From left Che Fu and Karl Steven of Supergroove, Anika Moa Don McGlashan and Dave Dobbyn.
From left Che Fu and Karl Steven of Supergroove, Anika Moa Don McGlashan and Dave Dobbyn.
The first of the summer's major local vineyard tours has been announced with a line-up that brings together a revived Supergroove, Dave Dobbyn, Don McGlashan and Anika Moa.
The Winery Tour 2015 starts at Tauranga's Mills Reef on Saturday January 24 and finishes three long weekends later at Waipara Hillson Saturday February 28.
Next year's nine-show tour is keeping to Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights and playing fewer venues that past jaunts.
Says promoter Campbell Smith: "We have re-tooled the tour for 2015, focusing on fewer wineries and scheduling our shows on the best days of each week of the tour. We are sad to be not returning in 2015 to some tour spots that have hosted great shows in the past."
For Supergroove, it's the band's first national tour in many years, which is something that excites band frontman Che-Fu.
"This summer is gonna be leeeegend. So lookin' forward to rockin' stages with my SG broskis and of course with Anika, Don, and Yoda - Dave to everyone else."
The show will be headlined by Dobbyn and McGlashan and backing band, the two veterans having toured as a duo in 2013.
Says McGlashan: "Dave and I duetted around the country last year on the Acoustic Church Tour, and then had a blast taking that tour to Australia and the UK. We've discovered that we love working together, so co-headlining Winery 2015 is a dream come true.
"We'll get to carry on challenging each other and celebrating each other's songs, but we'll also get to plug in, turn the amps up and shout 'How are you feeling, New Plymouth!' Especially when we're actually in New Plymouth."
