The Church Tour 2015

The Church Tour 2015

Delaney Davidson, Tami Neilson, Barry Saunders and Marlon Williams:
The Lost Highway

This year's annual Church Tour takes place this October throughout 7 of New Zealand's most beautiful churches and this time it will be captured and made in to an in-depth documentary for all to enjoy.

Prime Rocks: The New Sound Of Country is a NZ On Air funded hour-long music documentary shining a light on this year's extraordinary line up; artists Barry Saunders, Delaney Davidson, Marlon Williams and Tami Neilson. One astute veteran and three of the hottest emerging acts in New Zealand right now embarking on one of the most high profile tour brands: The Church Tour.

The New Sound Of Country is a documentary about the new, cutting edge, country music revival that is taking New Zealand by storm. It's a rare opportunity to document a music movement as it is happening and give these local artists some prime time television exposure.

Prime TV's highly successful series The Brokenwood Mysteries returns to our screens soon and the show has partnered with Civic Events to present The Church Tour - The Lost Highway to the kiwi public. Church Tour star Tami Neilson has had a large hand in the TV series. She and her brother Jay are composing the original score as well as Tami's own music featuring throughout the soundtrack along with the other artists on The Church Tour.

Civic Events is a concert, event and tour promoter, based in Auckland. It was founded in 2007 by promoters Brent Eccles and Campbell Smith, who continue to own and operate the company today. Civic produces the annual iconic national touring events “The Winery Tour” and “The Church Tour” providing the very best entertainment experiences. This is the 7th annual Church Tour. Previous artists have included, Bic Runga, Dave Dobbyn, Don McGlashan, Anika Moa, Hollie Smith, Dragon, Boh Runga, Greg Johnson and Lydia Cole but this is the first uniquely country line up!

Tami Neilson took home the 2014 Apra Silver Scroll, NZ's most prestigious music award for her song 'Walk (Back To Your Arms)' as well as multiple Vodafone NZ Music Awards over time and has most recently received 4 star's in UK newspaper The Guardian for her last record Dynamite . Her new album Don't Be Afraid comes out on September 25 and the first single 'Lonely' features Marlon Williams on vocals and was written by Tami's father Ron Neilson in 1972.
www.tamineilson.com

Delaney Davidson is skilled as a performer, songwriter and also a producer having just completed working on Tami's soon to be released album. He's a 3-time APRA Country Music Song of the year recipient who has also collaborated with Marlon. The duo won a NZ Music Award in 2013 for their album Sad But True - The Secret History of Country Music Songwriting Vol 1. Known as a DIY troubadour, much of his time is spent playing around the world.His new album Lucky Guy is out Sept 4. www.delaneydavidson.com

Barry Saunders is a stalwart of our music scene in a career spanning over 25 years, solo and with his band The Warratahs. Their latest and seventh studio album 'Runaway Days' was released in June this year and has received nationwide applause from media and fans. In celebration of the release The Warratahs have just completed an extensive nationwide tour of NZ. They've sold in excess of 86,000 albums and the charismatic frontman Barry is a major draw card on The Church Tour.
www.thewarratahs.co.nz

It's been a massive 12 months for our youngest performer Marlon Williams. His debut solo album was released in April this year to critical acclaim. Following the release, his album tour was a complete sell out across Australasia. He's since gone on to play across the UK, Canada and United States. Marlon's song 'Dark Child' has recently made the Top 20 list for this year's Apra Silver Scroll award. He has also been branching out as an actor and will appear in a TV production and start filming his first role in a feature film in NZ later this year.
www.marlonwilliams.co.nz

The Church Tour shows will run in two halves. Each artist will perform a set on their own, two artists per half, each backed by a multi-instrumentalist “house band” made up of Dave Khan, Ben Woolley and Joe McCallum. However the magic of The Church Tour is always in the collaboration and audiences can expect the artists to jump in and out of each other’s sets throughout.

Now in its seventh continuous year, The Church Tour in 2015 will play 8 shows in 6 cities between the 1st and 10th of October.

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