Veteran singer-songwriter Joan Armatrading will be bringing her farewell tour to New Zealand in December.
Armatrading was last in NZ in 2013 and returns for shows in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch on what's been billed as her "last major world tour."
Says Armatrading: "I will never retire but this will be the last major tour that I will undertake. For the first time these concerts will be me solo on stage playing the guitar, piano and singing. I want these concerts to be a special lively interactive one to one experience.
"I have absolutely enjoyed the last 42 years of performances but now, with my final major tour, I want to capture a unique memory for both myself and the audience."
Now 63, the Caribbean-born Birmingham-raised artist released her debut album in 1972 which was followed by her breakthrough1976 self-titled set and a run of hit albums into the mid 80s with singles such as Love and Emotion, Me Myself I and Drop the Pilot.
