Flying Nun Announce More 30th Anniversary Shows

Today is the start of November which means a whole lotta gigs are coming your way as Flying Nun celebrates it's 30 Anniversary with 30 shows across New Zealand all in this one month - impressive!

Two more shows have been added to the tour schedule since our last announcement as well as tribute shows in Melbourne and Brisbane along with the label's latest signing, The Sharpie Crows! Here are all the details....

Press Release:

30 SHOWS HAS NUNVEMBER

Seeing as it is our 30th Anniversary celebrations this month, it seemed fitting to make it 30 shows around the country throughout November.

New additions to the schedule include a CLOSING PARTY taking place in Wellington on Nov 30th at SFBH with The Verlaines. While, Flying Nun Records latest signing Sharpie Crows will be hosting their own ELECTION PARTY at Mighty, Mighty in Wellington on Saturday November 26. The band will also be joining the Auckland NEW NUN NIGHT this Friday, November 5 at the Kings Arms (see details below).

Plus, we have a few extra overseas shows and some more special guests to on the line-up. Including experimental noise band, the Dead C who are joining HDU in Dunedin on Friday November 18 and Pregame Heshmury and his Flying Nundertones (Graeme Humphries - Able Tasmans) will play with The Bats in Auckland on Saturday November 19. While, Popstrangers head down south to play with Shayne P. Carter and Ghost Club (Fri 18th at Dux Live & Sat 19th at Sammys).  Surf Friends join The Clean and The Subliminals in Auckland (Kings Arms, Thursday Nov 24) and Wellington (SFBH, Friday Nov 25) and T54 joins these bands in their Christchurch show (Dux Live, Sat Nov 26).  Full schedule listed below.

Melbourne’s FLYING NUN TRIBUTE NIGHT (The Workers Club, Nov 18) have added David Saunders (The 3Ds) to a line-up that already includes the likes of Love Of Diagrams, Batrider’s Sarah Mary Chadwick and more. The Changing Same (Matthew Bannister ex Sneaky Feelings) plays Hamilton’s FLYING NUN TRIBUTE NIGHT at Static Bar on Sat Nov 19 with Disco Volante, The Shrugs and Imploder. While Brisbane (The Bridge Club, Thur Nov 24) and New York (The Cakeshop, Tuesday, November 15) will also host FLYING NUN TRIBUTE shows.

As mentioned above, we are super pleased to announce Sharpie Crows as the newest addition to the Flying Nun family and you can watch their new video for 'Fifteen Golden Balls Pt 2' - watch below.

Directed by Dale Bartlett and Nelle Pearson and produced by Running Jumping Standing Still, ‘Fifteen Golden Balls Pt 2’ will be on the upcoming 'Nostalgia Kills', a Flying Nun re-release combining Sharpie Crows' previous EPs 'Greed' and 'Golf Course/Mass Grave' 

FULL FLYING NUN 30TH ANNIVERSARY SCHEDULE

FLYING NUN RECORDS, 95bFM, Radio One, RDU, Radio Active, UnderTheRadar.co.nz and VOLUME Present:

‘New Nun Night’

Fri Nov 4: Auckland, Kings Arms Featuring Popstrangers, Grayson Gilmour, T54, Surf Friends, Sharpie Crows And Badd Energy.

Sat Nov 5: Wellington, Sfbh Featuring Popstrangers, Grayson Gilmour, T54, Surf Friends And Badd Energy.

F In Math And Alphabethead
Fri 4 Nov: Christchurch, ** Archive with Psych Tigers (Free Show)
Sat 5 Nov: Dunedin, Chicks Hotel & Tribute Night Featuring Two Cartoons, Idiot Prayer , Killmore Girls + Murderbike
Sun Nov 6: Lyttelton, The Roastery
Fri Nov 11: Auckland, Golden Dawn
Sat Nov 12: Wellington, Mighty Mighty
** New Venue

The Clean W/ The Subliminals
Thu 24 Nov: Auckland, Kings Arms with Surf Friends
Fri 25 Nov: Wellington, Sfbh with Surf Friends
Sat 26 Nov: Christchurch, Dux Live with T54
Sun 27 Nov: Dunedin, Sammys

HDU
Fri 11 Nov: Wellington, Sfbh with Glass Vaults + Bevan Smith
Sat 12 Nov: Auckland, Kings Arms with The Verlaines
Fri 18 Nov: Dunedin, Sammys with Dead C
Sat 19 Nov: Christchurch, Dux Live with Delaney Davidson

The Bats ‘Free All The Monsters’ Album Release Tour
Fri 11 Nov: Dunedun, Urban Factory with The Puddle + Dear Time’s Waste
Sat 12 Nov: Christchurch, Dux Live with The Puddle + Dear Time’s Waste
Fri 18 Nov: Wellington, Sfbh with Dear Time’s Waste + Big River Chain
Sat 19 Nov: Auckland, Kings Arms with Dear Time’s Waste + Pregame Heshmury And His Flying Nundertones (Graeme Humphries - Able Tasmans)

Shayne P. Carter + Ghost Club
Fri 18 Nov: Christchurch, Dux Live with Popstrangers
Sat 19 Nov: Dunedin, Sammys with Popstrangers

Ghostclub
Wed 16 Nov: Wellington, SFBH with Diana Rozz
Thur 17 Nov: Auckland, Kings Arms with Solid Gold Hell + Evil Twins

Fetus Productions + X Features
Fri 25 Nov: Auckland, Kings Arms

A LOW HUM PRESENTS: FLYING NUN RECORDS TRIBUTE NIGHTS:

Sat 5 Nov: Dunedin, Chicks Hotel
Featuring F In Math with Alphabethead, Two Cartoons, Idiot Prayer, Killmore Girls + Murderbike

Fri 18 Nov: Auckland, Kings Arms
Featuring Shes So Rad, Golden Axe, O’lovely, Tono And The Finance Company, Deer Park, X Ray Fiends, Cool Cult , Rackets + Evil Twins

Fri 18 Nov: Melbourne, The Workers Club
Featuring: David Saunders (The 3ds), Love Of Diagrams, Absolute Boys, Betty Airs, Darren Hanlon, Parking Lot Experiments, The Sandpebbles, Sarah Mary Chadwick (Batrider), Teeth & Tongue
Tickets from Moshtixs

Sat 19 Nov: Hamilton, Static Bar
Featuring: Disco Volante, The Shrugs, Imploder (Feat Phil Buske From The Datsuns), System Corporation, Noosphere, The Changing Same (Matthew Bannister Ex Sneaky Feelings)

Sat 19 Nov: Wellington, SFBH
Featuring The Phoenix Foundation, The Eversons, Glass Vaults, Seth Frightening, The Golden Awesome , Diana Rozz , Blue Onesies + Mount Pleasant

Thur 24 Nov: Brisbane, The Bridge Club
In Association with Micronations.
Featuring: The Jandals (Flying Nun Covers Band), The Deadnotes + Special Guests.

Fri 25 Nov: Christchurch, Dux Live
Featuring Delaney Davidson, Planet Of Tapes , The Undercurrents, The Dance Asthmatics , Ipswich, Anthesiac + Miniatures.

Election Night Party with The Sharpie Crows
Sat Nov 26: Wellington, Mighty Mighty

Nunvember Closing Party with The Verlaines
Wed Nov 30: Wellington, SFBH

FLYING NUN 30th ANNIVERSARY TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW FROM: www.undertheradar.co.nz/nunvember

Tickets to all Dunedin shows also available from Too Tone Records.