Site Updates

This page details site updates that have occurred at bicRungadotnet, for your information.

-11 December, 2007: The Acoustic Winery Tour, 2007 has been announced. Details on the Appearances page; tour poster on the "Tour Posters" page. A backlog of updates coming over Christmas.

-22 March, 2006: Bic will be performing at the V Festival, Hylands Park, Chelmsford, and Weston Park, Staffordshire on Saturday, 19 August, 2006, and Sunday, 20 August, 2006. See Appearances. Also, the dates for the upcoming UK / Ireland tour in May / June are on the Appearances page.

-20 March, 2006: MAX TV in Australia has an interview with Bic, and review of BIRDS on their website.

-6 March, 2006: Bic's new UK website is open.

-5 March, 2006: I Like Music.com had an interview with Bic, "BIRDS / Say After Me" in advance of the UK release of BIRDS; Australia's The Sunday Mail did an interview "Kiwi's a bird of paradise", where Bic reflects on how she got into music, and her relationship with Neil Finn; and the Sydney Morning Herald's article, "Big voice in a small world" talks about being a big fish in a small world, and the making of BIRDS. Plus there is a link to SonyBMG Australia, with an interview with Bic. Plus some new photo's by Darryl Ward for the BIRDS release.

-27 February, 2006: Boh recently performed at the Auckland Zoo 'ZooMusic' concert series. Photo's from her performance can be found here, thanks to Graham Meadows Photo Library and Auckland Zoo.

-18 February, 2006: Posters for the Sydney and Melbourne BIRDS launch concerts in March 2006 can be found here.

-17 February, 2006: Bic features in the latest issue of Time Magazine (South Pacific Edition), in an article titled "On Darker Wings Of Song". A copy of this article can be found here. Also, details of the BIRDS Australian Tour Edition, to be released 6 March, 2006, and the official BIRDS Australian release on 13 March, 2006.

-3 February, 2006: Tour dates for Australia are announced, and the national tour of New Zealand featuring the studio band in March / April are released. See Appearances page. Plus the tour poster for the NZ BIRDS national concert.

-31 January, 2006: Bic is playing one show at Dingwalls on 28th February. She will be joined by Boxcar Benny Maitland on guitar and Neil Finn on piano,
playing songs from all her records including selections from the new album "Birds". See 'Appearances' for details.

-16 January, 2006: Boh Runga will be performing material from Stellar's upcoming album at the Auckland Zoo, as part of their 'ZooMusic' series, on 21 January, 2006.

-11 January, 2006: Release date for BIRDS in the UK has been announced as 3 April, 2006; Australian release date is 13 March, 2006. which will be accompanied by a series of live concerts, accompanied by Bic's studio band for BIRDS. The will be a nationwide tour of New Zealand in April, 2006, at venues ranging from concert halls, vineyards, and churches. Bic will be accompanied by her studio band.

-31 December, 2005: Bic awarded a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2006 New Years Honours List. Also, an interview by NZ Heralds' Rebecca Barry, as Bic's third album, BIRDS, is awarded Timeout Magazine Album of the Year.

-20 December, 2005: An interview with Campbell Smith (Bic's manager) and wife Boh, at their home in Auckland, that featured in the Sunday Star-Times. Includes a candid photo.

-25 November, 2005:  An interview with Bic, 'Bic Runga's new album set to soar' has been published at www.stuff.co.nz. And a new page, 'BIRDS Interviews', where a summary of all Bic's interviews around the launch of BIRDS in New Zealand has been added. Plus the details of the concerts being held for the album launch.

-20 November, 2005: Album details for the new album, 'Birds', due for release 28 November, 2005, have been added on the 'Birds' album page. A review by Grant Smithies from the Sunday Start Times, 'Wings of Desire' gave the album a four star rating. A 'Birds Reviews' page has been added, which will list all the reviews of the Birds album. Details of the 'Winning Arrow' promotional single, released to radio during October, 2005.

-3 November, 2005: Details of the 'Winning Arrow' cd single are available. Plus news of a Limited Edition 10" vinyl single. And the lyrics to 'Winning Arrow', a fan's interpretation.

-1 November, 2005: CRS Management, Bic's management company, changed their logo. The site has been updated to show the new logo. Thanks to Jessie for letting us know.

-17 October, 2005: The New Zealand launch will be celebrated with a live concert to be held at the Civic Theatre, Auckland on 28 November, 2005. See the BIRDS Launch page for more details, and the Appearances page. A copy of the concert poster appears on the Concert Posters page.

-12 October, 2005: More details on the upcoming album, 'Bird's' are becoming available, and have been summarised on our 'About Birds' page. Plus the Warner Chappell page has been updated with all songs Bic has registered as copyright / control owner. PLUS the lyrics to 'Winning Arrow' at the 'About Birds' page.

-1 October, 2005: 'Up with the Birds' article from NZ Herald, published Saturday, 1 October, 2005, describes the making of the new album, due for release 28 November, 2005, and the launch day concert.

