November 8, 2025 • 6 mins
US country singer Jelly Roll says it broke his heart to have to cancel his Auckland show last night due to illness.
Some concert-goers - who had travelled from all over New Zealand - were already lining up at Western Springs when the news broke, just hours before it was set to start.
Jelly Roll said he's probably missed three shows in the last decade and prides himself on showing up, but he just couldn't do it this time.
Flicks.co.nz editor Steve Newall recommended some alternatives for out-of-towners looking for entertainment.
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Speaker 1 (00:06):
You're listening to the Sunday Session podcast with Francesca Rudkin
from News talks'b.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
So really tough news for jelly roll fans last night.
Of course, it's supposed to be playing in Auckland with
Shaboozy had to cancel pretty much at the last minute
late afternoon. So of course a lot of people that
travel Talkland or come to Auckland unwell. And there's not
much you can say. If an artist really truly believes
that they cannot get up on stage and deliver, then
(00:33):
you kind of got to accept that, don't you. And
of course you'll be getting a full refund, but hugely
disappointing and a lot of people felt that, you know,
Shaboozie could just play, they'd be happy with that, but
makes things a bit difficult insurance wise for the touring
company and then you have to refund some people and
not other people. Anyway, Hopefully he gets well soon, and
you know, I feel for you if you were very
excited and come to Auckland just to see that. It
(00:55):
is time to talk entertainment now and I'm joined by
Steve Neil, editor at flickstot Co dot and Z.
Speaker 3 (00:59):
Good morning, good morning.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
British and Irish Film Festival has a little bit longer ago,
traveling around the country until about the twin ninth of November.
Speaker 3 (01:07):
Yes, and do you think maybe this is just the
thing for all those Jelly role fans that are stuck
and stuck in Aukland. Well, actually that might kind of work. Yeah,
big time. I'm a huge fan of the first Spinal
Tap film. It's like it's the defining film about music.
I mean, whatever catastrophe or chaos was happening behind the
scenes last night, it is probably in Spinal Tap somewhere
(01:30):
in one shape or another. The sequel, After forty one Years,
is playing as part of the British and Irish Film Festival.
It's a film that at FLEX we've heard so many
enquiries about when it was coming out here, so it's
really great to see it's part of the program. The
chemistry between these three guys is fantastic. And yes, it's
nice to see the make a return to the big screen.
(01:51):
I just mentioned a couple of highlights that are also
playing as part of the program, The History of Sound.
This pairs Indie heart Throbs, Paul Mescal and Josh O'Connor,
You've got You've got Moss and Freud, which making me
feel old. It's like, oh, now we're making movies about
Kate Moss, Like it feels like that's not history. But okay,
(02:14):
let's go. Let's go and dive into the height of
Kate Muss's fame when she sits for a painting bay
Lucian Freud. But even before that, I'm probably the icon
that overshadows all the British fashion as Twiggy. There's a
great doco called simply called Twiggy in the program. Although
when it comes to titles, I think you can't go
(02:34):
past the Golden Spurtle. This is the best title of
any film festival in New Zealand this year in my opinion,
and to give it context, yeah exactly. I'm not entirely
sure yet I need to see this film. Here's the
guts of this. Each year, the sleepy Highland village of
Cambridge awakens with excitement as locals and competitors from around
(02:57):
the globe vie for the honor of winning the Golden Spurtle.
Still don't know what it looks like in the world
porridge making championships. This is a doco about Porridge we
go and you'd think, I reckon, there's a bit of
cheese roll in this right, think about think about Dunedin
and the cheese role. It's like the simple fine art
group of ingredients, but everyone's got a different recipe, and
(03:18):
the arguments about which rue's the best still persist to
this day. So I think is probably quite similar.
Speaker 2 (03:25):
Not a lot to you picked up with some of
the quirky numbers. If I can make a couple of
quick recommendations if you like sort of British social realism
or Irish social realism. Christy is one of was one
of my favorite films from the festival this year by
a debut feature film director, Brendan Kenty, and I just
thought it was superb. And also Lollipop was really good
as well, another recommendation of mine. But Stee, if I
(03:47):
really want to ask you about Lee Tamilcrory, who passed
this week, had such a huge impact on film both
here in New Zealand and internationally. What's his legacy?
