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One of New Zealand’s best known singer-songwriters will be appearing in Matakana in September as part of a new national tour called Take It To The Bridge.
Don McGlashan will be on stage at the Matakana Hall on Friday, September 1, accompanied by Anita Clark on violin, keyboard and backing vocals. Clark will also be opening the show in her solo artist guise, Motte (pronounced ‘motter’, from the German word for moth).
Matakana Hall is one of 18 intimate venues hand-picked by McGlashan for the tour, which will feature plenty of old favourites as well as numbers from his latest album, Bright November Morning.
He says there are two reasons for calling the tour Take It To The Bridge – firstly, he really likes bridges, literally and metaphorically, and second, he recalls James Brown repeatedly shouting the phrase at his band during a memorable gig in New York.
“I love bridges. Making it possible to get, physically, across major obstacles: rivers, ravines, swamps – seems to me one of the most remarkable things humans can do,” he says.
“Anita Clark and I will be intrepidly crossing bridges and culverts all over the country to get to some of my favourite venues, and some that are new to me.”
The show starts at 7.30pm and tickets cost $47.50 from https://www.undertheradar.co.nz/ticket/20572/Don-McGlashan-Spring-Tour.utr