-29 September, 2005: New single, 'Winning Arrow' released to radio in New Zealand. It is due to be released to the shops 3 October, 2005.

-10 February, 2005: bicRungadotnet wishes to pass sincere condolences to Bic, Pearl & Boh, and their mother Sophia, on their recent bereavement. Joseph Runga, Bic's father, passed away this week. Bic will be delayed in joining the Finn Brothers World Tour.

-2 February, 2005: Bic to join the Finn Brothers in the US, UK / Eurpean World Tour during February / March / April; dates on the Appearances page.

-15 October, 2004: Back after a short break, with loads of content to add. An interview with Bic at BBC Norfolk on 25 August, 2004. The Sunday Mail in Glasgow featured an interview "Radiohead inspired me" in June 2004. Plus an interesting "Fast Facts" interview with Bic by the BBC Essex, that gives a few bits on Bic's likes & dislikes. Plus, the BBC Norwich did a review of Bic's gig at the Norwich Arts Centre in June.

-30 July, 2004: Bic's album "Beautiful Collision" reaches 100 weeks in the NZ charts.

-9 July, 2004: It's photo day, with pictures from Bic's recent UK tour. All photo's used with permission. Alexandra Bone over at flAsh HOUND did a series from the Norwich gig, a couple of which can be viewed here; An excellent photo (Bic in motion) of the Shepherds Bush concert from Matt Sephton ; and some more photo's from Chris_Wales of the Union Chapel, London concert in September, 2003.

-29 June, 2004: A review, and excellent pictures of the 16 June 2004 Shepherds Bush gig by Chris_Wales; Chris's pics for the Shepherds Bush gig; details and a review of the Leicester Music Cafe gig on 15 June, 2004 by Chris_Wales, plus photo's from the gig by Chris. Plus a review of the Birmingham concert by Ellie Bear from the official messageboard.

-02 June, 2004: "Something Good" european single is due for release 21 June, 2004 in the UK, and the promo for "Something Good" is in circulation. There is also a UK DJ acetate cd version of Something Good in circulation. Catching up, the UK "Get Some Sleep" promotional CD; the European release of "Get Some Sleep"; the UK CD Single release of "Get Some Sleep; and the later CD Maxi release of "Get Some Sleep". Plus a list of appearances coming up in Ireland, including the Oxegen Festival 2004.

-18 May, 2004:  The Daily News in New Plymouth has an interview with Bic prior to her NP concert (thanks Trevor); and Thread website has a review of the Wellington gig by Gill England.

-7 May, 2004: A review of the Invercargill concert from the Otago Daily Times; a review of one of the Christchurch gigs from The Press; and the St Johns in the City Wellington review by the Dominion Post. Also details of the gigs in Ireland - June & September 2004.

-23 April, 2004: An article / interview by the Dominion Post's Robyn McLean, "Worshipping at the altar of Bic" as part of Bic's Acoustic Church Tour.

-22 April, 2004:  Another UK tour has been announced. Check out the dates, venues and links on the Appearances page.

-21 April, 2004: With the Acoustic Church Tour kicking off, the tour details and reviews page has been set up, starting with a review of the Tauranga gig (20 April). Thanks to Ben! The Bay of Plenty Times' also had a good review. And a link to Reveal Records in the UK, stockists of all Bic's music.

-14 April, 2004: From Public Address, there are some excellent photo's of Bic's media gig and commentary from Damian Christie in his "Cracker" column (See a copy of Damien's article here. New photo's of Bic's performance at Le Grande Mix, Tourcoing in February, 2004 from Bic-Fan-Jan from The Netherlands, and some additional dates for Bic's Acoustic Church Tour in April / May 2004.

-8 April, 2004: Details of the Media Concert held in Auckland on the 6th April, 2004, more details on the gig, including the setlist and review; a review of the media concert by the NZ Herald; and a TV One News review of the media concert at NZoom.com. Plus, the final (and most sensible) word on the recent "racism" media headlines comes from Public Address' Russell Brown in his Hard News Column. Also over at Public Address are some excellent photo's and commentary from Damian Christie in his "Cracker" column. Look for the April 7 "Rain falls from concrete coloured skies" column.

-5 April, 2004: An interview with Bic in the Sunday Star Times 'Sunday Magazine', "The Next Bic Thing", talks about the recent headlines following an interview with the Belfast Telegraph, and a subsequent article published by the NZ Herald, "Bic Runga finds New Zealand a racist place". To see all the articles in sequence / context, check the end of the  "The Next Bic Thing" article.

-2 April, 2004: A new album pack, "Tour Edition Double Pack" has been released this week, to coincide with the upcoming tour of New Zealand. March also saw the release of the "Get Some Sleep" European Edition, with new artwork, and the UK Beautiful Collision-Repackaged-Special Edition released in the UK 22 March, 2004. Plus the Beautiful Collision UK / Euro edition, released 15 March, 2004.

-26 March, 2004: A copy of the Tour Poster for the upcoming Acoustic Tour of New Zealand. Auckland's CitiMix Magazine features an article on Bic's upcoming Acoustic Church Tour. Plus the Irish Independent's Night & Day magazine features an interview, "Songbird".

