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Plus1 & The Sound presents

Legendary UK hellraisers  The Stranglers  and Kiwi rocker Jon Toogood (Shihad) will electrify New Zealand crowds in April 2023.  

Plus1 and The Sound proudly present The Stranglers live in New Zealand. Get ready for The Strangler’s hits like Golden Brown, Peaches, No More Heroes, Get A Grip On Yourself and Skin Deep.

And as a bonus treat, Jon Toogood opens all three shows, performing Shihad classics like Home Again, Pacifier, Run, and personal favourites.

Formed in 1974 in Guildford, England, The Stranglers’ no bullshit attitude saw them embraced by the punk movement of the late '70s.

They released their first three albums - Rattus Norvegicus, No More Heroes and Black And White - within an astonishing 13 months of each other, gaining hit singles like Peaches, No More Heroes and Walk On By. More success was to follow with the likes of Always The Sun, Strange Little Girl and the mercurial Golden Brown, amongst many others.

The Stranglers have achieved 24 top 40 singles and 19 top 40 albums throughout their 49-year career.

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The Stranglers a nd Kiwi rocker Jon Toogood ( Shihad ) will electrify New Zealand crowds in April 2023, with concerts announced for Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch.

Plus1 and The Sound proudly present The Stranglers live in New Zealand:

• Thursday 13 April: CHRISTCHURCH, Isaac Theatre Royal  
• Friday 14 April, WELLINGTON, Opera House
• Saturday 15 April, AUCKLAND, Town Hall

Get ready for The Stranglers’ hits like Golden Brown, Peaches, No More Heroes, Get A Grip On Yourself and Skin Deep.  As a bonus treat, Jon Toogood will open all three shows, performing Shihad classics like Home Again, Pacifier, Run, and personal favourites.  

Tickets for all three shows are on pre-sale via Plus1, Ticketmaster and Ticketek from 9am Tuesday 8 November. General sales will begin at 9am Thursday 10 November.

Formed in 1974 in Guildford, England, The Stranglers’ no bullshit attitude saw them embraced by the punk movement of the late ’70s.

They released their first three albums – Rattus Norvegicus, No More Heroes and Black And White – within an astonishing 13 months of each other, gaining hit singles like Peaches, No More Heroes and Walk On By .

More success was to follow with the likes of Always The Sun, Strange Little Girl and the mercurial Golden Brown , amongst many others.

The Stranglers have achieved 24 top 40 singles and 19 top 40 albums throughout their 49-year career.

The band’s latest album Dark Matters was released in September last year and is a tribute to their keyboard player Dave Greenfield, who passed away in 2020. Greenfield’s final concert with The Stranglers was at the Auckland Town Hall in February 2020.

With a highly original sound, combining a brilliant melodic touch with a genuine dark aggression and effortless cool, The Stranglers are now recognized as one of the most credible and influential bands to have emerged from the punk era.

Complete NZ tour information is available at plus1.co.nz  

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Legendary UK hellraisers The Stranglers and Kiwi rocker Jon Toogood (Shihad) will electrify New Zealand crowds in April 2023, with concerts announced for Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch.

Get ready for The Strangler’s hits like Golden Brown, Peaches, No More Heroes, Get A Grip On Yourself and Skin Deep.

And as a bonus treat, Jon Toogood opens all three shows, performing Shihad classics like Home Again, Pacifier, Run, and personal favourites.

Formed in 1974 in Guildford, England, The Stranglers’ no bullshit attitude saw them embraced by the punk movement of the late ’70s.

They released their first three albums – Rattus Norvegicus, No More Heroes and Black And White – within an astonishing 13 months of each other, gaining hit singles like Peaches, No More Heroes and Walk On By.

More success was to follow with the likes of Always The Sun, Strange Little Girl and the mercurial Golden Brown, amongst many others.

The Stranglers have achieved 24 top 40 singles and 19 top 40 albums throughout their 49-year career.

The band’s latest album Dark Matters was released in September last year and is a tribute to their keyboard player Dave Greenfield, who passed away in 2020.

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Legendary UK hellraisers The Stranglers a nd Kiwi rocker Jon Toogood ( Shihad ) will electrify New Zealand crowds in April 2023, with concerts announced for Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch.

Plus1 and The Sound proudly present The Stranglers live in New Zealand:

• Thursday 13 April: CHRISTCHURCH, Isaac Theatre Royal
• Friday 14 April, WELLINGTON, Opera House
• Saturday 15 April, AUCKLAND, Town Hall

Get ready for The Stranglers’ hits like Golden Brown, Peaches, No More Heroes, Get A Grip On Yourself and Skin Deep. As a bonus treat, Jon Toogood will open all three shows, performing Shihad classics like Home Again, Pacifier, Run, and personal favourites.

