{"id":2087001,"date":"2025-10-13T05:11:33","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T05:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2087001"},"modified":"2025-10-13T05:11:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T05:11:33","slug":"sleaford-mods-announce-australia-and-new-zealand-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/sleaford-mods-announce-australia-and-new-zealand-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Sleaford Mods Announce Australia and New Zealand Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Sleaford Mods are returning to Australia and New Zealand in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>This will be the duo\u2019s first time back since May and June of 2023, where they performed at events like Sydney\u2019s Vivid Live and Hobart\u2019s Dark Mofo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe took a year off \u2019cause I needed to get my nails did, and now we\u2019re itching to get back out there and play live\u201d, said vocalist Jason Williamson.<\/p>\n<p>Kicking off at the Fremantle Arts Centre on April 11th, the pair will then hit up Melbourne\u2019s Forum, Sydney\u2019s Enmore Theatre, Adelaide\u2019s Hindley Street Music Hall, The Tivoli in Brisbane, before heading to New Zealand for shows at Meow Nui in Wellington and Auckland\u2019s Powerstation.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"op-interactive\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/artist\/0otAqZw8htTsGHfqR491Yh?utm_source=generator\" width=\"400\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-testid=\"embed-iframe\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n<p>The tour comes following the release of \u201cMegaton\u201d, the post-punk duo\u2019s latest single. Released via Rough Trade Records, the single is a union of groove and guile, marking their first new material since 2023\u2019s highly successful album <em>UK Grim<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMegaton\u201d takes aim at cultural mediocrity, as Williamson said in a statement at the time of release:\u00a0\u201cWe should be aligned with one another but instead we are crippled by social media and the resulting separatism: Genocide\u2026 swipe\u2026 gym bods\u2026 swipe\u2026 food pics\u2026 swipe\u2026 starvation. Killing upon killing, so much terrible, horrifying information followed by a cat meme followed by faces filtered beyond recognition.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"observer-sub-form justify-content-center my-3 p-0 d-flex align-items-stretch bg-dark text-white\">\n<div class=\"observer-sub-form-info p-3\" style=\"justify-content: start;\">\n<h2 class=\"h5 mb-0 observer-title\">Love Music?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"observer-desc mb-2\"> Get your daily dose of everything happening in Australian\/New Zealand music and globally.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"spinner d-none\"> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>He said \u201cit\u2019s an absolute banger\u201d, and he and Andrew Fearn are \u201cbuzzing to play that live for the first time\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho knows, we might have a few more new tracks to drop by then. Either way, it\u2019s been a while since we toured, and we\u2019re gagging for it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Sleaford Mods have partnered with PLUS1 to Support War Child, a specialist charity for children affected by conflict. $1 from every ticket sold will go towards helping War Child protect, educate, and stand up for the rights of children affected by war. They also partnered with the charity on the release of \u201cMegaton\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><em>UK Grim<\/em> became Sleaford Mods\u2019 highest-charting album yet quickly, reaching No. 3 in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>Presale via Handsome Tours begins at 10am on Thursday, October 16th, before general sale at 10am on Fridau, October 17th. Sign up for presale <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.handsometours.com\/tours\/sleaford-mods-2026\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">SLEAFORD MODS AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND 2026<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Saturday, April 11th<\/strong><br \/>Fremantle Arts Centre (Front Garden), Perth WA<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Tuesday, April 14th<\/strong><br \/>Forum, Melbourne VIC<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Friday, April 17th<\/strong><br \/>Enmore Theatre, Sydney NSW<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sunday, April 19th<\/strong><br \/>Hindley St Music Hall, Adelaide SA<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Tuesday, April 21st<\/strong><br \/>The Tivoli, Brisbane QLD<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Thursday, April 23rd<\/strong><br \/>Meow Nui, Wellington NZ<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Saturday, April 25th<\/strong><br \/>Powerstation, Auckland NZ<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');fbq('init','243859349395737');fbq('track','PageView');fbq.disablePushState=true;<\/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 au.rollingstone.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sleaford Mods are returning to Australia and New Zealand in 2026. This will be the duo\u2019s first time back since May and June of 2023, where they performed at events like Sydney\u2019s Vivid Live and Hobart\u2019s Dark Mofo. \u201cWe took a year off \u2019cause I needed to get my nails did, and now we\u2019re itching [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1962484,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[393116,393117,393118,393119,393120,393121],"class_list":["post-2087001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-andrew-fearn","tag-jason-williamson","tag-megaton","tag-sleaford-mods","tag-sleaford-mods-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-sleaford-mods-tour"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cardi-B-Drops-Jay-Z-Sampling-Single-Imaginary-Playerz.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2087001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2087001"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2087001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2087002,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2087001\/revisions\/2087002"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1962484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2087001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2087001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2087001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}