{"id":2232715,"date":"2026-01-13T09:12:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T09:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2232715"},"modified":"2026-01-13T09:12:02","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T09:12:02","slug":"bret-mckenzie-announces-2026-australia-and-new-zealand-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/bret-mckenzie-announces-2026-australia-and-new-zealand-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Bret McKenzie Announces 2026 Australia and New Zealand Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Bret McKenzie has announced he will embark on a headline tour of Australia and New Zealand this March and April.<\/p>\n<p>In support of his 2025-released second studio album,\u00a0<em>Freak Out City<\/em>, the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/au.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/bret-mckenzie-flight-of-the-conchords-tour-82219\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Flight of the Conchords<\/a> legend will perform shows in Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney, Wellington and Auckland.<\/p>\n<p>Following its release last August, McKenzie has toured throughout the US and UK and will now head our way for headline performances.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DNkVrMBJVfD\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<\/blockquote>\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\">\n            Get your daily dose of everything happening in Australian\/New Zealand music and globally.        <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"spinner d-none\">\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe first album,\u00a0<em>Songs Without Jokes<\/em>, I was almost obsessively trying to not be funny. I was trying to do something different. And if I came up with a funny idea, I wouldn\u2019t use it. Having toured that album and having made that album, now I\u2019m far more relaxed about songs being funny, songs being heartfelt, songs being serious,\u201d he told\u00a0<em>Rolling Stone AU\/NZ<\/em> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/au.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/bret-mckenzie-interview-freak-out-city-81675\/\" target=\"_blank\">in a recent interview<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t really mind. And so it just depends if it\u2019s a song I\u2019m into. This record I started writing when we were touring the last one and the songs I road tested\u2026 some of them, they\u2019re not comedy songs, but there\u2019s some humour in the lyrics and it\u2019s a pretty playful album.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think this album is much more me having fun in the studio. It\u2019s still about modern life, but it\u2019s a more optimistic, playful look on it. I think, you know, I think I\u2019ve got the 70s sound going on, the sort of retro-y band sound that I love. My influences are coming through and the people I love and the studio style. But the song material is me reflecting on modern life. The last album I was perhaps a little more pessimistic. And this time, I guess I\u2019m a little more hopeful\u2026 a little more optimistic in my outlook.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"op-interactive\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bret McKenzie - All I Need (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xuUNubA80aQ?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>Read the full interview <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/au.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/bret-mckenzie-interview-freak-out-city-81675\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Presale tickets go on sale from 10am local time on Thursday, January 15th, before general public tickets go on sale from 9am local time on Friday, January 16th.<\/p>\n<p>Check out all of the dates below and click <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tegdainty.com\/tour\/bret-mckenzie-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> for more details.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">BRET MCKENZIE 2026 AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND TOUR<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Friday, March 20th<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Thornbury Theatre, Melbourne<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Wednesday, March 25th<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The Tivoli, Brisbane<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Friday, March 27th<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Factory Theatre, Sydney<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Thursday, April 2nd<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Meow Nui, Wellington<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sunday, April 5th<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The Hollywood, Auckland<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n\t\t\t! function (f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n\t\t\t\tif (f.fbq) return;\n\t\t\t\tn = f.fbq = function () {\n\t\t\t\t\tn.callMethod ?\n\t\t\t\t\t\tn.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n\t\t\t\t};\n\t\t\t\tif (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n\t\t\t\tn.push = n;\n\t\t\t\tn.loaded = !0;\n\t\t\t\tn.version = '2.0';\n\t\t\t\tn.queue = [];\n\t\t\t\tt = b.createElement(e);\n\t\t\t\tt.async = !0;\n\t\t\t\tt.src = v;\n\t\t\t\ts = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n\t\t\t\ts.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n\t\t\t}(window, document, 'script',\n\t\t\t\t'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n\t\t\tfbq('init', '243859349395737');\n\t\t\tfbq('track', 'PageView');\n\t\t\tfbq.disablePushState = true;\n\t\t<\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/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>Bret McKenzie has announced he will embark on a headline tour of Australia and New Zealand this March and April. In support of his 2025-released second studio album,\u00a0Freak Out City, the Flight of the Conchords legend will perform shows in Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney, Wellington and Auckland. 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