Strange Universe: Winter! Set to ramp up the stakes and take over all of June and a tiny little bit of the end of May. This first line-up announcement has everything you could set your hearts on and more, and is happening across some of Tāmaki Makaurau’s most beloved venues.

It seems unanimously agreed that Cate Le Bon is a talent for the ages. Following stints producing the likes of Wilco, Horsegirl, and (see above) Dry Cleaning, Le Bon returned with her acclaimed seventh solo album Michelangelo Dying. The album was included in all the end of year lists we’d care to name, and a recent standalone collaboration with St Vincent confirmed Cate Le Bon is still operating in the upper echelon of creativity. Her innovations in song construction and production have recently seen Cate compared to the likes of David Bowie, Laurie Anderson, Björk, and other modern luminaries of music. 

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