Kirin J Callinan Announces Four Date Aotearoa Tour

UTR is thrilled to present Sydney dreamboat and powerhouse Kirin J Callinan for a tour of Aotearoa this August. Following the release of his wondrous covers album Return To Center, Callinan is taking his latest tracks on the road, including a four-show NZ visit across all the main spots. Callinan and band will be joined by Ōtepoti psych-pop fiends Marlin’s Dreaming for all four dates, with extra special guests New Zealand music legends The Chills for the Dunedin show. Don’t sleep on this one, snap up your tickets now…

UTR proudly presents...

Kirin J Callinan Return To Centre Tour w/ Marlin’s Dreaming
Thursday 22nd August - Galatos, Auckland
Friday 23rd August - San Fran, Wellington
Saturday 24th August - Starters Bar, Dunedin w/ The Chills
Sunday 25th August - Blue Smoke, Christchurch
Tickets available now over HERE

Here’s Kirin J Callinan’s take on The Waterboys’ 1985 track 'The Whole Of The Moon'…

Press Release:

Wild and wondrous Australian treasure, Kirin J Callinan announces a four-date New Zealand tour this August to celebrate the release of his triumphant new record Return To Sender. 

Joined on the road by Dunedin's psychedelic pop quartet Marlin's Dreaming, Callinan returns to Aotearoa to take on both of its major islands. 

The Dunedin lineup also features very special guests, iconic pop group The Chills. 

Return To Center is Kirin J Callinan’s reconnection with what made him fall in love with music over and over throughout the years, and a very personal exploration of the timeless songwriting tradition passed down and reinterpreted from one generation to the next. Following two albums of inimitable, challenging pop music that garnered global acclaim and marked Callinan as entirely unique, a singular talent, nominations for the Australian Music Prize, support slots for everyone from Crowded House to Tame Impala, a role acting in Jane Campion’s Top Of The Lake and an ARIA Award Nomination, ironically it was singing other peoples’ songs that felt like the most truthful next step for the swashbuckling Sydney artist. On Return To Center Callinan’s trademark flamboyance is cut with a newfound fragility that comes curled up in an attempt to do justice to the songs he holds nearest and dearest.