{"id":2058712,"date":"2025-09-30T01:05:59","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T01:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2058712"},"modified":"2025-09-30T01:05:59","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T01:05:59","slug":"helmet-usa-returning-to-aotearoa-new-zealand-in-april-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/helmet-usa-returning-to-aotearoa-new-zealand-in-april-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Helmet (USA) Returning to Aotearoa New Zealand in April 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>One of the most formidable sonic forces of this or any era, NYC noise-rock innovators <strong>Helmet<\/strong>\u00a0will finally be back in Aotearoa New Zealand early next year, headlining P\u014dneke&#8217;s <strong>San Fran<\/strong> and T\u0101maki Makaurau&#8217;s <strong>The Powerstation<\/strong>. Founded by vocalist \/ guitarist <strong>Page Hamilton<\/strong>\u00a0during the late &#8217;80s, Helmet have forged their uniquely heavy, methodically precise and massively influential sound across nine studio albums and counting, including their monumental &#8217;90s run of <em>Strap It On<\/em>, <em>Meantime<\/em>, <em>Betty<\/em> and <em>Aftertaste<\/em>, and their latest opus<em> Left <\/em>(2023). Indeed, the singular &#8216;Helmet riff&#8217; could be considered a crushing genre unto itself. Helmet&#8217;s meteoric return down under is a mandatory occasion for heavy music lovers, brought to you by <strong>Eccles Entertainment<\/strong>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>UnderTheRadar proudly presents&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>HELMET<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday 11th April &#8211; San Fran, Wellington&#13;<br \/>\n<br \/>Sunday 12 April &#8211; Powerstation, Auckland<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tickets on sale from 12pm, Thursday 2nd October at <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.helmetmusic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">helmetmusic.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Experience Helmet&#8217;s &#8216;Big Shot&#8217; from their 2023 album <em>Left<\/em>&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"HELMET &#039;Big Shot&#039; - Official Video\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M3lqwk13FuY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Check out Helmet&#8217;s classic &#8216;Milquetoast&#8217;, featured on the original soundtrack to 1994&#8217;s <em>The Crow<\/em>&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Helmet - Milquetoast\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lEnMb4m9lu0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>Press release:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>NYC Noise Rock Instigators Helmet return to Aotearoa \/ New Zealand for two shows in April 2026. Playing Wellington\u2019s San Fran on Saturday 11 April, followed by The Powerstation in Auckland on Sunday 12 April.<\/p>\n<p>Helmet has built a reputation as one of the most commanding forces in the underground scene. Born at the dawn of the rage-filled 90\u2019s, Helmet fiercely holds space for multiple generations of alternative fans seeking the vital energy of hostile riffs and inventive metronomic groove. With a refusal to fit neatly into a genre, Helmet\u2019s music creates an atmosphere best known live; part industrial, part hip-hop, part existential sermon.<\/p>\n<p>Formed in 1989 in NYC by Page Hamilton, Helmet has been crushing stages for over three decades. In that time they have only come to Aotearoa \/ NZ a handful of times, most recently in 2023 during their sold out Best of Helmet 1989-2023 tour, with 13th Floor declaring \u201ca complete evening of essential music from one of heavy music\u2019s most essential bands.\u201d With 35 years of rocking behind them, Helmet are at the top of their game. Don\u2019t miss Helmet in New Zealand next April.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n\tsetTimeout(function(){\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('init', '341421363133505');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n     fbq('track', 'ViewContent');\n\t }, 3000);\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.undertheradar.co.nz \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most formidable sonic forces of this or any era, NYC noise-rock innovators Helmet\u00a0will finally be back in Aotearoa New Zealand early next year, headlining P\u014dneke&#8217;s San Fran and T\u0101maki Makaurau&#8217;s The Powerstation. 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