Speaker 3 (04:00):
I think I think Lee's legacy is in helping New
Zealand cinematate these really really big strides. So he worked
with Jeff Murphy on a bunch of projects he assistant directed,
like a bunch of big New Zealand films. But obviously
Once Warriors was a watershed moment in New Zealand cinema.
And while he wasn't the first New Zealand director to
(04:20):
go and work in Hollywood, he just kind of cemented
some of those pathways, I think, and in terms of
what he left behind as a body of work. When
I spoke to him for The Convert last year, which
sadly now turns out to be his last film, he said,
I've always told myself, even before I started making movies,
that I wanted to make three films in New Zealand minimum.
(04:42):
I didn't want to make a lot more. But if
I made three films in New Zealand, they better be
good ones because it's my home audience, it's my patch.
And Once We'll Warror Is Mahana and The Convert. There's
there's three really distinct films that you know, you can
see the connective tissue between them. Lee's great, There's some
fantastic stuff on enz on screen. If you want to
go digging for Lee Tam or Horry material like his
(05:05):
fantastic Trip to Rattoria with herbs. It yielded the music
videos sensitive to a smile, But I think the dock
is called the Power of Music or a short film,
which is awesome, and his commercial work, his music videos
is a bunch of stuff there, circling back to the
British and Irish shelf so very quickly. I also wanted
to mention Dead of Winter, which says the greatest actor
(05:27):
of her generation and Emma Thompson rock in a Minnesota
and accent sort of shades of Fargo here and it's
an icy thriller where she's in the wrong place at
the wrong time, and it's kind of a pretty compact
survival thriller, but she gets I guess yeah. The analogy
is it's her sort of taken moment. It's the old
actor gets to sort of stretch their action chops a
(05:49):
little bit. Really good kind of tense thriller this one.
So yeah, there's a whole bunch of different things there.
I don't want to overshadow Lee, but I wanted to want.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
To get there.
Speaker 2 (05:57):
No, no, no, it is she does rock the overalls
in that one. It keeps you on the edge of
your seat. I went to that film with the group
of people who I don't think we're realizing it was
going to be quite as tense.
Speaker 3 (06:05):
As Yeah, it's pretty unromantic and it's and it's got
a bit of it's not for the faint of heart.
Speaker 2 (06:10):
No, no, it's just great to see her having so
much fun. She seems to be taking on quite different
roles at the moment and just having fun doing different things,
which is wonderful to see.
Speaker 1 (06:20):
For more from the Sunday session with Francesca Rudkin, listen
live to News Talks it'd be from nine am Sunday,
or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.
You're listening to the Sunday Session podcast with Francesca Rudkin
from News talks'b.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
So really tough news for jelly roll fans last night.
Of course, it's supposed to be playing in Auckland with
Shaboozy had to cancel pretty much at the last minute
late afternoon. So of course a lot of people that
travel Talkland or come to Auckland unwell. And there's not
much you can say. If an artist really truly believes
that they cannot get up on stage and deliver, then
(00:33):
you kind of got to accept that, don't you. And
of course you'll be getting a full refund, but hugely
disappointing and a lot of people felt that, you know,
Shaboozie could just play, they'd be happy with that, but
makes things a bit difficult insurance wise for the touring
company and then you have to refund some people and
not other people. Anyway, Hopefully he gets well soon, and
you know, I feel for you if you were very
excited and come to Auckland just to see that. It
(00:55):
is time to talk entertainment now and I'm joined by
Steve Neil, editor at flickstot Co dot and Z.
Speaker 3 (00:59):
Good morning, good morning.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
British and Irish Film Festival has a little bit longer ago,
traveling around the country until about the twin ninth of November.
Speaker 3 (01:07):
Yes, and do you think maybe this is just the
thing for all those Jelly role fans that are stuck
and stuck in Aukland. Well, actually that might kind of work. Yeah,
big time. I'm a huge fan of the first Spinal
Tap film. It's like it's the defining film about music.
I mean, whatever catastrophe or chaos was happening behind the
scenes last night, it is probably in Spinal Tap somewhere
(01:30):
in one shape or another. The sequel, After forty one Years,
is playing as part of the British and Irish Film Festival.
It's a film that at FLEX we've heard so many
enquiries about when it was coming out here, so it's
really great to see it's part of the program. The
chemistry between these three guys is fantastic. And yes, it's
nice to see the make a return to the big screen.
(01:51):
I just mentioned a couple of highlights that are also
playing as part of the program, The History of Sound.