Tickets for all three shows are on pre-sale via Plus1, Ticketmaster and Ticketek from 9am Tuesday 8 November. General sales will begin at 9am Thursday 10 November.

Formed in 1974 in Guildford, England, The Stranglers’ no bullshit attitude saw them embraced by the punk movement of the late ’70s.

They released their first three albums – Rattus Norvegicus, No More Heroes and Black And White – within an astonishing 13 months of each other, gaining hit singles like Peaches, No More Heroes and Walk On By .

More success was to follow with the likes of Always The Sun, Strange Little Girl and the mercurial Golden Brown , amongst many others.

The Stranglers have achieved 24 top 40 singles and 19 top 40 albums throughout their 49-year career.

The band’s latest album Dark Matters was released in September last year and is a tribute to their keyboard player Dave Greenfield, who passed away in 2020. Greenfield’s final concert with The Stranglers was at the Auckland Town Hall in February 2020.

With a highly original sound, combining a brilliant melodic touch with a genuine dark aggression and effortless cool, The Stranglers are now recognized as one of the most credible and influential bands to have emerged from the punk era.

Complete NZ tour information is available at plus1.co.nz

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The Stranglers will play Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch in April 2023.

The iconic 'No More Heroes' and 'Golden Brown' singers will start off their tour with Shihad's Jon Toogood in the South Island.

They will play Christchurch's Isaac Theatre Royal on Thursday, April 13, before heading to Wellington's Opera House on Friday, April 14.

They will then end their tour in Auckland at the Town Hall on Saturday, April 15.

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The Stranglers (UK) Announce New Zealand Tour For April 2023

Legendary UK hellraisers The Stranglers a nd Kiwi rocker Jon Toogood ( Shihad ) will electrify New Zealand crowds in April 2023, with concerts announced for Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch.

Plus1 and The Sound proudly present The Stranglers live in New Zealand:

• Thursday 13 April: CHRISTCHURCH, Isaac Theatre Royal
• Friday 14 April, WELLINGTON, Opera House
• Saturday 15 April, AUCKLAND, Town Hall

Get ready for The Stranglers’ hits like Golden Brown, Peaches, No More Heroes, Get A Grip On Yourself and Skin Deep. As a bonus treat, Jon Toogood will open all three shows, performing Shihad classics like Home Again, Pacifier, Run, and personal favourites.

Tickets for all three shows are on pre-sale via Plus1, Ticketmaster and Ticketek from 9am Tuesday 8 November. General sales will begin at 9am Thursday 10 November.

Formed in 1974 in Guildford, England, The Stranglers’ no bullshit attitude saw them embraced by the punk movement of the late '70s.

They released their first three albums - Rattus Norvegicus, No More Heroes and Black And White - within an astonishing 13 months of each other, gaining hit singles like Peaches, No More Heroes and Walk On By .

More success was to follow with the likes of Always The Sun, Strange Little Girl and the mercurial Golden Brown , amongst many others.

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The band’s latest album Dark Matters was released in September last year and is a tribute to their keyboard player Dave Greenfield, who passed away in 2020. Greenfield’s final concert with The Stranglers was at the Auckland Town Hall in February 2020.

With a highly original sound, combining a brilliant melodic touch with a genuine dark aggression and effortless cool, The Stranglers are now recognized as one of the most credible and influential bands to have emerged from the punk era.

Complete NZ tour information is available at plus1.co.nz

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The Stranglers, Auckland NZ, 2023

The Stranglers

15th april 2023 the town hall, auckland, new zealand..

Review by Rob Harbers . Photography by Chris Zwaagdyk .

Let me just cut to the chase here: regular readers will know that I tend towards the enthusiastic in my appraisals. What can I say? I like stuff, okay? But this show tonight? Fucking amazing!!! A band who’s origins go back nearly 50 years, playing as tightly as ever, giving an absolutely masterful performance that showed why their appeal still holds to this day!

