Jamaican reggae star Andrew Tosh is heading to Rotorua to perform as part of a five-week visit of New Zealand.
A series of New Zealand hastily-arranged performances by the visiting reggae star have been announced, which includes Rotorua's Kalah Bar on June 29. Tosh will be backed by David Grace
& Injustice.
This year has been a big year for the Jamaican singer, it marks the 50th anniversary of Jamaica as an independent nation and the formation of the Wailers, the group his father Peter Tosh formed with Bob Marley and Bunny Livingstone, as well as the 25th anniversary of Peter Tosh's death in Jamaica during a home invasion for extortion.
Andrew Tosh was 20-years old when his father died on September 1, 1987 and he sang two songs at the funeral service. His career had yet to take off but that changed the following year with the release of his debut album, Original Man; and the follow-up, Make Place For The Youth, garnered a Grammy nomination.
Five more albums have followed, two of them paying tribute to his father _ Andrew Sings Tosh: He Never Died (2004) and Legacy: An Acoustic Tribute To Peter Tosh, which earned a second Grammy nomination in 2010. Tosh will spend five weeks in New Zealand _ with the Rotorua gig being part of his visit _ before he heads to France for a European tour.
Meanwhile, David Grace's career harks back to Wellington band Chaos in the late 1970s and the renowned Dread Beat & Blood in the 1980s. David Grace & Injustice have an album in the can, to be released this year. Tickets for the Andrew Tosh and David Grace & Injustice shows are available from the venue and from www.eventfinder.co.nz, priced at $30 (door sales $40).
