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16/12/2024

HEALTH AOTEAROA 2025 NZ TOUR

Alongside of their forthcoming appearance at Knotfest Australia, the enigmatic noise rock-cum-industrial metal trio that is HEALTH returns to New Zealand for their headline tour in many years off the back of their seventh album, Rat Wars, a dystopian, painfully h***y fever dream that may just be the zenith of their evolution.

Wednesday 5 March - Double Whammy, Auckland
Tickets via Under the Radar or direct at https://bit.ly/Health-Auckland

Thursday 6 March - San Fran, Wellington
Tickets via Moshtix or direct at https://bit.ly/Health-Wellington

TICKETS ON SALE TUESDAY 17 DEC NOON/12pm 🤘

09/12/2024

Deadboy Records proudly presents SUMMER OF HARDCORE 2025

Yes they heard you loud and clear… both Auckland and Wellington are getting their dose in February!

They are STOKED to welcome the legendary Bleeders back for two exclusive summer shows as headliners for SOHC2025 alongside Saving Grace and Brainwave HC in both cities joined by some of the very best in NHZC including Ricky Bobby PNHC, Brawler NZHC, Standover and many more.

Tickets on sale from Undertheradar.co.nz

Early bird discounted tickets available and will sell out fast so don’t sleep on this!

03/12/2024

HERE WE GO MAGGOTS

Slipknot 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐒𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐖𝐒 💥
Register for Presale: https://knotfestau.com/SlipknotAUNZ

After months of relentless chaos and sold-out arenas, Slipknot has announced two exclusive headline sideshows next year on the heels of Knotfest Australia

Presale Info ℹ️
KNOTFEST Premium Members Presale
𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟓𝐭𝐡 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 @ 𝟗𝐚𝐦 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞
Promoter, Ticketek, Venue Presale:
𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟓𝐭𝐡 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 @ 𝟏𝟎𝐚𝐦 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞
General On Sale:
𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 @ 𝟐𝐩𝐦 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞

Tour Dates 📅
Tuesday 4th March - Entertainment Centre Arena, Adelaide
Tuesday 11th March - Spark Arena, Auckland

A Destroy All Lines and TEG Live Presentation.

29/11/2024

Drake has today announced two upcoming NZ tour dates for 2025. Check out below our review and photo gallery from his last tour here back in 2017!

Drake: 3rd November 2017. Spark Arena, Auckland, New Zealand. Reviewed by Sarah Kidd with photography by Doug Peters for Ambient Light.

26/11/2024

Due to recent events CKY will no longer be supporting Alien Ant Farm on tour but we are delighted to announce Drowning Pool will appear in their place!!

And that’s not all - it’s been turned into NZ’s only International rock festival with NZ’s Best Rock Metal act Blindspott as co-headliners.

But wait there’s more! Ozzie legends 28 Days are also jumping alongside a stack of epic NZ acts Written By Wolves, Pull Down the Sun, The Boondocks NZ, and Flirting With Disaster!

Again, this is NZ's only International Rock Festival this Summer so get into it!

Paradise City Rock Festival
5th February 2025 | The Trusts Arena | Auckland

Tickets on sale now from Goodvibes Promotions🤘

https://goodvibespromotions.com/tours/aaf-bp28-2025-akl

25/11/2024

Go, read.

There’s a little tidbit of info that I hadn’t gotten around to posting here.

Much love to you all for hanging around this long!

It didn't seem possible, but things have gotten worse - much worse.

20/11/2024

ALIEN WEAPONRY ANNOUNCE NATIONWIDE TOUR MARCH 2025 WITH SPECIAL GUESTS SHEPHERDS REIGN

Fresh off an exhaustive North American tour, sensational thrash metal band Alien Weaponry will return home in superb form next March to deliver their colossal adrenaline-charged performance to their loyal fans on a 6-date NZ tour with phenomenal Tāmaki Makaurau Polynesian metal band Shepherds Reign.

