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Following on from Mel Parsons’ sold out Sabotage Tour in June, Plus1 is delighted to announce 20 regional shows around Aotearoa to meet demand for more shows in more cities.

From Whangarei in the north to Invercargill in the south, Mel Parsons undertakes a huge run of shows kicking off on September 12 and finishing on October 20. The tour takes in Howick, Devonport, Waiheke Island, Whangarei, Hawke’s Bay, Taranaki, Palmerston North, Hawkes Bay, Tauranga, Hamilton, Blenheim, Nelson, Onekaka, Westport, Timaru, Dunedin, Queenstown and Invercargill.

The announcement is hot on the heels of her critically-acclaimed new album Sabotage, which peaked at No. 2 in the New Zealand Album Charts.

Parsons, who is shortly bound for Canada performing at the prestigious Vancouver Folk Festival, also brings us a lush new music video to accompany the album’s final single ‘5432’ filmed in the artists’ hometown of Lyttelton. The song is a crowd favourite in her live set, and features soaring Crosby Stills & Nash-style vocal harmony and hypnotic guitars.

Sabotage is the multi-award winning artist’s sixth studio album, and fans have already lapped up singles ‘Offer Down’, ‘Little Sadness’, ‘Circling The City’, and new single ‘5432’.

The album, recorded in Lyttelton at Basement Studio and co-written and produced with Josh Logan, sees a contemplative Parsons skillfully weaving together a tapestry of ethereal and hypnotic soundscapes. The songs are raw, and at times dark – perhaps a reflection of the time in which they started to emerge; written across lockdowns.

Plus1 presents Mel Parsons – Regional SABOTAGE tour 2024

Thursday September 12 – Uxbridge Theatre, Howick
Friday September 13 – The Vic Theatre, Devonport
Saturday September 14 – Artworks Theatre, Waiheke
Sunday September 15 – Onesixone, Whangarei
Wednesday September 18 – 4th Wall Theatre, Taranaki
Thursday September 19 – Globe Theatre, Palmerston North
Friday September 20 – Jam Factory, Tauranga
Saturday September 21 – Nirvara Lounge, Hamilton
Friday September 27 – Brayshaw Park Chapel, Blenheim
Saturday September 28 – Room Twenty5, Nelson
Sunday September 29 – Mussel Inn, Onekaka
Saturday October 5 – NBS Theatre, Westport
Wednesday October 9 – Small Hall Sessions, Hawke’s Bay
Thursday October 10 – Small Hall Sessions, Hawke’s Bay
Friday October 11 – Small Hall Sessions, Hawke’s Bay
Saturday October 12 – Small Hall Sessions, Hawke’s Bay
Thursday October 17 – Hector Black’s, Timaru
Friday October 18 – Moons, Dunedin
Saturday October 19 – Sherwood, Queenstown
Sunday October 20 – Southland Musicians Club, Invercargill

Tickets are on sale now at plus1.co.nz here

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Photo credit: Sabin Holloway