We are pleased to announce 14 bonus winners for our Blag a Ticket competition. The high standard of entries to 'blag' a double pass to a gig of your choice at The Road to Opononi Summer Tour inspired us to create some new categories. Read on;
Best Sob Story
Alison Worth
What a great opportunity to see our favourite band in our home country! Here goes;
I would love to 'blag' my gorgeous husband a ticket to the gig in Waihi simply because the last two years for him have been really tough - his business went broke, he was declared bankrupt and all he has done is battle on supporting his family (me and 2 ½ year old daughter, Sacha) through thick and thin. He's had no fun nights out with his friends or time off to even go fishing! He reeeeeeally deserves a ticket to your gig and some fun times again - cool tunes, great venue and good company.
Jen Bridges
Brighton chica sadly missed you this summer. I'm visiting a very special old man called Bob on Waiheke Island from November to February - you see he's 83 and he's been really unwell lately. I asked him to be my Grandad when I was 10 because I loved him like he already was - he was so chuffed. When I heard he nearly died in July, I knew I had to make the trip over to spend some time. 3 months of island life though, for this groovemeister? Go on, gizzz a ticket n I'll dance for you all night ;-)
Best Freddys Supporter
J Tuhoro
I was introduced to your music on holiday in Aotearoa by my niece Tazmin, I bought 'Live at the Materhorn', and returned to Australia and just loved the music. I took the CD to a camping grounds in Mission Beach,North Queensland where I stayed for three months, and introduced your music to everyone their. I have not been to a live gig yet but because I introduced your music to North Queenslanders, I deserve, a double pass to your Wellington gigs, Please
Julian Tindle
My name is Joo from the UK, I have been to many of your gigs and have always brought a treat for the lads, a nice selection of the best at hand. All be it up until the last show i attended in Bristol where the security took the treats booo! ;0(
They threatened to call the ol' bill! I still blagged my way in, no way was I missing the best gig of 5 so far, I won't bring anymore FIRE! to venues but if there's another way to make contact now 'Nell' no longer works the mechanise stand? I'm not throwing it on stage Arohanui xx
Best Furthest Travelled to get to a gig
Milan Romic
Sup boys,
Ok i deserve these tickets for the following reasons, mainly being Im your biggest fan.
Ok so I bought BOATS and boondigga on the first day of their release, already had my own copy of live at matterhorn while I was still at school and had to save pocket money to buy that gem, own the fantastic voyages too, sick stuff. I own all your albums to date including some vinyl rarities...to name a few : hope, flashbacks, and the flashbax jazzonova remixes, dookie and fitchie seconds and this room releases, cays crays d & b remixes...plus also the dallas better than change ep.
Ive been to so many of your gigs, being from auckland i try and get to as many as posible, went to your old gig at st james, as well as at aut, round the boats period, as well as soundsplash before that, Been to the galatos, as well as up at matakana, hit up rythm and vines in 2006, and did the missions for sandwiches and summerset to welly...not once but TWICE...yes a 9 hour drive to see you cats play a show in your home town.
I also have been in europe for a year as i come form Serbia so I took original copies of your cd and your dvd fantastic voyages to my cuzzys who bacame fans through me, and I rep-ed fat freddys everywhere. first thing i bought when i came back was the live at the roundhouse. I got a European girlfriend and she loves you guys heaps too, so I brought her back for a kiwi summer and we were keen as to go up to mangawhai and see you cats, i havent seen yous in ages and she never has, but its hard as we struggling a bit now, paying the big flight back from europe etc. So if you gave us some tix wed be stoked.