This is the latest instalment of an occasional series in which I get to review bands who have formed a major part in my musical appreciations over various periods of my life. The Stranglers were an early obsession, my entry point having been at arguably their least accessible album, in the form of “The Gospel According To The Men In Black”, to give it its full title (this thing of entry points being at inaccessible times was repeated in regards to The Clash, in their case “Sandinista”’s somewhat bloated sprawl – but that’s a story for another day). This, with its curious little beeps and voices, and massive synth washes, has been regarded by some as perhaps their least representative album, but it held enough within it to encourage further exploration, and within a short time I had acquired all the recorded output to date (bar the illusive/elusive “IV” – not to be confused with Rattus Norvegicus. True collectors of that period know what I mean!). This started a habit which continued for a few albums more, up until “Dreamtime”, before life and other stuff started getting in the way. Hugh Cornwell’s departure from the band, and subsequent replacement by Paul Roberts, didn’t help to cut through either – somewhere in there I acquired the “About Time” album and found it, frankly, somewhat lacking, when stacked against the earlier material. Consequently, I’ve been, quite frankly, out of touch with the band’s more recent material, and the rejuvenation brought to the ranks by, firstly, Baz Warne, and subsequent further additions to the line-up, but based on tonight’s performance I deeply regret that ignorance and intend to remedy it as soon as I can. Because this is a band that still kicks with the best of them, and I now wish I’d not glossed over the past few tours!

But in any case, enough with the reminiscence and missed opportunity – time to talk about what we were all gathered to hear! The position of support act was filled by a guy called Jon, from a band once known as Pacifier. Although you may know him as Jon Toogood, from the redoubtable Shihad! Performing a solo set that threatened to be cut short by some unintended acrobatics, and mercifully shorn of any baiting of musical correspondents , he delivered acoustic renditions of both Shihad’s and other bands material, while dispensing advice on matters broad and diverse, including the naming of offspring, how not to reunite a child with a beloved soft toy, and other subjects. At the same time offering singing advice for the travelling contingent of fans, and showing the impact of a long career on the ability to hit the high notes. So all around, fairly successful at the task of providing warm-up!

But with all due respect to the man, it wasn’t him that we were there to see, and after the obligatory “crew doing techy stuff” interval, at a couple minutes past the scheduled time of 9pm, the lights went out and the quirky sounds of “WaltzInBlack” rang out across the hall, as the four band members took their stage positions, before kicking in to “Toiler On The Seas” from 1978’s “Black and White” album, followed by renditions of “Duchess” and “Sometimes”, all of which displayed zero loss of urgency, passion or power from those originally laid down over 40 years ago – promising much indeed from what was yet to come!

Following some brave attempts at Te Reo (well, at least they tried, and to be honest some of their mangling was no worse than what can be heard on a daily basis from some of the population who were actually born here!), a further highlight was in the form of “Nice’n’Sleazy”, with JJ clearly enjoying the opportunity to show his powerful skills on four strings! Although, if I’m honest, for a brief while, the fact of a bald man delivering words of dubious content might almost have made me wonder whether a certain slippery customer who used to run an airline might have entered the room! A small difference, though, in that this man showed himself capable of words with substance, which I wanted to hear… (ooh sorry, did I get a little political there?)

But speaking of things we wanted to hear, things got slightly more mellow with “Always The Sun” and “Skin Deep”, before the distinctive bass intro that signalled it was time for “Peaches”, followed by “Golden Brown”, which set at least one couple waltzing! This was in spite of the catastrophic equipment failure which saw Baz unable to provide the song’s guitar solo-initially, at least, the tune being reanimated for him to do his bit (and leading him to quip that it was probably his best-ever rendition!). As he said “It’s live music – shit happens!”

A perfect playthrough of the band’s cover of “Walk on By” allowed the display of the full range of musical ability, with its extended instrumental interplay satisfying the fans, and leading in nicely to the pair of absolute bangers that are “Something Better Change” and “Hanging Around”. The end of the main set saw a full looping back to “Black and White” with “Tank”.

The first encore consisted of a definite slowing of pace, with JJ breaking out an acoustic guitar (!) for the song “Lines”, a paean to the aging process that affects us all, and then delivering the heart-rending “If You See Dave”, a tribute to the deceased band member and friend, given an extra poignancy by the fact that it was in this venue that he played his last gig with them – and a powerful emotional wallop from the line “here is where your solo would go” with an attendant spotlighting of the empty (for this song) spot behind the keyboards…

But after the melancholy, the second encore saw JJ promising to “finish wildly”, and that is what they proceeded to do, with firstly “Go Buddy Go”, the first ever song they wrote and performed as a band, 49 long years ago(!), and then closing out with the tribute/lament “No More Heroes”, sending a hugely entertained audience out in to a cool Tamaki Makaurau evening, filled with many inspiring memories, and living in hope that this won’t be the last time we see them!

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Were you there at the Auckland Town Hall for this great flashback rock gig? Or have you seen The Stranglers perform live somewhere else before? Tell us about it in the comments below!

