Mel Parsons Announces 'SABOTAGE' Album Release Tour

Winner of the 2020 Tūī Award for Best Folk Artist / Te Kaipuoro Taketake Toa, Lyttelton luminary Mel Parsons is launching her avidly awaited sixth studio album SABOTAGE with a triple date nationwide tour. Grazing the heights of our Official Top 40 album charts and Top 20 NZ album charts with her 2020 long player SLOW BURN (hitting the number 3 and 2 spots respectively), Parsons has already treated fans to the country-tinted, soul-baring opulence of lead singles ‘Little Sadness’ and ‘Offer Down’ in the lead up to her new record, releasing in full on 7th June (pre-save the album HERE). No relation to the 1975 Black Sabbath classic, SABOTAGE was laid down with co-writter / producer Josh Logan at Basement Studio in Parsons' hometown. Go catch Parsons celebrating in Ōtautahi, Tāmaki Makaurau and Pōneke this winter, before she jets abroad to the northern hemisphere for a run of festival appearances...

"Playing live is nirvana to me… it’s hands down my favourite part of being an artist. It’s the only time I get to connect directly with my audience, and that’s a very special thing which I never take for granted”.

Mel Parsons – SABOTAGE tour

Friday 14th June - The Piano, Christchurch
Saturday 15th June - Q Theatre, Auckland
Sunday 16th June - Old St Pauls, Wellington*

*Wellington tickets on sale HERE via UTR
Tickets available via Plus1.co.nz

Watch the video for Mel Parsons' latest single 'Little Sadness', directed / produced by Morgan Leary...

Hit play on Parsons' self-directed video for 'Offer Down', also starring Emma Newborn, Aasha Mallard, Jed Parsons and Gabrielle Wakefield...

'SABOTAGE' launches on Friday 7th June — pre-save the album HERE.

Press release:

Critically-acclaimed Mel Parsons will release her new album SABOTAGE on June 7 and has also announced a three-date New Zealand tour, before she heads to Canada for a northern hemisphere festival run.

SABOTAGE is the Lyttleton-based artist’s sixth studio album and fans have already been given a sneak peak of the record, by way of the singles ‘Little Sadness’ and ‘Offer Down’.

The album, recorded in Lyttleton at Basement Studio and co-written and produced with Josh Logan, sees a contemplative Parsons skillfully weaving together a tapestry of ethereal and hypnotic soundscapes. The songs are raw, and at times dark – perhaps a reflection of the time in which they started to emerge; written across lockdowns.

The award-winning singer and songwriter is thrilled to finally have the album ready for release, and is candid about bringing the new record to the stage. “Playing live is nirvana to me… it’s hands down my favourite part of being an artist. It’s the only time I get to connect directly with my audience, and that’s a very special thing which I never take for granted,” says Parsons.

Don’t miss the chance to celebrate the release of SABOTAGE with Parsons - who is undoubtedly one of Aotearoa’s most recognised songwriters and touring artists - when she performs this June.