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L.A.B 2023 Australian Tour

Belvoir Homestead and Amphitheatre , 1177 Great Northern Highway, Upper Swan, Perth

• Sat 15 Apr 2023, 6:00pm–10:00pm

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In celebration of L.A.B’s NZ chart-topping new single ‘Take It Away’ and their upcoming sixth album, April will see L.A.B return to Perth!

With support from two of New Zealand's hottest new acts - indie-pop party starters Summer Thieves, and Raglan-based groove merchants Masaya.

Summer Thieves - Armed with their new single ‘Funny How The Mind Works’ and a new album set for release later in 2023, Summer Thieves return to Australia after a summer that has seen them sell out shows at home, plus perform at some of NZ’s biggest festivals.

Masaya - Fresh from releasing their debut album Chronicles of Youth, Masaya's electrifying live show is seeing them rise rapidly through the ranks of the music scene with their mix of indie-rock, soul & groove.

Bringing with them their new single ‘Take It Away’, and hard at work on their sixth album, this show will be audiences last chance to catch L.A.B before they head to the United States, United Kingdom & Europe for the first time this year.

Don’t miss L.A.B on their return to Perth this April.

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• In celebration of L.A.B’s NZ chart-topping new single ‘Take It Away’ and their upcoming sixth album, April & May 2023 will see L.A.B embark on their second headline tour of Australia with tickets selling fast.
• This tour will see support at all five shows from two of New Zealand's hottest new acts - indie-pop party starters Summer Thieves , and Raglan-based groove merchants Masaya .
• Summer Thieves - Armed with their new single ‘Funny How The Mind Works’ and a new album set for release later in 2023, Summer Thieves return to Australia after a summer that has seen them sell out shows at home, plus perform at some of NZ’s biggest festivals.
• Masaya - Fresh from releasing their debut album Chronicles of Youth , Masaya's electrifying live show is seeing them rise rapidly through the ranks of the music scene with their mix of indie-rock, soul & groove.
• After winning Best Group, Best Song & Best Album two years in a row at the New Zealand Music Awards, taking out Best Record at the 2022 Rolling Stone Awards and being voted New Zealand's Best Live Act by Radio New Zealand, L.A.B are on fire.
• L.A.B ’s groove blends an eclectic mix of reggae, blues, funk, rock and electronic - all combining to create a sound entirely their own. Formed by Brad Kora, L.A.B comprises his brother Stu Kora, Ara Adams-Tamatea, Miharo Gregory & frontman Joel Shadbolt. Featuring former members of two of New Zealand’s premier acts Kora & Katchafire, L.A.B have made their name on the live stages of New Zealand & Australia.
• The past five years have seen them release a new album each year, and have since become a mainstay in the NZ Music Charts and on the festival circuit, headlining every major festival across New Zealand and Australia from the Byron Bay Bluesfest & WOMAD to Rhythm and Vines & One Love.
• After releasing five albums in five years, the band have cemented themselves on the NZ charts, with ‘In The Air’ and ‘Why Oh Why’ both reaching Number One. Their accomplishments include all five albums reaching multi-platinum status, alongside 16 multi-platinum singles & 12 gold singles.

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Australian tour 2023, belvoir amphitheatre - perth.

15 APRIL 2023 - DOORS OPEN: 7:00PM

New Zealand reggae band L.A.B. cross the ditch to play a string of dates across Australia in early 2023.

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L.A.B Begin Their Australian Tour This Month

They’ve conquered their home country’s music scene, and now l.a.b are taking on australia this month, conor lochrie, conor lochrie's most recent stories.

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They’ve conquered their home country’s music scene, and now L.A.B are taking on Australia this month.

The highly prolific Aotearoa outfit will visit Perth, Sydney, Brisbane, and Melbourne on their Australian tour next month, performing in the latter city twice.

They’ll be supported by fellow Kiwis Summer Thieves, who are preparing for the release of their forthcoming third album, which is set for release later this year.

L.A.B recently announced that their first Melbourne show, which was originally scheduled for Thursday, May 4th, would be moving to Saturday, May 6th (see full dates below). “We wanted to party with you at both shows on the weekend – so you can do the mahi AND have the treats!!” they wrote on social media.

After releasing an album almost every year since 2017, L.A.B head Down Under armed with several huge hits, including the ARIA Gold single “In the Air”. Their last two studio albums – 2020’s L.A.B IV and 2021’s L.A.B V – topped the charts in New Zealand.

The reggae rockers made history at last year’s Aotearoa Music Awards by being the big winner for the second year running. L.A.B won four awards: Recorded Music NZ Te Pukaemi o te Tau/Album of the Year ( L.A.B V ), Te Waiata Tōtahi o te Tau/Single of the Year (“Mr Reggae”), Te Roopu Toa/Best Group, and Te Kaipuoro Taketake Toa/Best Roots Artist.

It capped off a stellar year for the band, after they also won Best Record at the 2022 Panhead Rolling Stone New Zealand Awards.

