March 2025
Pallbearer NZ Tour 2025
Doom metal titans Pallbearer make their return to New Zealand in March 2025 for 3 exclusive limited shows promising their signature blend of haunting melodies and crushing riffs. The 2024 release of Mind Burns Alive finds Pallbearer navigating the space between disquiet and serenity with a singular intensity. At times poetic and blistering, their fifth full length is a heartfelt meditation on isolation, trauma and mental breakdown, framed by the possibility of redemption and the quiet aching beauty of escape.
Find out more »WAX MUSTANG – ‘MUSTANG II’ TOUR | CHRISTCHURCH
Get ready, Aotearoa — Wax Mustang, the Dunedin born rap-game renegade, is hitting the road this March to bring his high-octane energy and unapologetic swagger to five cities around the country. Armed with his new acclaimed EP Mustang II, he’s back to serve up his signature vibe with one simple question: “how cold are those beers? Not cold enough.” This isn’t just a tour; it’s a Mustang-sized takeover. Coming off a string of viral moments and certified bangers, Wax Mustang has…
Find out more »Kristin Hersh
Kristin Hersh (USA) returns to Aotearoa New Zealand for four solo concerts in March 2025, following on from her sold out tour two years ago. Fans can look forward to material from Hersh’s mesmerising solo and Throwing Muses catalogue – a songbook stretching from the ‘80s through to today. The inimitable Kristin Hersh is a musician's musician, a songwriter's songwriter, and an innovator's innovator. Her first band, Throwing Muses, began recording and playing out when they were just 14 years…
Find out more »Alien Weaponry With Support Shepherds Reign
“Gen Z has basically just discovered their own Sepultura, and they liked what they heard, and they were fantastic live” - 9.5/10 - Brink The Noise UK 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, one of the best young metal…
Find out more »MJ Lenderman & The Wind – NZ Tour 2025
Banished Music & Strange News Present MJ Lenderman & The Wind New Zealand Tour - March / April 2025 Sunday 30 March - Loons, Lyttelton Monday 31 March - Meow, Wellington Tuesday 1 April - Double Whammy, Auckland Pre-sale tickets - 10AM, Friday 22 Nov General tickets - 10AM, Monday 25 Nov “the Poet Laureate of Indie Rock” — Interview Magazine “Manning Fireworks is a masterpiece about quotidian misery that’s as playful and comforting as a best friend.” — Stereogum…
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