The Datsuns Touring Aotearoa New Zealand in March 2026

Globally revered giants of fuzz-blasting garage rock 'n' roll, The Datsuns are revving up for a six date tour of Aotearoa New Zealand in March 2026. Venturing further into heavy psych zones on their latest studio opus Eye to Eye (2021), the Cambridge combo's first local tour since the pre-pandemic days of 2018 will take them nationwide, commencing at Gisborne's Smash Palace and wrapping up at Auckland's opulent Hollywood Avondale — also including a sole South Island headline date at Lyttelton's Loons and a performance at the newly relocated Homegrown Festival in Hamilton.

NME cover stars on multiple occasions, don't dare miss one of NZ's most iconic guitar-slinging groups of the 21st century playing career-spanning sets, including material from their forthcoming new album. Here's the skinny...

"Feels like an age since the Datsuns played anywhere below the equator, let alone back in the Land of the Long White Cloud. So we’re extremely happy to announce a few shows back where it started. For many a year we’ve been foiled / fooled and waylaid by emergencies, surgeries and the general urgencies of day to day life, but finally, finally, we will make the pilgrimage home.

This coming March, join us for good times!" - Dolf de Borst

UnderTheRadar proudly presents...

The Datsuns - Aotearoa Tour 2026

Thursday 12th March - Smash Palace, Gisborne*
Friday 13th March - Totara St, Mt Maunganui
Saturday 14th March - Homegrown Festival, Hamilton
Thursday 19th March - Loons, Lyttelton*
Friday 20th March - San Fran, Wellington
Saturday 21st March - Hollywood Avondale, Auckland*

*Tickets on sale HERE via UTR 
For tickets and tour info head along to thedatsuns.com

Smash play on The Datsuns' latest single 'Ugly Leather'...

Press release:

Time has rolled on, and so has the clan DATSUN. After years of wrangling riffs across distant lands, marinating in sonic experiments, and rebuilding the clan’s percussive backbone, they return to their homeland with fire in their strings, fury in their rhythms, and rock & roll coursing through every vein.

This tour marks the clan’s first full assault across Aotearoa since 2018, kicks off in March 2026, promising joyous savagery, riffs honed to perfection, and the raw energy that only The DATSUNS can deliver. The tour sees the clan’s Scandinavian drummer Adam Lindmark (Dead Lord) taking up the thundering seat, joining lead string wrangler Christian, Phil on the rhythmic weavings, and Dolf conjuring hooks across hemispheres, bringing a lifetime of Datsun lessons to the stage.

Audiences can expect the full sweep of The Datsuns’ catalogue, from the anthems that scorched their early path to the first sparks of their eighth studio album, set to arrive in 2026. The first taste, ‘Ugly Leather’ – accompanied by a blistering video, old fire, new fuel, same unrelenting inferno.