December 11, 2024 • 10 mins
Tomorrow will see this year’s ‘Come Together’ tour come to an end.
The group behind the tour has spanned four years, playing 11 different albums and songs from Kiwis’ favourite artists – leaving behind tens of thousands of happy fans.
It’s been a roaring success yet again, with the likes of Jon Toogood, Diane Swann, and Fur Patrol’s Julia Deans taking to the stage to perform.
Deans told Heather du Plessis-Allan the tour has been “pure joy”.
“Hanging out with a good bunch of people and singing – amazing.”
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Now it is the final day tomorrow for this year's
Come Together Tour. Now, but Come Together Tour is something
that's happened for the last four years and it's basically
a super group of most of our well most well
known rock as. We've got Milan from Pluto, got John
Too Good from Schehad and of course Julia Dean's from
Fair Patrol. Who was with me now morning, Julia, Mariana,
how's the tour going?
Speaker 2 (00:23):
I've seen the best shows are always just like joy,
pure joy that hang out with a good bunch of
people and singing amazing or not playing amazing songs.
Speaker 1 (00:36):
Yeah, it just does sound like a good bunch of people.
I mean, is it like it's probably not intimidating to you.
Sounds intimidating to me to be playing with these people
because they are some of the best musicians we have
in the country.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
Right, They ain't here without a doubt, I think. I
think the first time I turned up was definitely a
little bit oh, how is this gonna go? You know,
you always have a little bit of trepidation about how
things pan out when you were working with walking, not
working walking into a different situation. You know, even you
(01:06):
know I have known most of these people, a lot
of these people for years.
Speaker 1 (01:12):
I think, I love what you guys are doing this year.
You're doing what is it? The top twenty rock songs?
Is it of all time? Did you hear what? Aside?
Speaker 2 (01:22):
There's more, There's more than twenty twenty five. We are
took a vote because the show's been running now for
five years, and so it's built up with you know,
the series has been running for five years, that built
up a really loyal following, and we've put out a
(01:46):
question to the followers to tell us their top five
rock songs of all time, and so that's howing now.
Then the list of ten was chosen from those vote
that so that will be our second set and the
first set. It's also songs that have been performed in
(02:07):
previous you know, from previous albums that we've done. And
Joel and Joel who there MD Joel nol Holland and
Simon is our uber boss. They kind of have the
final day on everything, and I think between them and
(02:27):
I think the band had a bit of a vote
as well on which songs they also wanted to play.
Stories If my Cat is in the background.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
Julie have you taken your cat on tour with you?
Speaker 2 (02:39):
No, no, no, I'm in Auckland.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
Oh thank god, because I was saying that's that's unhealthy.
But so you you're in Auckland at the moment and
then the final, the final shows in Wellington tomorrow night.
Is it so you'll go down leave the cat behind?
Speaker 2 (02:53):
Yeah? Yeah. Unfortunately we only ever do Auckland, Wellington and
christ Church with them. It's such a big production. It's
hard to kind of find the right news. But you know,
all of us would love to be able to take
it on the road.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
Tell me what are the what are the top top
rock songs? Because I feel like this is controversial.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
Well, I don't know. You know, there's there's things. There's
some Pink Floyd in there. We haven't actually done a
Pink Floyd album yet, so maybe that is on the cards.
When else the Led Zeppelin, some Bruce Springs scene, Fleetwood Mac,
(03:36):
it's kind of it's the classics, some Beetles.
Speaker 1 (03:39):
Which Fleetwood Mac song? Have you guys got in there?
Speaker 2 (03:42):
Oh we're doing the Chain?
Speaker 1 (03:46):
Yeah I can get on board with that. But is
this you guys saying that the Chain by Fleetwood Mac
is the best song by Fleetwood Mac. Is that essentially
what you're saying, isn't it?
Speaker 2 (03:55):
No? No, no, no, that's all subjective?
Speaker 1 (04:00):
Well exactly right. Is there anything that's made it into
this list, either by the random people voting or your
fellow band members that you've been like that? Is that
Torgy anything?
Speaker 2 (04:11):
No? No, nothing, It's all yeah. I don't know. There
are songs and a part of a collective musical. What's like,
you know than genetics? I suppose things that you just
here have heard over and over throughout the years.
Speaker 1 (04:32):
We were talking yesterday on the show about Lulu doing
her jukebox. I don't know if you're aware of it.
This is Listenda doing the jukebox collection and stuff. And
I was thinking to myself when I was talking about
it yesterday, I was thinking, you know, if you've got
it like a body of your own work, which is
pretty amazing, why are you going out and doing other
people's songs? Is there something like? Is it more fun
(04:54):
to do covers? What is it?
Speaker 2 (04:57):
It's just different? It's kind of what's what's a good analogy?
