Anthonie Tonnon and his Leave Love Out Of This band will tour Aotearoa over the long summer of 2023.
The tour will take place over the long summer, and see Tonnon and band bring their live show, which features electronic and organic instruments and a stunning light show, to seven centres the band hasn't performed in - Palmerston North, Tauranga, New Plymouth, Hamilton, Waiheke Island, Mosgiel and Queenstown.
The tour is the first since Tonnon’s album, Leave Love Out Of This won the 2022 Taite Music Prize this May, just after a five-date tour of the main centres. In the months since, Tonnon was also nominated for the APRA Silver Scroll for 'Peacetime Orders' - his fifth top 20 nomination since 2015's 'Water Underground.' In the spirit of Tonnon’s Rail Land series, there are also two shows - for Aucklanders and Dunedinites, that are reachable by public transport: by ferry to Waiheke Island and by Dunedin’s 77 bus, respectively.
Of the tour, Tonnon says: “We were lucky to get to do a special tour around the album release despite the pandemic, but by the end of it, we felt we were just getting started. This is a chance for the full band and I to take a show we’re really proud of to more people around Aotearoa. It will also be a chance to test some new songs and rarely performed older songs with the band too.I often claim it’s the age of the regional city, so I’m excited to take the full band where my mind is.”
