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March 14, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Bill Bailey – En Route To Normal (March 14, Wellington)

Bill Bailey: En Route To Normal MFC, Wellington Sunday, March 14 Bill Bailey is one of the first big-name international comedians to perform in New Zealand since our lockdown; certainly he’s the one undertaking the biggest tour. “Just me and the Wiggles”, he jokes. All entertainment bases covered. Bailey is a much loved and respected […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Bill Bailey, Bill Bailey: En Route To Normal, Brexit, Brit, Comedian, Comedy, Coronavirus, Covid-19, Gig, Gig Review, Gig Review: Bill Bailey – En Route To Normal (March 14, Instruments, Live, Live Gig, March 14, MFC, Music, NZ Tour, Stand Up, Sunday, UK, Wellington, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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December 14, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Come Together – Abbey Road (December 10, Wellington)

Come Together: Abbey Road Opera House Thursday, December 10 Last year some of New Zealand’s best known, much loved musicians banded together and delivered a concert replication of Neil Young’s Live Rust album/show – I went along slightly cynical. I left impressed with the effort – it showcased that wonderful music in the very best […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 20/20, Abbey Road, Alistair Deverick, Brett Adams, Come Together, December 10, Delaney Davidson, Dianne Swann, Gig, Gig Review, Gig Review: Come Together - Abbey Road (December 10, James Milne, Jol Mullholand, Jon Toogood, Kiwi, Laughton Kora, Lawrence Arabia, Live, Live Gig, Live Music, Mike Hall, NZ, Opera House, Sam Scott, SJD, Tami Neilson, The Beatles, Thursday, Various, Wellington, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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November 22, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: NGĀ TUONE by Riki Gooch (November 20, 2020)

Riki Gooch: NGĀ TUONE St. Peter’s on Willis, Wellington Jazz Festival Friday, November 22 I’m not sure I’ve ever met anyone else that thinks about music the way Riki Gooch does. You can pile up any of the usual clichés – the music flows through him, he is a conduit for groove, he lives and […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 20/20, Al Fraser, Anna Edginton, Bridget Kelly, Conduction, Conductor, Cory Champion, David Long, Friday, Gig, Gig Review, Gig Review: NGĀ TUONE by Riki Gooch (November 20, Improvisation, Jazz Festival, Jeff Henderson, Live Gig, NGĀ TUONE, November 20, November 22, Parks, Premiere Series, Riki Gooch, Ruby Solly, St. Peters, Wellington, Wgtn, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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November 2, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Reb Fountain (November 1, Wellington)

Reb Fountain San Fran, Wellington Sunday, November 1 Reb Fountain sold out the Wellington show of her nationwide album-release tour so she was back the next night in a different venue. Awesome work here – by the venues and the band, giving the music to more people, agreeing to share the load, and obviously fit […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Release Tour, Coronavirus, Covid-19, Dave Khan, Fountain, Gig, Gig Review, Gig Review: Reb Fountain, Gig Review: Reb Fountain (November 1, Live Gig, Live Music, NZ, NZ Tour, Reb, Reb Fountain, San Fran, Self-Titled, Show, Sunday, Tour, Wellington, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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October 28, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Dave Dobbyn (October 28, Paraparaumu)

Dave Dobbyn: Open Up Tour Southward Car Museum, Paraparaumu; Kapiti Coast Wednesday, October 28 It’s been quite a few years since I’ve seen Dave Dobbyn play a live set – but there was a time when I was at every gig. It’s never been a case of not needing to see him, as far as […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 20/20, Coronavirus, Covid-19, Dave Dobbyn, Dave Dobbyn: Open Up Tour, DD, DD Smash, Gig Review, Gig Review: Dave Dobbyn, Jo Barus, Kapiti Coast, Live Gig, Live Music, NZ Tour, Paraparaumu, Paraparaumu; Kapiti Coast, Ross Burge, Southward Car Museum, Th' Dudes, Victoria Girling-Butcher, Wednesday, Wellington, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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September 15, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 277 – The Staves, Wellington, 2018

