The Datsuns Announce Summer Tour

Having spent most of the year in the northern hemisphere working on their new album and playing shows, its our pleasure to present the return of The Datsuns for four dates over summer....

The Datsuns

Wed 18th Jan - Waihi Beach Hotel, Waihi
with very special guests the Checks

Thur 19th Jan - Auckland, Bacco Room
with very special guests Street Chant & The Transistors

Fri 27th Jan - Mangawhai Tavern, Mangawhai
with very special guests the Checks

Thur 2nd Feb - Wellington, San Fran Bathhouse
with very special guests Street Chant & The Transistors

Sat 4th Feb - Lake Wanaka, Rippon Festival

Tickets for all of their headline dates available now from HERE at UTR, Real Groovy in Auckland or Slow Boat in Wellington.

Heres the first taster from their new record, Gods Are Bored - download free over at their bandcamp if you havent already.

Press Release:

SUMMER LOVING! HEAVY SUMMER ROCKING! The DATSUNS announce Summer shows

Under The Radar presents The Datsuns...

Wed 18 Jan - Waihi Beach Hotel, Waihi - with very special guests the Checks
Thur 19 Jan - Auckland, Bacco Room - with very special guests Street Chant & The Transistors
Fri 27 Jan - Mangawhai Tavern, Mangawhai - with very special guests the Checks
Thur 2 Feb - Wellington, San Fran Bathhouse - with very special guests Street Chant & The Transistors
Sat 4 Feb - Lake Wanaka, Rippon Festival

The Datsuns promise five hot and sweaty summer shows in January and February, that will allow a sneak preview to the forthcoming (and as yet un-named) album that they have been working on through the last year. In August we had an early taste with Gods Are Bored blasting the airwaves, showing the band rocking as reliably as they always have.

The new album has partly been recorded in Dolf Datsun’s Gutterview Studios in his current home town Stockholm, and partly at Auckland’s own Roundhead when they zapped back for a RWC show at Auckland’s Queens Wharf in October. Those lucky enough to see the show would have seen the well oiled, svelte machine, delivering a heavy set on that sunny Friday evening in final week. This will be the group’s fifth album and released later in the new year.

2012 will be a busy year for Cambridge’s finest. Hard to believe it was ten years ago when they first took their rock to the world, the Datsuns will roadtest new material to lucky New Zealanders this January, before undertaking their usual extensive and zesty international touring schedule later in the year. For those in Auckland the night before 2012’s Big Day Out – the Bacco Room performance promises to be thee hot sticky ticket on that night, and a chance to see them up close. Tickets strictly limited - available from Undertheradar.co.nz.