{"id":2461490,"date":"2026-06-16T04:56:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T04:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2461490"},"modified":"2026-06-16T04:56:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T04:56:09","slug":"oliver-tree-death-anz-tour-promoter-issues-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/oliver-tree-death-anz-tour-promoter-issues-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"Oliver Tree Death: ANZ Tour Promoter Issues Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Oliver Tree\u2019s Australia and New Zealand tour promoter has released a statement following the US artist\u2019s death at the age of 32.<\/p>\n<p>Tree, who was born Oliver Tree Nickell and was best known for the viral songs \u201cLife Goes On\u201d and \u201cAlien Boy,\u201d\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/au.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/oliver-tree-life-goes-on-singer-dead-helicopter-crash-obit-96832\/\" target=\"_blank\">was among six people killed when two helicopters<\/a> crashed into each other in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.<\/p>\n<p>Before his untimely passing, the genre-blending viral artist was due to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/au.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/oliver-tree-australia-new-zealand-tour-tickets-dates-94540\/\" target=\"_blank\">bring his global headline tour<\/a> to Brisbane, Melbourne, Auckland, Sydney, Adelaide, and Perth this October.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement shared with <em>Rolling Stone AU\/NZ<\/em>, the tour\u2019s promoter, Untitled Group, said it is \u201cdeeply saddened\u201d by the news of Tree\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOliver created something entirely his own \u2014 blending genres, performance art, and internet culture into a sound and persona that couldn\u2019t be replicated. He turned absurdity into anthems and built a connection with fans that went far beyond the music. His impact on the alternative music scene will be felt for years to come,\u201d the statement continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur thoughts are with his family, friends, and everyone who found something of themselves in his work,\u201d it concluded.<\/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\/p\/DZoKkf4Gvl4\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\"\/>\n<p>Tree\u2019s ex-girlfriend Melanie Martinez <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/au.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/oliver-tree-melanie-martinez-tribute-96976\/\" target=\"_blank\">paid tribute on social media<\/a>, expressing her shock and heartbreak at the news of her former partner\u2019s passing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeen an absolute wreck today,\u201d Martinez wrote in an Instagram story. \u201cIt\u2019s really hard to understand how someone who you once shared such a specific and formative time of your life with can all of a sudden be gone. He was so dedicated to his art which I admired and respected so deeply.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think everyone who knew him will look back at those moments of laughter and joy he so easily sparked,\u201d she continued. \u201cHis laugh was so contagious and warm. His ability to lead creatively and take action while also maintaining a sense of childlike wonder and awe was so inspiring. He had such a soft heart and was a true artist in every way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRest in peace Oliver. I know you\u2019re making the angels giggle. I\u2019ll be here wondering what stunt and creative project you\u2019re scheming up in heaven,\u201d she added.<\/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><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>Oliver Tree\u2019s Australia and New Zealand tour promoter has released a statement following the US artist\u2019s death at the age of 32. Tree, who was born Oliver Tree Nickell and was best known for the viral songs \u201cLife Goes On\u201d and \u201cAlien Boy,\u201d\u00a0was among six people killed when two helicopters crashed into each other in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2461491,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[463595,484150,484151,484152,484153,484154,484155,484156],"class_list":["post-2461490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-oliver-tree","tag-oliver-tree-anz-tour","tag-oliver-tree-australia","tag-oliver-tree-australia-tour","tag-oliver-tree-dead","tag-oliver-tree-death","tag-oliver-tree-new-zealand-tour","tag-oliver-tree-tour-cancellation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Oliver-Tree-Death-ANZ-Tour-Promoter-Issues-Statement.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2461490","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=2461490"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2461490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2461492,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2461490\/revisions\/2461492"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2461491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2461490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2461490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2461490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}