It's like borrowing your friend's jacket. You know, you've got
wardrobe for the things that you wear all the time,
and you love them and they're and you're great and
you have your favorites and everything, and then you know,
you see your friend has this great coat and you
(05:17):
just go, oh, that would be fun to wear for
the night.
Speaker 1 (05:20):
Except your friend is maybe I don't know, John Lennon, Yeah,
it's a really great jacket that you're trying for the
nice Yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:29):
Yeah, those glasses a little round one, I see, they
do look good on me. But it's also it's how
I think of, you know, when I think of doing covers,
they are usually you know, all describing doing covers, it's
it's something you have to wear them as your own, yeah,
as well as paying you know to like paying homage
(05:49):
to the greatness of what the song is.
Speaker 1 (05:52):
Yeah too right, You've got to kind of put your
own spin on it. You can't wear it like somebody
else does. Julie, give me your take on the on
how the music industry in New Zealand's going at the
bubb eve been around for a while, right, You've seen
it across the decades. Is it still strong? Yes?
Speaker 2 (06:05):
Yeah, Yeah, there's a lot of a lot of amazing
music out there and some you know, great people involved.
I think, oh God, this is it. This is a
broad subject.
Speaker 1 (06:19):
I will tell you why I was thinking about this, right.
I was thinking about it because there's a lot of
twenty five year anniversaries that are being marked at the moment,
twenty five years of you know, various things with Sheha,
twenty five years since you released your song Lydia, and
it kind of made me think that. I mean, look,
twenty five years ago, I was a lot younger, and
I was probably spending more time, more time at concerts,
(06:40):
but it felt to me like it was more vibrant,
and there was more going on, and we were listening
to more Kiwi music back then than maybe we are now.
Speaker 2 (06:50):
No, Well, is that part of that whole nostalgia thing
as well? You know, those were such formative years, you know,
you know, twenty five years ago, the age for us was,
you know, you view the world kind of differently, I
guess when you're in your twenties and I think there
(07:11):
there's definitely so many good young musicians and bands out
there at the moment, and I think the scene is alive.
I think it's it's different. It's a different world with
streaming and all those kind of you know, new like
social media platforms. I think when we were, you know,
(07:31):
twenty five years ago, there were very clear media outlets,
you know, in terms of everybody sort of saw the
same papers or the same stations. And you know, now
there's you know, so many more ways of reaching your audience. Yeah,
that it maybe seems a little bit more scattered, but
there's definitely I don't know, there's a lot years.
Speaker 1 (07:55):
Ago, Julia, remember we used to have music TV, right
and you go from schooling, you sit down. What was
it called? Was it juice TV?
Speaker 2 (08:02):
Juice TV?
Speaker 1 (08:03):
Sit down, come home from school, sit down, watch the
latest music videos. I don't know that the kids are
still doing that.
Speaker 2 (08:11):
They watch them on YouTube. But also, you know, the
music video isn't as powerful a tool as it used
to be. But because of that, people watch them on YouTube.
But I know a lot of musicians now when they
release of music don't even bother with a full you
know three you know, full links music video because it's
(08:32):
a lot of money. It is a lot of money
and it won't get the same play.
Speaker 1 (08:38):
You guys are in like bang on the right cohort
at your age, and given that you kind had your
big moment about twenty twenty five years ago. Because what
it means is that the people who you'll be attracting
to your concerts are like millennials and gen z Is
who've got all the money.
Speaker 2 (08:54):
Now right, I'm sorry I missed that.
Speaker 1 (09:00):
It's just meaning like the nostalgia thing that you're doing
at the moment is bang on because the people that
I'm imagining, you're drawing people to your concerts who are
sort of like in that age bracket forty to fifty
with disposable cash. Oh and older and older.
Speaker 2 (09:14):
Yes, so a lot of the audiences boomers booming, yeah, yeah, well,
you know, coming out and these are you know, the
songs being youth as well. So if it's we get
a really broad range of ages. That's kind of what's
cool about it because you get the people who were
(09:35):
there when the albums came out, plus the end children
and grandchildren who grew up listening to those songs because
they were played in the house and in the car
and all of those things. All people, you know, younger
people who have discovered them for themselves. So it's it's good,
it's it really does help everyone come together.
Speaker 1 (09:54):
Brilliant as the name of the thing so you've got
last show Friday thirteen. What do you do after that?
Speaker 2 (10:03):
Everyone's dispersing for silly season again.
Speaker 1 (10:10):
Two musicians get to take the summer off as well.
Speaker 2 (10:14):
Oh feminem yeah yeah, and just it depends what you
what your jammas brilliant stuff.
Speaker 1 (10:23):
Well, Julia listen, thank you very much for chatting to us.
