9 April - Wellington, NZ (The Fringe Bar)

Strong rumour that Flight of the Conchords are performing tonight at the Fringe bar's "Pro Comedy Friday".

http://twitter.com/jackelder/

First time I've had to line up at the Fringe Bar. To be expected though if Flight of the Conchords will be playing (@ The Fringe Bar)

http://twitter.com/cameron_smith/

Damn flight of the conchords rumour packed out fringe bar.

http://twitter.com/percent20/

Flight of the conchords live motherf-ckers!

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Jemaine has a ukelele bass. It's amazing. I am dying. They are only a metre away.

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"you roll your rs too much! You sound like a snake eating a vibrator" <3

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"'f-cking vibrator snake bitch"..."someone had to say it"

http://twitter.com/MsConstantine/

Hands up if You're watching flight of the conchords live right now. Yes. I have my hand up right now.

http://twitter.com/drsambojones

Yes i'm watchng fotc live at the fringe bar. Wicked.

http://twitter.com/tchelseat/

Quote of the night: you sound like a sex shop eating a vibrator - flight of the conchords

http://twitter.com/mandrewnz/



Also, something tells me that sex shop eating vibrator quote isn't quite right.  

I'm so happy to see them together again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

These photos are making me wish I could see them in a more intimate venue.


I've always hoped they would play the Largo in L.A. again one day so I could see them there.

hellomyfriend wrote:These photos are making me wish I could see them in a more intimate venue.

Just as intimate as in the BBC show....  

It's so great to see them sitting together with their guitars again

blondesnotbombs wrote:

Same.

And I can't wait until the UK photos and recaps start trickling in.  

accordions wrote:It's so great to see them sitting together with their guitars again

Jemaine's guitar looks too large to be LaPatrie Motif. I'll miss this guitar if he's going to play a different one during the UK tour .

On the other hand, it's some kind of variety, right?... :-/

emira wrote:
Jemaine's guitar looks too large to be LaPatrie Motif. I'll miss this guitar if he's going to play a different one during the UK tour .

Yeah, I noticed that as well...

Maybe it is just his warm-up tour guitar?

Or maybe just for the first few shows as with the 2009 tour.

Also, agreeing with everyone. So good to see them together again.

And all is right in the world.      

emira wrote:Jemaine's guitar looks too large to be LaPatrie Motif. I'll miss this guitar if he's going to play a different one during the UK tour    .

On the other hand, it's some kind of variety, right?...  :-/

Didn't he have a different guitar for their Masterton gig last year?  I feel like I remember speculating that he kept that guitar in the US.  ( to always speculating )

It was the Guild in Masterton. The larger, browner one.  

Then the Epiphone (the one with the cutaway at the neck) for Tampa Bay, Coral Gables, Orlando and Nashville.

Then the LaPatrie from Atlanta onwards...

I wouldn't mind seeing the Guild  

awwwww - they're getting warmed up for the tour!!!  trying things out on the wellington crowd!!! lucky ducks!!!

my humble request is for them to mention a vibrator at the hollywood or berkeley show. in fact, just mention vibrators at every single show.  in different languages.

yep. that should do it.

<---- someone should really get that thumb to vibrate

Flight of the Conchords play surprise Wellington gig
By AMANDA FISHER and MATT CALMAN - The Dominion Post
Last updated 10:23 10/04/2010

They have sold out Wembley Arena - but last night Flight of the Conchords were content to play to just 135 lucky fans.

The Wellington comedy duo made a surprise appearance at a musical comedy gig in the capital.

Last month it was revealed they had sold out the 12,500-capacity London stadium and had added dates to their upcoming tour. They will play Wembley next month, as well as touring Holland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark.

Last night Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement strode out to play in front of another sold-out crowd - of 135 - at Fringe Bar, in Cuba St.

While resale tickets for the sold- out British shows fetch between $200 and $480 on the internet, last night's door entry was just $12.

The Lemon Barley Trio introduced them as "the next Lemon Barley Trio but others know them as Flight of the Conchords".

The crowd cheered as the pair declared the event was a warm-up for Wembley. They said their show had a few "rough patches - we're going to fly over to London, change the batteries and do a big show".

They opened with their hit The Most Beautiful Girl In The World but modified it with "you're the most beautiful girl in the Fringe Bar".

Clement gently put his audience down, declaring some of their Wembley material was not for a crowd as small as the Fringe's.

When word of the gig spread early last night, dozens of people turned up, only to be turned away.

Flight of the Conchords were a late substitute for singer Gabriel Page, who was to be the night's final act. He was told he would have to make way for the inspirational duo.

Page, 24, said he had been compared to Flight of the Conchords so "for once it's quite nice to actually be in their shadow".

Conchords fan Hannah Fraser arrived at the Fringe with two friends just as the concert sold out.

Ms Fraser, 28, received a text message about the band's appearance from a friend, who heard it discussed on a radio station about 7pm. "If only we'd come down sooner. If only we'd known about it."

Source

Credit: KENT BLECHYNDEN

Jemaine's new uke!

Bret's Detroit shirt!

New tour pictures!

The ukulele bass!!!



That u-bass is awesome. I've been wanting one of those... I hope it ends up coming over to Europe...

A taster of the sound:

Weird, I see now that photo was part of the article I just posted but it wasn't in there when I saw it. ???

Oh well, thanks for posting LaDonna!

Amily wrote:

Last night Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement strode out to play in front of another sold-out crowd - of 135 - at Fringe Bar, in Cuba St.

Oh, to have been there.  

(so close ...and the quality! )

You beat me!  

(and yes - ditto that)

             

I'm ded.  

Its so lovely to see them play together again.  

Urm, ok, and JEMAINE!!!  

Love the wine glasses...  

oh, jemaine was going to say something GOOD after the end there.

alas... we may never know what drops of precious wisdom dropped from those lips.

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