• Toiler On The Sea
• Nice ‘N’ Sleazy
• Never To Look Back
• Always The Sun
• Golden Brown
• White Stallion
• (Get A) Grip (On Yourself)
• Sweden (All Quiet On The Eastern Front)
• Nuclear Device
• Walk On By [ Burt Bacharach cover ]
• Something Better Change
• Hanging Around
• And If You Should See Dave…
• Go Buddy Go
• No More Heroes

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It was the last gig of The Stranglers’ current antipodean tour and it took place at the iconic Newcastle music venue, The Cambridge. A solid crowd of punk/new wave veterans had turned up to try to resurrect the atmosphere from the 70’s & 80’s in what has always been one of Newcastle’s grungiest, stickiest & smelliest of venues, a point Baz felt was worthy of comment. In the dim light, you could have been forgiven for thinking time had been turned back for the audience, as they jumped, pumped and swayed in response to the energy that The Stranglers brought to the stage. Working through a set-list incorporating all the band’s hits and many of the also-rans, the audience rose to the occasion, screaming along while sharing nostalgic and knowing smiles which captured some of the lost hope of youth. As the set drew to its conclusion, with the audience in raptures, both Baz and JJ drew on this palpable nostalgia, reflecting that ‘The Cambo’ was the kind of venue in which they, and most bands of their era, had cut their musical teeth. And that’s where nostalgia gave way to reality, since no venue is as ready for the wrecker’s ball as ‘The Cambo’. All up, the evening provided a powerful reminder of the era from which The Stranglers’ emerged, as well as their origins and legacy. And it showed that this audiences had the ability to cast off the years and relive the time when they too were reckless & energised.

Great show in Christchurch, even better than 2020. It’s a shame that Jon Toogood has a potty mouth, maybe I’m old fashioned but the constant swearing put me off.

Great show, good times, Goodbye The Stranglers

They did a great job in Wellington aswell. Similar set. The guys were very relaxed and enjoying themselves. New keys man Toby did a top job covering/interpreting Dave Greenfield. Walk on By was a highlight too 👍

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• (Get a) Grip (on Yourself)
• Go Buddy Go
• Hanging Around
• Nice 'n' Sleazy
• Sweden (All Quiet on the Eastern Front)
• Toiler on the Sea
• And If You Should See Dave…
• White Stallion
• No More Heroes
• Something Better Change
• Nuclear Device (The Wizard of Aus)
• This Song by Disciples of Spess
• Walk On By by Burt Bacharach
• Never to Look Back
• Always the Sun
• Golden Brown

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The Stranglers New Zealand tour 2023

Monday 07 November 2022

Legendary UK hellraisers The Stranglers and Kiwi rocker Jon Toogood (Shihad) will electrify New Zealand crowds in April 2023, with concerts announced for Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch.  

Plus1 and The Sound proudly present The Stranglers live in New Zealand: 

Thursday 13 April: CHRISTCHURCH, Isaac Theatre Royal 

Friday 14 April, WELLINGTON, Opera House  

Saturday 15 April, AUCKLAND, Town Hall  

Get ready for The Stranglers’ hits like Golden Brown, Peaches, No More Heroes, Get A Grip On Yourself and Skin Deep.  As a bonus treat, Jon Toogood will open all three shows, performing Shihad classics like Home Again, Pacifier, Run, and personal favourites. 

Tickets for all three shows are on pre-sale via Plus1, Ticketmaster and Ticketek from 9am Tuesday 8 November. General sales will begin at 9am Thursday 10 November.  Formed in 1974 in Guildford, England, The Stranglers’ no bullshit attitude saw them embraced by the punk movement of the late '70s. They released their first three albums - Rattus Norvegicus, No More Heroes and Black And White - within an astonishing 13 months of each other, gaining hit singles like Peaches, No More Heroes and Walk On By.  More success was to follow with the likes of Always The Sun, Strange Little Girl and the mercurial Golden Brown, amongst many others. The Stranglers have achieved 24 top 40 singles and 19 top 40 albums throughout their 49-year career.  

The band’s latest album Dark Matters was released in September last year and is a tribute to their keyboard player Dave Greenfield, who passed away in 2020. Greenfield’s final concert with The Stranglers was at the Auckland Town Hall in February 2020.  

With a highly original sound, combining a brilliant melodic touch with a genuine dark aggression and effortless cool, The Stranglers are now recognized as one of the most credible and influential bands to have emerged from the punk era. 

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Isaac Theatre Royal , 145 Gloucester St, Christchurch

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Legendary UK hellraisers The Stranglers and Kiwi rocker Jon Toogood (Shihad) will electrify New Zealand crowds in April 2023, with concerts announced for Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch.