The really great thing about music reviewing (esp gigs) is you get to see some acts you never would have thought to get to – like The Staves. The really dumb thing about music reviewing (esp gigs) is you go along, you review the show, rave about it, place it as one of the best […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2018), Comp, Gig Review, Live, Live Gig, Music, NZ Festival, Staves, Stub, Stubs, Stubs is an occasional feature here at Off The Tracks – looking back through the ticket-stub box and remembering how the show went down., Stubs: # 277, Stubs: # 277 – The Staves, The Staves, Wellington, Wellington 2018 ·

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September 2, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 275 – Queen + Adam Lambert, Wellington, 2020

What a strange year 2020 has turned out to be. It started off weirdly enough. There I am at a fucking Queen concert! (And mostly enjoying it). Next thing there are no concerts at all ever again. No visitors. No tours. And every musician is having a massive spit about loss of income this and […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 20/20, Adam Lambert, Gig, Gig Review, Live, Oscar, Queen, Queen + Adam Lambert, Rhapsody, Stadium, Stub, Stubs, Stubs is an occasional feature here at Off The Tracks – looking back through the ticket-stub box and remembering how the show went down., Stubs: # 275, Stubs: # 275 – Queen + Adam Lambert, Wellington, World Tour ·

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August 23, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 273 – The Bootleg Beatles, Wellington, 2019

The Bootleg Beatles have been paying tribute to The Beatles for 40 years. And I usually think tribute acts are pretty silly and there’s something almost sublimely absurd about being a tribute band for 40 years when the real act lasted less than a decade – but hey, also The Beatles are the greatest. And […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2019, Gig Review, Oscar, Stub, Stubs, Stubs # 273, Stubs is an occasional feature here at Off The Tracks – looking back through the ticket-stub box and remembering how the show went down., Stubs: # 273 – The Bootleg Beatles, The Beatles, The Bootleg Beatles, Tribute, Wellington ·

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August 4, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 269 – Thundercat, Wellington, 2018

It’s funny how sometimes you see a genius – a great talent – and it just doesn’t stick, doesn’t connect, doesn’t mean anything. The first time I saw Thundercat I was a fan – but I hated the show. It was busy when it didn’t need to be and felt very splatter-painting/ish and I just […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2018), Arts Festival, Drunk, Gig, Gig Review, Jazz, Live Gig, R'n'B, Soul, Stub, Stubs, Stubs: # 269, Stubs: # 269 – Thundercat, Thundercat, Wellington, Wgtn ·

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July 4, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 264 – Anika Moa: Chop Chop Hiyaa!, Wellington, 2017

Of all the times I saw Anika Moa doing her songs for kiddies I think this was absolutely the best; by which I also mean it was the best time for me and my boy – he was peak age and interest, he knew the songs and cared about them, he’d met Anika briefly so […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2017), Anika Moa, Children, Gig Review, Kids, Live Gig, Live Music, Opera House, Songs for Children, Stub, Stubs, Stubs is an occasional feature here at Off The Tracks – looking back through the ticket-stub box and remembering how the show went down., Stubs: # 264, Stubs: # 264 – Anika Moa: Chop Chop Hiyaa!, Wellington ·

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June 28, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 102

V/A, Phantom Of The Paradise – Original Soundtrack Recording (1974) A few years back I was in Las Vegas and I booked to see Paul Williams. It was never the reason for the trip but it felt like the right thing to see while there and I loved it! He couldn’t sing very well anymore […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged [Original Soundtrack Recording], [OST], 1974, Film, Gig, Gig Review, Las Vegas, LP, Movie, Paul Williams, Phantom of the Paradise, Record, Soundtrack, The Hell Of It, The Vinyl Countdown # 102, Vinyl ·

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June 25, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 261 – The Monkees, Wellington, 2019

As soon as I saw the advertising for The Monkees I was very keen to see them; sure it was just two of them – but in a way it’s the two that mattered most. And anyway you can’t bring people back from the dead, you either go and see the remaining members and make […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2019, Gig Review, Live Gig, Live Music, MFC, Stub, Stubs, Stubs is an occasional feature here at Off The Tracks – looking back through the ticket-stub box and remembering how the show went down., Stubs: # 261, Stubs: # 261 – The Monkees, The Mike and Micky Show Live, The Monkees, Wellington ·
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