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The Homegrown 2021 stages are taking shape across the Wellington waterfront as 190 container loads of equipment is unloaded.
Wellington’s Homegrown festival has 50 acts across six stages, making it the largest collection of New Zealand music on one ticket. Here are five of
Stuff’s picks from this year’s line-up, which will be on show on Saturday, March 20.
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Stu Kora (guitar, keys, backing vocals), Ara Adams-Tamatea (bass), Joel Shadbolt (lead guitar, lead vocals), Miharo Gregory (keys, backing vocals), Brad Kora (drums, backing vocals) from L.A.B. New Zealand’s best live band?
L.A.B, known for their epic musicianship and powerful live shows, mix their reggae heart with electronic colour and blues rock fire.
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Love, love, love, love
Twenty thousand people in
Tauranga
homegrown superstars L.A.B came on stage to close the two-day One Love Festival, wowing the adoring crowd with their latest chart topping hit
Why Oh Why – a song that sums up the One Love phenomena.
The sold-out event, presented by Pato Entertainment alongside Greenroom Vodka and Mai FM wrapped up on Sunday night with thousands flooding through the gates each day at Tauranga’s Wharepai Domain to see the best of New Zealand roots and reggae music. As well as L.A.B, the stellar line up including Sons of Zion, Fat Freddy’s Drop, Katchafire, and the iconic Dave Dobbyn.
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One of New Zealand s favourite bands L.A.B has released their newest album on Friday, L.A.B IV to sum up their biggest year to date.
OPINION: Chances are you heard some L.A.B this summer – intentionally or not. You might have walked into a shop, flicked the dial in the car or walked by a house party. A local juggernaut, they held the top three positions in the singles chart over the holidays meaning they’re all over radio and popping on your algorithm, not to mention selling out festivals and their own huge headline shows.
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Loop are excited to announce L.A.B will be playing a special show at the iconic TSB Bowl Of Brooklands in New Plymouth this summer. Fresh off selling out Auckland s Spark Arena, the day will see L.A.B performing alongside The Black Seeds, Mako Road, Bailey Wiley & Anna Coddington, with a lineup that will not be seen anywhere else this summer.
This show will take place on Saturday January 9 in New Plymouth, serving as one of L.A.B’s only headline shows over summer. Tickets on sale now from Ticketek.
Bringing their renowned live sound to the Bowl, L.A.B. was founded by the legendary Kora brothers Brad Kora (drums) and Stu Kora (guitar, keys) alongside Joel Shadbolt on lead vocals & guitar, Ara Adams-Tamatea from the mighty Katchafire on bass & Miharo Gregory on keys. In three short years, the band have become the highlight on the live scene, selling out tours across NZ and Australia on the back of the release of three albums.