Libel Music New Zealand Gig Guide
Explore New Zealand’s newest comprehensive events and gig listings
Frontier Touring & Triple J Presents
Laufey
A Matter of Time Tour
Spark Arena, Auckland, New Zealand
Wednesday 12th August 2026
TEG Dainty Presents
Dita Von Teese
Nocturnelle
Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre, Auckland, New Zealand
Sunday 23rd August 2026
TEG Dainty Presents
Dita Von Teese
Nocturnelle
Isaac Theatre Royal, Christchurch, New Zealand
Wednesday 26th August 2026
TEG Dainty Presents
Dita Von Teese
Nocturnelle
The Opera House, Wellington, New Zealand
Friday 28th August 2026
Live Nation Presents
Chris Parker
Take A Good Hard Look At Me Tour
St James Theatre, Wellington, New Zealand
Friday 4th September 2026
Live Nation Presents
Chris Parker
Take A Good Hard Look At Me Tour
James Hay Theatre, Christchurch, New Zealand
Saturday 5th September 2026
David Roy Williams Presents
Suzanne Vega
Flying with Angels Tour 2026
St James Theatre, Wellington, New Zealand
Sunday 6th September 2026
David Roy Williams Presents
Suzanne Vega
Flying with Angels Tour 2026
James Hay Theatre, Christchurch, New Zealand
Wednesday 9th September 2026
David Roy Williams Presents
Suzanne Vega
Flying with Angels Tour 2026
Auckland Town Hall, Auckland, New Zealand
Thursday 10th September 2026
Live Nation Presents
Chris Parker
Take A Good Hard Look At Me Tour
Q Theatre, Auckland, New Zealand
Saturday 12th September 2026
MG Live and Frontier Touring Present
Ashnikko - Smoochies Tour
Auckland Town Hall
16th September 2026
TEG Live presents
Jason Derulo The Last Dance Tour 2026
Spark Arena - Auckland - New Zealand
Sunday 28th September 2026
Live Nation Presents
Agnes Obel
New Zealand & Australia 2026
Te Paepae Theatre, NZICC, Auckland, New Zealand
Tuesday 29th September 2026
Destroy All Lines Presents
August Burns Red Season of Surrender Tour 2026
With special guests Bloom & I Promised The World
San Fran, Wellington, New Zealand
Wednesday 7th October 2026
Destroy All Lines Presents
August Burns Red Season of Surrender Tour 2026
With special guests Bloom & I Promised The World
Powerstation, Auckland, New Zealand
Thursday 8th October 2026
Live Nation Presents
Hilary Duff
The Lucky Me Tour
with special guest La Roux
Spark Arena, Auckland, New Zealand
Tuesday 20th October 2026
Frontier Touring Presents
Lily Allen
Performing West End Girl
Spark Arena, Auckland, New Zealand
Wednesday 21st October 2026
Avenged Sevenfold
AU/NZ Tour 2026
Friday 23rd October- Spark Arena - Auckland
with Special Guests Coheed and Cambria & Thornhill
Live Nation Presents
5 Seconds of Summer
Everyone’s a Star! World Tour 2026
Spark Arena, Auckland, New Zealand
Saturday 24th October 2026
Valhalla Touring Presents
La Dispute
No One was Driving The Car Tour 2026
Meow, Wellington, New Zealand
Tuesday 27th October 2026
Valhalla Touring Presents
La Dispute
No One was Driving The Car Tour 2026
Hollywood Avondale, Auckland, New Zealand
Wednesday 28th October 2026
Live Nation Presents
Charlie Puth
Whatever’s Clever! Tour 2026
Spark Arena, Auckland, New Zealand
Thursday 5th November
TEG Dainty Presents
Iron Maiden
Run For Your Lives World Tour 2026
with special guests Megadeth
Spark Arena, Auckland, New Zealand
Saturday 7th November 2026
TEG Dainty Presents
Iron Maiden
Run For Your Lives World Tour 2026
with special guests Megadeth
Spark Arena, Auckland, New Zealand
Sunday 8th November 2026
Presented by Chugg Entertainment and Frontier Touring
Robbie Williams
BRITPOP Tour Australia/New Zealand 2026
Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand
Tuesday 24th November 2026
Presented by Chugg Entertainment and Frontier Touring
