Bic's new
album "Beautiful Collision" is being readied for release. New
single "Get Some Sleep" hitting airwaves now!
Bic sings "The Gift That Keeps On Giving" on a forthcoming album
of Paul Kelly penned songs.
Bic, Live
at the Odeon, Auckland. May 2001.
Bic hard at work in her home studio,
recording album #2. Click "studio" in the top menu for more...
Bic onstage in Christchurch
festival of romance - 5 Feb 00.
(click for enlargement)
Bic, Dave Dobbyn &
Tim Finn playing in London on Feb 6 2002!
Bic Runga News
GET SOME SLEEP AT NZ RADIO NOW
20 May 2002
The new BIC RUNGA single has been released to radio stations across New
Zealand, and has been added to playlists immediately. Keep a listen out
for the song, or request it for your favourite station's countowns. The cd-single
should be out in early June.
Check out the BEAUTIFUL COLLISION page for a sound sample of
Get Some
Sleep.
NEW BIC RUNGA FANSITE
20 May 2002
A new BIC RUNGA fansite has been brought to our attention, the second
German language one! "Say It Now" is the unofficial German
fanpage. Check it out here;
Bic
Runga - "Say It Now".
Other fansites include;
Suddenly Strange fansite
Bic Runga's
Kitchen fansite
A german Bic Runga fansite
bicrungadotnet
fansite
BIC'S "BEAUTIFUL COLLISION" ON ITS WAY
23 April 2002
The new BIC RUNGA album BEAUTIFUL COLLISION will be released in New
Zealand in early July. BEAUTIFUL COLLISION will be preceded by the single
"Get Some Sleep" in June.
"Get Some Sleep" is the first Bic Runga single since 'Good
Morning Baby' (with Dan Wilson) in 2000 . "Get Some Sleep" was
first performed at Bic's intimate shows at The Odeon, in Auckland earlier
last year.
BEAUTIFUL COLLISION was recorded in Auckland, Los Angeles and New York,
produced by Bic and mixed by Michael Brauer (Coldplay, New Radicals,
Rolling Stones). 'Beautiful Collision' is Bic's second album and the
follow up to her 6x Platinum debut 'Drive'.
Check out the BEAUTIFUL COLLISION page for a sound sample of
Get Some
Sleep.
BIC TO CONTRIBUTE
TO PAUL KELLY TRIBUTE ALBUM
23 April 2002
On May 13th, a new
collection of Paul Kelly songs will be released.
This is not a new Paul Kelly album. Nor is it simply a compilation of previously existing tracks. The Women At The Well features 16 tracks and 14 brilliant female vocalists, performing songs written by Paul Kelly, our finest songwriter. Some of the songs come from existing recordings, but the majority of the tracks on the album are brand new recordings, with most specifically recorded for this project.
The songs range from treasured classics (Careless, Everything’s Turning To White) through to brand new songs, so recently penned they are practically still glistening (Bic Ringa's "The Gift That Keeps On Giving"). Some songs have appeared Paul Kelly albums. Many of them have never been recorded by Paul. Some were written for specific women, while others were just songs which blossomed under a female interpretation.
1. Bic Runga The
Gift That Keeps On Giving
2. Renee Geyer You Broke A Beautiful Thing
3. Deborah Conway Everybody Wants To Touch Me
4. Chrissy Amphlett Before Too Long
5. Lash Dumb Things
6. Vika & Linda Be Careful What You Pray For
7. Christine Anu Beat Of Your Heart
8. Kate Ceberano There’s Nothing Wrong With Being Wrong Sometimes
9. Rebecca Barnard She’s Rare
10. Angie Hart Careless
11. Renee Geyer Killer Lover
12. Magic Dirt Darling It Hurts
13. Vika & Linda 99 Years
14. Jenny Morris Beggar On The Street Of Love
15. Anne Kirkpatrick Cradle Of Love
16. Kasey Chambers Everything’s Turning To White
"Late last year tapes started
arriving sporadically in my letterbox. They all contained one song and
each one was sung by a woman. Every song was familiar but also strangely
not. Some were gentle, some were harsh, some were country, some funky.
