MY BABY Announce New Zealand Summer Tour 2023

Last here bringing the party in 2020, Amsterdam-based Dutch-New Zealand trio MY BABY are returning for an epic twelve date tour of Aotearoa, taking them nationwide from New Year's Eve right up to early February. The team of New Zealander Daniel ‘Da Freez’ Johnson (guitar), Joost Sheik van Dijck (drums / vocals) and Cato van Dijck (lead singer and guitar), certainly weren't twiddling their thumbs during the extended downtime between visits — they launched their groove-packed fifth album sake sake sake in April of this year, featuring production by five-time Grammy winner Steve Dub (Chemical Brothers, Daft Punk, Liam Gallagher, The Prodigy) and Dutch duo 22 Ghosts.

Festival favourites who've previously moved the crowd at WOMAD, Splore and Electric Avenue, MY BABY's genre-traversing live energy will ignite dancefloors across the country this summer, starting off in style at Auckland's Resolution NYE Festival and concluding at Nelson's sun-soaked Beach Break fest (they're also playing Whangamata's edition), headlined by none other than Shapeshifter. Don't miss MY BABY at the following dates...

MY BABY New Zealand Summer Tour 2023

Saturday 31st December - Resolution NYE Festival, Auckland
Thursday 5th January - Leigh Sawmill, Leigh
Friday 6th January - Butter Factory, Whangarei
Thursday 12th January - The Mothership, Auckland
Saturday 14th January - Butlers Reef, Ōakura*
Friday 20th January - NZ Spirit Festival, Christchurch
Saturday 21st January - Soundsplash, Raglan
Friday 27th January - Totara Street, Mount Maunganui
Saturday 28th January - Beach Break, Whangamata
Thursday 2nd February - Cabana, Napier
Friday 3rd February - Meow, Wellington
Sunday 5th February - Beach Break, Nelson

Tickets on sale at mybabywashere.com
*Ōakura tickets available HERE via UTR

Watch MY BABY's video for 'stupid' from their new album sake sake sake...

Check out vibey live footage of MY BABY performing 'a dream i dream' from sake sake sake...

Press release:

Amsterdam based Dutch-New Zealand trio MY BABY have announced they will be returning to New Zealand, for a whopping 12 date tour, their first visit since 2019. Renowned for their energetic live act combining roots and rock driven alternative dance, MY BABY brings out the psychedelic side in all of us and promise to bring the party down under for their sixth tour of New Zealand shores.

Since 2012, MY BABY have been spreading their blues-trance rave to the approval of audiences worldwide including festivals such as Glastonbury, Isle of Wight, Sziget, Lowlands, and Pinkpop. Their set up is unique mixing the rawness of punk and rock, the warm sound of roots and blues with a touch of EDM and big beat.

Playing a mixture of festival dates and headline shows, fans will be able to catch MY BABY at 12 dates throughout Aotearoa beginning on New Years Eve at Resolution Festival in Kaipara, and travelling through both the North and South Island before wrapping up at Nelson’s Beach Break on Sunday 5 February.

2022 saw MY BABY release their fifth album sake sake sake. With mixing and production credits including five-time Grammy™ winner Steve Dub (Chemical Brothers, Daft Punk, Liam Gallagher, The Prodigy) and Dutch duo 22 Ghosts, the album was rewritten after the pandemic with the band re-evaluating the importance of human connection. sake sake sake reflects a new found direction for MY BABY whilst staying true to their beat heavy pulsating rhythms.

The band, made up of New Zealander Daniel ‘Da Freez’ Johnson (guitar); Joost Sheik van Dijck (drums / vocals) and Cato van Dijck (lead singer and guitar) have built up a loyal fanbase throughout Aotearoa, a true live band that thrive on stage. Having played local festivals WOMAD, Splore and Electric Avenue, it’s clear that Kiwi audiences can’t get enough of MY BABY.