Ry Cooder, the master of slide guitar and the man who made the Buena Vista Social Club world famous, is heading to New Zealand in November for the first time in 30 years.
He will be joined on stage by his son Joachim on drums and long-time friend and music-making partner Nick Lowe.
Cooder first rose to prominence in the 60s, playing with oddball rock pioneers Captain Beefheart, and went on to play with the likes of Eric Clapton, the Rolling Stones and Randy Newman.
Since then he has released numerous solo albums, the most recent being last year's I, Flathead, the final part of his Californian Trilogy albums, and scored many film soundtracks including the sparse and ghostly Paris, Texas from 1984. He has also championed Cuban music, most notably producing the Buena Vista Social album in 1997.
Cooder and Lowe play the Civic in Auckland on November 16 and Wellington's Michael Fowler Centre on November 17.
Tickets go on sale August 31 from buytickets.co.nz (Auckland) and ticketek.co.nz (Wellington).
Meanwhile, Fleetwood Mac are heading this way during the summer - but final dates and venues were not known before going to print.
TimeOut has an interview scheduled this week with the band's guitarist and pop genius, Lindsey Buckingham, to talk about the tour. So watch this space.
The band, currently made up of Buckingham, singer Stevie Nicks, drummer Mick Fleetwood and bass player John McVie, have just finished an American tour, are about to start a European jaunt, and it is understood they will then head down under.
British singer/songwriter Lloyd Cole, who in the 80s was the man behind albums like Rattlesnakes and Easy Pieces with his band the Commotions, returns to New Zealand for a five-date tour in late October including shows at Sale St, Auckland, Oct 25, and the Cabana, Napier, October 28.
Cole is an avid golfer - who plays off a five handicap - which is why there are sizeable gaps between his show dates because he makes a point of playing famous courses around the world.
The year in metal keeps getting better with news that progressive metallers Dream Theatre are touring New Zealand for the first time in December. After more than 20 years as a band and 10 albums, including their latest 70-minute epic, Black Clouds & Silver Linings, they play the Civic in Auckland on December 1.
And the date of the Flo Rida show at the Powerstation has changed to September 10.
Just like old timers
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