Kiwi music legends Tim Finn, Bic Runga and Dave Dobbyn will again take the stage together as the nationwide MORE FM Winery Tour announces its Summer 2010 line-up.

It will have been a decade since the legendary trio first shared the stage performing their own and each others’ hits, together on stage throughout the entire performance. The MORE FM Winery Tour is delighted that they will reprise that hugely successful show this Summer.

Tim, Bic and Dave have already started rehearsals and promise a two-hour, back to back selection of all of their famous hits, songs that have secured them not only scores of awards but have cemented them as New Zealand music icons.

Also joining Winery Tour 2010 line-up is Boh Runga, performing songs from the Stellar* songbook as well as her new album Right Here. Boh will be joined on stage by Supergroove front man and solo star Che Fu, bringing his own hits such as "Fade Away" and "Misty Frequencies" to the set. This will be the first time these two powerful vocalists will have performed together, and it is sure to be a hit-laden highlight of the tour.

Co-promoter Brent Eccles says "You couldn't find a similarly talented line-up of artists to tour New Zealand together. This will be our biggest and best winery tour yet. The
Together In Concert tour we did with Tim, Bic and Dave in 2000 was one of the highlights of my career as a promoter. It was an incredible show. I can’t wait to relive that magic in the stunning venues we visit on this tour. And Boh and Che together will blow everyone away. It’s going to be a fantastic tour!"

The growing popularity of the MORE FM Winery Tour sees it visit 16 venues for 18 shows in February and March 2010, adding shows in Whangarei, Palmerston North and Taupo regions for its fourth season.

"This year our tour party will be in excess of 70 people, but as big as it is, we always strive to improve the event each year for the fans," says Eccles.

"Demand for bus transport to the venues has grown as people want to leave the car at home, have a few wines and enjoy the night. We have more bus and ticket packages on offer in each region in 2010."

The artists are just as excited: Says Tim Finn "It’s been a few years since I’ve toured extensively in New Zealand. I love the performing and I’m looking forward to working with Dave and Bic again. Ten years ago we were overwhelmed by the success of the Together In Concert tour and the connection we made with the public. We’re having fun coming up with a new show that rivals that for the Winery Tour."

Full tour dates from Feb 5 - March 6 2010 are listed on Tim's profile page.
For further event information see www.winerytour.co.nz.

I've been recording new tracks,some here in Auckland with Eddie Rayner and Brett Adams,and some in Sydney with Tony Buchen(producing and playing bass) and Carlos on drums.They played the Byron Bay Blues festival with us recently and it was so good we have kind of been working together ever since.Carlos is the Poor Boy drummer for the Syd season which starts July 9th.Guy Pearce couldn't do it so we have Matt Newton as "Danny" and I know he'll be really good.

I really enjoyed this tour....Brett and I played the hell out of ourselves...we go home contented...next stop Byron Bay Blues Fest....thanks to all of you,and to Meg Washington our sterling support...may she go far...farewell,T.

If you missed out on seeing Tim Finn perform songs from his latest album ‘The Conversation’ late last year then there’s no reason to let his national February 2009 tour pass you by. Finn, the extraordinarily gifted singer/songwriter from Te Awamutu New Zealand, announces a string of up close and intimate shows across the country next month in what will be a unique opportunity for fans to experience ‘The Conversation’ coming to life.

Quite easily Tim’s most organic, celebratory and intimate album yet, ‘The Conversation’ was released in November and was warmly received throughout the Australian media... "Finn’s eighth solo album, The Conversation, is full of delicious melodies, seductive harmonies and heaven-sent chord progressions.  Many of the songs are about the troubadour’s contentment with his marriage and home life in NZ."  West Australian.

Finn remains one of music’s most revered and respected artists. From founding member of iconic art-rock pioneers Split Enz, to his contributions in Crowded House, ALT and The Finn Brothers. Above all, Finn has enjoyed a rich and accomplished solo career that includes many of this country’s most loved songs. But don’t think for a minute Tim Finn is content resting on his laurels. He continues to push himself artistically and creatively with new material and still draws inspiration from today’s generation of singer/songwriters.

Don’t miss Tim Finn live in February 2009 on ‘The Conversation Tour’. Tickets on sale now.

