Six of New Zealand’s biggest music stars are to receive guitars made from timber recovered from the ruins of buildings destroyed in the Christchurch earthquakes.
The stars will use the “Heart Strings” guitars in concert before they are eventually auctioned to raise money for Christchurch.
Fly My Pretties frontman Barnaby Weir has been given one of the guitars.
“It’s a clever concept and a great cause,” said Weir, who embarks on a solo tour with Anika Moa next month, and then with Fly My Pretties in October. “I’m definitely keen to shred the gat on a few songs.”
The project is the brainchild of Jason Pickering, who lost his home in the February quake, and is also the idea of his father Bruce. They wanted to give a piece of history a new lease of life as a musical instrument.
The Sunday Star-Times understands the other guitars will go to Dave Dobbyn, Don McGlashan, Op Shop’s Jason Kerrison, Anna Coddington and Cairo Knife Fight’s Aaron Tokona.
The guitars will be auctioned in November, and a seventh – the Memorial guitar – will be donated to the Christchurch Art Gallery.
If you would like to be involved or help in any way please go to our website www.heartstringsnz.co.nz or for further information on any aspect of Heart Strings please contact: – Sheena Hemens at Sheena Hemens Consulting Ltd on +6427 878 2498.
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The 0800 Jukebox crew.
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The Foo Fighters announced today that they are heading to Auckland to play a one-off show at the Auckland Town Hall, with all proceeds going to Christchurch. Tickets for the show, happening next Tuesday (22-MAR-2011), are on sale from Friday.
Tuesday’s show will be a intimate affair at the 2300-capacity Auckland Town Hall. With a new album out in April and a couple of behemoth tracks (Rope and White Limo) off the album, out already tickets will sell fast!
The band have visited New Zealand a bunch of times now — they were last here in May 2009 and Dave Grohl visited most recently with John Paul Jones and Josh Homme for a Them Crooked Vultures show in early 2010.
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Flight of the Concords guitar, signed by Jemaine Clement, Bret McKenzie, and Nigel Collins (their cellist and unofficial band member).
Rumour has it that this is the guitar Bret sold to pay his bills:
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=359646873
Closes: Wed 16 Mar, 8:30 pm.
Another cool auction is a Ashton Guitar Starter Pack and Lesson with Anika Moa!
This is a priceless gift for a budding musician! In this pack you get a Ashton steel string acoustic Guitar, travel guitar bag, strap, spare strings, picks and DVD. However the best part is the kick-start to your career as a guitarist with an exclusive lesson with Anika Moa.
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=358808512
Closes: Wed 16 Mar, 8:00 pm
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The 0800 Jukebox crew.
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The inaugural Grassroots event – which was to be held over Easter Weekend on Puhinui Peninsula, Auckland and featured iconic artists BB King, Grace Jones, Elvis Costello and Ben Harper – has been canceled due to poor ticket sales, because of the Christchurch quake
Promoter Manolo Echave told Stuff.co.nz Christchurch’s devastating 6.3 earthquake had directly affected ticket sales to the point where launching a new two-day festival was no longer feasible.
It’s the latest in a string of gig cancellations – but most shows have been pulled from earthquake-ravaged Christchurch,. Some of the artists that have pulled out of Christchurch include Queens of the Stone Age, Carlos Santana, Weird Al Yankovic, Kyuss, Michelle Shocked, Mavis Staples, Donavon Frankenreiter, Stan Walker and Justin Townes Earle all pulled out of their Christchurch shows following the quake which you could understand with venues and faculties being out of order. But their wasn’t a Quake in Auckland.
This comes as 6000 people attend Legends of league at Auckland’s Mount Smart Stadium fund raiser.
Maybe if they donate some of the proceeds to Christchurch ticket sales would pick up?
What do you think?
Should they have canceled the festival because of poor ticket sales or tried to turn it in to a fundrasier for Christchurch?
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The 0800 Jukebox crew.
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A video message of support from Iron Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson to the people of Christchurch, New Zealand following last month’s 6.3-magnitude temblor which rocked the nation’s second-largest city can be viewed below.
If you can donate a few dollars to help out the Red Cross appeal click the link below. Thanks
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The 0800 Jukebox crew.
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Rocker Dave Grohl has released a message of support for Christchurch, hinting that his hit band the Foo Fighters might perform for the earthquake-struck city.
If you can donate a few dollars to help out the Red Cross appeal click the link below. Thanks
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The 0800 Jukebox crew.
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