This pairs Indie heart Throbs, Paul Mescal and Josh O'Connor,
You've got You've got Moss and Freud, which making me
feel old. It's like, oh, now we're making movies about
Kate Moss, Like it feels like that's not history. But okay,
(02:14):
let's go. Let's go and dive into the height of
Kate Muss's fame when she sits for a painting bay
Lucian Freud. But even before that, I'm probably the icon
that overshadows all the British fashion as Twiggy. There's a
great doco called simply called Twiggy in the program. Although
when it comes to titles, I think you can't go
(02:34):
past the Golden Spurtle. This is the best title of
any film festival in New Zealand this year in my opinion,
and to give it context, yeah exactly. I'm not entirely
sure yet I need to see this film. Here's the
guts of this. Each year, the sleepy Highland village of
Cambridge awakens with excitement as locals and competitors from around
(02:57):
the globe vie for the honor of winning the Golden Spurtle.
Still don't know what it looks like in the world
porridge making championships. This is a doco about Porridge we
go and you'd think, I reckon, there's a bit of
cheese roll in this right, think about think about Dunedin
and the cheese role. It's like the simple fine art
group of ingredients, but everyone's got a different recipe, and
(03:18):
the arguments about which rue's the best still persist to
this day. So I think is probably quite similar.
Speaker 2 (03:25):
Not a lot to you picked up with some of
the quirky numbers. If I can make a couple of
quick recommendations if you like sort of British social realism
or Irish social realism. Christy is one of was one
of my favorite films from the festival this year by
a debut feature film director, Brendan Kenty, and I just
thought it was superb. And also Lollipop was really good
as well, another recommendation of mine. But Stee, if I
(03:47):
really want to ask you about Lee Tamilcrory, who passed
this week, had such a huge impact on film both
here in New Zealand and internationally. What's his legacy?
Speaker 3 (04:00):
I think I think Lee's legacy is in helping New
Zealand cinematate these really really big strides. So he worked
with Jeff Murphy on a bunch of projects he assistant directed,
like a bunch of big New Zealand films. But obviously
Once Warriors was a watershed moment in New Zealand cinema.
And while he wasn't the first New Zealand director to
(04:20):
go and work in Hollywood, he just kind of cemented
some of those pathways, I think, and in terms of
what he left behind as a body of work. When
I spoke to him for The Convert last year, which
sadly now turns out to be his last film, he said,
I've always told myself, even before I started making movies,
that I wanted to make three films in New Zealand minimum.
(04:42):
I didn't want to make a lot more. But if
I made three films in New Zealand, they better be
good ones because it's my home audience, it's my patch.
And Once We'll Warror Is Mahana and The Convert. There's
there's three really distinct films that you know, you can
see the connective tissue between them. Lee's great, There's some
fantastic stuff on enz on screen. If you want to
go digging for Lee Tam or Horry material like his
(05:05):
fantastic Trip to Rattoria with herbs. It yielded the music
videos sensitive to a smile, But I think the dock
is called the Power of Music or a short film,
which is awesome, and his commercial work, his music videos
is a bunch of stuff there, circling back to the
British and Irish shelf so very quickly. I also wanted
to mention Dead of Winter, which says the greatest actor
(05:27):
of her generation and Emma Thompson rock in a Minnesota
and accent sort of shades of Fargo here and it's
an icy thriller where she's in the wrong place at
the wrong time, and it's kind of a pretty compact
survival thriller, but she gets I guess yeah. The analogy
is it's her sort of taken moment. It's the old
actor gets to sort of stretch their action chops a
(05:49):
little bit. Really good kind of tense thriller this one.
So yeah, there's a whole bunch of different things there.
I don't want to overshadow Lee, but I wanted to want.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
To get there.
Speaker 2 (05:57):
No, no, no, it is she does rock the overalls
in that one. It keeps you on the edge of
your seat. I went to that film with the group
of people who I don't think we're realizing it was
going to be quite as tense.
Speaker 3 (06:05):
As Yeah, it's pretty unromantic and it's and it's got
a bit of it's not for the faint of heart.
Speaker 2 (06:10):
No, no, it's just great to see her having so
much fun. She seems to be taking on quite different
roles at the moment and just having fun doing different things,
which is wonderful to see.
Speaker 1 (06:20):
For more from the Sunday session with Francesca Rudkin, listen
live to News Talks it'd be from nine am Sunday,
or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.
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