Aldous Harding bringing new live show to Kirikiriroa
Indie folk singer-songwriter, Aldous Harding is heading to Kirikiriroa Hamilton in November for the first date on her New Zealand tour. The new live show celebrates the release of her fifth studio album, Train On The Island.
This will be first headline tour Harding has done since 2023 and it starts in the UK and Europe before heading down under. The tour will also go to Otautahi Christchurch, Tamaki Makaura Auckland and Poneke Wellington.
Train On The Island was released earlier this month and features 10 tracks, including the single ‘One Stop’ which was premiered by Huw Stephens on his BBC 6Music radio show. A second single ‘Venus In The Zinnia‘ featuring H Hawkline was released in April
The album was co-produced by long-time collaborator John Parish (PJ Harvey, Dry Cleaning) at Rockfield Studios in Monmouth, Wales, where the pair recorded the New Zealander’s previous bodies of work, Party (2017), Designer (2019) and Warm Chris (2022).
Joining Harding and Parish on Train On The Island were pedal steel player Joe Harvey-Whyte, harpist Mali Llywelyn, synth artist Thomas Poli, drummer Sebastian Rochford (Polar Bear) and Huw Evans (H. Hawkline) on bass, vocals, acoustic/electric guitar and organ.
Train On The Island is available digitally and on CD, a red vinyl gatefold, exclusive ‘Flying Nun Black’ vinyl gatefold, and exclusive ‘Holiday Records Copper’ vinyl gatefold [limited to 50 copies] were released on May 8 via Flying Nun Records
Harding will be in Kirikiriroa Hamilton on Wednesday November 25 at the BNZ Theatre
Tickets are on sale now via live nation livenation.co.nz
