Chet Faker and Hermitude, two of Australia's most promising acts, are returning to New Zealand for shows in Christchurch, Dunedin and Auckland.
In 2011, Chet Faker recorded a cover of No Diggity late one night for his friends. Shared by a handful of people, the song spread like wildfire, and so the Chet Faker identity was born - an ode to Chet Baker's singing style but incorporating influences from a youth spent producing house and disco. It did not take long for word of Chet Faker to spread to the mainstream. He recently dropped a new EP Lockjaw, a collaborative project with Flume, and a debut album is due soon.
Australian hip-hop group Hermitude have been winning fans over with their world class hip-hop production and live shows since 2000. It has been no different in New Zealand this year at Rhythm and Vines where the group were a big draw card to the midnight slot on the main stage with thousands of festival goers going “wild for their hour-long set’, The NZ Herald reported.
Both acts have performed at Rhythm and Vines previously, and will be building on fan bases they developed there by playing at a couple of Orientation Week shows.
One at the University of Canterbury, and another at Forsyth Barr Stadium arranged by Otago University.
The tour will conclude with a concert at Auckland's Powerstation.
