40 Days Touring presents… American Soul Sensation…
Aloe Blacc Back by Overwhelming Demand: Auckland Date Change
Due to travel logistics, Aloe Blacc’s up-coming Auckland show at the Studio will be shifted from Friday 18 February to
Wednesday 16 February.
Aloe Blacc and 40 Days Touring apologize for any inconvenience and refunds will be offered for people unable to attend
due to the new date.
Following his recent sell-out show in Auckland, Aloe Blacc returns to New Zealand to play this Auckland show at the
Studio on 16 February and SFBH in Wellington on the 17 February.
Demand for his last NZ show was so high, Aloe Blacc simply could not ignore calls for more Kiwi dates. With rave reviews
from local media for his last performance, "Blacc oozes charisma and has a remarkable stage presence" (Jeff Neems,
stuff.co.nz), the American Soul sensation is set to be a sell-out all over again.
Aloe’s 2010 worldwide hits, ‘I Need A Dollar’ (commissioned as the theme tune for HBO series How To Make It In America)
and ‘Femme Fatale’ (The Velvet Underground cover), are merely the tip of a very large iceberg: Aloe Blacc is fast
becoming the spearhead of modern, 21st century soul.
The first-generation American offspring of Panamanian parents, Aloe Blacc has become what writer/activist Amiri Baraka once said of John Coltrane: he is a singular “scope of feeling...” who has
found cohesion in art and life. In the tradition of some of yesteryear’s greatest of soul greats, Aloe Blacc’s goal is
to affect change by way of his own success.
“My purpose for music is positive social change,” says Aloe. “Even if the music itself does not explicitly express
anything that may signify positive social change, the product of the music will.”
The stunning new album Good Things marks a shift from his 2006 debut Shine Through: the 30-year-old Aloe has transformed the inner streams of consciousness he possessed as an MC early in his career, into
more disciplined, mature perspectives. Good Things resonates with the sounds and emotions of vintage soul music, but the album is Aloe’s definitive declaration of contemporary soul and the modern world.
A record full of heart despite its sobering subject matter, Aloe refers to Good Things as a report from the front lines, where many struggle to survive: unemployment, homelessness, the misappropriation of
wealth, pillaging of resources, and the universal lack of compassion from capitalism at-large. It is, most certainly, a
modern classic in waiting…
Don’t miss your last chance to see Aloe Blacc live at the following locations:
Studio, Auckland
Wednesday 16th February
Support from Stinky Jim
Onstage 10PM sharp
SFBH, Wellington
Thursday 17th February 2011
Support from Mu
Onstage 10PM sharp
Tickets on sale now from undertheradar.co.nz
ENDS