Aaron Tokona Tribute Buzz Announced

An all-star lineup of Aotearoa artists will perform together this August in tribute to Aaron Tokona, songwriter and guitar hero of Weta, AHoriBuzz, Cairo Knife Fight, Bongmaster and much more, who sadly passed away on Saturday 20th June of a heart attack. In celebration of Tokona's spirit and to help support his whanau, a small army of significant local music figures "will be jamming Weta and AHoribuzz tunes," including Jason Kerrison & Clint Harris (Opshop / The Feelers), Gareth Price & Tosh Graham (Semi Lemon Kola), Jason Peters (Pumpkinhead), Jason Faafoi (Stereobus) and Kara Gordon aka Jimi Kara (Fly My Pretties). Here are the details for this very special event at Tāmaki Makaurau's Whammy Bar...

Aaron Tokona Tribute Buzz
Friday 7th August - Whammy Bar, Auckland
Tickets available HERE via UTR, all proceeds go to Aaron Tokona's whānau

Here's the classic video for Weta's 'Caling On' from their 2000 album Geographica...

Press release:

On June 20 our beautiful and ultra talented friend Mr Aaron Arana Tokona sadly passed away.

To celebrate the brilliance of this mans music and to help out Aaron's whanau we will be jamming Weta and AHoribuzz tunes. The Muso buzz features: Jason Kerrison & Clint Harris (Opshop/The Feelers), Gareth Price & Tosh Graham (Semi Lemon Kola), Jason Peters (Pumpkinhead), Jason Faafoi (Stereobus) and Kara Gordon aka Jimi Kara (Fly My Pretties). It's going to be an epic night out!