-4 March, 2004: Photos from Bic recent appearance at Tower Records in Dublin Ireland appeared on ShowBiz Ireland news.

-1 March, 2004: A couple of new articles from Bic's interviews in the UK: Times Online features an interview with Bic, "Just whistle a happy tune", and the Independant UK's interview, "Bic's Romantic Vision". Plus, Bic is presenting 1 March, 2004 at Meteor Ireland Music Awards. Plus details of the NZ Tour 2004 happening in April / May 2004, and a copy of the press release.

-23 February, 2004: Gig details and some spectacular photo's from the performance 11 February, 2004 at Le Grand Mix, Tourcing.

-13 February, 2003:  A second concert at The Village, Whelan St, Dublin has been announced for Sunday, 7 March, 2003.

-4 February, 2004: A gig at Le Grand Mix, Tourcoing, France on 11 February, 2004, details on the appearances page, plus a copy of the gig poster. Plus some updates on show dates.

-5 January, 2004: Some new tour dates for Dublin, Aden Music Festival in Paris, and London during March 2004. Pictures from the recent tour of Japan to coincide with the launch of Beautiful Collision in Japan. and a new publicity picture released on the Sony Music Japan website.

-23 December, 2003: January / February tour dates for a support tour with Aqualung through the UK. Plus some pictures of Bic's 12 December, 2003 appearance in Fukuoka, Japan.

-18 December, 2003: Some dates in France in December, announced at short notice. Details to follow. And an article from Le Matin in Switzerland.

-12 December, 2003: Check out the set list and appearance details for the NZ Embassy Tokyo appearance. A compilation album, Natural Woman, released in July, 2003. Plus a compilation album released in 2003, Now Thats What I Call Music 12, featuring Get Some Sleep. And the third in the Natures Best trilogy, Nature's Best 3: Complete The Collection of New Zealand's Top Songs of All Time, released in May, 2003. Finally, the soundtrack from Give It A Whirl TV documentary of NZ Music featured Suddenly Strange.

-5 December, 2003: Updated tabs to Sway (acoustic version) thanks to Matt. And a review by NZ Herald's Russell Baillie of the new album, Live with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra. And details of the Osaka showcase.

-26 November, 2003: A Beautiful Collision UK Press Test CD released in October 2003 to the UK media has been added to the Promotional Albums.

-21 November, 2003: More details on the showcases in Japan.

-19 November, 2003: Japanese release of Beautiful Collision today, with a major update to the Sony Music Japan website page for Bic.

-18 November, 2003: Bic is to perform in Japan in a number of small shows, to coincide with the launch of her album "Beautiful Collision". Plus check out the billboard poster appearing on the back of NZ city buses, promoting Bic's new album, Bic Runga, live with the Christchurch Symphony.

-17 November, 2003: A Herald article by Russell Baillie on Bic's new album featuring her live performance with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra; and details of the new album, Bic Runga Live with the Christchurch Symphony.

-7 November, 2003: An acoustic performance by Bic at Whelans, Dublin on 5 December, 2003; see details on the Appearances page. Plus several of Bic's videos are included on the Natures Best DVD released 28 October 2003.

-17 October, 2003: A review of Bic's performance with the Christchchurch Symphony Orchestra by The Press can be found here.

-14 October, 2003: A live concert to be held at the Bloomsbury Theatre, London on 9 November, 2003.

-8 October, 2003: For a review of Bic's Christchurch Symphony Orchestra concert, "Bursting Through", check here. And for a review of the concert by DoctaSoma, check here.

-22 September, 2003: An additional appearance by Bic at Union Chapel, appearing with The Thorn's, is listed on the appearances page.

-9 September, 2003: Juice TV Awards held, with Bic winning best solo video. A review from The Guardian of Bic's 1 September, 2003 gig at The Garage, London. Plus an interview with Tearaway Magazine where Bic reveals she has the best part of six songs for the next record.

-2 September, 2003: A new set of London concert dates on the appearances page.

-21 July, 2003: A beautiful sketch of Bic by Clara over at Mercuriality ; Boh Runga recently attended the launch of NZ' singer Hayley Westenra's new album "Pure"- see the photo's. Plus a review of Bic's performance at the Prince, Melbourne by Beat Magazine.

-4 July, 2003: Check out the Waikato Times review of the Cambridge gig on 3 July, 2003. Plus an interview by Australia's Beat Magazine prior to the Melbourne gig's. And a review from The Age, Melbourne of the June 22 Melbourne concert at Prince of Wales, Melbourne.

-22 June, 2003: The setlist and soundcheck review by Peter Green is on the Prince of Wales Melbourne 2003 page.

-16 June, 2003: An interview with Bic by NZ Sunday Star Times, Bic's Beautiful Success, prior to Bic relocating to Paris.

-12 June, 2003: An additional concert date on Wednesday, 2 July, 2003 in Cambridge for the July 2003 tour at the Appearances page.

