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MEDIA RELEASE: Auckland Band Sidetracked Heads to Smokefree Rockquest National Finals in Wellington.
Of more than 1,000 bands, only 8 were chosen to be national finalists and have the opportunity to perform at the National Band Finals on Friday, 18 September in Wellington and Sidetracked are the only Auckland band selected to perform! The band line-up features Ruby (lead vocals + rhythm guitar), Tuva (lead guitar), Jimmy (drums),…
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Top 8 – We’re going to the Rockquest National Finals!
Auckland Central heats -> Video Submission -> Wellington!
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New Found Sound: Back for Another Year
We were excited to return to the New Found Sound West Auckland Heat at Zeal West in Henderson after winning the heat last year. This time around, we finished 2nd place, with Incipit taking out the win. Congratulations to them on a great performance.Unfortunately due to the Rockquest rules, we couldn’t perform our original songs…
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Auckland Central Rockquest Final: 2nd Place + Best Song!
We’re stoked to share that we placed 2nd in the Auckland Central Smokefree Rockquest Final, earning one of the two spots advancing to the next stage of the competition. Congratulations to Crying Ivy, who took out first place on the night. We’re also incredibly proud to have won the Best Song Award. As a band that loves writing…
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June Update – Upcoming Gigs!
Rockquest RegionalsWe are so excited to be competing in the Rockquest Auckland central regional finals on Friday June 5th at the Dorothy Winstone Centre in Auckland Girls Grammar. It is the second time we have made it to the regionals and we are looking forward to seeing all the other bands! Get tickets here! New…
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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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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…
