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	Podcast:		Checkpoint
	Episode:		Dunedin band opening for Foo Fighters objected to by councillors
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:04:14
	Publish Date:		2026-02-26 04:50:00
	Description:		A Dunedin high school band that will open for the Foo Fighters early next year says it's unlikely they'll play another gig organised by the city council. The band SEEK HELP! from Queen's High School is one of several young bands from the city's thriving music scene that played at New Year's Eve festivities in the CBD. Some councillors have objected to such a raucous punk band being hired in the first place, preferring dance classics to "get the crowd shaking their bits followed by the bag pipes and a new year countdown". Although bigger gigs are to come, the band says the experience has left them feeling undervalued and misrepresented. Adam Burns reports.
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