The singer moved his family lock, stock and barrel to nearby Bath in the summer of 2006 to be close to his son Elroy, who was then studying for an international baccalaureate at Atlantic College at St DonatвЂ™s Castle in the Vale Of Glamorgan. When Finn steps out onto the arenaвЂ™s cavernous stage in Wales he will be on familiar ground. The band will be heading back to the UK this week for a tour that stops off at the Cardiff International Arena on Friday. The promotional treadmill is calling again for the New Zealander, who for more than 20 years has brought effervescent classic pop music to the masses as frontman with antipodean favourites Crowded House. Ever the typical rock star heвЂ™s mixing his drinks at this early hour вЂ“ although itвЂ™s not Jack Daniels with a whisky chaser heвЂ™s imbibing, itвЂ™s a cup of tea heвЂ™s enjoying. ITвЂ™S 8.15am and Neil Finn is just out of bed and calling across the world from his Auckland home. Head to for more info, archived episodes, podcasts and videos.When Crowded House return to Wales this week it will be a sort of homecoming for the bandвЂ™s inspirational frontman Neil Finn, as he explains to Dave Owens Thursday 25 February 2021 at 11am (NZ time) Thursday 18 February 2021 at 11am (NZ time) Thursday 11 February 2021 at 11am (NZ time) There was discussion about the making of and I invited friends and colleagues like Nick Seymour and Mitchell Froom to take part with reminiscence and anecdotes. Given that I have a bit more time than usual to explore threads, and in the interests of keeping my brain active and you entertained, I started a special weekly show on Fangradio, Thursdays at 11am, NZ time.Д®ach week we dived into a different Crowded House album and rendered intimate acoustic versions, a comprehensive selection of the best tracks in my opinion. It's 2021 and thereвЂ™s plenty to be hopeful about, but for now, dreamers are waiting. To The Island is the second single to be lifted from the bandвЂ™s forthcoming seventh studio album, Dreamers Are Waiting, set for release on June 4 via EMI. Happily, he really liked the song and it was an absolute delight to hear what he made from it, an exotic fantasy I would call it.вЂќ I emailed our version of To The Island to Kevin Parker (TameВ Impala) with an invitation to take it apart and reassemble in his own unique way. Neil Finn said, вЂњWith all the world upended and nothing in its right place, we became curious to hear how our favourite contemporary musicians and record makers might reimagine a Crowded House song. The To The Island Tame Impala remix is accompanied by the visualiser above and will also be released on 7вЂќ vinyl with a remix of the track from Unknown Mortal Orchestra (now available to hear and view further up this page), via the bandвЂ™s D2C store вЂ“ pre-order HERE. Having just completed a successful tour of New Zealand, Crowded HouseВ have placed their current single To The Island in the hands of Tame Impala to work their remix magic. Pre-order HERE.Д¬rowded House is Neil Finn, Nick Seymour, Mitchell Froom, Liam Finn and Elroy Finn. To The IslandВ is the second single to be lifted from the bandвЂ™s forthcoming seventh studio album, Dreamers Are Waiting, set for release on June 4 via EMI. The вЂTo The IslandвЂ™В remixes come a month after having completed a hugely successful tour of New Zealand. The Unknown Mortal Orchestra remix follows Tame ImpalaвЂ™sВ spaced out reworking of To The Island which was released recently. I think it goes without saying that itвЂ™s an honour but IвЂ™d feel like I missed the opportunity if I didnвЂ™t add that too.вЂќ Ruban Nielson of UMO: вЂњItвЂ™s a really lovely song and there is this cool slightly menacing glam stomp to it, so I ended up drawing more and more of that out until I was playing it really loud and distorting everything and it was really fun to do a variant like that. Ruban was willing and able when asked to dismantle our single вЂTo The Island.вЂ™ His remix has reimaginedВ our song with swagger and grit and some glam overtonesвЂ¦ we think itвЂ™s transformed in a beautiful way,вЂќ - Neil Finn. вЂњAnother artist we in Crowded House greatly admire is fellow New ZealanderВ Ruban Neilson (Unknown Mortal Orchestra). The To The IslandВ Unknown Mortal Orchestra remix is accompanied by the psychedelic visualizer above and is also set to appear on a forthcoming 7вЂќ vinyl, along with the previously released To The IslandВ Tame Impala remix. CROWDED HOUSEВ have teamed up with fellow New Zealand rock band Unknown Mortal Orchestra to deliver a brand-new remix of their current single To The IslandВ вЂ“ Stream/Download here.

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