Buzzcocks announce four NZ dates for 40th Anniversary Tour
Original, iconic and hugely influential, English punk greats Buzzcocks will play four razor-sharp New Zealand concerts from 16-19 March, as part of their 40th Anniversary World Tour.
Fans in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin will be there to celebrate with the Buzzcocks – part of the
original holy trinity of British punk (with the Sex Pistols and the Clash) – a band cited as inspirational by acts as
diverse as REM, Nirvana and Green Day.
Their career spanning songbook stretches from early classics like Boredom and Orgasm Addict, hits like Ever Fallen In
Love, What Do I Get and Harmony In My Head, and newer gems from 2014’s The Way.
TOUR DATES & TICKETING INFO:
• Bodega, Wellington - Weds March 16. Tickets at Ticketek & undertheradar (ON SALE FRI 30 OCT)
• Refuel, Dunedin - Thurs March 17. Tickets at Ticketek & undertheradar (ON SALE FRI 30 OCT)
• Allen St, Christchurch - Fri March 18. Tickets at Ticketek & undertheradar (ON SALE FRI 30 OCT)
• Powerstation, Auckland - Sat March 19. Tickets at AAATicketing.co.nz & undertheradar (ON SALE TODAY 29 OCT)
Buzzcocks’ Pete Shelley, Steve Diggle, Chris Remington and Danny Farrant will be joined by some of New Zealand’s finest
punk talent, with each show featuring specially selected local supports.
Buzzcocks 40th Anniversary New Zealand tour is proudly presented by Plus1, Radio Hauraki and undertheradar
Buzzcocks first formed in Bolton, England in February 1976. The band - Pete Shelley, Howard Devoto, Steve Diggle and
John Maher - opened for the Sex Pistols in Manchester on July 20th, a follow up to the now (in)famous Lesser Free Trade
Hall gig which Devoto and Shelley had organised the month before.
Gigs in Manchester and London followed, and by the end of 1976, Buzzcocks became one of the first groups to form their
own independent record label - New Hormones - on which they released the now-legendary and seminal ‘Spiral Scratch’ EP.
The following year saw the departure of Devoto and the recruitment of bassist Steve Garvey. In August 1977, the band
signed a recording contract with United Artists Records and released the landmark ‘Orgasm Addict’ single. This was
swiftly followed by ‘What Do I Get?’ the band’s first entry into the UK top 40 singles chart and the first of a string
of chart singles.
Over the next three years, Buzzcocks toured extensively and released a trilogy of outstanding albums: Another Music in a
Different Kitchen, Love Bites and A Different Kind of Tension, as well as the hugely influential and popular Singles
Going Steady compilation. In 1981, the band went their separate ways to undertake new projects.
1989 saw the reconvened Shelley/Diggle/Garvey/Maher line-up tour the world again by popular demand. Since then, the
Shelley/Diggle partnership has been the core of sustained and successful activity without pause, punctuating the years
of high profile gigging to date with six successful and well-received studio albums, culminating in 2015's The Way.
ENDS