Reb Fountain, Catherine Tunks & Solomon Cole Announced for Bluesfest Supports Across Aotearoa

February 20th 2020
Bluesfest Touring are pleased to announce the following local support artists for a selection of the New Zealand Bluesfest sideshows coming up in April!

BRANDI CARLILE with support from REB FOUNTAIN

 

Sunday 12th April - Town Hall - Auckland

Tickets available now from Ticketmaster.co.nz

 

Reb Fountain won the Tui for Best Country Album/Artist 2018 for her EP Hopeful & Hopeless, APRA Best Country Song 2018 for the title track ‘Hopeful & Hopeless’ and her album Little Arrows was nominated for Best Folk Album of 2018. A pre-eminent singer and performer, Reb has for years been the musicians’ secret.

 

Don’t miss your chance to see Reb Fountain with Brandi Carlile’s bright shining talent when she lands next month.

 

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JOHN MAYALL with support from CATHERINE TUNKS

 

Wednesday 8th April - Sky City Theatre - Auckland

Tickets available now from Ticketek.co.nz

 

Thursday 9th April - Opera House - Wellington

Tickets available now from Ticketmaster.co.nz

 

Friday 10th April - James Hay Theatre - Christchurch

Tickets available now from Ticketek.co.nz

 

 

A genre defying songstress of blues, soul, and country rock - Catherine Tunks is redefining what NZ has to come to know as the blues, soul & country genre, with her rock n roll edge stemming
from her thoroughbred west Auckland roots.


Don’t miss your chance to see her with this truly inspirational legend of the Blues live this April.

 

 

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THE MARCUS KING BAND with support from SOLOMON COLE

 

Thursday 16th April - Powerstation - Auckland

Tickets available now from Ticketmaster.co.nz

 

Solomon Cole's sound evokes the wordy dark tales of Tom Waits, and marries it to the blues effigies of Son House, R L Burnside, or Howlin’ Wolf in spirit, and wraps it all up in a little rock’n’roll package like some Black Keys /voodoo inspired Mardi Gras for the lonesome and downtrodden.

 

 

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Stay tuned for the announcement of the local support artists for the rest of the Bluesfest Touring NZ sideshows by EAGLES OF DEATH METAL, MORCHEEBA, CORY HENRY & THE FUNK APOSTLES, ALLEN STONE and PATTI SMITH & HER BAND later this month. 

 


 

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