2 Apr 2024

Dragon celebrates 50th anniversary with national tour

From Nine To Noon, 11:30 am on 2 April 2024

Veteran rock band Dragon is about to tour the country 50 years after they first formed. The band founded by Taumarunui brothers Todd and the late Marc Hunter produced some of the best loved Kiwi anthems - including Rain, and April Sun in Cuba.

They played their first gig in1973 at The Great Ngāruawāhia Music Festival alongside Black Sabbath, Fairport Convention and Split Enz.

Band members Mark Williams and Todd Hunter speak to Susie Ferguson about their lives in music and on the road.

Dragon

Dragon Photo: supplied by Heidi Ettema