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With her brand new album Red Grey Blue out on Monday 19 September, singer-songwriter Mel Parsons is in celebration mode, hitting the road with her band for a 20 date NZ tour spanning Coast to Coast and tip to tail.

The shows kick off on Saturday 24 September at high altitude with a Real NZ show at Mt Olympus ski field in Canterbury, and from there winds it's way around the country via some of Parsons' favourite venues. Parsons will be joined by her band The Rhythm Kings, comprised of double bassist Aaron Stewart, drummer/percussionist Nick George and introducing guitarist/vocalist Andrew Moore (Thomas Oliver Band), along with special guest Gerry Paul (Tim O'Brien, Grada).

Following on from the success of her Tui-finalist debut album Over My Shoulder in 2009, Red Grey Blue runs the gamut from gentle and assured to the depths of darkness and everything in between.

Mel Parsons is one of NZ's rising songwriting stars. Her bewitching vocals have been stopping audiences in their tracks for the past few years. With an uncanny knack for hooks she is "armed with instant sing-along choruses, a unique sensibility to melody and harmony and stonking drum grooves", says Martyn Pepperell/Word on the Street.

You really will be thanking yourself afterward if you decide to get to a show or two on this lengthy tour.

TOUR DATES

Saturday 24 September
Mt Olympus Ski Hutt, Canterbury

Sunday 25 September
Blue Pub, Methven

Thursday 29 September
Opera House, Oamaru

Friday 30 September
Chicks Hotel, Dunedin

Saturday 1 October
The Winehouse, Queenstown

Thursday 6 October
Playhouse Theatre, Nelson

Friday 7 October
Mussel Inn, Takaka

Saturday 8 October
The Venue, Christchurch

Wednesday 12 October
The Kimbell Garage Gallery, Fairlie

Thursday 13 October
Franks Cafe, Greymouth

Friday 14 October
NBS Theatre, Westport

Saturday 15 October
Civic Theatre, Blenheim

Sunday 16 October
San Francisco Bath House, Wellington

Wednesday 26 October
The Little Theatre, New Plymouth

Thursday 27 October
The Yot Club, Raglan

Friday 28 October
Bacco Room, Auckland

Saturday 29 October
Leigh Sawmill Cafe, Leigh

Thursday 3 November
Eggsentric Cafe, Coromandel

Friday 4 November
Poverty Bay Club, Gisborne

Saturday 5 November
Cabana, Napier

Tickets available at http://www.eventfinder.co.nz