John Otway and Band New Zealand Tour March 2026

Exactly 20 years since they should have taken off, John  Otway is finally going around the world with his band this year.

About 50 fans are expected to follow them on the adventure. Many of these are veterans of the original Otway world tour 2006

Following his top ten Hit record Bunsen Burner, John attempted to hire his own jet  to do a similar tour – the collapse of which was documented in the movie Rock and Roll’s Greatest Failure  which is currently showing on Netflix.

It’s also the thirty three and a third anniversary of the band (which is something of a long playing record)

To celebrate this achievement Otway is crowdfunding the band’s next album, The World Record.

A 12 inch picture disc – one of  the sides will be an image of the Northern Hemisphere – the other the Southern Hemisphere.

On the north side will be tracks recorded in London Vancouver and Tokyo and on the South side tracks laid down in New Zealand and Australia.

When you place the record on the turntable the spindle will represent the North Pole and visa versa. Listeners can then observe the world revolving around Otway’s music

Also South of Melbourne is the Otway National Park – it’s brilliant – John can introduce his band to the The Otway Cape, The Otway Lighthouse, The Otway fly tree top adventure,  they can drink Otway pale ale, stay in the  Otway Motel – and then do a gig.

“The Otway band plays the Otway Arts Centre in the Otway National Park”. – OTWAY OTWAY OTWAY