By repeating their impressive 2021 haul, L.A.B became the first-ever New Zealand band to win all four awards in two consecutive years. They’re also just the second artist to win the three major awards – Album of the Year, Single of the Year, and Best Group – in consecutive years.

L.A.B 2023 Australian Tour

Supported by Summer Thieves

Tickets available via loop.co.nz

Saturday, April 15th (18+) Belvoir Ampitheatre, Perth, WA

Friday, April 21st (All Ages) Hordern Pavilion, Sydney, NSW

Saturday, April 29th (18+) Riverstage, Brisbane, QLD

Friday, May 5th (18+) The Forum, Melbourne, VIC

Saturday, May 6th (18+) The Forum, Melbourne, VIC

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L.A.B announce new single and 2023 Live Dates

L.a.b announce new single, take it away, from forthcoming album and first shows in usa, eu & uk.

London, 6th December 2022

Take It Away

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Fresh off another historic year at the New Zealand Music Awards, L.A.B return with their first new music in over a year. ‘ Take It Away ’ is the first single from their forthcoming album arriving just in time for the New Zealand summer, and as the band announce their first shows in the USA, UK & EU.

‘ Take It Away ’ brings together all elements of the L.A.B sound – reggae-inspired groove, soulful guitars, tinges of rock & soaring vocals from frontman Joel Shadbolt. Tracked and recorded live in one take, ‘ Take It Away ’ captures L.A.B at their best, playing live together and bringing an unmatched energy to the recording.

L.A.B close out another massive year with the release of this single, gearing fans up for the release of their much-anticipated new album in early-2023. 2022 saw L.A.B win Best Group, Album of the Year, Single of the Year & Best Roots Artist for the second-straight year at the New Zealand Music Awards, becoming the first artist to win those awards two years in a row.

They were awarded Best Record at the inaugural Rolling Stone New Zealand Music Awards and closed out the year by being named with the Top Four most-streamed songs in NZ on Spotify, and three of the Top Four most-streamed songs in NZ on Apple Music. ‘ Take It Away ’ is set to be a new fan-favourite addition to an ever-growing catalogue.

Off the back of this new single the band will head out for three headline shows at home, before heading abroad for tours in Australia, the USA, Europe & the UK throughout 2023.

L.A.B will perform at the O2 Forum Kentish Town on Thursday 12 October 2023

Upcoming Live Shows

Dec 30 – Wharepai Domain, Tauranga

Jan 21 – Tōmoana Showgrounds, Hastings

Feb 4 – Semenoff Stadium, Whangārei

Feb 25 – Electric Avenue, Christchurch

May 19 – Observatory OC – Santa Ana, CA w/ Maoli

May 20 – House Of Blues – San Diego, CA w/ Maoli

May 21 – Event Lawn at Virgin Hotels – Las Vegas, NV w/ Maoli

May 24 – Roxy Theatre – Los Angeles, CA w/ Maoli

May 26 – California Roots Festival – Monterey, CA

May 28 – The Republik – Honolulu, HI

Oct 5 – Paradiso – Amsterdam, Netherlands

Oct 12 – 02 Forum Kentish Town, London, UK

Australian tour in April 2023 to be announced

More info: https://www.loop.co.nz/events/lab-uk-eu-tour-2023/

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Band Members

Ara Adams-Tamatea – Bass Miharo Gregory – Keys, Vocals

Brad Kora – Drums, Vocals

Stu Kora – Guitar, Keys, Vocals

Joel Shadbolt – Guitar, Vocals

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L.A.B. is a reggae band from New Zealand. Its founding members are Brad Kora (backing vocals and drums) and Stuart Kora (backing vocals, keyboard and guitar) of the band Kora. They soon engaged Joel Shadbolt on lead vocals and guitar, Ara Adams-Tamatea, formerly of Katchafire, as bassist, and Miharo Gregory as keyboardist. The band mostly composes reggae music, with a mix of electronic, blues, rock and funk music.

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Lauv Announces 2023 Australian Tour

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California’s Lauv will return to Australia for the first time since 2019 for a string of tour dates this October. The pop singer will get ‘The Between Albums’ tour underway in Perth on Wednesday, 18th October, followed by shows at Sydney’s Enmore Theatre, Melbourne’s Forum, and finally The Fortitude Music Hall in Brisbane on Thursday, 26th October.

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The shows are in support of Lauv’s second album All 4 Nothing, which landed in 2022 as the follow-up to acclaimed 2020 debut How I’m Feeling. In an interview with NME , Lauv – real name Ari Leff – said the new album was born from having an “existential breakdown”.

“At one point, I was like, ‘I want to step away from music’,” Lauv told the publication. “And then, I came back around and realised, I don’t feel an innate sense of deserving to be happy.”

“For so much of my life I was just like, ‘All I want to do is make music that connects with a lot of people,” he continued. “And then that happens – and I still feel the same. I don’t feel any better. And [I was] feeling like, ‘What the fuck do I do to feel OK?’”