Wed 18 Feb - Lizottes, Central Coast, NSW                
www.lizottes.com.au & Venue 02 4368 2017

Thu 19 Feb - The Basement, Sydney NSW                
www.moshtix.com.au; Moshtix: 1300 438 849;
www.thebasement.com.au; Venue Box Office 02 9251 2797
 
Wed 25 Feb - Northcote Social Club, Melbourne VIC
www.northcotesocialclub.com; NSC Box Office 03 9486 1677

Thu 26 Feb - The Zoo, Brisbane QLD                     
www.oztix.com.au

Sat 28 Feb - Fly By Night, Fremantle, WA
www.flybynight.org
Tickets on sale www.heatseeker.com.au or the venue

"Tim Finn is on stage, acoustic guitar in hand, greying locks, confident, chatty, proud of his new songs.  And he’s doing to a Brisbane crowd what’s he’s be doing these past 30-something years.  Blowing them away."
- Courier Mail

really enjoyed my three shows here in Australia...it's been great to play the new songs alongside the old,and weave in and out with the crowds...great warm feelings coming back...and a poignancy that comes from the knowledge that Simen the Norwegian will only have one more show with us in Auckland on Dec 1st at the Monte Cristo,before he returns to Norway..he Brett and I have something really special...it's true what they say about a 3 piece band...it's kind of the perfect thing...constant tension and release,with everyone needed all the time...Hendrix,Cream,early CH....you know what I mean....so on to Poor Boy which begins rehearsals Dec 8th in Melb...thanks to everyone who came to the shows...and to those who couldn't,I'll be doing more touring in Feb/March 09..Go Obama!

I'm looking forward to playing some Australian shows for the release of "the conversation"....One each in Sydney,Melbourne and Brisbane...sorry I don't have dates or venues for you....coming up soon though...two weeks or so...part invitation only and part open to public...pester Peter Green,EMI etc....I'll try and get back to you with the details but just wanted to alert you...I'll be coming over with Brett Adams on guitar and Simen the Norwegian on piano and hammond...we just did a run of shows in the States and are really enjoying the semi-acoustic three piece freedom of it all...see you out there!

quick note from Salt Lake City...."the conversation" is set for release in Australia and NZ in Nov...just looking at art work....loose pencil drawing on Manuscript paper,courtesy of debaser who did IK...it looks great to me....thanks to those sending notes on shows so far....it all helps...been enjoying playing new songs....Slow Mystery,More Fool Me,Forever Thursday,The Saw and the Tree,Snowbound(a special song for those in Milwaukee and Pittsburgh who missed Feb's shows)....Eddie Rayner didn't make the tour,but I have Simen,the Norwegian,along and the three of us are drawing from 35 songs per night...quite a shuffle...see you out there,Tim.

Neil and I just played three shows in the Waikato region of NZ,our childhood domain...one in Te Awamutu(town of our birth),and two in Hamilton.They were all three charity shows,in TA for Gracelands,and in Hamilton for True Colours.The woman who founded True Colours(a non-profit group set up to counsel and provide therapies for children with life threatening or chronic illnesses,and for their familes also)....an amazing woman called Cynthia Ward,who helped Mum hugely in her illness and in her dying....and is close to all of us now....On Sunday afternoon we met up with many of the familes and their sick kids...very moving and inspiring...you just don't know you're alive when you confront the degree of their daily suffering and struggles...they were great and unusual shows,many songs we hadn't played for a while...Mean to Me,Only Talking Sense,Mary of the South Seas,Many's the Time,Haul Away,Time for a Change,All the Colours....just the two of us inhabiting the stage,moving around different instruments...we filmed two of the shows,and something may come of that one day....but it was good to reconnect with Neil,and sing some harmonies....in Hamilton we had a beautiful Steinway Grand on stage,and it was a pleasure to tickle those ivories...Just heard that John O'Donnell is leaving EMI Australia...he was my champion there,and all the artists loved him...a real music lover,and a big loss...not sure what this means for the release of the conversation?Watch this space....

Just letting you all know there's a rarities CD on its way....available to purchase this or next week here at Myspace.....a great Throw Your Arms Around Me with Neil,recorded around Woodface days...other odds and bits...I SEe Red with Australian band regurgitator.. interesting and special...live tracks from the last US tour,incl the reworked Shark Attack....some unreworked demos....liner notes will explain....a real typwritten recycled handmade artifact....strictly one for the fans...otherwise things are good....riding out the winter....