The five-piece band have built a strong live following while quietly flying under the radar of the music industry.
Rise Up 2.0 is the first song to be released as a result of their freshly inked deal with Universal Music and follows their self-titled EP, sold through their website.
With a fresh set created especially for the eight-date tour, Six60 will be playing new songs from their debut album, to be released in early 2011.
• Six60, with DJ Bassic and guests, Revolver, Friday, September 10, 9.30pm. Tickets $25 from Quest and on the door.
PICKS OF THE WEEK
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10
• 7pm: Teenage musical acts perform on stage for the public at X-it Youth Centre, on Stanley St, in the first heat of the third Ultimate Battle of the Musos competition. Second heat next Friday and final Friday, September 24. Free entry.
• 7pm: The touring Watato choir of Ugandan orphans sing African songs on behalf of Tear Fund New Zealand, at St Andrew's Church, in Queenstown. Free entry.
• 7.30pm: Violinist Pat Monaghan and keyboardist Les Richardson play live jazz at Les Alpes restaurant. Free entry.
• 8pm: Wellington eight-piece the Black Seeds at Queenstown Memorial Hall, on their four-date South Island tour. Tickets $30 from Quest and Eventfinder. R18.
• 9pm: Organikismness & Friends, at Subculture, hosted by JB Naste, with DJs Tsubliminal, Badred, D-Jade and Stevie Dub. Drum 'n' bass and dubstep. Entry costs $5 before midnight, $10 afterwards.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11
• 9pm: Sunshine Sound System, with DJs Downtown Brown and Turbohag lay down funk, soul, hip-hop and drum 'n' bass at Subculture. Free before midnight, $5 afterwards.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14
• 8.30pm: Kiwi comedy film Topless Women Talk About Their Lives (1997) is presented to Queenstown Film Society members at Dorothy Brown's Cinema and Bar, in Arrowtown. New members can sign up on the night.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16
• 10pm: Wellington melodic pop-rockers Supermodel take in Dux de Lux as part of the four-piece band's 11-date national Welcome Home tour.