ALIEN WEAPONRY have been, and continue to, tour extensively through North America; perform at some of the biggest metal festivals in Europe; and regularly enjoy the privilege of performing with the likes of rock and metal heavy-weights, including artists Guns N’ Roses, Gojira, Ministry, Slayer, Black Label Society, Kerry King and more.

Metal fans nationwide have the chance to witness two of Aotearoa’s finest acts come together for a triumphant night of cultural heavy metal, a fresh sound conveyed through multi-lingual story-telling, ferocious tribal beats, crushingly heavy riffs and a raw, fervent power.

Fri 14 March – Kirikiriroa / Hamilton – Factory (Supervised)
For tickets, go to: eventfinda.co.nz

Sat 15 March – Pōneke / Wellington – Homegrown (R18)
For tickets, go to: homegrown.flicket.co.nz

Thu 20 March – Ngāmotu / New Plymouth – TSB Showplace (R16)
For tickets, go to: eventfinda.co.nz

Fri 21 March - Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland – Powerstation (AA)
For tickets, go to: aaaticketing.co.nz

Sat 22 March – Ōtautahi / Christchurch - James Hay (AA)
For tickets, go to: ticketmaster.co.nz

Sun 23 March – Tāhuna / Queenstown - AJ Hackett Kawarau Bungy Centre (AA)
For tickets, go to: eventfinda.co.nz

All tickets also on Alienweaponry.com
Tickets go on sale at 9am Friday 22 November

12/11/2024

officialopeth ANNOUNCE AUSTRALIAN and NEW ZEALAND HEADLINE TOUR IN NOVEMBER 2025

Swedish rock legends OPETH are excited to announce a headline tour in Australia and New Zealand set for November 2025.

After 6 long years wait, the Nov ’25 tour promises to be groundbreaking - 7 absolutely massive concerts featuring 2 hours plus sets including landmark masterpieces and songs from Opeth’s darkest and heaviest album in decades - the critically acclaimed concept album, The last WILL and TESTAMENT.

OPETH AUSTRALIAN and NEW ZEALAND Tour Dates 2025

Friday 14 November: Auckland - Town Hall
Monday 17 November: Sydney - Sydney Opera House
Tuesday 18 November: Sydney - Sydney Opera House
Thursday 20 November: Brisbane Fortitude - Music Hall
Friday 21 November: Melbourne - Palais Theatre
Saturday 22 November: Adelaide - Hindley St Music Hall
Monday 24 November: Perth - Astor Theatre

Presale: Thursday 14th November @ 11:00am AEDT
General Public On Sale: Friday 15th November @ 11:00am AEDT

Tickets From: https://metropolistouring.com/opeth-2025/ or https://davidroywilliams.com/tours/opeth-2025/

08/11/2024

+++ Valhalla Touring and Tombstone Entertainment Presents +++
CONAN AOTEAROA TOUR 2025

Thu 6th Mar - Wellington, Valhalla
Fri 7th Mar - Christchurch, Sydenham Underpass
Sat 8th Mar - Auckland, Double Whammy

all shows with BORER

Tickets ON SALE NOW
tombstone.co.nz or https://bit.ly/Conan25NZ

Bow to battle doom lords Conan, as they’re taking over our lands once again.

The better part of two decades, CONAN’s reliability remains unshakable. Which you want when your band is so heavy that the floor and your rib cage both start to vibrate.

Joining the killer bill will be Borer - Tone worshiping doom sludge from the swamps of Otautahi for a total tour of destruction

Tickets ON SALE NOW
tombstone.co.nz or https://bit.ly/Conan25NZ

01/11/2024

The Ipecac Recordings band (and Ambient Light favorites) Spotlights are hitting NZ this month for a run of shows across the North Island!

Bridget Herlihy had the opportunity to chat with Mario & Sarah about the upcoming tour, creating alchemy on stage and in the studio, and the absurdity of labels - check it out below!

MARIO & SARAH QUINTERO of SPOTLIGHTS: The Absurdity Of Labels An interview by Bridget Herlihy. William Shakespeare once wrote, “a rose by any other name would smell as sweet”. Pondering of the relevance of a name or label is applicableContinue Reading

30/10/2024

Chelsea Wolfe is coming!!! Happy Halloween everyone!

