PIPSY ‘The Hopeful Sounds Tour’ of New Zealand/Aotearoa!!
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Alt-pop rockers PIPSY celebrate their return to the shores of Aotearoa with a nation-wide ‘The Hopeful Sounds Tour’ this January 2021, announcing 7 shows from Wellington to Invercargill, with an added date in Whanganui! The band bring their energetic brand of fuzz-pop to both main centres and smaller cities, including two shows opening for the Jordan Luck Band in Central Otago. During this jaunt through the North and South Islands, the band plans to roll out new songs from a forthcoming album.
Originally formed by singer-songwriter Paul Pouwels McMillan in Melbourne Australia, the group includes an all-star lineup of drummer Jordan Cossill (Murgatroyd), bassist Hanna Ott (Filth Wizard), and guitarist Dylan Walker (Ragged).
Decades of Death tour bringing metal to life around New Zealand
8 Jan, 2021 03:59 PM
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Two of New Zealand s most prominent extreme metal bands are hitting Whanganui next week. Depths and Organectomy will play at Lucky Bar on January 15 as part of their Decades of Death nationwide tour, bringing with them sludge-metal band Swamp Dweller from Owaka Valley in South Otago and Whanganui s own Pull Down the Sun.
Pull Down the Sun frontman Koert Wegman said his band would be joining the tour for the Palmerston North and Wellington shows as well. I don t think Lucky has ever seen the like of Depths and Organectomy before, Wegman said.
Best restaurants One of the best places to eat in town is also Whanganui s best live music venue. Highlights of the menu at Lucky Bar + Kitchen include Scotch fillet steak with smokey babaganoush and cinnamon doughnuts with salted caramel. Maria Lane Eatery has been serving shared plates and cocktails to local acclaim since November 2019. Wednesday nights offer good-value pasta specials. Must-see sights Whanganui s reputation as one of New Zealand s most arty cities in enhanced by New Zealand Glassworks (Te Whare Tūhua o Te Ao), with the national centre for glass art offering access to artists workshops. Exhibitions featuring the country s top glass artists are featured in the gallery, and there s the opportunity to take glass-blowing workshops – book well ahead – or 30-minute Make a Paperweight lessons. Art-focused travellers should also explore Sarjeant on the Quay, an innovative space showcasing collections from Whanganui s neoclassical Sarjeant Gallery (scheduled t
Whanganui s Kajun Campbell Brooking scoops Best Newcomer at comedy awards
22 Dec, 2020 04:00 PM
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Kajun Campbell Brooking received three nominations at the 2020 Comedy Hub Awards in Palmerston North. Photo / Bevan Conley
Mike Tweed is a multimedia journalist at the Whanganui Chroniclemichael.tweed@nzme.co.nzWhangaChron
Whanganui comedian Kajun Campbell Brooking started out in stand-up 10 months ago as a dare - now he s been named Best Newcomer at the 2020 Comedy Hub Awards. As well as winning the newcomer award in Palmerston North last week, he was also nominated for Best Joke and Best Male Comedian .
Brooking said his phone blew up straight away as soon as the nominations were announced, with messages flooding in from other comedians he had met during his fledgling career.
Hoody Time set for first show in Whanganui in January 2021
16 Dec, 2020 04:00 PM
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Hoody Time (Joey Talmage) and Bosho (right) will play their new album Music in its entirety in Whanganui. Photo / Supplied
Hoody Time (Joey Talmage) and Bosho (right) will play their new album Music in its entirety in Whanganui. Photo / Supplied
Mike Tweed is a multimedia journalist at the Whanganui Chroniclemichael.tweed@nzme.co.nzWhangaChron
Nelson-based musician Joey Talmage, aka Hoody Time, will play his first show in Whanganui next month as part of his 12-date Truth national tour. Accompanying him will be multi-instrumentalist Bosho, with the pair set