Best Positivity
Lisa Purda
Hey Freds,
Apart the fact that I adore your music & love your live gigs. Unfortunately this year I can't afford it as for the past two years my hubby and I have been working with a small group of my art students from Pahiatua to fundraise enough money to take them to Italy. Some of them have never left NZ! so for them it will be the trip of a life time. We have all put our hearts and souls into this dream and we (the group) have raised $40,000.00 so far. We have just paid deposits and are flying out 2nd April next year. I rekon we might have earned a nice weekend away. If I may be so bold to blow my own trumpet? Chur
Matthew Reeves
So, I'm 25, a single Dad to an awesome six year old dude, have just completed extramurally my first year of a social work degree - so far earning nothing less than a (B) over the past year! and have been solidly single (by choice) for the past two years after my little mans mum ran off with someone from the office.. I feel I've pulled a solid effort to raise this kid while I make a better life for us, and just recently after a long term stint of singledom I've found this bubbling chemistry with a young lady that works in a store I frequent, and when I finally find the courage to ask her out, a fat freddys gig would be a stunner of a first date.
Pauline Sandford
kia ora from the surf highway 45 in the naki, i have a darling daughter who was born on the 1st of january so each year im home on new years eve with her until she is old enough to celebrate , i love her to bits and it is a blessing to be her mum, as your taranaki gig is the night before news years eve i get to go out yeeeyahhh, even tho most celebrate new years eve i do a night early as i always have a birthday girl to look after on new years, please please pick me for a ticket to your gig as its my big yearly night out, safe travels and enjoy the summer, cheers smokki
Best Poem
Gina Straker
Why I D*serve a Tick
because back in the day
in a good old welly way
i could go see you guys play
for a fiver, eh?
but now you're big time
no more can I go
out on the town
to your pricey show
so give me a break
and a ticket or two
for this blag??
I sent to you
wld love to cu @ opononi....
Best Getting Together at a Freddys Gig Story
Mark Harris
Hi guys,
In 2004 I was traveling around Oz when I scored tickets to your Dub Conspiracy concert in Brisbane. That night changed my life! A gorgeous woman (another traveling Kiwi) stood on my toe on the dance floor and sparks flew. We're now happily married, living in Gisborne with our fantastic children. We were married on the beach two years ago and didn't have a honeymoon fund. Friends have seen you around the world however we haven't had the opportunity since Oz. I would love to surprise my girl with a long overdue honeymoon and celebrate you guys who brought us together. Cheers Mark
Helena Allen
hi there fat freddys
I really would like a ticket for me and my husband. Why should you care to give us one well, we had our first out of auckland date at the leigh saw mill where i saw you for the first time. It was such a great concert and it was the first time he mentioned us getting married even though we had only been going out for 6 weeks. This was the start of our love for u guys. We got engaged the following year as you played again at the leigh sawmill. But the year we got married at the leigh on labour weekend you were a no show and i was gutted.
we are now 3 years married and have seen you whenever we can. How ever money these days is tight and kids and house have taken over in the priorities stake. Come on guys please help us out we love the new album gifted to us by family. It would be wonderful to see you do it live, as only you guys can.
Best Need a Nite Off From the Kids
Art Greedy
wow. It just might work. It might get me and my girl back together. A hopeless romantic? A lost cause? A blagger? A dreamer? I'll leave that to the critics. But we is major fans, and with all the shit that's gone on in the last 2 years thats helped tear us apart, the drop def' aint one of em. As a matter of fact it's been one of our strong points for the two of us. Seeing you guys (getting that night off from the kids) and chilling on the lawn in freo was bliss. Anyway heres to trying.
Best Worst Freddy's Experience Story
Peter
We deserve a free ticket to a freddy show because we had a stink experience at last year in Riwaka.
My gf wasn't a huge fan but I dragged her along to try and convert her, and it didn't go well.
The show itself was sweet - but half way though my gf ended up getting a cracked rib due to being bowled over by some drunken idiots who thought that sparring with each other was more fun than actually watching the freddys!
Unfortunately we couldn't stay long enough to see Slave count down that big clock around his neck!
(I would say more but that's 100 words already)
Claire Thompson
I'd been waiting to see you live for 5 years, finally it happened & i got so excited & so drunk that i got kicked out of your coolie show :( please!