ONSALE NOW
Auckland - aaaticketing.co.nz
Wellington - ticketek.co.nz

The incomparable CHELSEA WOLFE has announced her return to Australia and New Zealand in May 2025.

Three years after her sold out tour of Oceania, the Queen of Darkness will bring her visceral, vivid live performance back to Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Wellington and Auckland.

She will tour with her four-piece band, as well as bringing along experimental Australian artist Uboa performing as support for all shows outside Perth.

CHELSEA WOLFE AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND TOUR

with special guest UBOA*

May 21 – Perth – The Rechabite
May 23 – Brisbane – The Tivoli*
May 24 – Sydney – Metro Theatre*
May 25 – Melbourne – The Forum*
May 27 – Adelaide – The Gov*
May 29 – Wellington – Meow Nui*
May 30 – Auckland – Powerstation*

Presented by Bird’s Robe & Valhalla

24/10/2024

Oh s**t yeah!! Get amongst these shows - Amyl and The Sniffers rule!

Friday 14 February – Meow Nui, Wellington
Saturday 15 February – Powerstation, Auckland
Sunday 16 February – Powerstation, Auckland

Tickets available from October 30 (Pre sale)
November 1 (General on sale)
From http://amylandthesniffers.com

23/10/2024

JUST ANNOUNCED 🔥 Metallica's record-breaking M72 World Tour is heading to New Zealand in 2025 ⚡️ With special guests Evanescence and Suicidal Tendencies. The day has finally come, this massive show at Eden Park, Auckland on November 19, 2025 is not to be missed.

📅 Nov 19, 2025
📍 Eden Park, Auckland
🎟️ tktmstr.co/MetallicaNZ

23/10/2024

TYLER, THE CREATOR
​CHROMAKOPIA: THE WORLD TOUR
​AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND
​AUGUST & SEPTEMBER 2025
​Presented by AEG Presents, Frontier Touring and MG Live

FRONTIER MEMBER PRESALE
​via http://frontiertouring.com/tylerthecreator
​Runs 24 hours from: Wednesday 30 October
​10am local time – Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth & Sydney
​12pm local time - Auckland
​or until presale allocation exhausted

TICKETS ON SALE
​Begins: Friday 1 November, 10am local time

ALL SHOWS LIC. ALL AGES

Monday 18 August
​Spark Arena | Auckland, NZ
​Lic. All Ages ​
​ticketmaster.co.nz

Friday 22 August
​Rod Laver Arena | Melbourne, VIC
​Lic. All Ages ​
​ticketek.com.au

Saturday 23 August
​Rod Laver Arena | Melbourne, VIC
​Lic. All Ages ​
​ticketek.com.au

Tuesday 26 August
​Qudos Bank Arena | Sydney, NSW
​Lic. All Ages ​
​ticketek.com.au

Wednesday 27 August
​Qudos Bank Arena | Sydney, NSW
​Lic. All Ages ​
​ticketek.com.au

Saturday 30 August
​Brisbane Entertainment Centre | Brisbane, QLD
​Lic. All Ages ​
​ticketek.com.au

Thursday 4 September
​RAC Arena | Perth, WA
​Lic. All Ages ​
​ticketek.com.au

21/10/2024

R.I.P Paul (Andrews) Di’Anno
1958 -2024

Frontman and Singer for Iron Maiden from 1978-1981, including their first two albums, Paul was a pioneer in the Metal scene and will be fondly remembered by many fans from across the globe.

🤘

20/10/2024

We can’t get enough!!

Legendary New Zealand band Supergroove are back!
The original '95 line up will be joined by special guests Troy Kingi, King Kapisi and Rubi Du.

The Phenomenon Tour coming April 2025 is one you won't want to miss!

🎫 Tickets go on sale midday Tuesday 29 October at www.eccles.co.nz/supergroove-2025