A beast of like. I hope you enjoy the rest
of the tour, which is one more show. That's Julia
Dean's the lead singer of Food Patrol, who is obviously
with the Come Together Tour, which has been happening, as
I said earlier for about four years now. Supergroup in
New Zealand. You don't get a lot of supergroups in
New Zealand, do yeah. For more from the Mic Asking Breakfast,
listen live to news talks. It'd be from six am weekdays,
(10:45):
or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.
Now it is the final day tomorrow for this year's
Come Together Tour. Now, but Come Together Tour is something
that's happened for the last four years and it's basically
a super group of most of our well most well
known rock as. We've got Milan from Pluto, got John
Too Good from Schehad and of course Julia Dean's from
Fair Patrol. Who was with me now morning, Julia, Mariana,
how's the tour going?
Speaker 2 (00:23):
I've seen the best shows are always just like joy,
pure joy that hang out with a good bunch of
people and singing amazing or not playing amazing songs.
Speaker 1 (00:36):
Yeah, it just does sound like a good bunch of people.
I mean, is it like it's probably not intimidating to you.
Sounds intimidating to me to be playing with these people
because they are some of the best musicians we have
in the country.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
Right, They ain't here without a doubt, I think. I
think the first time I turned up was definitely a
little bit oh, how is this gonna go? You know,
you always have a little bit of trepidation about how
things pan out when you were working with walking, not
working walking into a different situation. You know, even you
(01:06):
know I have known most of these people, a lot
of these people for years.
Speaker 1 (01:12):
I think, I love what you guys are doing this year.
You're doing what is it? The top twenty rock songs?
Is it of all time? Did you hear what? Aside?
Speaker 2 (01:22):
There's more, There's more than twenty twenty five. We are
took a vote because the show's been running now for
five years, and so it's built up with you know,
the series has been running for five years, that built
up a really loyal following, and we've put out a
(01:46):
question to the followers to tell us their top five
rock songs of all time, and so that's howing now.
Then the list of ten was chosen from those vote
that so that will be our second set and the
first set. It's also songs that have been performed in
(02:07):
previous you know, from previous albums that we've done. And
Joel and Joel who there MD Joel nol Holland and
Simon is our uber boss. They kind of have the
final day on everything, and I think between them and
(02:27):
I think the band had a bit of a vote
as well on which songs they also wanted to play.
Stories If my Cat is in the background.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
Julie have you taken your cat on tour with you?
Speaker 2 (02:39):
No, no, no, I'm in Auckland.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
Oh thank god, because I was saying that's that's unhealthy.
But so you you're in Auckland at the moment and
then the final, the final shows in Wellington tomorrow night.
Is it so you'll go down leave the cat behind?
Speaker 2 (02:53):
Yeah? Yeah. Unfortunately we only ever do Auckland, Wellington and
christ Church with them. It's such a big production. It's
hard to kind of find the right news. But you know,
all of us would love to be able to take
it on the road.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
Tell me what are the what are the top top
rock songs? Because I feel like this is controversial.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
Well, I don't know. You know, there's there's things. There's
some Pink Floyd in there. We haven't actually done a
Pink Floyd album yet, so maybe that is on the cards.
When else the Led Zeppelin, some Bruce Springs scene, Fleetwood Mac,
(03:36):
it's kind of it's the classics, some Beetles.
Speaker 1 (03:39):
Which Fleetwood Mac song? Have you guys got in there?
Speaker 2 (03:42):
Oh we're doing the Chain?
Speaker 1 (03:46):
Yeah I can get on board with that. But is
this you guys saying that the Chain by Fleetwood Mac
is the best song by Fleetwood Mac. Is that essentially
what you're saying, isn't it?
Speaker 2 (03:55):
No? No, no, no, that's all subjective?
Speaker 1 (04:00):
Well exactly right. Is there anything that's made it into
this list, either by the random people voting or your
fellow band members that you've been like that? Is that
Torgy anything?
Speaker 2 (04:11):
No? No, nothing, It's all yeah. I don't know. There
are songs and a part of a collective musical. What's like,
you know than genetics? I suppose things that you just
here have heard over and over throughout the years.
Speaker 1 (04:32):
We were talking yesterday on the show about Lulu doing
her jukebox. I don't know if you're aware of it.
This is Listenda doing the jukebox collection and stuff. And
I was thinking to myself when I was talking about
it yesterday, I was thinking, you know, if you've got
it like a body of your own work, which is
pretty amazing, why are you going out and doing other
people's songs? Is there something like? Is it more fun
(04:54):
to do covers? What is it?
Speaker 2 (04:57):
It's just different? It's kind of what's what's a good analogy?
It's like borrowing your friend's jacket. You know, you've got
wardrobe for the things that you wear all the time,
and you love them and they're and you're great and
you have your favorites and everything, and then you know,
you see your friend has this great coat and you
(05:17):
just go, oh, that would be fun to wear for
the night.
Speaker 1 (05:20):
Except your friend is maybe I don't know, John Lennon, Yeah,
it's a really great jacket that you're trying for the
nice Yeah.