-11 June, 2003: An additional concert date on Saturday, 5 July, 2003 in Auckland for the July 2003 tour at the Appearances page.

-10 June, 2003: Bic has established her own record label, Nu Shoo Records, and has signed her first artist. Read the full story from Undercover Media on the Nu Shoo page.

-21 May, 2003: Dates for the NZ Tour in July 2003 on the Appearances page, and a date for the "Bic Runga - Beautiful Collison" TV Special.

-19 May, 2003: London, UK concert in July, 2003 announced. The Wade Hotel, Silverdale setlist, review, and (photos to come).

-15 May, 2003: Tours in Melbourne and Sydney late May, late June 2003. NZ tour planned in July, then off to the UK. See the dates in Appearances. A new cd, Todays Women Radio Show from July, 2000. And the Sony International Music Festival 10th Anniversary cd. Plus the concert poster from the Finn-Runga-Dobbyn concert in London, 2002.

-5 May, 2003: Appearances for 5 nights during June, 2003 at The Basement Nightclub, Sydney.

-2 May, 2003: The "Beautiful Collision Bonus Track Disk" is due for release 8 May, 2003. (Released for NZ Music Month). Plus a picture of Boh & Andrew from Stellar* present a Tui at the NZ Music Awards 2003. Plus a lot more photos from the awards on the Tui's 2003 Photos page.

-1 May, 2003: An update on Bic's win's at the NZ Music Awards 2003 can be found on the Awards page

-30 April, 2003: NZ Music Awards on tonight, watch this site for updates on the winners! The MessageBoard is down right now due to a hiccup with an upgrade.

-14 April, 2003: Bic pictured at the NZ Tui Technical Awards 2003 with Sony exec's. Plus an NZ Musician interview with Wayne Bell, Bic's drummer from "Drive" and various tours.

-10 April, 2003: NZ Music Awards (Technical Category) announcements from Stuff NZ; a new photo from Stuff NZ; plus an article from Christchurch's The Press on Bic's seven nominations for NZ Music Awards 2003.

-9 April, 2003: NZ Tui Awards nominations, with Bic already receiving Best Producer. Check out all the nominations from NZoom, or the NZ Herald review of the nominations.

-7 April, 2003: An extract from Peter Greens "Famous for 16 minutes" website has the news of Boh marrying Bic's manager, Campbell Smith.  Plus an update on Runga family activities from the ABOUTtown column of New Zealand Star Times. And what has Bic been up to work-wise in April? Check the News page.

-2 April, 2002: The lyrics to the tracks on the cd single "Something Good", including the previously unreleased "A Day Like Today".

-1 April, 2003: Artwork for the new single "Listening for the Weather" was added.

-24 March, 2003: The "Beautiful Collision Easter Tour" was announced, with appearances in Russell, Mangawhai & Silverdale, and the NZ launch date for "Listening for the Weather".

-11 March, 2003: A brief review of Bic's album from Citigig's Toronto, and the tracks for the "Listening for the Weather" cd single. And a publicity photo from Bic's Toronto concert in November 2002.

-4 March, 2003: A new compilation album, Hit Machine 21 surfaces.

-26 February, 2002: An interview & pictorial from Women Who Rock magazine, featuring some stunning pictures of Bic.

-5 February, 2003: Australian CD singles "Get Some Sleep" and "Something Good" were added. Plus an NZ Singles page for "Listening for the Weather", which is due to be released in February, with the video going out to TV in two weeks.

-31 January, 2003: An interview with Bic in the December 2002 - January 2003 issue of Toronto's Access Magazine, and Entertainment / Lifestyle magazine. Plus a good publicity picture of Bic in "calisthenic" mode, from NowToronto. And San Francisco's East Bay Express has a review of Beautiful Collision by Scott Wilson.

-29 January, 2003: An interview with Bic by The Toronto Star, prior to her performance at the Horseshow Tavern in Toronto.

-28 January, 2003: Pictures from Bic's performance at the Sundance Film Festival, Park City, Utah added. Plus details of the House of Blues, Toronto, Canada performance on 28 January, 2003.

-14 January, 2003: A new compilation album, "Hypnotic", released in the US in 2002 by the Collegiate Accapela recordings.

-10 January, 2003: Two new appearances in Toronto, Canada on January 27 & 28, 2003.

-9 January, 2003: A new picture from "Women Who Rock" magazine. Times for Bic's appearances at the Sundance Film Festival Music Cafe. Plus an interview by Bic with YouThink Magazine, a student mag in Canada. And LA's Campus Circle has an interview with Bic talking about making records, Boh, and the future. The guitar tabs to "When I See You Smile" have been added; Pitt News has a review in December 2002 of Beautiful Collision.

-6 January 2003: Some photo's from the Invercargill 2002 concert taken by Stevo. Plus Bic featured at No. 14 in the NZ Heralds top albums of 2002.

-16 December, 2002: Auckland's NZ Herald had an article "On tour with Bic Runga" that covers interviews and commentaries with Bic, Boh, and Campbell Smith (Bic's manager); Sunday Star Times had a review of Bic's performance at the Christchurch Town Hall.

