Icehouse, Bonnie Tyler, Alan Parsons Project book summer datesTony Mott Australian band Icehouse, led by lead singer Iva Davies, will headline three concerts in Whitianga, Taupo and Queenstown in January. Eleven-time Grammy nominee, progressive rock producer, music engineer, songwriter and performer Alan Parsons formed a partnership with Eric Woolfson in 1975, as what became known as The Alan Parsons Project. Supplied Eleven-time Grammy Award nominee and revered progressive rock producer Alan Parsons will be performing as The Alan Parsons Live Project, joining Icehouse and Bonnie Tyler on the summertime tour of New Zealand. Australian synthpop act Icehouse, prog rock pioneer Alan Parsons and husky-voiced ballad singer Bonnie Tyler are the co-headliners on the tour, which takes in Anniversary Weekend dates in Taupo and Whitianga, as well as a concert in Queenstown. After the pair went their separate ways in the early 90s, Parsons decided to keep the group going as a touring group, featuring himself on acoustic guitar, under the name The Alan Parsons Live Project.

Source: Stuff June 30, 2016 03:56 UTC