That was definitely true for Six60 last night in Invercargill.
The band landed in the Deep South, with good sounds and vibes, as they head into the final 10 days of their Grassroots Tour.
After playing some big stadiums in previous years, the band has gone off into the regions.
The band’s tour of smaller venues in provincial New Zealand started last month at Pōtahi Marae in the Far North and has snaked its way down the country.
The band, which started out of a student flat in Castle St, in Dunedin, was in Invercargill last night at the Civic Theatre, the enthusiastic crowd of just under 1000 fans a mix of families, young and old and even a few energetic Gold Card holders there for their Six60 fix.
The band sold out all venues on its tour in a few minutes and those in Invercargill who were lucky enough to get a ticket lapped it up.
They opened with Pepeha and the tone of uplifting te reo and aroha was set for the night.
Lead singer Matiu Walters’ voice was pure silk, lilting through the Civic Theatre floating and flirting with the eager Invercargill crowd.
From his opening "Invercargill how you doing?" he had the crowd eating out of his hands.
When Walters asked the crowd if the band could switch into acoustic mode, they roared their approval, singing along to the reggae-infused Up There.
The tour continues in Gore tonight and then Oamaru tomorrow. Waimate is the venue on Saturday and the southern excursion will finish at the Stewart Island Community Centre next Tuesday.