-14 December, 2002: Paul Kelly comments on what it's like to be Bic's support artist, a reversal from a few years ago, in the Nelson Mail; The final issue of Pulse Magazine from Tower Records in the US featured an interview with Bic.

-13 December, 2003: Bic is to perform with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra in their "Jade Series Performances, in a segment titled "Counting the Days", performing orchestral arrangements of her own songs and those of some of her favourite artists. And a piece of history for Bic from 1996. And a photo of Bic with fashion designer Andrea Moore at L'Oreal Fashion Week 2002.

-11 December, 2002: Photo from the Invercargill concert 10 December, 2002.

-9 December, 2002: An interview in the Southland Times by Bic, leading into her 2002 NZ Tour.

-5 December, 2002: Leading into her NZ tour in December, Bic has an interview with her hometown newspaper, The Press, where she talks about touring, the album, and bringing her music home. Also, Bic announces in an interview that she will be performing at the Sundance Music Festival in Utah in January 2003. And "Get Some Sleep" is included on the new "Now That's What I Call Music Volume 11" compilation album.

-2 December, 2002: "Get Some Sleep" has been included on the sampler CD included with the Philips eXpanium MP3 Player released this month. XtraMSN's Gary Taylor did an email interview with Bic, where Bic reveals her likes and dislikes.

-1 December, 2002: A review of Beautiful Collision from The Daily Nebraskan, and one from The Daily Texan. Plus the Daily Cougar has a good review. Rumba Auckland 2002 happened 30 November, and some photo's of Bic's performance (and sister Boh's band, Stellar*'s performance) are here.

-28 November, 2002: An NZPA release from Stuff Entertainment (NZ) "Down to earth Runga contemplates beautiful collision" where Bic describes the recent tour, making Beautiful Collision, and plans for the new record. Plus a quote from A.J.Mac (Stellar*) on the subject of remixes on the Webitorial page.

-27 November, 2002: Location stills from the shooting of the video "Something Good" can be found at the production house web site; also a link to view the video for "Something Good".

-25 November, 2002: An inciteful interview on the OurBrisbane.com website, Intimate Intentions that is worth checking out. The Brisbane News has a good interview "Sweet Nothings" that reveals a few things about Bic and what motivates her.

-18 November, 2002: An interesting interview by Sheila Pham on the ShakenStir UK web site. And a review of "Beautiful Collision" on FM Sound website by a first time Bic listener.

-13 November, 2002: US Advance release CD for Beautiful Collision album launch, released to retail and radio only. Matchbooks distributed during the US West Coast tour during October / November, 2002 can be seen on the Publicity Pics page.

-12 November, 2002: A short review of the Cafe Largo show by Variety Music. Plus the press kit photo from the US Beautiful Collision press kit.

-11 November, 2002: A review of the album "Beautiful Collision" from Canada's Halifax Daily News; The Brown Daily Herald has an album review; and North & West Vancouvers North Shore News has a review of Bic's performances at the Green Room.

-8 November, 2002: An interview  inith Bic the Otago Daily Times online from July, 2002, and an article on the making of the video "Get Some Sleep" from the same newspaper.

-6 November, 2002: The tour display poster that will be used for the NZ Tour 2002, as well as the web poster.

-4 November, 2002: An article from Reuters on Bic's performance at Cafe Largo, LA appeared at XtraMSN; An interview with Bic & Boh in the Sunday Star Times 3 November talks about their music together; and an update to Bic's bio. And Bic features againn at the Apple Computers Quicktime website, and on Columbia Records MidweekMusic webpage. Check it out here. Also at Apples What's On page.

-1 November, 2002: The Santa Barbara concert was cancelled; Campbell Smith posted a message on the messageboard @ www.bicrunga.com explaining.

-30 October, 2002: "Beautiful Collision" US edition details for November 9 release. And a promotional postcard for the US launch of "Beautiful Collision". Plus, 25 October 2002 saw Bic playing live at KCRW Radio in Santa Monica; check out the video clip / audio clip at the KCRW web site. Some pictures of Bic at KCRW appear on the Concerts page.

-28 October, 2002: The Australian gig dates for late November have been announced, plus news of a possible suprise appearnce by Neil Finn at Cafe Largo on 6 November, 2002; all this from Bic's fan club manager, Peter Green on the BicRunga.com messageboard. And the tracks / release dates for "Something Good" courtesy of Peter G.

-25 October, 2002: Review of Cafe Du Nord, San Francisco appearance on 17 October, 2002.

-23 October, 2002: The single "Something Good" was at number 46 on the NZ Music charts in the week it was released.

-20 October, 2002: Cleaning up the archives, a "Drive US Promo" cd added to the promotional cd catalogue, and the "Drive US Release" cd. Plus an old compilation from 1998, TuneUp 30 in the compilations section. And the press release pictures for the Australian release of "Drive" in 1997. Some new dates in July 1998 for Bic's supporting role with Neil Finn's "Try Whistling This" tour. An "All Music Guide" review of Drive in 1998. An update in "About the Songs" from Bic on the origin's of the song "Sway". And the Paul Kelly (who will be touring with Bic in December) album, "Women at the Well", which features one of Bic's tracks.

