95bFM Gold 50th Anniversary Show Announced

Iconic Auckland student radio station 95bFM is celebrating their 50th anniversary in style this February with a senses-shattering knees-up starring Wellington heavy music titans Beastwars, punk rock rising stars Miss June, and the return to local stages of The Original World Famous True School Hip Hop Show, featuring trailblazing original DJs Philip ‘Sir-Vere’ Bell (O.N.Z.M.), Robin ‘Base’ Paratene and Mark ‘Slave’ Williams. To say the pioneering station has had an incomparable impact on Aotearoa's independent music landscape is putting it mildly, one twist of the radio dial is proof the station's adventurous spirit continues today. Get amongst it at the show below...


UPDATE 18/01/19: Coco Solid has joined the bill for 95bFM Gold and a fistful of special guests has been announced for The Original World Famous True School Hip Hop Show, check out the updated info here...

95bFM GOLD
Featuring... Beastwars, Miss June, Coco Solid, The Original World Famous True School Hip Hop Show w/ special guests Mareko, Swidt, MeloDownz, Diggy Dupe, Church & AP, Rei, Lukan Raisey, IMAG€, Dam Native
Friday 15th February - The Powerstation, Auckland

Here's Beastwars' crushing single 'Damn The sky' from their 2011 self-titled album...

Check out Miss June's super catchy latest single 'Twitch'...

Press release:

Auckland’s 95bFM turns 50 next year and celebrates with 95bFM GOLD, a night at Auckland’s Powerstation on February 15.

The show features the heavy-riffing Beastwars, Aotearoa’s landmark Original World Famous True School Hip Show (with founding hosts and guest MCs) and high-energy monsters Miss June.

Wellington’s Beastwars came out of hibernation this year to conjure their sludge-metal spell over a sold-out national tour, delighting the faithful who live to ‘obey the riff’.

The True School Hip Hop Show has been a fixture of both the 95bFM airwaves and the Aotearoa hip hop landscape since 1993. This unique performance features original DJs Philip ‘Sir-Vere’ Bell (O.N.Z.M.), Robin ‘Base’ Paratene and Mark ‘Slave’ Williams alongside hand-picked guest MCs and current True School hosts Ev Love, GetBan and Barry Bonza. Consider yourself warned by the True School: “this won't just be retro shit!”

No strangers to the 95bFM airwaves, Miss June’s volatile and enigmatic live show hints at what’s to come with their eagerly-anticipated debut album. Now’s the time to catch them before everyone else does.

95bFM GOLD guarantees a memorable night out, as well as an opportunity to take pride in supporting 95bFM, one of Auckland’s great champions of independent music and culture.