Comeback Kid Returning To New Zealand In January 2023

Last here in 2018, Canadian punk / hardcore trailblazers Comeback Kid are finally returning to Aotearoa this summer, bringing their cacophonous riff-fuelled energy to Tāmaki Makaurau's Whammy Bar and Pōneke's Valhalla in January 2023. Formed in 2001 and still including founding members Andrew Neufeld and Jeremy Hiebert, Comeback Kid's mould-breaking second album Wake the Dead (2005) attracted fans across the globe and influenced a new generation of melodic hardcore groups. Launching their seventh studio record Heavy Steps to significant acclaim earlier this year via Nuclear Blast, Comeback Kid are an urgent force to be reckoned with more than two decades into their career — don't miss them at the following dates...

Comeback Kid

Monday 16th January - Whammy Bar, Auckland
Tuesday 17th January - Valhalla, Wellington

Tickets on sale HERE via UTR

Watch the video for Comeback Kid's 2005 classic 'Wake the Dead'...

Check out the title track to Comeback Kid's new album Heavy Steps...

Press release:

Over the last twenty years, COMEBACK KID have been hailed as one of the major counterparts when it has come to shaping and pioneering both the Canadian and international modern punk and hardcore sound and scene alike.

Having formed in Winnipeg, before later releasing their 2002 demo, and the acclaimed, Turn It Around in 2003, the five piece have undoubtedly over the years been able to balance a DIY ethos and dependability, with that of a humanitarian ethos, and genre defining musicianship which has broken down the boundaries of hardcore, and transcended the genre onto a global stage. Breaking into the mainstream with their 2005 career defining record, Wake The Dead, and standing strong in the face of adversity and change ever since, the band have become a force to be reckoned with when it comes to their influence impacting both the present and future of the once underground genre.

Now with their seventh record HEAVY STEPS on the horizon, the band are defining what it means to be both an integral, and volatile leader amongst a now globally recognized, and distinguished genre.