L.A.B's Live Rendition of Proud Man & Mr Reggae

L.A.B return with two live renditions of ‘Proud Man’ & ‘Mr Reggae’ taken from their album L.A.B V. Filmed & recorded live at Massey Studios, Toi Rauwhārangi College of Creative Arts, the live rendition of the tracks showcase L.A.B’s electric live sound which has seen them sell out multiple events & tours across Aotearoa & Australia.

Following on from multiple number one singles & albums, alongside a growing list of platinum sales & awards across New Zealand & Australia, this is the band’s first-ever release featuring a small collection of live tracks.

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Both videos have a combination of over 350,000 views on YouTube, over 250,000 on Facebook and 50,00 on Instagram
Single ‘Mr Reggae’ has spent over 20 weeks in the NZ Official Top 40 Singles Chart and is certified platinum. Is in the Top 20 most-played songs on NZ Radio, and has been since release.
Entire catalogue totals over 215 million streams on Spotify, with over 1 million monthly listeners and 179,000 followers.
The entire catalogue has over 17.5 million plays on Apple and over 825,000 Shazams.
Over 75 million total views on L.A.B’s official YouTube channel
L.A.B V is certified Gold and has spent 17 weeks in the Top 20 NZ Albums Chart
L.A.B’s April 2022 headline Australian tour sold over 30,000 total tickets, plus marquee festival slots at WOMADelaide & Byron Bay Bluesfest.
83% of overall Spotify streams from sources outside Editorial Playlists
37% of Spotify Streams come from Listener’s Own Playlists & Library
60% of Spotify Audience is from outside of the home market of NZ.
62% of Apple’s Audience from outside of the home Market of NZ
Single ‘Why Oh Why’ debuted at Number One on NZ Official Top 40 Singles Chart, with different L.A.B songs charting at Numbers One, Two & Four
‘Why Oh Why’ spent five weeks at Number One.
‘In The Air’ spent three weeks at Number One on the NZ Official Top 40 Singles Chart, and the first independent Number One since 2012.
The catalogue features nine Gold singles, six Platinum singles, one four-times-Platinum single, one six-times Platinum single, one eight-times Platinum single, two Platinum albums & two two-times Platinum albums in NZ. One Gold single in Australia. ‘In The Air’ is certified Gold in Australia.
Global radio support includes ads on over 40 US College stations & over 20 commercial US stations, plus ads on reggae-based playlists across Europe, with over 600 plays across 50 stations, including the BBC.
Winner of four 2021 Aotearoa Music Awards including Single Of The Year, Album Of The Year, Best Group & Best Roots Artist, & winner of two 2020 Aotearoa Music Awards including People’s Choice. First act since Lorde to win both Single & Album Of The Year, & first independent act since Scribe to win Single Of The Year.
Winner of four 2020 Waiata Māori Music Awards and three in 2021.
Sold out the world’s first arena show post lockdown in 2020 – Pollstar https://news.pollstar.com/2020/07/06/new-zealands-return-to-live-music-builds-momentum-2/ & Stuff.co.nz https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/gig-reviews/300049072/kiwi-group-lab-sellout-first-major-music-gig-post-lockdown
Have played 10 sold-out arena/stadium shows in New Zealand since July 2020 to an audience of over 100,000.
Voted NZ’s Best Live Act by Radio New Zealand. https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/nat-music/audio/2018696049/poll-results-who-s-new-zealand-s-best-live-act-right-now