‘Go New Zealand’
Sharon O'Neill and Jon Stevens, two of New Zealand’s hottest singing stars in the CBS Record stable, will set out on a 16-date, 21-day tour of New Zealand next month. The tour will kick off in Masterton on March 4 and end at the Christchurch Town Hall auditorium on March 25. ■
The aim of the to.ur, billed as “Go New Zealand,” is . to support the albums which O’Neill and Stevens ' will release just before it gets under way. A feature of the tour is the backing group, which includes some of New Zealand’s best rock musicianfi The. six-piece band consists of Clinton Brown, bass; Ross Burge, drums; Wayne Mason, keyboards and vocals; Brent Thomas, guitar; : Dennis . Mason, saxophone and percussion; and Bob Smith, synthesisers and vocals.. According to a press release’announcing the tour, -. Sharon and. Jon ’ Stevens'’,will' ‘‘have■ Rehearsed with the band for raVirionth-before/going? on the road. Jay Lewis, an American
• .producer, will also be part:: "of the show. He is- being? ■ flown Out to New Zealand ? especially: for the tour.Xewis ? produced O’Neill’s album, and also had a ■ . hand'in the debut record ‘from Stevens. ' ?
A preview of the tour may be seen on the Sharon O’Neill television special this Saturday night, which features Jon Stevens as a special guest, and. : also former Dragon singer Marc Hunter. .
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