Concerts
Glenn Hughes - G-TARanaki 2008. Image by Taranaki Daily News
''I look forward to more...and more...and more. I saw both main shows and was blown away to see and hear such entertainment.'' - G-TARanaki 2008 Audience Member.
There will be two massive concerts on Friday 13 and Saturday 14 August at the TSB Stadium in New Plymouth. These sessions will feature six bands each night totalling 10 hours of full band performances!
Despite the name, G-TARanaki is not just about guitars - the artists will be bringing full backing bands of top-flight musicians for their concerts. For example, Slash will be joined by Alter bridge vocalist Myles Kennedy, bossist Todd Kerns (Sin City Sinners, Static in stereo, Age of electric), rhytm guitarist Boggy Schneck (Weezer, Green Day) and drummer Brent Fitz (Alice Cooper, Vince Neil). Uli Jon Roth's backing band will include drummer Mike Ehre and guitarist/vocalist Niklas Turmann, along with Elliott Rubinson, owner of American Manufacturer Dean Guitars, on bass.
2 MASSIVE CONCERTS:
FRIDAY 13 AUGUST - TSB STADIUM (Ticketed) provides a line-up of legends unlike anything you've ever seen before, or will ever see again. As well as The Checks, California Guitar Trio with Tony Levin and Oli Brown Band, the six-hour concert will culminate in an all-star jam led by ex-Scorpions guitarist Uli Jon Roth and featuring such legends as Vinnie Moore from UFO, Tony MacAlpine, Guy Pratt of Pink Floyd, former Michael Jackson guitarist Jennifer Batten, plus US teen guitar prodigy Desiree Bassett, who has performed alongside Jimmie Vaughan, played in Sammy Hagar's band and closed the Woodstock 40th anniversary in 2009 with her rendition of Jimi Hendrix's ''Purple Haze''.
SATURDAY 14 AUGUST - TSB STADIUM (Ticketed) will host with Slash's only NZ performance, and includes full-band performances from Shotgun Alley, In Dread Response, Vinnie Moore, Jennifer Batten and Hail! with Tim 'Ripper' Owens, Scott Travis from Judas Priest, and Tony MacAlpine.
BELL STREET BLUES CLUB NIGHT:
THURSDAY 12 AUGUST - PUKE ARIKI (Ticketed) Hosted by the Most FM’s Bell Street Blues Show, this promises to be a night of top blues action. New Plymouth’s own Blue Monkey Racket open the night. Fronted by Nic “Jellylegs” Boheimer, Blue Monkey Racket have a growing reputation as a dynamic live act, both locally and nationally. They are followed by Wellington’s The Thomas Oliver Band, who mix blues with rock, country and roots music influences. The night of blues closes with Britain’s latest blues sensation, the Oli Brown Band. Oli Brown’s guitar style has been described as a cross between Rory Gallagher and Steve Cropper. He and his band come to NZ fresh from playing Glastonbury in June.
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