-17 October, 2002: NZ On Air released Kiwi Hit Disks Vol 56, which featured the track "Something Good. And the video to "Something Good" was released to television. The Tour Posters page was added, and the cafe poster from the Australian 2002 tour was added.

-11 October, 2002: NZ Musician Magazine featured an interview with Bic in their August / September issue.

-10 October, 2002: An interview with Bic by Go Asia Pacific, part of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. And a review of the Cafe Du Nord, San Francisco show last night.

-8 October, 2002: A photo of Bic at the press conference announcing the NZ Tour 2002. Bic was guest drummer on Alan Gregg (ex Muttonbird's) new album, Marshmallow.

-7 October, 2002: Natures Best Volume 2 is released, featuring tracks 31 to 60 of the APRA NZ Top 100; also added Natures Best Volume 1. Also, the press release for the NZ Tour 2002. And a couple of new media articles, The Daily Telegraphs "From the Bic of Beyond", and from the Herald Sun", "Bic's Collsion Course with fate" and the Herald Sun-Sunday Magazines "Artist MOST likely".

-3 October, 2002: Tour dates for the 2002 New Zealand tour, plus the tour poster

-30 September, 2002: A compilation album, "Team NZ / America's Cup" is being released first week in October, 2002, and features a remix of Bic's "Something Good" along with tracks by Dave Dobbyn, Neil Finn, Che Fu and more.

-27 September, 2002: US tour dates for October & November 2002 announced, including a Wednesday nite weekly appearance at Cafe Largo, LA. Plus two additional Australian dates in late November, 2002.

-20 September, 2002: The NZ Tour dates during December 2002 were announced on the BicRunga.com messageboard in a post by Peter Green, Bic's good friend & fan club manager. THESE DATES ARE SUBJECT TO CONFIRMATION!

-18 September, 2002: Details of the concert at The Basement in Sydney yesterday, including the setlist.

-17 September, 2002: An announcement of a live webcast of Bic's concert at The Basement on Tuesday, 17 September, 2002 AEST

-16 September, 2002: Video section added; details of the appearances in the US and Canada in October from Peter Green are added to the Front Door, and the "Beautiful Collision" US launch date is announced.

-13 September, 2002: The Sydney Morning Herald has an interview, "Bic from the brink" as a lead up to the upcoming Australian tour. Plus Blazemedia in South Australia had a review plus interview with Bic in their August issue. There is also an interview with Boh Runga on how she got her start in the music industry.

-11 September, 2002: The musicians, producers, mixers and cast of people involved with Bic in getting her albums released are outlined in the "Musicians Involved" page; this includes "Drive" and "Beautiful Collision" .Note: These pages are still work in progress.

-9 September, 2002: Beautiful Collision breaks the NZ radio play records within weeks of being released. Plus a Juice magazine sampler track listing, a link to Bic's page at Sony Music Australia , and an old review from 1998 in City Beat, Cinncinatti magazine. NZ Girl had a review of "Get Some Sleep" and "Beautiful Collision" that are worth reading. Undercover Media has an article in July about Neil Finn helping out on "Beautiful Collision". Also, The Advertiser in Australia has a review.

-5 September, 2002: Columbia Music New Five web site features a link to the "Beautiful Collision" video.

-28 August, 2002: Australian tour schedule is announced - see details on the Appearances page.

-20 August, 2002: A gig to be held at the Clerenden Guest House, Katoomba, NSW, Aus on 19 September 2002.

-5 August, 2002: A review of "Beautiful Collision" by Juice.net. A few setlists were added to Appearances. A new review from Timeoff Music in Brisbane appeared 30 July 2002.

-2 August, 2002: Song ownership for Bic's music is registered at Warner Chappell Music; Check it out on the "Songs owned by Bic" page. Bic features on the WC Music home page this month.

-1 August, 2002: A review and setlist from the gig at The Fez, New York City on 31 July, 2002.

-26 July, 2002: A review of the album "Beautiful Collision" appears on NineMSN Music, check out a copy here.

-22 July, 2002: A review from news.com.au was added to the Media page, for the "Bic's Collision Course" article. Also an article from The Australian, "Stay Tuned For The Next Bic Thing" appeared today.

-17 July, 2002: Selector Magazine from Sounds Music have published an interview with Bic in the July 2002 Selector issue.

-16 July, 2002: An XtraMSN Entertainment review of "Beautiful Collision" can be found at XtraMSN; SqueezeTV talks about meeting Bic, and the album. Plus an NZ Herald interview (Bic's leaving home) on album promotion for Beautiful Collision.

-11 July, 2002: The start of the "About Beautiful Collision" page, where explanations around the lyrics can be found. Plus the official "Beautiful Collision" lyrics and "Get Some Sleep" cd single lyrics were added.

