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Former Tauranga musician Dave Baxter is heading home after completing a successful overseas tour and achieving a number one chart-topping hit with Avalanche City.

The work continues though with him embarking on his first-ever New Zealand tour, playing at intimate venues across the North Island, including at Illuminati on August 4. This comes after completing a successful show tour of Los Angeles, New York and London last month and earlier releasing the chart topping single, ‘Love, Love, Love’. This song was the fastest selling single for a New Zealand group since digital music was first recorded. Although Avalanche City is Dave’s solo project, live performances feature various musicians and instruments from mandolin, ukulele and glockenspiel to an accordion in a full rendition of the album.

“One thing I want for Avalanche City is for it to constantly push musical boundaries,” says Dave.

“These guys are so talented at what they do and are just great at interpreting the album and putting their own flavour into it.” The platinum-selling single and debut album, ‘Our New Life Above Ground’, was recorded with a guerilla DIY approach. Working daily on vocal scales and lyric writing, Dave spent six months honing the craft and experimenting with different techniques.

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