Fat Freddy's Drop Announce New Shows

The Groove Guide Presents Fat Freddy's Drop Live At The Mercury Theatre & The Front Room.

FFD NZ Show Info

Fat Freddy's Drop are pleased to announce shows at The Mercury Theatre, Auckland and The Front Room, Wellington.

Freddys is leading the charge for live music at the oldest surviving theatre in Auckland. Established in 1910, The Mercury Theatre has recently been used as a cinema and an evangelical church.

Congregating at The Mercury Theatre for two nights on 20th and 21st May and The Front Room on 4th June, Freddys promise a riff of old and new tunes that they'll be taking on the road overseas. The international tour takes in a headline show at the 5000 capacity Brixton Academy in London, followed by shows in Ireland, Portugal, Germany, Poland, Norway, Belgium, France, Spain and Brisbane.

Having stated during their On The Road to Opononi Summer Tour that New Zealand would see less of Freddys in 2011, the Auckland and Wellington shows are a response to the reaction from the band's local fanbase.

The band's only local performance since January has been at the "Cuba For Christchurch" multi-band fundraiser. The intimate vibe at San Francisco Bath House inspired them to choose similar sized venues for their upcoming shows. The Mercury Theatre is strictly limited to 578 seats while The Front Room has a capacity of 650. Fans still talk about Freddy's Halloween gig at The Front Room back in 2009.

The focus for Fat Freddy's Drop on their return home from the Northern Hemisphere will be recording a new studio album. Yeah right.

The Groove Guide Presents
Fat Freddy's Drop Live at

THE MERCURY THEATRE AUCKLAND (R18)
Friday 20th & Saturday 21st May 2011

THE FRONT ROOM WELLINGTON (R18)
Saturday 4th June 2011

Tickets from ticketmaster.co.nz and amplifier.co.nz
On Sale Monday 11 April 2011

Free Flashback Remix Download

Kicking off the New Zealand shows, Freddys are pleased to offer a free download of Fat Freddy's Drop Vs The Electric Flashback 2011, a sonic Flashback remix by upstanding new London band The Electric headed by producer DJ Vadim. The download is available now at Freddy's Soundcloud.

FFD On The Road To Brixton

Fat Freddy's Drop overseas shows in May, June and July 2011 include: Tivoli, Brisbane, Australia; Brixton O2 Academy, London; Body & Soul Festival, Ireland; The Birmingham Institute, Birmingham; Sumol Summer Fest, Ericeira, Portugal; Capitol, Frankfurt, Germany; Tonhalle, Munich, Germany; Columbiahalle, Berlin, Germany; Opener Festival, Gydnia, Poland; Rockerfeller, Oslo, Norway; Le Trianon, Paris, France; Parc del Forum, Barcelona, Spain.