-10 July, 2002: An update to the "Working with Bic" page, giving a bit of a background on Peter Green, manager of Bic's fan club. Plus a review of the media showcase held in Melbourne on 9 July, 2002 at the 9th Ward jazz club, by Gryphon.

-8 July, 2002: "Get Some Sleep" competition winner announced.

-3 July, 2002: A video clip of the "Beautiful Collision" television commercial for the NZ market can be found on the multimedia links page in a few days, once we get the OK!

-1 July, 2002: An interview with Bic in The Dominion newspaper in Wellington, "Driven to Collision"

-28 June, 2002: An update to the official biosheet for Bic, released by Sony Music NZ Ltd June 2002. Plus the first of a series of competitions.

-26 June, 2002: "Beautiful Collision" sampler CD released to NZ retailer network. Plus the Beautiful Collision album details are available.

-21 June, 2002: A review of the album "Beautiful Collision" appeared in the NZ Herald Weekend Edition on 21 June, 2002.

-19 June, 2002: Bic's management announce the global release dates for the album, Beautiful Collision, plus two US gig's in LA and NYC. Plu the Kiwi Hit Disk discography was completed.

-18 June, 2002: Appearances page updated to include details of Bic's duet with Dave Dobbyn at the Finn Brothers Hooley on June 2, 2002; A photo of Bic before the St James Hooley is on the Concert Pictures page, courtesy of Koji @ Kia Kaha ; Pavement featured a photo of Bic with Lucy Lawless for the GE Free NZ campaign headed by Allanah Currie. An update to the Muse Records graphic (about a year after the name change). Oh yeah, and a photo of Boh being "body-painted" by Joanne Gair on the Photo's page. More to come.

-17 June, "Get Some Slip" single released in stores in New Zealand 17 June, 2002; publicity photo from the single added to Photos page; Get Some Sleep cd single details added; the NZ Singles page was finally completed.

-11 June, 2002: Single release date announced on the News page, and the first publicity pictures for "Beautiful Collision" are released.

-23 May, 2002: Gig's planned for LA once album released in July. Interview transcript to follow.

-15 May, 2002: Beautiful Collision album launch date!

-10 May, 2002: An article / interview with Bic while filming the video for "Get Some Sleep" appeared in the Southland Times; a transcript of the interview appears on the NEWS or BEAUTIFUL COLLISION pages. Also, a copy of the photo that appeared in the article has been put up on the PHOTO's page.

-16 April, 2002: Official press release from Sony Music NZ released on Bic's new album, Beautiful Collision; a copy of the press release is at the "Beautiful Collision" page.

-15 April, 2002: The new album title is revealed, check out the NEWS or NEW ALBUM page. Plus competition announcement to coincide with the album release.

-17 March, 2002: Check out a video of an interview with Boh Runga (Stellar*) on cd burning, courtesy of RIANZ, as part of the BRN&GTBRNT campaign.

-16 February, 2002: Two new cd's added in "Supporting Roles" section, the Paul Kelly album Nothing But a Dream which featured Bic on the track Love is Law, and the single Love Is Law from the same album.

-13 February 2002: A sighting of Bic in New York for album mixing at a recent messageboard post on the News page.

-8 February 2002: A couple of announcements for the Finn-Runga-Dobbyn concert in London from NZoom and Southern Cross Magazine; watch for the concert reviews!

-27 January, 2002: An update on some of the cover songs played at the recent Wellington concerts, featuring Neil Young, Duran Duran and David Bowie tracks is on the Bar Bodgea review page; an update on some of the likely tracks on the New Album; and some info on who will be mastering / mixing the New Album on the News page.

-15 January, 2002: A review of the Nelson gig by Bic on 10 January, 2002 at the Theatre Royal, Nelson; An article on the BRN&GETBRNT campaign by RIANZ, featuring Boh Runga; some new publicity pictures for Stellar* from the BRN&GETBRNT campaign; and watch for a video interview with Boh.

-12 January, 2002: One of the Messageboard members at www.bicrunga.com did a review of the Wellington concert at Bar Bodgea, which included the setlist (and new album tracks), wander over to the Bar Bodgea Show Review page.

-8 January, 2002: Finn-Runga-Dobbyn to appear in London together on Waitangi Day, 2002. More details here.

-7 January, 2002: A few pictures of Stellar* performing at the Viaduct 2002 concert on 5 January, 2002, for the arrival of the Volvo 2002 fleet into Auckland.

-24 December, 2001: A few January 2002 gigs from Bic, see the Front Door for details!

-29 November, 2001: A message from Bic on the new record release date in the News page.

-25 November, 2001: An update from Peter Green's F16 diary announces that a fan club mailout is under way, AND the first new single is due to be released next year. See the News page.

-12 November, 2001: Some additional tour dates with "Better Than Ezra" from December, 1998 were tracked down from Consumables Online, and added to the Appearances page.

-1 November, 2001: An update from Peter Green at his "Famous For Sixteen Minutes" site on Bic's album progress can be found on the NEWS page.

