Jeff, Murray and Greg of The Wiggles may have retired, but they've passed their red, yellow, and purple skivvies over to Lachlan Gillespie, Simon Pryce and Emma Watkins (the first woman Wiggle). So it's "ready, steady, wiggle!" time again for New Zealand when the Aussie children's entertainers return to our
Tour news: The Wiggles, Clannad, Common Kings, Bring Me the Horizon
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The new-look Wiggles will woo Kiwi youngsters during their 11-date tour this November.
As well as Legend, they are also well known for 1982's Theme From Harry's Game. They also have a fan in U2's Bono, who described the latter as "the sound of angels" and duetted with Moya on 1985's In A Lifetime.
Clannad tickets on sale tomorrow from Ticketmaster (Auckland) and Ticketek (Wellington).
Meanwhile, Californian reggae group Common Kings, who played Rotorua's Raggamuffin festival earlier this year, are hitting the road on their Summer Anthems Tour to celebrate the release of their EP of the same name.
The band, made up of members whose homelands are Samoa, Fiji, Tonga and Hawaii but who live in Orange County, describe their sound as R&B and roots reggae "with a mash-up of Bruno Mars meets Maroon 5 meets Sublime".
They play Altitude, Hamilton, Oct 23; Pettigrew Green, Napier, Oct 24; Hutt Indoor Sports, Wellington, Oct 25; Powerstation, Auckland, Oct 26; Brewers Bar, Mount Maunganui, Oct 27.
Elsewhere, UK metallers Bring Me The Horizon will play the Powerstation in Auckland on October 2.
Tickets are on sale through Ticketmaster from August 16.
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- TimeOut