Spotlight: Atomic! 2026 Tour ft. Julia Deans, Boh Runga, Dianne Swann, Jazmine Mary, Vera Ellen + More

Incontestably Aotearoa’s ultimate femme rock supergroup, you'd need a pretty big trophy cabinet indeed to fit all of the awards won by the combined membership of Atomic! Led by Musical Director Julia Deans, their third annual 2026 roster (Atomic 3.0!) guest stars Boh Runga, Dianne Swann, Jazmine Mary and Vera Ellen with bandmates Rebel Reid, Ilayda Tunali, Louisa Nicklin, and Karen Hu, uniting on stage this August at James Hay Theatre in Christchurch, The Opera House in Wellington, and Auckland Town Hall.

Befitting Atomic! tradition, the mega-talented ensemble will treat audiences to "a high voltage celebration of women in pop and rock." Look forward to singing along with explosive renditions of classics by Blondie, The Pretenders, Eurythmics, Patti Smith, Madonna, PJ Harvey, Kate Bush, Florence & The Machine, and that's just the tip of the iceberg. Here are the details...

"More than a concert, Atomic! is a full-throttle tribute to the past, present, and future of women in music — a show that invites audiences to sing, dance, and lose themselves in a monster setlist of era-defining songs."

Atomic!
Julia Deans, Boh Runga, Dianne Swann, Jazmine Mary, Vera Ellen, Rebel Reid, Ilayda Tunali, Louisa Nicklin, Karen Hu

Thursday 13th August - James Hay Theatre, Christchurch
Friday 14th August - The Opera House, Wellington
Saturday 15th August - Auckland Town Hall, Auckland

Tickets on sale via www.atomicconcert.com 

Here's the Atomic 2.0 team busting out 'Celebrity Skin', by one-time Nelson resident Courtney Love's Hole...