Robbie Williams
BRITPOP Tour Australia & New Zealand 2026
ONE New Zealand Stadium, Christchurch, New Zealand
Saturday 28th November 2026
Live Nation Presents
Guns N' Roses with Special Guests Airbourne
The World Tour 2026
Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand
Thursday 17th December 2026
Frontier Touring & The Rock Presents
Foo Fighters
Take Cover Tour 2027
with special guests Dartz (WLG) and Seek Help! (DUN)
One New Zealand Stadium, Christchurch, New Zealand
Tuesday 19th January 2027
Frontier Touring & The Rock Presents
Foo Fighters
Take Cover Tour 2027
with special guests Dick Move (AKL) and Ringlets (AKL)
Western Springs Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand
Friday 22nd January 2027
Artist Name - In This Moment
Release Name - Sleeping With The Enemy
Release Date - 29th May 2026
Genre - Alt Metal, Hard Rock, Metalcore
Label - Better Noise Music
Artist Name - The Transformers
Release Name - The Transformers: The Movie: The Soundtrack: The Reformatted Edition
Release Date - 24th July 2026
Genre - Heavy Metal, Metal, Soundtrack
Label - Reigning Phoenix Music
Artist Name - Jungle
Release Name - The Wave
Release Date - 28th May 2026
Genre - Electronic, Neo Soul, Funk
Label - Caiola Records
Artist Name - Boston Manor
Release Name - Be Nothing
Release Date - 27th May 2026
Genre - Alternative-Rock, Alt-Rock, Pop Punk
Label - Pure Noise Records
Artist Name - Dimmu Borgir
Release Name - As Seen In The Unseen
Release Date - 25th May 2026
Genre - Melodic Black Metal, Black Metal. Metal
Label - Nuclear Blast Records
Artist Name - The Black Seeds
Release Name - 8BIT
Release Date - 22nd May 2026
Genre - Reggae, Funk, Soul Music
Label - Self-released
Artist Name - The Xcerts
Release Name - rinse repeat
Release Date - 20th May 2026
Genre - Alternative-Rock, Indie-Rock, Post-Hardcore
Label - FLG Records
Artist Name - Beartooth
Release Name - Pure Ecstasy
Release Date - 18th May 2026
Genre - Hardcore, Metalcore, Punk Rock
Label - Fearless Records
Tour News - Killswitch Engage announce second Melbourne show for November Tour with Sylosis - 29th May 2026
Tour News - Rise Against announce New Zealand tour with Dropkick Murphys - 26th May 2026
NZ & AUS Tour
Tour News - Ocean Grove Oddworld Underground Australian Tour 2026 with guests - 25th May 2026
AUS Tour
Tour News - Australian duo Hermitude announce NZ shows in Wellington and Auckland this July 2026 - 21st May 2026
NZ & AUS Tour
Tour News - Post Malone presents The BIG ASS World Tour NZ 2026 date with special guest Don Toliver - 21st May 2026
Live Music News - Morning People celebrates 10 years with Auckland Town Hall takeover Saturday 30 May - 21st May 2026
NZ Tour
Tour News - Flying Lotus Auckland show cancelled, Wellington Meow Nui show proceeds as scheduled - 19th May 2026
Festival News - final Lōemis Festival announcement: more music, cuisine pop-ups & a midwinter ball - 19th May 2026
NZ Tour
Tour News - Killswitch Engage announce Australian and NZ tour for Nov 2026 with special guests Sylosis - 18th May 2026
NZ & AUS Tour
Tour News - Westlife announce second Christchurch show on their 25: The Anniversary World Tour 2027 - 15th May 2026
NZ & AUS Tour
Tour News - Lamb Of God + Trivium Australian tour 2026 with Bleed From Within - 12th May 2026
AUS Tour
Tour News - Macey announces first headline show in three years alongside new album, 'Once,' release - 12th May 2026
NZ Tour
Tour News - Westlife announce Australia & New Zealand tour in July 2027 - 8th May 2026
NZ & AUS Tour
Tour News - Plini 'An Unnameable Desire' Australia & NZ tour 2026 with special guests - 7th May 2026
