New Zealand Tour 2011 - General Thread

[Jillian]

Hi everyone!

The dates for the New Zealand 2011 tour have been announced on Ticketek New Zealand.

premier.ticketek.co.nz/shows/show.aspx?sh=VISAENTE05

Hayley Westenra
Visa Entertainment Pre-sale
Starts Tuesday 6 September, 9am
Ends Wednesday 7 September, 11:59pm*

Hayley Westenra has just announced her first comprehensive Tour of NZ in 4 years.

Now 24, Hayley first performed on the NZ stage at age 14, followed almost immediately by the release of a top selling International CD, extensive overseas touring with major International artists, and for some years now headlining her own show worldwide.

Concert dates:

Tuesday 15 November 2011 - Claudelands Arena, Hamilton
Friday 18 November 2011 - Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington
Sunday 20 November 2011 - CBS Canterbury Arena, Christchurch
Monday 21 November 2011 - Theatre Royal, Timaru
Tuesday 29 November 2011 - Municipal Theatre, Napier

Book tickets to Hayley Westenra during the Visa Entertainment Pre-sale from Tuesday 6 September, 9am until Thursday 8 September, 8:59am*. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Thursday 8 September, 9am

[Jillian]

Extremely exciting - I've been looking forward to this!

A friend and I have already booked our annual leave and are hoping to see the concert in Hamilton and then have a bit of a look around New Zealand!

Oddly no official mention on the website, seeing as the presale for the tour starts at 9am tomorrow!!??

Cheers,
Jillian

[Dori]

GASP! You mean she's NOT coming to Auckland??

Dori

[Jillian]

Sept 5, 2011 7:42:45 GMT Dori said:

GASP! You mean she's NOT coming to Auckland??

Dori

I thought that was really odd ... the only thing is that perhaps Quake Aid will be there instead and it will be launched separately??

You'd think if an Auckland date had been planned as part of the tour it would have been announced all at the same time.

[Richard]

Hello Jillian!

Thanks for the information. I've posted a link to this thread on our Facebook page.

Richard

[Dori]

This is what it says on the ticket website:

"For the young lady who has already accumulated a lifetime of memorable experiences, this homecoming tour of NZ is special - only 10 concerts in 10 cities November 15-29"

So there must be more cities/dates that have yet to be announced. I hope!

Dori

[Jillian]

Hi Dori!

Aha! You're a clever cookie! Perhaps these are the ones announced for the presale and more will get added before Thursday?

[Ross]

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[Jillian]

Sept 5, 2011 8:00:52 GMT Ross said:

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Hi Ross!

I would love to go to more than one! However, I have an awesome friend who is willing to do things like go to NZ on the drop of a hat (literally 15 minutes planning ha ha ha) so I'd better not push it!

[postscript]

Sept 5, 2011 8:00:52 GMT Ross said:

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This is the sort of tour I planned a year or two back but was unable to manage and again it is too short notice but then, with Chch suffering its problems, not yet worth the long trip out, I had intended centring my NZ tour around Chch, then moving up to north island but for now it is all back to dreams.

Peter S.

[Martin]

This is great news for our members in New Zealand (and Australia!). I like the tour name: The "Paradiso" 10th Anniversary Homecoming Tour. So, three tours rolled into one!

I wonder if Hayley will be supported by an orchestra. You would hope so in order to bring out the full quality of the Paradiso recordings.

Martin

[Joe]

Ooh! I'm very pleased to see this tour info! I expect we will have further information shortly.

[Ross]

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[Dave]

Sept 5, 2011 7:14:08 GMT Jillian said:

The dates for the New Zealand 2011 tour have been announced on Ticketek New Zealand.

premier.ticketek.co.nz/shows/show.aspx?sh=VISAENTE05

Concert dates:

Tuesday 15 November 2011 - Claudelands Arena, Hamilton
Friday 18 November 2011 - Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington
Sunday 20 November 2011 - CBS Canterbury Arena, Christchurch
Monday 21 November 2011 - Theatre Royal, Timaru
Tuesday 29 November 2011 - Municipal Theatre, Napier

Hello Jillian and everyone especially all Antipodeans!

I have asked for confirmation of these dates and venues from Bandana but have not yet heard back, but it seems to be pretty well official anyway now as the other 5 dates have just been posted by NZ News sites. For completeness, here is the article and concert list published by Stuff.co.nz (and several other similar reports, we don't need to post them all!)

Westenra celebrates 10 year career

She might only be 24, but this November Hayley Westenra is touring the country to celebrate 10 years since her career began.

New Zealand's biggest selling artist of all time, Westenra will perform 10 concerts in 10 cities in her Paradiso 10th Anniversary Homecoming Tour.

It will be her first New Zealand tour in four years...

Paradiso 10th Anniversary Homecoming Tour:

November 15 Claudelands Arena - Hamilton

November 16 Civic Theatre - Auckland

November 18 Michael Fowler Centre - Wellington

November 20 CBS Arena - Christchurch

November 21 Theatre Royal - Timaru

November 23 Civic Theatre - Invercargill

November 24 Regent Theatre - Dunedin

November 26 Regent Theatre - Palmerston North

November 27 TSB Showplace - New Plymouth

November 29 Municipal Theatre - Napier

Tickets available from www.ticketek.co.nz , www.ticketdirect.co.nz , www.ticketmaster.co.nz and www.buytickets.co.nz .

There has clearly been a press release, probably by the NZ promoters, so I am pretty sure we can rely on this and we will update our various schedules accordingly. We will also set up a NZ tour sub-board sometime in the next 24 hours.

Cheers, Dave

[Jillian]

Hi everyone,

We're thinking Auckland might be awesome now that more dates have been announced. I've read that the Civic Theatre in Auckland is very nice and a bit of a tourist attraction in itself.

Cheers,
Jillian