ONE DROP Featuring Fat Freddys Drop
Place your order now for the not-to-be-missed ONE DROP event reuniting the original musical marauders of Aotearoa roots music Fat Freddy’s Drop, Trinity Roots and Cornerstone Roots.
The heavyweight line up bring ONE DROP to Matakana’s Ascension Wine Estate on Monday 2nd January 2012, almost a decade after they all stepped it up at Raglan and Kaikoura festivals in the summer of 2003.
The recently re-formed TrinityRoots will feature new drummer/vocalist Jean Pompey bringing her dexterous chops to the hypnotic roots infused reggae dub jazz waka, while Cornerstone Roots represent the classic cool wave of conscious roots reggae.
The seven-headed Freddys soul monster is flying high with fresh material, spanning soul and reggae, to house and Afro-beat, road tested over the past year across Australia and on tours to UK and Europe in July and September.
From selling out O2 Brixton Academy in London, Freddys off shore tour highlights included playing on Europe’s second biggest PA system at Fete de L’Huma Festival, Paris, playing to 3000 fans over two sold out nights at Melkweg, Amsterdam, selling out Vega, Copenhagen a month before the show, and sold out shows in five German cities. Freddys has co-headlined festivals with Prince, Grace Jones, The Roots, Joan Baez, Eryka Badu and The Kooks, and with the band fully established internationally enjoyed the luxury of travelling across Europe in two nightliner buses.
ONE DROP at Matakana’s Ascension Wine Estate is an all ages event with gates opening from 5.00PM.
Fat Freddy’s Drop then head to Havelock North for ONE DROP at Black Barn Vineyards on Saturday 7th January. Helping bring the ONE DROP vibe to Black Barn will be special guests The Nudge with their high-energy swampy psychedelic blues celebrated on the recently Big Nudge Pie album release tour. ONE DROP at Black Barn is all ages, and gates open from 6.00PM.
ONE DROP tickets on sale Tuesday 25th October available from ticketmaster.co.nz, amplifier.co.nz and the venues ascensionwine.co.nz and blackbarn.com.
Ticket/bus packages for ONE DROP, Matakana available from ticketmaster.co.nz and ticket/bus packages for ONE DROP, Black Barn available from venue.
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