ZUKO (AUS) & Xile 'Built For Pain' Aotearoa NZ Shows Announced

Now based half a world away in the UK, Aotearoa hardcore / beatdown bruisers Xile have forged an alliance with BNE HXC ambassadors ZUKO. They'll soon be tearing up stages together across Australasia this September, including a pair of local dates at Tāmaki Makaurau's Big Fan and Kirikiriroa's Last Place, all in celebration of the Brisbane collective's imminent Built For Pain EP, out in full on 7th August. Originally from Grafton, hail Xile's brief return to our shores and witness the immensity of ZUKO's brand new video for 'Primal Rage' below...

Xile & ZUKO - New Zealand 2026

Friday 4th September - Big Fan, Auckland
Saturday 5th September - Last Place, Hamilton

Tickets on sale HERE via UTR

Watch ZUKO's brand new video for 'Primal Rage', from their upcoming Built For Pain EP...

Take in 'Diamond Eyes' from Xile's 2020 album I Am Your God...

Press release:

Coined by Wall of Sound as “the five-piece you didn’t know you needed in your life,” Brisbane outfit ZUKO have spent the last few years proving exactly why.

Fresh off the back of a sold-out East Coast tour earlier this year, ZUKO return with the BUILT FOR PAIN Tour, taking their explosive live show to rooms that won’t stay this size for much longer. Joined by New Zealand heavyweights Xile, these shows are set to be some of the most talked-about of the year.