The album arrived in mid-2022, and Lauv has been on the road for much of this year, recently playing Governor’s Ball in New York. He’ll arrive in Australia following a bunch of tour dates around Asia.

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The crowd is largely women, of all ages and ethnicities, many in their own sparkling outfits. There are rhinestone fringes, metallic streamers in the hair, a mother and daughter with fairy lights wrapped around themselves, and pink – so much pink. Juice and 2 Be Loved ring out across the stadium, before Lizzo speaks to us directly: “When was the last time you said something kind about yourself?” she asks. “It’s been too damn long!”

Visually, the show is a delight from the beginning. At times it’s pure fun, like the neon line drawings that accompany the first half of the setlist, accordingly upbeat; elsewhere, we get artful videos of Lizzo herself, celebratory in their beauty. She launches into Soulmate, giving each of her dancers their own moment to shine, before a tidy segue into Grrrls and a thumping rendition of Boys.

For Tempo, the lights dim, the vibe gets sultry, and the dancers don’t hold back. The song features Missy Elliott in the recording; on stage, Elliott sends Lizzo an audio message: “You’re going to be around for a very, very, very long time.” Though there are 15,000 of us in the crowd, there’s an intimacy that feels rare for a show of this size. Lizzo is taking us into her world. “This is our moment together,” she tells us. “I want you to say ‘I’m special’,” prefacing her song of the same name.

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And yet, Lizzo herself knows not everyone can be a fan. When she plays Rumors, comments from the internet fill the screen behind her through brightly coloured chat bubbles, ranging from the maddeningly common – “Is that a BBL?,” “She’s prettier in person” – to the comical – “Lizzo parties in the Bermuda triangle,” “Lizzo played an alien flute at Area 51.” Cardi B joins us for her verse – through a video selfie played on a screen, as though she’s FaceTiming into the room. As Like a Girl begins, Lizzo gestures to her spectacularly bejeweled microphone stand: “I want you to think of this as your ex,” she says, and kicks it to the ground.

Halfway through, we’re taken through a meditation, beginning with a guided breathing exercise, and ending with an affirmation: “I am free.” Lizzo references the meditation later on: “Did it make you feel better? … I’m back here doing it too, visualising my higher self, loving on my higher self. I can come here and sing you songs, but if you don’t leave here feeling better, then I didn’t do my job!”

As the lights go down, footage of Lizzo fills the screen, showcasing her body. “My body is beautiful,” she narrates. “My body is nobody’s business.” Purple smoke fills the room, and she re-emerges in a shimmering gold dress for Jerome. Lizzo is vocally resplendent, effortlessly hitting every note and run; she belts, she growls, she kneels to the stage to close the song. For her song Coldplay, she brings out the flute – the instrument she’s been classically trained in, mastering since childhood – and the notes float through the air. As the crowd lights up the venue, waving their phones, she tells us: “This light represents the love you have for yourself.” It’s a tender interlude, but she’s back to her usual pace soon enough. “Should we play more flute?” she asks, and the response is the loudest of the night.

Lizzo delivers with a virtuosic solo before leading into Truth Hurts, which remains the longest-running No 1 song by a solo female rap artist on the Billboard charts in history. The energy in the room is rapturous. At one point, she’s twerking and playing the flute simultaneously without missing a beat, and the crowd is, in millennial speak, here for it .

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“It’s about to get funky in here,” she calls out, belting Chaka Khan’s I’m Every Woman, and into Everybody’s Gay. Rainbow lights frame the stage, and rainbow silhouettes echo her moves. On stage, Lizzo drapes herself in a flag with colours representing the LGBTQIA+ community, with the notable inclusion of brown and black stripes – Daniel Quasar’s Progress Pride flag, designed in 2015 to include and celebrate the trans community and people of colour. She dedicates this one to the queer women, and the trans women.

Notable throughout the show is the emphasis on Lizzo’s band and her dancers; she gives ample time to each individual performer, in moments that make for some of the most impressive of the night. Her inclusivity extends to the rapt room around her. She summons a flute for an audience member, a flautist, who performs a rendition of Down Under for Lizzo from the floor. She sings Birthday Girl to a birthday girl. “Ain’t no such thing as nosebleeds, baby! I love you!” she yells to those at the back – complimenting outfits, reading homemade signs (“Oh, baby, your ‘P’ is upside down.” It’s promptly turned up the right way.). She directs the cameras to a lady dressed in a hot pink cloud dress, layers of tulle, to tell her she looks beautiful.

Lizzo closes the show with the four-times platinum Good as Hell, before returning for an encore with About Damn Time. As the crowd pours out of the arena, buzzing and beaming, there’s no doubt that Lizzo did her job tonight. It was a show about love, and that love flowed both ways.

Lizzo’s tour continues this month in Melbourne, Sydney and Auckland. She is also headlining Splendour in the Grass , which kicks off in Byron Bay on 21 July

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