Courtney Barnett Heading To New Zealand in September

Deadpan folk songstress Courtney Barnett is heading to Auckland for one show in mid-September. The Melbourne musician has been capturing the imaginations of audiences around the globe as she weaves mundane day-to-day dealings into witty folk songs with an alternative edge. Barnett has recently returned home to Australia from a string of sold out appearances in the in UK, Europe and the States, following the 2013 release of her full-length offering The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas, which amalgamates two earlier EPs. Here's the details...

Courtney Barnett
Wednesday 17th September, Kings Arms, Auckland

Tickets are on sale from 9am Tuesday 22nd July here at UTR and Real Groovy.

Here's Courtney's video for the fantastic 'Avant Gardener'...

PRESS RELEASE:

Whitepaper are delighted to announce rising star Courtney Barnett is heading to Auckland for her first ever New Zealand show. The announcement comes on the back of a string of sold out shows and festival appearances across the UK, Europe and USA.

It's been an incredible four months for Melbourne-based Courtney Barnett, touring the UK and USA and playing shows with Benjamin Booker, Your Friend, Kurt Vile, Phosphorescent and Sharon Van Etten. As well as a US TV debut on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon and a string of major festival appearances including Coachella, The Great Escape, Primavera in Spain and Portugal, Sasquatch, Field Day and Glastonbury (three shows). Courtney Barnett received international acclaim last year for her remarkable ability to transform the most mundane events of everyday life into spellbinding, thoughtful lyrics.

Barnett's talent for crafting catchy songs was displayed with the release of The Double EP: A Sea Of Split Peas. The debut caught the attention of music lovers and critics, with Rolling Stone comparing the emerging songwriter to "early Bob Dylan," while NPR described Barnett as "laconic, funny and charming."

Following Splendour In The Grass, Courtney returns to the USA to play another run of festival appearances including Lollapalooza, Osheaga, and Pickathon, followed by a North American co-headline tour in October with San Fermin, supported by Mikhael Paskalev.

Lock it in; Courtney Barnett will be one to watch.

Whitepaper presents Courtney Barnett

Tickets are on sale through Dash Tickets and Under The Radar from 9am, Tuesday 22nd July.

Wednesday 17th, Kings Arms, Auckland