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You wanna go railway surfing? Then you're in luck and you won't need to go to Australia. While it's common knowledge the Headless Chickens (pictured) are reforming it was first thought they would only be playing in Australia.
But never fear because the band, featuring the classic line-up
from the Body Blow-era, play Auckland's Powerstation on November 28. The following week they play in Melbourne and at Sydney's Homebake Festival.
Formed back in 1985 they won the Rheineck Rock Award in 1987 which sparked controversy when the band used their winnings to release Stunt Clown, a delightfully obscure album which featured bent and twisted songs like Donka and Expecting To Fly.
Among their other earlier oddball tracks were Railway Surfing and Gaskrankinstation, the video of which featured a young Anita McNaught reading the news.
But with singer Fiona McDonald on board it was second album, Body Blow, from 1993, with songs like Donde Esta La Pollo, and Cruise Control that made them one of New Zealand's most successful bands.
Then, with third album, Greedy from 1998, they scored a No 1 hit with the single George before breaking up.
Tickets to the reunion show go on sale on October 6 from Ticketmaster and Real Groovy.
Meanwhile, Simply Red, fronted by pop music's most famous ginge, Mick Hucknall, is playing the A Day On the Green concert at Villa Maria Winery on February 15.
The British band's set is being billed as "The Greatest Hits Live" which means you will get everything from Money's Too Tight To Mention and Holding Back The Years to Fairground and soppy ballad, If You Don't Know Me By Now.
Also, legendary Los Angeles singer/songwriter Jackson Browne and singer Toni Childs perform a double bill at Auckland's Civic Theatre on February 25.
Browne, whose also written songs for the likes of Joan Baez and the Eagles, released his 13th studio album, Time The Conqueror, this month and the show will include this new material and classics like Running On Empty, The Pretender and Take It Easy.
Childs may have been off the radar recently but she was pretty big in New Zealand in the late 80s/early 90s with her debut album Union, which included the song Stop Your Fussin', selling more than 75,000 copies.
And returning to New Zealand in December for the second time this year are The Mountain Goats (aka American singer/songwriter John Darnielle). He plays with his band at the Kings Arms on December 17.