PLUS: A stonking rhythm section
New Zealand’s love affair with The Beatles has lasted over six decades. From screaming teens in the 60s to six figure album sales in the 2000s. Beatles songs have been a soundtrack to a generation; an anthem to youth and beyond. Beatlemania has never left our shores!
This year, as one of the few countries in the world where entertainment tours can happen, it seems only right to pay homage to the world’s most successful band with a four-city tour titled,
All You Need Is Love! this December.
Combining the extraordinary talents of the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra in Christchurch, the Orchestra Wellington in the capital and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra in Auckland and Hamilton, with the amazing voices of
PLUS: A
stonking rhythm section
New Zealand’s love
affair with The Beatles has lasted over six decades. From
screaming teens in the 60s to six figure album sales in the
2000s. Beatles songs have been a soundtrack to a generation;
an anthem to youth and beyond. Beatlemania has never left
our shores!
This year, as one of the few countries in
the world where entertainment tours can happen, it seems
only right to pay homage to the world’s most successful
band with a four-city tour titled,
All You Need Is
Love! this December.
Combining the
extraordinary talents of the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra
Teen pop singer Venice announces nationwide tour: Judge me by my music, not the story about what mom did for me
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Singer and songwriter Venice Qin wants people to feel empowered by her music. Photo / Jason Oxenham
Singer and songwriter Venice Qin wants people to feel empowered by her music. Photo / Jason Oxenham
Lincoln Tan is the New Zealand Herald’s diversity, ethnic affairs and immigration senior reporter.lincoln.tan@nzherald.co.nz@LincolnTanNZH
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