Don McGlashan Announces National Tour of New Album

Don McGlashan Announces National Tour of New Album ‘Lucky Stars’

"It's the centrepiece of one terrific record. A personal classic."
- NZ Herald, Russell Baillie

On Friday April 17 pre-eminent singer/songwriter Don McGlashan unveiled Lucky Stars, his rich new collection of 10 highly personal songs exploring love, regret and mortality. The record contains many songs which are very personal reflections on his own life and thoughts: “This time, I don’t seem to be adopting characters to explore an idea. For this album I don't seem to be taking on a role to get an idea across . . . the 'I' is generally me in these songs”.

Don McGlashan started the raw material for this new album at a bach on the Thames Estuary, before realising them in Neil Finn's writing room at Roundhead Studio, Auckland with guitarist Tom Rodwell. He produced them with former Mutton Birds bandmate David Long, (who also contributes some textural guitar, organ and banjo) and enlisted former Seven Sisters and current Phoenix Foundation drummer Chris O’Connor.

“I didn’t add many players, but the ones who did come on board are such distinctive musicians that they ended up adding more than I dreamed was possible”, Don says. “I went away to the bach, imagining that I would write a rather solitary, introspective record, but what came out had a lot more joy and optimism than I expected.”

The release comes with the reveal of the playful, hand-animated video for the eponymous single Lucky Stars, released just last week. The highly anticipated Lucky Stars tour will take to the road come June 2015, with an epic string of tour dates around the country, when Don will joined on stage by Tom Rodwell and Chris O'Connor for two sets of music each night. See below for details and be sure to catch Don performing songs from this very different and emotionally direct album.

Don McGlashan • Lucky Stars • Album Release Tour

Thursday 11 June Auckland, Hopetoun Alpha

Friday 12 June Hamilton, Gallagher Academy of Performing Arts

Saturday 13 June Tauranga, Tauranga Art Gallery

Thursday 18 June Napier, MTG Century Theatre

Friday 19 June Wellington, Paramount Theatre

Saturday 20 June New Plymouth, The Mayfair

Thursday 25 June Nelson, Theatre Royal

Friday 26 June Christchurch, The Grange Theatre (Middleton Grange School)

Saturday 27 June Westport, NBS Theatre

Thursday 2 July Queenstown, Sherwood

Friday 3 July Oamaru, Opera House

Saturday 4 July Dunedin, The Fullwood Room (Dunedin Town Hall)

Head to donmcglashan.com for all ticketing information.

See the video for Lucky Stars here.

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