{"id":2187386,"date":"2025-12-04T22:49:49","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T22:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2187386"},"modified":"2025-12-04T22:49:49","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T22:49:49","slug":"the-bats-announce-new-zealand-album-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/the-bats-announce-new-zealand-album-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bats Announce New Zealand Album Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Legendary New Zealand band The Bats are hitting the road.<\/p>\n<p>Announced today, The Bats will play shows in Nelson, Blenheim, Hamilton, Auckland, Napier, Paek\u0101k\u0101riki, Wellington, Dunedin, and Lyttelton in February and March of next year (see full dates below).<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are on sale now <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.banishedmusic.com\/tours\/the-bats-nz2026\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The evergreen band \u2014 they\u2019ve had the same lineup of Robert Scott, Kaye Woodward, Paul Kean, and Malcolm Grant \u00a0since forming in Christchurch in the early \u201980s \u2014 are touring in support of their new album, <em>Corner Coming Up<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Recorded with Tex Houston at Chicks Studio in Port Chalmers, their 11th album charted at No. 1 on the IMNZ chart and No. 2 on the Aotearoa Music Charts.<\/p>\n<p><em>Corner Coming U<\/em>p features tracks like \u201cLoline\u201d, the band\u2019s\u00a0first official single since 2020\u2019s <em data-start=\"203\" data-end=\"214\">Foothills<\/em>. An accompanying video helmed by Martin Sagadin sees the band cycling through sunny Christchurch. Watch below.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"op-interactive\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Bats - Loline (Official Music Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y-8qpGLXfxo?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<\/figure>\n<p>Another standout track, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/au.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/the-bats-lucky-day-song-you-need-to-know-80413\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cLucky Day\u201d<\/a>, also came accompanied by a memorable music video, this one directed by\u00a0Marc Swadel (watch here).<\/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>Critics were kind to The Bats\u2019 latest release.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Corner Coming Up<\/em> is a rich snapshot of where (and whence) The Bats are after more than three decades together. They\u2019re still writing and recording not too far from their roots\u2014perhaps reveling in their longevity\u2014while continuing to step things up live with a smidgeon of punk-rock energy and a firm DIY ethos,\u201d wrote <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/13thfloor.co.nz\/the-bats-corner-coming-up-flying-nun-13th-floor-album-review\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The 13th Floor<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">\u201cThe Bats, as always make the interesting seem effortless, lightly veiling their depth behind the enticing surfaces,\u201d praised <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.elsewhere.co.nz\/favouritefive\/11674\/the-bats-corner-coming-up-digital-outlets\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Elsewhere<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">The Bats 2026 New Zealand Tour<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Presented by Banished Music<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Ticket information available <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.banishedmusic.com\/tours\/the-bats-nz2026\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>February 20th<\/strong><br \/>Theatre Royal, Nelson<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>February 21st<\/strong><br \/>ASB Theatre Marlborough, Blenheim<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>March 6th<\/strong><br \/>Last Place, Hamilton<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>March 7th<\/strong><br \/>Hollywood Avondale, Auckland <i>(part of Strange Universe)<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>March 12th<\/strong><br \/>Paisley Stage, Napier<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>March 13th<\/strong><br \/>St Peters, Paek\u0101k\u0101riki<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>March 14th<\/strong><br \/>Meow, Wellington<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>March 20th<\/strong><br \/>Dropkicks, Dunedin<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>March 21st<\/strong><br \/><span class=\"il\">The<\/span> Loons, Lyttelton<\/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>Legendary New Zealand band The Bats are hitting the road. Announced today, The Bats will play shows in Nelson, Blenheim, Hamilton, Auckland, Napier, Paek\u0101k\u0101riki, Wellington, Dunedin, and Lyttelton in February and March of next year (see full dates below). Tickets are on sale now here. The evergreen band \u2014 they\u2019ve had the same lineup of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2187387,"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":[422076,422077,422078],"class_list":["post-2187386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-the-bats","tag-the-bats-new-zealand","tag-the-bats-new-zealand-tour"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The-Bats-Announce-New-Zealand-Album-Tour.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2187386","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=2187386"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2187386\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2187388,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2187386\/revisions\/2187388"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2187387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2187386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2187386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2187386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}