NZ & AUS Tour
Tour News - Mel Parsons announces seven-date NZ CASTLE HILL album release tour - 7th May 20261 Sentence Excerpt
NZ Tour
Tour News - R&B star Jenevieve announces debut Australia & NZ 'The Crysalis Tour' 2026 - 6th May 2026
NZ & AUS Tour
Tour News - Ash announce '1977 30th Anniversary' September 2026 New Zealand Tour - 6th May 2026
NZ Tour
Tour News - Full line-up announced for the Winter Series, final tickets are on sale now - 6th May 2026
NZ Tour
Tour News - Public Image Ltd announce Australian & New Zealand dates of 'This Is Not… The Final PiL Tour' - 6th May 2026
NZ & AUS Tour
Exhibition News - FromThePit 2026: Capturing the pulse of live music in Aotearoa up close & unfiltered - 4th May 2026
NZ exhibition
Tour News - Aldous Harding announces 'Train on the Island' Aotearoa tour - 4th May 2026
NZ Tour
Tour News - US folk stars Buffalo Traffic Jam add second Auckland show to the Down Under Tour '26 - 1st May 2026
NZ & AUS Tour
Tour News - Dermot Kennedy announces New Zealand tour dates across November - 1st May 2026
NZ & AUS Tour
Tour News - Support announced for The Veils' 'Fragile World' Aotearoa tour 2026 - 29th April 2026
NZ Tour
Review By - Rob Harbers
Artist/Band - Peter Hook & the Light
Venue/City - Opera House, Wellington, New Zealand
Date of Event - Friday 11th July 2026
Review By: Rob Harbers
Artist/Band: Julia Deans with special guest Mon Shelford
Venue/City: Paisley Stage, Napier, New Zealand
Date of Event: Friday 19th June 2026
Review By: Faith Hamblyn
Artist/Band Name: The Veils
Album Name: Fragile World
Label: V2 Records
Release Date: Friday 19th July 2026
Review By: Rob Harbers
Artist/Band: The Mon Shelford Band & The Phil Edwards Band
Venue/City: CHB Municipal Theatre, Hawke’s Bay
Date of Event: 31st May 2026
Review By: Faith Hamblyn
Image Credits to: Greg Haver (Coutesy of Red Raven News)
Artist/Band: Sparks
Venue/City: Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre, Aotea Centre, Auckland, New Zealand
Date of Event: Saturday 23rd May 2026
Review By: Rob Harbers
Artist/Band: Sola Rosa
Venue/City: Puketapu Community Hall, Hawke’s Bay
Date of Event: 23rd May 2026
Review By: Rob Harbers
Artist/Band: Thabani Gapara
Venue/City: Toitoi Opera House, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand
Date of Event: Friday 22nd May 2026
Review By: James Brown
Performer: Stephen K Amos
Venue/City: Q Theatre, Auckland, New Zealand
Date of Event: Saturday 9th May 2026
Live Photos - Deftones - Auckland - 13th May 2026
Image Credits to: Tom Grut
Artist/Band: Deftones with special guests Interpol & Ecca Vandal
Venue/City: Spark Arena, Auckland, New Zealand
Date of Event: Wednesday, 13th May, 2026
Image Credits to: Megan Moss Photographer
Artist/Band: Split Enz
Venue/City: Claudland's Arena, Hamilton, New Zealand
Date of Event: Saturday, 2nd May 2026
Image Credits to: Rachel Mathews
Artist/Band: MGK Machine Gun Kelly
Venue/City: Spark Arena, Auckland, New Zealand
Date of Event: Saturday, 18th April, 2026
Image Credits to Rachel Matthews
Artist/Band: Electric Six
Venue/City: The Tuning Fork, Auckland
Date of Event: Friday 27th March 2026
Photos/Image Credits to: Rachel Matthews
Artist/Band: Jordan Davis with Tucker Wetmore
Venue/City: Spark Arena, Auckland, New Zealand
Date of Event: Thursday, 19th March 2026
Photos/Image Credits to: Rachel Matthews
Artist/Band: Jim Beam Homegrown 2026
Event: Homegrown Festival
Venue/City: Claudelands Oval, Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand
Date of Event: Saturday, 14th March 2026
The Damned
The Final Damnation 50th Anniversary Tour
Powerstation, Auckland, New Zealand
Tuesday 8th September 2026