{"id":410441,"date":"2026-05-03T23:31:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T23:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/410441\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T23:31:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T23:31:11","slug":"aldous-harding-announces-new-zealand-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/410441\/","title":{"rendered":"Aldous Harding Announces New Zealand Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aldous Harding has announced a national tour.<\/p>\n

Harding will play shows in Kirikiriroa Hamilton, \u014ctautahi Christchurch, T\u0101maki Makaurau Auckland, and P\u00f3neke Wellington this November (see full dates below).<\/p>\n

Tickets go on sale to the general public on Thursday, May 7th at 11am local time. The Live Nation pre-sale begins on Tuesday, May 5th at 10am local time.<\/p>\n

Harding will embark on her national tour following the release of new album Train on the Island<\/a>, out this week (May 8th) via\u00a0Flying Nun Records and 4AD.<\/p>\n

The 10-track collection was co-produced by the Aotearoa musician\u2019s longtime collaborator John Parish (PJ Harvey, Dry Cleaning) at Rockfield Studios in Monmouth, Wales, where the pair previously recorded Harding\u2019s albums Party (2017), Designer (2019), and Warm Chris (2022).<\/p>\n

Train on the Island will be released digitally, and on CD, red vinyl gatefold, exclusive \u2018Flying Nun Black\u2019 vinyl gatefold, and exclusive \u2018Holiday Records Copper\u2019 vinyl gatefold (limited to 50 copies).<\/p>\n

Before she comes home, Harding will play\u00a0across the UK and Europe between May and August, supported at select shows by fellow acclaimed Aotearoa artist and Flying Nun labelmate Vera Ellen<\/a>, before travelling to the US for a run of dates in September and October.<\/p>\n

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Harding made two major Rolling Stone AU\/NZ lists last year.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Barrel\u201d<\/a> reached the top 50 on our Best Australian & New Zealand Songs of the 21st Century So Far countdown, while Warm Chris<\/a> made our Best New Zealand Albums of the 2020s So Far list.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you begin your album with a song called \u2018Ennui\u2019, the tone is really set. On her fourth record, Warm Chris, Harding somehow improves on 2019\u2019s acclaimed Designer, producing a set of stunning folk tracks,\u201d we praised.<\/p>\n

\u201cLike her peers Jessica Pratt and Julia Jacklin, the singer-songwriter possesses the rare ability to imbue even the most innocuous of lines with profundity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Aldous Harding\u2019s Train on the Island is out May 8th via Flying Nun Records and 4AD (pre-save\/pre-order here<\/a>).\u00a0<\/p>\n

Aldous Harding 2026 Aotearoa New Zealand Tour<\/p>\n

Presented by Live Nation and 95bFM*<\/p>\n

Live Nation pre-sale begins Tuesday, May 5th (10am local time)
General sale begins Thursday, May 7th (11am local time)<\/p>\n

Ticket information available here<\/a><\/p>\n

Wednesday, November 25th
BNZ Theatre, Kirikiriroa Hamilton<\/p>\n

Friday, November 27th
Christchurch Town Hall, \u014ctautahi Christchurch<\/p>\n

Saturday, November 28th
Te Paepae Theare, NZICC, T\u0101maki Makaurau Auckland<\/p>\n

Sunday, November 29th
Michael Fowler Centre, P\u00f3neke Wellington<\/p>\n

*Auckland show only<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aldous Harding has announced a national tour. Harding will play shows in Kirikiriroa Hamilton, \u014ctautahi Christchurch, T\u0101maki Makaurau…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":89745,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[199127,211180,211181,211182,111,43,139,69],"class_list":["post-410441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-aldous-harding","tag-aldous-harding-aotearoa-tour","tag-aldous-harding-new-zealand-tour","tag-aldous-harding-tour","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=410441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410441\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=410441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=410441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}