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Cafe 39

On Wednesday the 20th of May, Sidetracked played a gig with @ The Threads in Cafe39. Indi, Madi and Tuva had just raced back from football games, which Tuva had rolled her ankle at and Indi had been kicked in the head. Even with injury and fatigue, we really enjoyed seeing The Threads play and…
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Rockquest heats – We made it through!

The Auckland central Rockquest heats took place on May 17th, and we had the opportunity to play our original song “I Like You?” at the Dorothy Winstone Centre. On the following Monday we were very pleased to see that we had made it through to regional finals! Come support us, June 5, get tickets here!
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Local frequency – Bigfan

On May 16th we had the privilege of playing a gig with @ the vixens, @ mercuri and @ crying ivy. This gig was called local frequency and was organised by the fantastic @ ayla and frankie management. It was so much fun and we all agree it was one of our best gigs to…
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Morningside Mixtape 2026

On Sunday the 19th of April, Sidetracked opened the main stage for Morningside Mixtape. Morningside Mixtape is a mini festival organised by the Albert-Eden local board in Morningside. This was such an awesome opportunity for us, being one of the first industry gigs we had landed. We were lucky enough to win this opportunity by…
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Waitākere Cricket Club Gig

Pyramid Scheme have been longtime friends of the band, and after they missed the last Sound Canvas they decided to host their own gig at the local Cricket Club! They invited us, (which we were stoked about of course), and when we got there, we sound checked, and headed upstairs to the ‘greenroom’. Ironically, it…
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Rockquest 2025

Rockquest, the biggest competition of the Rock calendar, and I’m not talking about Earth Sciences. I’m talking about the bestest band in the world, nay, the Southern Hemisphere, nay, the Pacific, nay, New Zealand, nay, the peninsula, nay, dare I say it, the greatest band in Ruby Murphy’s garage. The mighty Sidetracked (Indi Botting, Tuva…
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About
Sidetracked is a five-piece indie/rock/alternative band from Te Atatū, West Auckland. We formed after meeting at Te Atatū Intermediate, and we’ve been playing together ever since.
The band was formed, nurtured and supported by Tatmuze legends John Kennedy and Izak Kennedy, and now we’re getting coaching from the Lila School of Bands. more more more….





