Mick Fleetwood makes surprise appearance at intimate Auckland fundraising gig
BEVAN HURLEY, Stuff co.nz Last updated 11:18, April 9 2016
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REVIEW: His last New Zealand performances attracted more than 100,000 fans over two sold out nights at Mt Smart Stadium.
But last night Mick Fleetwood made a surprise guest appearance at an intimate fundraiser gig before just 700 fans.
The Fleetwood Mac drummer performed two songs with Kiwi musos Liam Finn, Lawrence Arabia and Connan Mockasin during a fundraiser for the Crystal Palace theatre in Auckland's Mt Eden suburb on Friday night.
The announcement by Finn drew gasps and then applause from a crowd as the lanky Fleetwood emerged on stage to perform a bluesy number, with Liam Finn shifting from the drum kit and onto the keyboard, one of many instrument changes during the evening.
Finn, Arabia - real names James Milne - and Mockasin gave the Auckland crowd a rare treat by performing together for the first time in seven years.
The night was billed as the trio "experimenting with new re-imaginings of each other's songs, a night that will no doubt further the mythology of their enigmatic collaborations".
And it most definitely did. The trio moved seamlessly between bass, drums, and guitar, playing classics such as Mockasin's "I'm The Man That Will Find You", and Finn's "Snug as F***".
here were more guest appearances from Bic Runga, as well as Neil Finn, who engaged in some touching onstage banter with his son.
The hits kept coming.
Fleetwood, looking sprightly for his 68 years, reemerged to play a riotous rendition of Finn's "Second Chance".
It was a rare treat of seeing three of New Zealand's top singer-song writers perform together, and with a sprinkling of magic dust from a wily old rocker, would have been worth double the $50 entry fee.
The profits from the gig will go towards starting the process of restoration and developing the Crystal Palace theatre into a regularly used venue.