundalini Music through Southbound –

http://www.southbound.co.nz/

www.pparnold.com

https://www.facebook.com/pages/PP-Arnold/478119865157

https://twitter.com/PPArnold1.

https://www.instagram.com/pp_arnold/

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