Some were surprising while others were what I always imagined they should
be. They give me a thrill in a way none of my recordings do. And they make
me proud to be associated with such wonderful, expressive singers. I write
songs for women because they ask me to and because it’s fun. I don’t
know what it’s like to be a woman but I know some of the things they
say." Paul Kelly
BIC NEW
SINGLE IN THE NEW YEAR
6 December 2001
Good news! The first single "Get Some Sleep" from Bic's
long-awaited 2nd album is slated for a release in early 2002. More
details as they come to hand.
BIC APPEARS
WITH DIMMER
7 June 2001
Those who attended the recent Dimmer concerts at
Auckland's Classic Comedy Club were lucky enough to see her Bic sing live
with Shayne Carter and his band. She sang backing vocals on the track she
contributed to on Dimmer's highly acclaimed debut album, "I Believe
You Are A Star". The track she sings, "All the Way To Her",
can be heard in realaudio at the Dimmer site www.dimmer.co.nz
NEW FANSITES
21 March 2001
New Bic Runga fansites have been added to the list at the bottom of this
page. This includes "bicrungadotnet", and a German Bic site.
Scroll wayyy down for the links.
"IN THE STUDIO" SECTION UPDATED
13 March 2000
Bic Runga and Campbell Smith have recorded a brand new interview regarding the progress
and direction of the forthcoming album. Eight new photographs of Bic (and other album
contributors) have also been posted on the page.
To see all the new bits and pieces, click on "studio" in the top menu of this
page.
BIC RUNGA'S "SWAY" VIDEO ON APPLE.COM
9 March 2000
Bic Runga has scored an Internet marketing coup, with the video for her single 'Sway'
being featured on the front page of Apple's QuickTime Web site.
An emphasis on QuickTime content, such as the Phantom
Menance movie trailer, has made Apple's Web site increasingly popular in the last two
years. Runga's prominent position on the QuickTime section should build on the boost she
got when 'Sway' was added to the soundtrack of the movie American Pie.
(edited from Russell Brown's article
on IDGNet)
To view the video, visit http://www.apple.com/quicktime/hotpicks/ and follow the Bic Runga link!
BIC WINS
"INTERNATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT" AT NZ 2000 MUSIC AWARDS
7 March 2000
Bic beat out Te Vaka and Shihad to snare the "international achievement" award
at the "tuis" on Saturday 4 March.
VIDEO CLIPS ADDED
7 January 2000
Snippets of the following videos (RealPlayerG2 or RealPlayer7 required) have been added
into the appropriate "lyrics" pages; Drive, Sway (version 1 & 2), Bursting Through, Roll Into One, Sorry.
WELCOME TO THE NEW SITE!
updated 16 December 1999
The new site is up and running - as you will have noticed when you came into the home
page. Please keep leaving the messages at the message board, Bic does read them and
will answer as many questions as she can in her regular messages to fans, on this news
page.
Please also let us know what you think of the site, and suggestions as to how we might improve it further.
The new pages are mostly in response to the more popular questions on the messageboard - we have posted all the lyrics and a full discography, and pages and pages of photos. The most exciting new addition is the "IN THE STUDIO" page - This is the page on which we will document Bic recording her new album in her studio in Auckland (for more info on this, click on "STUDIO" on the top menubar).
FAN CLUB
Join Bic's fan club! Click on the "fanclub" link on the top menubar for full
details. We will keep you updated with regular newsletters, you can win things like
autographed tour posters, CDs etc. and you can buy directly from the club, at a great
price, Bic Runga singles and 'Drive' album releases from various territories around the
world .
TOURING
Bic is touring New Zealand with Dave Dobbyn and Tim Finn in August 2000.
Check out www.finn-runga-dobbyn.com
for full details - including a possible live album!
E-MAIL CONTACTS
Website comments - jon-paul_hansen@sonymusic.com
Bic's Management - for all information relating to management, live
performance booking, fan clubs, merchandise, or mail orders for Bic Runga go to www.crsmanagement.co.nz.
Directly email crs management at - info@crsmanagement.co.nz
Fan Club - petergr@netspace.net.au
LINKS
Henreo's "Bic Runga's
World" fansite
Suddenly Strange fansite
Bic Runga's
Kitchen fansite
bicrungadotnet
fansite
A german Bic Runga fansite
Finn-Runga-Dobbyn
official site
stellar* official site
Sony Music NZ official
site
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