Plus1 and The Sound proudly present The Stranglers live in New Zealand:

Thursday 13 April: CHRISTCHURCH, Isaac Theatre Royal Friday 14 April, WELLINGTON, Opera House Saturday 15 April, AUCKLAND, Town Hall

Get ready for The Stranglers hits like Golden Brown, Peaches, No More Heroes, Get A Grip On Yourself and Skin Deep.

And as a bonus treat, Jon Toogood opens all three shows, performing Shihad classics like Home Again, Pacifier, Run, and personal favourites.

Formed in 1974 in Guildford, England, The Stranglers’ no bullshit attitude saw them embraced by the punk movement of the late '70s.

They released their first three albums - Rattus Norvegicus, No More Heroes and Black And White - within an astonishing 13 months of each other, gaining hit singles like Peaches, No More Heroes and Walk On By.

More success was to follow with the likes of Always The Sun, Strange Little Girl and the mercurial Golden Brown, amongst many others.

The Stranglers have achieved 24 top 40 singles and 19 top 40 albums throughout their 49-year career.

The band’s latest album Dark Matters was released in September last year and is a tribute to their keyboard player Dave Greenfield, who passed away in 2020. Greenfield’s final concert with The Stranglers was at the Auckland Town Hall in February 2020.

With a highly original sound, combining a brilliant melodic touch with a genuine dark aggression and effortless cool, The Stranglers are now recognised as one of the most credible and influential bands to have emerged from the punk era.

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After taking multiple trips overseas to see The Men In Black, I was extremely excited to see them locally. It’s been a long, long time since I’ve seen them in Los Angeles.

I can empathically say they did not disappoint. Not only did we get to hear the staples, “Grip”, “No More Hero’s”, “Duchess”,”Golden Brown”, etc. We were given the gift of two new unrecorded cuts that sounded great. The caveat was their delving into the songbook and playing exceptional cuts that surprised even me. “Time To Die” from Stranglers In The Night. Multiple cuts from the outstanding album The Raven including “Baroque Bordello” which blew me away. They even dusted off “Nubiles”.

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07 November 2022 - 0 Comments

Legendary UK hellraisers The Stranglers a nd Kiwi rocker Jon Toogood ( Shihad ) will electrify New Zealand crowds in April 2023, with concerts announced for Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch.

Plus1 and The Sound proudly present The Stranglers live in New Zealand:

Thursday 13 April: CHRISTCHURCH, Isaac Theatre Royal

Friday 14 April, WELLINGTON, Opera House

Saturday 15 April, AUCKLAND, Town Hall

Get ready for The Stranglers’ hits like Golden Brown , Peaches , No More Heroes , Get A Grip On Yourself and Skin Deep .  As a bonus treat, Jon Toogood will open all three shows, performing Shihad classics like Home Again , Pacifier , Run , and personal favourites.

Tickets for all three shows are on pre-sale via Plus1, Ticketmaster and Ticketek from 9am Tuesday 8 November. General sales will begin at 9am Thursday 10 November.

Formed in 1974 in Guildford, England, The Stranglers’ no bullshit attitude saw them embraced by the punk movement of the late '70s.

They released their first three albums - Rattus Norvegicus , No More Heroes and Black And White - within an astonishing 13 months of each other, gaining hit singles like Peaches , No More Heroes and Walk On By .

More success was to follow with the likes of Always The Sun , Strange Little Girl and the mercurial Golden Brown , amongst many others.

The Stranglers have achieved 24 top 40 singles and 19 top 40 albums throughout their 49-year career.

The band’s latest album Dark Matters was released in September last year and is a tribute to their keyboard player Dave Greenfield, who passed away in 2020. Greenfield’s final concert with The Stranglers was at the Auckland Town Hall in February 2020.

With a highly original sound, combining a brilliant melodic touch with a genuine dark aggression and effortless cool, The Stranglers are now recognized as one of the most credible and influential bands to have emerged from the punk era.

Complete NZ tour information is available at  plus1.co.nz

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Australia 2023 tour completely sold out!

The Stranglers are currently returning from a hugely successful tour of New Zealand and Australia, where all five of the gigs sold out in advance!

This was the bands’ first outing down under since Feb 2020, prior to the global pandemic and the sad loss of their original bandmates Dave and Jet.

All band related socials have been inundated with glowing reviews & fan feedback about this run of Antipodean shows. The band are on blistering form, delivering the goods night after night to packed venues.

Thank you to special guests Jon Toogood & Heavy Amber and to everyone who attended shows and helped make this a tour to remember. 🖤