Off The Record

On his way to the Auckland Town Hall to perform, Aussie singer James Reyne popped in for a chat about his history of playing gigs here, both solo and with the band Australian Crawl back in the 80s, and he treated us to an acoustic performance of a bonafide classic that in his words, fell out of him.  See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

From being an icon on the drums to life on the road, Stewart Copeland has stories that go far beyond The Police. In this chat about his upcoming Spoken Word show in New Zealand, he shares a few stories - how he first met Sting, his thoughts on immortality, and we find out what size stick he's rocking. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Pixies are coming to New Zealand in November, their guitarist Joey Santiago called up to tell us what's in store for kiwi fans. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Kora have released their new album Fifth Season, singer Francis Kora called up to talk us through who's in the band these days, whyy it's been so long since the last one and what's coming up for them this summer.  See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Jimmy Barnes called up to tell us about a special 40th anniversary collection of his seminal album For The Working Class Man. He was saying its been remastered for the anniversary, For The Working Class Man will be released as a double vinyl 'flame' coloured, hand-poured vinyl in a gatefold jacket with exclusive reproduction of the original album poster, the first time it's been on two records since it hit shelves. Also for the first time since 1985, the singles will be available as an exclusive limited-edition boxset of coloured 7"s – ‘Ride The Night Away’, ‘I'd Die To Be With You Tonight’, ‘Working Class Man’ – and a new fourth single which includes a stripped back, re-worked version of ‘Working Class Man’ and a 10-minute reflection by Jimmy on the creation of the iconic music video. The 40th Anniversary Edition will also be available on CD and cassette. Plus we took a deep dive into some covers he did back in the day. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.