DARTZ Tiny Summer Tour Announced

It's been only a few months since 2025 Te Manu Taki Rakapioi o te Tau | Best Rock Artist Tūī award winners DARTZ last graced local stages, but as the purple-garbed god of the Minneapolis Sound, Prince Rogers Nelson once sagely shared with André 3000, "You gotta remind people who you are." Windy city icons Daniel Vernon, Clark Mathews, Hakopa Kuka-Larsen and Christan Pianta are reemerging to treat fans around the motu to a triple date Tiny Summer Tour, bringing their massive party-punk anthems to Pōneke, Tāmaki Makaurau and Ōtautahi in January 2026. Supports yet are to be announced, here's the official lowdown...

"DARTZ have been away for a while - unacceptable. January 2026 we're back for 3 shows in 3 cities: Wellington → Christchurch → Auckland.

Come through for a headline set from NZ's reigning defending champions of rock music, complete with:
* new songs fresh from the Album 3 hangi pit
* old friends from TBFWNZ & DDTBACO
* warm smiles & firm handshakes for merch buyers
* NZ’s sharpest stage banter this side of Dennis Marsh & the Highwaymen"

DARTZ
Thursday 22nd January - Valhalla, Wellington
Friday 23rd January - Space Academy, Christchurch
Saturday 24th January - Whammy Bar, Auckland
Tickets on sale HERE via UTR

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