Speaker 2 (05:29):
Yeah, those glasses a little round one, I see, they
do look good on me. But it's also it's how
I think of, you know, when I think of doing covers,
they are usually you know, all describing doing covers, it's
it's something you have to wear them as your own, yeah,
as well as paying you know to like paying homage
(05:49):
to the greatness of what the song is.
Speaker 1 (05:52):
Yeah too right, You've got to kind of put your
own spin on it. You can't wear it like somebody
else does. Julie, give me your take on the on
how the music industry in New Zealand's going at the
bubb eve been around for a while, right, You've seen
it across the decades. Is it still strong? Yes?
Speaker 2 (06:05):
Yeah, Yeah, there's a lot of a lot of amazing
music out there and some you know, great people involved.
I think, oh God, this is it. This is a
broad subject.
Speaker 1 (06:19):
I will tell you why I was thinking about this, right.
I was thinking about it because there's a lot of
twenty five year anniversaries that are being marked at the moment,
twenty five years of you know, various things with Sheha,
twenty five years since you released your song Lydia, and
it kind of made me think that. I mean, look,
twenty five years ago, I was a lot younger, and
I was probably spending more time, more time at concerts,
(06:40):
but it felt to me like it was more vibrant,
and there was more going on, and we were listening
to more Kiwi music back then than maybe we are now.
Speaker 2 (06:50):
No, Well, is that part of that whole nostalgia thing
as well? You know, those were such formative years, you know,
you know, twenty five years ago, the age for us was,
you know, you view the world kind of differently, I
guess when you're in your twenties and I think there
(07:11):
there's definitely so many good young musicians and bands out
there at the moment, and I think the scene is alive.
I think it's it's different. It's a different world with
streaming and all those kind of you know, new like
social media platforms. I think when we were, you know,
(07:31):
twenty five years ago, there were very clear media outlets,
you know, in terms of everybody sort of saw the
same papers or the same stations. And you know, now
there's you know, so many more ways of reaching your audience. Yeah,
that it maybe seems a little bit more scattered, but
there's definitely I don't know, there's a lot years.
Speaker 1 (07:55):
Ago, Julia, remember we used to have music TV, right
and you go from schooling, you sit down. What was
it called? Was it juice TV?
Speaker 2 (08:02):
Juice TV?
Speaker 1 (08:03):
Sit down, come home from school, sit down, watch the
latest music videos. I don't know that the kids are
still doing that.
Speaker 2 (08:11):
They watch them on YouTube. But also, you know, the
music video isn't as powerful a tool as it used
to be. But because of that, people watch them on YouTube.
But I know a lot of musicians now when they
release of music don't even bother with a full you
know three you know, full links music video because it's
(08:32):
a lot of money. It is a lot of money
and it won't get the same play.
Speaker 1 (08:38):
You guys are in like bang on the right cohort
at your age, and given that you kind had your
big moment about twenty twenty five years ago. Because what
it means is that the people who you'll be attracting
to your concerts are like millennials and gen z Is
who've got all the money.
Speaker 2 (08:54):
Now right, I'm sorry I missed that.
Speaker 1 (09:00):
It's just meaning like the nostalgia thing that you're doing
at the moment is bang on because the people that
I'm imagining, you're drawing people to your concerts who are
sort of like in that age bracket forty to fifty
with disposable cash. Oh and older and older.
Speaker 2 (09:14):
Yes, so a lot of the audiences boomers booming, yeah, yeah, well,
you know, coming out and these are you know, the
songs being youth as well. So if it's we get
a really broad range of ages. That's kind of what's
cool about it because you get the people who were
(09:35):
there when the albums came out, plus the end children
and grandchildren who grew up listening to those songs because
they were played in the house and in the car
and all of those things. All people, you know, younger
people who have discovered them for themselves. So it's it's good,
it's it really does help everyone come together.
Speaker 1 (09:54):
Brilliant as the name of the thing so you've got
last show Friday thirteen. What do you do after that?
Speaker 2 (10:03):
Everyone's dispersing for silly season again.
Speaker 1 (10:10):
Two musicians get to take the summer off as well.
Speaker 2 (10:14):
Oh feminem yeah yeah, and just it depends what you
what your jammas brilliant stuff.
Speaker 1 (10:23):
Well, Julia listen, thank you very much for chatting to us.
A beast of like. I hope you enjoy the rest
of the tour, which is one more show. That's Julia
Dean's the lead singer of Food Patrol, who is obviously
with the Come Together Tour, which has been happening, as
I said earlier for about four years now. Supergroup in
New Zealand. You don't get a lot of supergroups in
New Zealand, do yeah. For more from the Mic Asking Breakfast,
listen live to news talks. It'd be from six am weekdays,
(10:45):
or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.
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