Lloyd Cole2007 NZ Tour

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Lloyd Cole2007 NZ Tour

Christchurch April 12, Auckland April 13, Wellington April 14

A post-Easter treat is in store for Lloyd Cole’s legion of passionate NZ fans – the UK singer-songwriter returns to our shores for three solo concerts April 12 to 14.

J2 is delighted to announce three Lloyd Cole concerts:

• Al’s Bar, Christchurch, Thursday April 12
• Transmission Room, Auckland, Friday April 13
• San Francisco Bathhouse, Wellington, Saturday April 14.

Tickets for all three shows are available from this Thursday (March 1) at Ticketek and Real Groovy.

Lloyd Cole brings an articulate, literary edge to his distinctive, heart-warming brand of melodic rock/folk/pop.

For these solo acoustic shows, Lloyd will take his pick each night from Lloyd Cole and the Commotions classics like Are You Ready To Be Heart Broken, Perfect Skin, Lost Weekend, Forrest Fire, Jennifer She Said, as well songs like She’s A Girl and I’m A Man, and Like Lovers Do, from his critically acclaimed solo albums.

The tour (which also includes seven Australian dates) coincides with his new album ‘Antidepressant’, recently released in Australia and New Zealand on Shock Records.

Lloyd Cole last toured here in 2003, performing spellbinding sold out concerts in both Auckland and Wellington. Fans have been appreciating Lloyd Cole records for over 20 years now. 1984’s ‘Rattlesnakes’ his debut album with the Commotions, rightly won the singer-songwriter a coveted place in the NME Top 100 albums of all time - just ahead of the Beach Boys.

Two Commotions albums later he wound up solo in New York. Long on hair and short of sleep he wrote the magnificent, brooding, ‘Lloyd Cole’ album - “From blancmange in his belly to ice in his veins in six short years.” – Tony Parsons. He also got married and teamed up with some of NYC’s best musicians including Lou Reed guitarist Robert Quine (RIP) and Fred Maher.

If 1991’s ‘Don’t Get Weird On Me Babe’ was a schizophrenic, Scott Walker meets Glen Campbell affair and ‘Bad Vibes’ (1993) a darker set altogether, 1995’s ‘Love Story’ was a celebratory return to form which included the surprise hit single ‘Like Lovers Do’. 1997 saw the birth of a new Cole-led band, the Negatives, leading to their self-titled album and a boxed set which included the magnificent ‘Etc.’ album.

In subsequent years Cole’s acoustic shows evolved into an irresistible mix of easy vocals, deft guitar playing and self deprecating banter – collecting new fans along the way: “Playing songs by Bob Dylan, and Leonard Cohen among his own, he tactfully demonstrated that his work could stand alongside theirs” - New York Times.

Cole’s last album, 2003’s 'Music In A Foreign Language' revealing Cole as a consummate folk guitarist and a sharp observer of the onset of mid-life. To the excitement of UK fans, the Commotions reunited, briefly, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of ‘Rattlesnakes’.

His new album ‘Antidepressant’ contains some of Cole’s best work to date. Says Cole: “The songs I’m writing these days tend to be about mid-life. I’ve always felt the music that I do works in the same way as blues or country music, in that you generally sing about things not going that well. It helps people get over things like that in their lives and somehow find enjoyment or closure on some issues. I get that listening to Tindersticks or Tom Waits and I know that’s the area of music that I’m in. It’s unlikely that I’ll be writing for the Ronettes anytime soon.”

Tickets for all Lloyd Cole shows available from Thursday March 1 at Ticketek nationwide, and Real Groovy Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch stores:

• Thursday April 12, Al’s Bar, Christchurch; Tickets $44.50 + booking fee
• Friday April 13, Transmission Room, Auckland; Tickets $46.50 (standing) & $69.50 (seated) + booking fee
• Saturday April 14, San Francisco Bathhouse, Wellington; Tickets $46.50 + bf.

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