Cruel hoax: Sir Dave Dobbyn very much alive, despite internet rumours
10 Apr, 2021 12:57 AM
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Sir Dave Dobbyn is alive and well. Photo / File
NZ Herald
Sir Dave Dobbyn s manager has blasted a despicable social media hoax claiming the Kiwi singing legend has died.
Despite rumours on social media alarming fans saying Dobbyn had died, the singer is otherwise fine.
He is the latest celebrity to be targeted in a fake news scam on social media. The scam wrongly states that the legendary musician has died.
In a post on his Facebook page, his manager clarified the rumour is false. Lorraine Barry, Dobbyn s manager, called the rumour despicable and added that it initially upset people who love him.
Six60 announce massive support line-up for historical Eden Park concert Music 01/04/2021
Kiwi band Six60 will be the first local band to ever hold a concert at Auckland s largest venue Eden Park - but they won t be the only act to perform that night.
Six60 have announced support guest acts Sir Dave Dobbyn, Drax Project, Troy Kingi and the Clutch, JessB and Maimoa as part of their line up for the Saturday April 24 show.
As part of their Six60 Saturdays 2021 tour, the band are often bringing local acts to open the show with them, but with 5 special acts, the Eden Park event will be the largest guest line-up of their shows so far.
Six60 announces stacked lineup of Kiwi supporting acts for Eden Park show
Six60 frontman Matiu Walters. (Photo / NZ Herald)
Six60 announces stacked lineup of Kiwi supporting acts for Eden Park show Thu, 1 Apr 2021, 6:31PM
Six60 will be joined by some of the biggest names in NZ music when they take the stage at Eden Park later this month.
An Eden Park crowd singalong to Loyal by Sir Dave Dobbyn may be in order because the music legend is one of several acts warming up thousands of fans before Six60 play their show.
Fan-favourites Drax Project will also play a support act slot, plus Taite Music Prize winner Troy Kingi will perform with his band The Clutch, as well as RnB star JessB, who won an MTV EMA in 2019 for Best New Zealand act.
Press Release – Six60
Drax Project, Sir Dave Dobbyn, Troy Kingi And The Clutch, Jessb And Maimoa Join The Bill.
SIX60 will be the first band ever to grace the stage at New Zealand’s national stadium Eden Park on Saturday 24th April 2021.
Just announced! This will be one mega show with five support acts and live music kicking off from 4.30pm.
First up is the young Māori collective Maimoa Music.
Maimoa is a collective of young Māori music artists taking the world by storm. They first made headlines in 2015 when they knocked off Justin Timberlake from the number spot on the iTunes NZ Charts, and went number 2 on the New Zealand Charts. They backed this up in 2016 with the release of viral sensation ‘Wairua’ which went on to be New Zealand’s most watched video in that year. Since then, Maimoa Music has developed an indigenous record label to help take Māori music to the world.