Highly Suspect Announce 'The Midnight Demon Club' New Zealand Tour

Last here all the way back in 2016 for Auckland City Limits festival, US rock behemoths Highly Suspect have announced three huge Aotearoa headline dates celebrating their anthem-packed new album The Midnight Demon Club. In the time since their last visit, the team of Johnny Stevens, twin brothers Rich Meyer and Ryan Meyer, Matt Kofos, and Mark Schwartz launched their second studio album The Boy Who Died Wolf in late '16, hurtling to the top of the Billboard Mainstream Rock Chart with the Grammy-nominated single ‘My Name is Human’ (with 'Little One' hitting the number two spot), following up with 2019's long player MCID (standing for "My Crew Is Dope"). Boasting a bevy of new tunes, Highly Suspect will be bringing it this November in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch, with special guests to be announced — here are the tour details...

UPDATE 26/05/23: Due to hot demand, Highly Suspect have added a second Auckland Powerstation show, a new Christchurch show at the Town Hall, and the Wellington show upgrades to a bigger venue, moving to Shed 6 — all tickets purchased for the San Fran, Wellington show remain valid for the Shed 6, Wellington upgrade.

Highly Suspect 'The Midnight Demon Club' New Zealand Tour

Tuesday 14th November - The Powerstation, Auckland [new show]
Wednesday 15th November - Town Hall, Christchurch [new show]
Friday 17th November - The Loons, Christchurch [sold out]
Saturday 18th November - The Powerstation, Auckland [sold out]
Sunday 19th November - Shed 6, Wellington [new venue]

Ticketing details available from destroyalllines.com

Press release:

Never content to follow, Highly Suspect push rock music forward by trusting their instincts and raising a middle finger to everything else. The multi-GRAMMY®Award-nominated and gold-certified band -Johnny Stevens [vocals, guitar], Ryan Meyer [drums, vocals], Rich Meyer [bass, vocals], Matt Kofos [guitar] and Mark Schwartz [synths] - don’t just talk about burning the rules and breaking the mold; they actually do so. The band’s chemically imbalanced mix of gritty guitars, haunting piano, off-kilter synths, hip-hop production, cinematic vision, and beautifully possessed vocals transformed them into a phenomenon beloved by a diehard global fanbase known as “MCID” [My Crew Is Dope]. After grinding it out as an underground curiosity, they scraped a path to mainstream infamousness with their 2015 full-length debut, Mister Asylum. It earned a GRAMMY® Award nomination in the category of “Best Rock Album” as the single “Lydia” received a nomination for “Best Rock Song” was certified gold by the RIAA. The 2016 follow-up The Boy Who Died Wolf roared to life with the gold-selling “My Name Is Human,” which catapulted to #1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Chart and garnered a GRAMMY® Nomination for”Best Rock Song.“2019’s MCID affirmed them as the rare outfit who could collaborate with Young Thug and Gojira on the same album. Loudwire hailed the latter among the “50 Best Rock Albums of 2019.” With hundreds of millions of streams and sold out shows on multiple continents, Highly Suspect charge ahead of the pack again on 2022’s The Midnight Demon Club with no compromises and no apologies as they challenge rock to be dangerous and maybe even life-changing again.