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Fat Freddy's Drop

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Fat Freddy's Drop

jazz

dub

soul

reggae

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Upcoming dates

In Europe

Sun 4 Oct
Fat Freddy's Drop
Zürich
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Sat 10 Oct
Fat Freddy's Drop
Zénith Paris - La Villette · Paris
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Fri 16 Oct
Fat Freddy's Drop - 21st anniversary of Based on a True Story
Prospect (Bristol) · Bristol
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Sat 17 Oct
History Of Rave: Eats Everything, Groove Armada TBAon the line-up
The Prospect Building · Bristol
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Sat 17 Oct
Fat Freddy's Drop plus very special guest DJ Nightmares On Wax
O2 Apollo Manchester · Manchester
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Mon 19 Oct
Fat Freddy's Drop - 21st anniversary of Based on a True Story
Rock City · Nottingham
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Tue 20 Oct
Fat Freddy's Drop: 21st anniversary of Based on a True Story
O2 Academy Leeds · Leeds
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Thu 22 Oct
Fat Freddy's Drop - 21st anniversary of Based on a True Story
O2 Academy Birmingham · Birmingham
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Fri 23 Oct
Fat Freddy's Drop: 21st anniversary of Based on a True Story
Alexandra Palace · London
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Sun 25 Oct
Fat Freddy's Drop
O2 Academy Glasgow · Glasgow
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Fat Freddy's Drop are a New Zealand seven-piece band formed in Wellington in 1999. Their musical style has been characterised as any combination of dub, reggae, soul, jazz, rhythm and blues, and techno. Originally a jam band formed in the late 1990s by musicians from other bands in Wellington, Fat Freddy's Drop gradually became its members' sole focus. Band members continued playing with their other respective groups—The Black Seeds, TrinityRoots, Bongmaster, and others—for much of their 20-year career. Fat Freddy's Drop are known for their improvised live performances. Songs on their studio albums are versions refined over years of playing them live in New Zealand and on tour abroad. The group gained international recognition in 2003 after their single "Midnight Marauders" was re-distributed by record labels and DJs in Germany. The group has toured Europe nearly every year since then. The first studio album by Fat Freddy's Drop, Based on a True Story, was the first independently distributed album to reach first place in New Zealand record sales directly after release in 2005, and is the third highest-selling album by a national artist in the country's history. Based on a True Story won Best Album at the New Zealand Music Awards the same year, and remained on the top 40 New Zealand sales chart for over two years. Founding member Chris Faiumu died unexpectedly on 16 July 2025.

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