{"id":2511579,"date":"2026-07-21T21:52:50","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T21:52:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2511579"},"modified":"2026-07-21T21:52:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T21:52:50","slug":"anthonie-tonnon-announces-world-tour-first-new-music-in-3-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/anthonie-tonnon-announces-world-tour-first-new-music-in-3-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthonie Tonnon Announces World Tour, First New Music in 3 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Anthonie Tonnon is really making up for lost time.<\/p>\n<p>The Taite Music Prize-winning singer-songwriter has today announced an international tour for his immersive new live show, \u2018Cinematographer\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Tonnon will perform in Auckland, Whanganui (at the Festival of Design Aotearoa), Christchurch, Wellington, Melbourne, and London this October and November (see full dates below).<\/p>\n<p>Tickets to the shows go on sale to the general public on Friday, July 24th at 10am local time. The pre-sale begins on Wednesday, July 22nd at 10am local time (sign up <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.anthonietonnon.com\/mail\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Three years in the making, \u2018Cinematographer\u2019 combines \u201clive electronic music, cinematic, storytelling, and visual design into an immersive performance,\u201d according to a press release.<\/p>\n<p>Tonnon has assembled an impressive team for his new live show, featuring visual DJ Erica Sklenars, videographer Theo Taylor, stylist Karlya Smith, and designer Daniel Alexander.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018Cinematographer\u2019 is part film, part Francophile performance lecture, part disco club set,\u201d Tonnon teases.\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s a world that we\u2019ve built for this new music, exploring some newfound passions \u2014 the French avant-garde, cinema, urban politics of the 1960s, turn-of-the-millennium dance culture and documentary films, and the glorious, mystifying city of Whanganui.\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>Arriving alongside today\u2019s tour announcement is news of Tonnon\u2019s first new music in over three years. He will release new single \u201cExecutive Assistant\u201d next week on Tuesday, July 28th, which fans will get to hear on his upcoming tour.<\/p>\n<p>Created alongside longtime collaborator and producer Jonathan Pearce (The Beths), the track introduces the sonic world of \u2018Cinematographer\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018Executive Assistant\u2019 was a breakthrough for Jon and I because it gave us the sound that everything else grew from,\u201d Tonnon reveals.\u00a0\u201cAs an experiment, I started cutting up recordings we\u2019d made with the band and putting them back together in new ways.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe result reminded me of the sample-heavy dance-pop I loved in the 2000s. Jon suggested a squelchy acid baseline, and from there a whole new journey began.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tonnon\u2019s last album, <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/au.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-lists\/80-best-new-zealand-albums-of-the-2020s-so-far-78646\/anthonie-tonnon-leave-love-out-of-this-album-78754\/\" target=\"_blank\">Leave Love Out of This<\/a>,<\/em> was a top 10 hit in Aotearoa in 2021. He won the Taite Music Prize for the album the following year. We also included <em>Leave Love Out of This<\/em> in our 80 Best New Zealand Albums of the 2020s So Far countdown last year.<\/p>\n<p><em>Anthonie Tonnon\u2019s \u201cExecutive Assistant\u201d is out Tuesday, July 28th.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Anthonie Tonton 2026 \u2018Cinematographer\u2019 Tour<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Ticket information available <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.anthonietonnon.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Friday, October 9th<\/strong><br \/>Hollywood Avondale, Auckland, NZ<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Friday, October 23rd<\/strong><br \/>Royal Opera House, Whanganui, NZ (Festival of Design Aotearoa)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Friday, October 30th<\/strong><br \/>Papa Hou, Christchurch, NZ<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Saturday, October 31st<\/strong><br \/>Hannah Playhouse, Wellington, NZ<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Wednesday, November 4th<\/strong><br \/>Northcote Social Club, Melbourne, AU<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Saturday, November 7th<\/strong><br \/>Theatreship, London, England<\/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>Anthonie Tonnon is really making up for lost time. The Taite Music Prize-winning singer-songwriter has today announced an international tour for his immersive new live show, \u2018Cinematographer\u2019. Tonnon will perform in Auckland, Whanganui (at the Festival of Design Aotearoa), Christchurch, Wellington, Melbourne, and London this October and November (see full dates below). 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