Burt Bacharach in Akld, March 19 & Chch March 21

The Greatest Living Composer, BURT BACHARACH, returns to New Zealand in March 2010 for two spectacular nights of entertainment, accompanied by his sublime band.

The ultra cool, cult hero who's composed over 500 songs and been in the charts for a landmark 50 years will perform on Friday, March 19, 2010 at Auckland's VECTOR ARENA and at Christchurch's WESTPAC STADIUM on Sunday, March 21, 2010.

TICKETS ON SALE MONDAY DECEMBER 14
Auckland
Friday, March 19, 2010
VECTOR ARENA – Ticketmaster Ph: (09) 970-9700
www.ticketmaster.co.nz

Christchurch
Sunday, March 21, 2010
WESTPAC STADIUM -- Ticketek Ph: (03) 377 8899
www.ticketek.co.nz

Burt has written more than seventy Classic Top 40 hits with nine Number Ones and forty-eight Top Tens. Mike Myers' "Lucky Charm" has also contributed to the careers of Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, Tom Jones, Dusty Springfield, Neil Diamond, Dionne Warwick, Aretha Franklin, Elvis Costello, Diana Krall, REM, Sheryl Crow, Gene Pitney and The Beatles.
The phenomenal Bacharach catalogue includes -
Alfie, What’s New Pussycat?, Any Day Now, Blue on Blue, Close To You, Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head, There's Always Something There to Remind Me, I Say A Little Prayer, Arthur's Theme, Do You Know The Way to San Jose?, A House is Not A Home, The Look of Love, I'll Never Fall in Love Again, Message to Michael, That's What Friends Are For, Trains And Boats And Planes, This Guy's in Love With You, Only Love Can Break A Heart, Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa, Wives and Lovers, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Walk on By, What The World Needs Now Is Love, One Less Bell to Answer and Anyone Who Had a Heart.
"Last time he was here, he wrapped the hearts of everyone in a lovely warm sponge of the lost loves of our pasts, lost loved ones and all those cross roads where our great, emotional train wrecks occurred through the years. A truly profound evening, and like Leonard Cohen - old people can still pack a mighty punch" -- Greg Peacock, Oceania.

Whilst on his last visit Downunder, the recipient of three Academy Awards was honoured at the 50th Grammy Awards with the Lifetime Achievement Award (his eighth Grammy) and proclaimed the "Greatest Living Composer" by the Recording Academy.
Burt’s global audiences span several generations, and he is viewed as the unique combination of one of the greatest composers of all time and the ultra-cool cult hero of the contemporary music set who often has several songs on various music charts in many countries simultaneously.
"One of the best and most inspiring concert I've ever seen. That man is a genius," Simon Gomez, The Radio Network.
Along with Bob Dylan, John Lennon and Paul McCartney and Paul Simon, Burt is a legend of popular music and is regularly bracketed with names ranging from Cole Porter to Sir George Martin, as one of a handful of visionaries who pioneered new forms of music from the second half of the 20th Century and continued into the 21st Century.
You'll be entranced with every magical and sophisticated moment that is Burt Bacharach as he shares with us the special moments of his long career and the stories behind the songs performed with his magnificent band of musicians and singers.

The elegance, the melodies, the bliss. Don’t Walk on By! Book your seats now.

TICKETS ON SALE MONDAY DECEMBER 14
Auckland
Friday, March 19, 2010
VECTOR ARENA – Ticketmaster Ph: (09) 970-9700
www.ticketmaster.co.nz

Christchurch
Sunday, March 21, 2010
WESTPAC STADIUM -- Ticketek Ph: (03) 377 8899)
www.ticketek.co.nz

ENDS