Amplifier

24.08.10
[press release]

Sony NZ's highest selling Kiwi band, stellar*, will tour in October for one last time to celebrate the release of their 17-track Best Of album and say a final thank you to their fans.

Tour dates are

• The Bedford, Christchurch, Friday 15th Oct
• Bar Bodega, Wellington, Saturday 16th Oct
• Sale St, Auckland, Thursday 21 Oct

Tickets on sale Monday 30 August exclusively from Ticketmaster www.ticketmaster.co.nz

The tour came about after the band - Boh Runga, Chris van de Geer, Andrew Maclaren and Kurt Shanks - had a ball together in July recording infectious new single "So Alive" (which also features on the Best Of stellar* album).

The stellar* stats speak for themselves: seven Top 20 singles, three top 10 albums (including two at No. 1), more than 100,000 units sold, tours across New Zealand, Australia, Germany and the UK, and their four mantelpiece's full of NZ Music Awards.

At a time when New Zealand music struggled for airplay, stellar* burst on the scene with five radio hits in 18 months - Violent, What You Do, Undone, Every Girl, and Part of Me - their blend of rock and electronica on 1999's Mix album capturing the imagination of young musicians and concert-goers. Their reputation as innovative hit makers was embedded with All It Takes, Taken and Star off 2001's Magic Line album, and For A While and Whiplash off 2006's Something Like Strangers.

New projects and directions are now attracting the band's enthusiasm, with Runga's successful solo career and jewellery range releasing internationally, van de Geer and Maclaren's expanding production and songwriting interests, and Shanks' own album being recorded at Roundhead studios.