The Star: November 29, 2018

THe HoLLIeS
on TouR
New Zealand’s love affair with Rock n Roll Hall
of Famers, The Hollies, is about to get a whole lot
hotter this summer as they legendary band today
announces they’re bringing their The Road Is
Long Tour to eight cities in February and March
2019.
Having enjoyed sell-out tours of New Zealand,
performing hits including Just One Look, Bus
Stop, Carrie Anne, He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My
Brother; Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress, and
The Air That I Breathe their concerts have come
to embody the spirit of summer here.
Tickets to The Road is Long Tour go on sale on
Monday October 1st.
From their first recording at Abbey Road in 1963,
they became the face of the legendary British
Rock Revolution, achieving more Top 10 hits
than almost any band in history. They have never
missed a single year of live performances in over
a half a century and have retained exactly the
same “sound” and musical quality as they had
when they first hit the charts back in the Swinging
Sixties.
Original member, Singer and lead guitarist,
Tony Hicks says: “People get what they come for.
The trademark Hollies’ harmonies, our musical
diversity and lots of original songs from our
extensive musical back catalogue.”
Hollies drummer since 1963, Bobby Elliott ...
“We still tour the world performing to sell-out
audiences. Our loyal fans keep coming back for
more and we’re happy to oblige. A Hollies live
performance usually lasts for over two hours.
There’s no finer feeling than taking that final
bow and seeing the sea of beaming friendly faces
standing before us”
The Hollies are long time lovers of New Zealand,
(among other things our wine!), Hicks says “we’re
really looking forward to playing 4 cities we’ve not
visited for many years - Invercargill, Dunedin,
THe HoLLIeS nZ ITIneRaRy
february:
24th christchurch -
Horncastle arena
25th Invercargill -
ILT Stadium South
26th Dunedin - Town Hall
27th nelson - Trafalgar centre
March:
1st new Plymouth -
Bowl of Brooklands
2nd Wellington -
Michael fowler centre
3rd auckland - aotea centre
4th Hamilton -
claudelands arena
Nelson, New Plymouth, and we’re also returning
to Christchurch, Wellington, Hamilton and
Auckland ... it’s our biggest New Zealand tour in a
long time!”
The Hollies have an enviable record - over 30
charting singles on the UK Singles chart and 22
on the Billboard Hot 100, with major world-wide
hits that included “Just One Look” “Look Through
Any Window”, “I Can’t Let Go”, “Bus Stop”, “Stop
Stop Stop”, “On A Carousel”, “Carrie Anne”,
“Jennifer Eccles”, and later “He Ain’t Heavy, He’s
My Brother”, “Long Cool Woman in a Black
Dress”, and “The Air That I Breathe”.
They remain one of the few British groups of the
early 1960s, along with The Rolling Stones, that
have never disbanded and continue to record and
perform. In recognition of their achievements, the
Hollies were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall
of Fame in 2010.
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living
life
Motoring
events
HanDeL’S
MeSSIaH
When
Sat 8 Dec 2018, 7.30pm
Where
Charles Luney Auditorium, St Margaret’s College, 12 Winchester Street,
Christchurch
Restrictions: All Ages
Ticket Information
• 0800 BUY TIX (289 849) – Ticket Outlets
Website
• City Choir Website
https://www.eventfinda.co.nz/2018/handels-messiah/christchurch