Aldous Harding Support Acts Announced On Designer NZ Tour

August 26, 2019: Aldous Harding welcomes special local guests, Ben Woods and Michael James Keane to her nationwide tour, kicking off this Wednesday 28 August in Christchurch.
With Wellington (Friday 30 August) and Auckland (Saturday 31 August) shows now sold out, only a small number of tickets remain. Make sure to secure your spot now for Aldous Harding’s only New Zealand shows for 2019.

BEN WOODS
From Christchurch, Ben Woods creates music that exists in a limbo between considered lo-fi sounds and tuneful emotional prose. Woods’ latest releases ‘LOZENGES’ and ‘ROMANCY’ carry a somber tone with concise forms and minimal arrangements paired with more hushed and melodic singing.

MICHAEL JAMES KEANE
Michael James Keane is a Wellington-based, gothic folk singer-songwriter. His most recent release The Cascade, has been described as “deeply and almost uncomfortably personal” as the songs are delivered with a uniquely powerful, dark and dramatic style.

ALDOUS HARDING, DESIGNER NEW ZEALAND TOUR

Wednesday 28 August – James Hay Theatre, Christchurch
w/ support from Ben Woods
(TICKETS GOING FAST)

Thursday 29 August – Regent Theatre, Dunedin
w/ support from Ben Woods *solo set

Friday 30 August – Hunter Lounge, Wellington
w/ support from Michael James Keane
(SOLD OUT)

Saturday 31 August – Powerstation, Auckland
w/ support from Ben Woods *solo set
(SOLD OUT)

Sunday 1 September – Powerstation, Auckland 
w/ support from Ben Woods *solo set

Purchase limited remaining tickets from livenation.co.nz

An artist of rare calibre, Aldous Harding does more than sing; she conjures a singular intensity. Her body and face a weapon of theatre, Harding dances with steeled fervor, baring her teeth like a Bunraku puppet’s gnashing grin.

Renowned for the captivating state of possession she occupies in live performance, Aldous Harding has won crowds the world over playing alongside Deerhunter, Frankie Cosmos and Perfume Genius, as well as to hoards of eager crowds at SXSW, Festival Les Indisciplinées, Rolling Stone Weekender, Visions Festival, The Great Escape, Golden Plains and more.

Designer is out now on Flying Nun Records in New Zealand, 4AD worldwide.

“A stunning, strangely uplifting record from New Zealand’s most beguiling songwriter.”
New Zealand Herald, Time Out ★★★★★

“There’s a primeval magic at play… and it’s worth being spellbound.”
The New Zealand Listener ★★★★★

“Both fascinating and frightening, highly eccentric and blisteringly beautiful – a record destined to worm its way deep under the skin.” Q ★★★★★