-31 October, 2001: Results of APRA Silver Scroll Awards are announced, and Bic is only artist with two entries in the top 30; and two new photos of Bic, and Bic & Boh at the 7 Worlds Collide Concert, courtesy of Koji.

-10 October, 2001: New pictures added in the Publicity section; results of the APRA (artists publishing association) awards for 2001 are in; and comments from Campbell Smith from a recent NZ Herald article about Bic's album progress. Oh yeah, also an update to the Webitorial page, with comments from AJ Mac (Stellar*'s drummer) on the NZ Music industry and making music video's.

-1 September, 2001: Photo's from the GE FREE NZ Photographic campaign, featuring Bic & Boh; Bic get's an NZ On Air grant for album production; more Concert Appearance dates; also, details of the upcoming compilation album, "Live at Helens", featuring "Delight".

-1 July 2001: Appearances updated to include the June performance by Dimmer, where Bic did backing for the song "Al the way to her"on Dimmers new album. Also, an udate to Publicity Photo's. And a transcript of an interview by Boh with Channel Z, in which she re a little about her family.

-28 June, 2001: An update on the NEWS page of the new album progress, courtesy of Peter Green and his "Famous For 16 Minutes" website.

-8 June, 2001: News from Campbell Smith (Bic's manager) on the new album, touring, and tab's.

-5 June, 2001: A new fan site, Stefan Graman's homepage added to the Links page. Also, a link to buy the piano music for Sway can be found on the Tabs page, or Places To Buy.

-2 June, 2001: Check out the Front Door, or the Concert Photo's for a photo of Bic from the Neil Finn concert in May 2001.

-27 May, 2001: Dimmer's new album, I Believe You Are A Star is released; Bic provides background vocals on one track.

-18 May, 2001: An article on Pearl Runga, sister to Bic & Boh, from the Ministry of Maori Development publication "Kokiri Paetae: A celebration of Maori achievement".

-8 May 2001: An update to the Odeon gig review page, featuring Bic's views on Pluto (her support band at the Odeon gig) as featured in NZ Musician magazine. Also, the details of Pluto's upcoming album, "Red Light Syndrome", which feature's Bic on backing vocals. She has been busy!

-6 May, 2001: A mini-review of the Odeon gig last Friday.

-1 May, 2001: An old media release from Columbia records in March 1998, outlining tour dates and a review of Bic's work.

-23 April, 2001: A bit of background on Greg Johnson's tune "Lazy Susan", and Bic's influence on it.

-21 April, 2001: A few more gigs in Auckland in May 2001 announced. Also posted some detail's from an old messageboard thread regarding Bic's band for live performances of the new album. And a bit of feedback from the April 2001 Auckland gig.

-18 April, 2001: An interview from 1998 by Launch.com was added to the Media section. Also, a few details on the movie "Channelling Baby", which featured the (currently) unreleased track "Night Will Close us Down".

-11 April, 2001: A bit of news on Bic's reaction to the Odeon gig's in Auckland from Peter Green's  "Famous For 16 Minutes" site.

-9 April, 2001: A new concert photo added from a 1998 San Diego concert, and the transcript of an interview 28 March, 2001 with Janice Long from BBC Radio2.

-1 April, 2001: Lyrics to "Night Will Close Us Down", from the movie "Channelling Baby" were included. This song will also be on the new album. See the "New Album Lyrics" page. (These lyrics have not been confirmed as correct yet!)

-26 March, 2001: A few International Singles turned up, and were added....more to come.

-23 March, 2001: April 2001 concerts announced in Auckland. See the NEWS page or the Concert Poster page.

-16 March, 2001: International Singles page started, with Drive EP (OZ Edition) details added. (Must finish that NZ Singles page soon!)

-15 March, 2001: A message board was added in the Resources section, and a Trading Board for Bic's cd's. (More on the trading board later...).
-ADDED a link the the Disc Store, where you can buy a copy of The Underwater Melon Man.
-Remember the interview at the official Bic Runga website in April last year? With the new album due out shortly, read the transcript of the interview, as a refresher of what to expect!

-7 March, 2001: See comments by Andrew Thorne, guitarist in Splitter, and in Bic's bank, on Working With Bic.
-New CD added to the Promotional CD's, from the TUI 2001 Awards.
-The Concert Appearances page was started, looking for help here!

-22 February, 2001: Announcement for the NZ Tui Awards nomination for Best Album of the Year for the "Together In Concert: Live"album from CRS Records for Dave Dobbyn, Tim Finn, and Bic Runga.

-21 February, 2001: A new "Unsubstantiated Albums" page was added to the discography, detailing albums that I haven't actually seen yet, but have reasonable details for.

-21 February, 2001: A new BR website in Germany added to t he Links page.

-20 February, 2001: A new section, ABOUT THE SONGS was added....more to come!

-20 February, 2001: Lyrics to "You Don't Want To Know" from the new album added to NEW ALBUM LYRICS page

- 08 February, 2001: Updates to the Promo & Compilation discography, a review fron "Daily Vault", and a Photo added under the Publicity section.