Mel Parsons Announces 'Red Grey Blue' Album Release Tour!
With her brand new album ‘Red Grey Blue’ out September 19th, singer songwriter Mel Parsons is in celebration mode, hitting the road with her band for a 20 date NZ tour spanning Coast to Coast and tip to tail.
The shows kick off on September 24th at high altitude with a Real NZ show at Mt Olympus ski field in Canterbury, and from there winds it's way around the country via some of Parsons' favourite venues. Parsons will be joined by her band The Rhythm Kings, comprised of double bassist Aaron Stewart, drummer/percussionist Nick George and introducing guitarist/vocalist Andrew Moore (Thomas Oliver Band), along with special guest Gerry Paul (Tim O'Brien, Grada).
Following on from the success of her Tui-finalist debut album ‘Over My Shoulder' in 2009, ‘Red Grey Blue' runs the gamut from gentle and assured to the depths of darkness and everything in between. Parsons is one of NZ's rising songwriting stars, her bewitching vocals have been stopping audiences in their tracks for the past few years. With an uncanny knack for hooks she is "armed with instant sing-along choruses, a unique sensibility to melody and harmony and stonking drum grooves" (Martyn Pepperell/Word on the Street).
Tickets to the shows are available in advance at www.eventfinder.co.nz with a special pre-sale album & ticket package deal.
Watch video for Mel Parsons' first single ‘I Won't Let You Down' here
Mel Parsons & the Rhythm Kings
RED GREY BLUE - NZ Album Release Tour
Sept - Oct - Nov 2011
Tour Dates:
# Mt Olympus Ski Hutt - Sat 24th Sept
# Methven Blue Pub - Sun 25th Sept
# Oamaru Opera House - Thurs 29th Sept
# Dunedin Chicks Hotel - Fri 30th Sept
# Queenstown The Winehouse - Sat 1st Oct
# Nelson Playhouse Theatre - Thurs 6th Oct
# Takaka Mussel Inn - Fri 7th Oct
# Christchurch * The Venue - Sat 8th Oct
# Fairlie The Kimbell Garage Gallery - Weds 12th Oct
# Greymouth Franks Cafe - Thurs 13th Oct
# Westport NBS - Theatre Fri 14th Oct
# Blenheim Civic Theatre - Sat 15th Oct
# Wellington * San Francisco Bathhouse - Sun 16th Oct
# New Plymouth The Little Theatre - Weds 26th Oct
# Raglan The Yot Club - Thurs 27th Oct
# Auckland Bacco Room Fri 28th Oct
# Leigh Sawmill Cafe - Sat 29th Oct
# Coromandel Eggsentric Cafe - Thurs 3rd Nov
# Gisbourne Poverty Bay Club - Fri 4th Nov
# Napier Cabana - Sat 5th Nov
*With Special guest ANDREW MOORE
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