Tour News - Split Enz - Forever Enz Tour, Due to Overwhelming Demand, New Shows Added NZ & AUS - 30 March 2026

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30 Mar

Split ENZ Forever ENZ Tour 2026, Due to Overwhelming Demand, New Shows Added NZ & AUS - 30/04/2026

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Due to Overwhelming Demand, Split ENZ have announced new dates in NZ & AUS. Widely regarded as one of the most important and influential antipodean groups of the last 5 decades, formed in 1972 in New Zealand before relocating to Australia.

Split Enz has released a string of era-defining hits across the late ’70s and early ’80s including I Got You, I See Red, Message To My Girl, Six Months In A Leaky Boat, History Never Repeats, Dirty Creature, One Step Ahead, to mention a just a few. Their 1980 album, “True Colours”, achieved multiple-platinum status in NZ and Australia, remaining in the No 1 position for over two months. Split ENZ recording history is notable for also reaching platinum status in Canada and Holland, and the first single, I Got You, also reaching No 7 in the UK charts.

A memorable Split Enz 'kiwi moment, also made history in 1981; Split Enz co-headlined Sweetwater's Music Festival with Roxy Music to 70,000 ecstatic Kiwi fans.

PR - Performing their first show in 18 years, playing their 1,000th gig as a band in front of 45,000 ecstatic fans at the Electric Avenue Festival on February 27, Split Enz delivered an historic show that wowed the inter generational crowd present.

‘...The moment that will stay with me will be Neil and Tim Finn singing ‘Message to My Girl,’ their voices soaring across Hagley Park, uniting all those kids with all those adults, melting every single heart that was there. Put it all in a sack and bury it in a time capsule, because this was one for the history books.’ – The Boiler Room

‘Timeless glory – Split Enz still soar ‘– The Press

Don’t miss this unique opportunity to witness Split Enz live – with live line up featuring Tim Finn, Neil Finn, Eddie Rayner and Noel Crombie plus Matt Eccles on drums and James Milne on bass.

Melbourne AUS Thursday 26th March 2026 – The Split Enz momentum continues with Live Nation announcing two additional New Zealand shows and a brand new Brisbane date for their Forever Enz Tour this May.

Split Enz, featuring Tim Finn, Eddie Rayner, Neil Finn, and Noel Crombie will now commence their six date New Zealand national tour in the city of Hamilton at Claudelands Arena on Saturday, May 2 which is only fitting given Tim and Neil Finn hail from nearby Te Awamutu. Then, following ongoing demand from their South Island fans after their Electric Avenue reunion performance in February, Split Enz will return to Christchurch to play a headline show on Monday, May 4 at Wolfbrook Arena.

The Australian leg of the Forever Enz Tour sees the addition of a brand-new date for Brisbane on Saturday 16th May at Brisbane Entertainment Centre.

The AU tourwill commence in Melbourne on Wednesday 13th and Thursday 14th May at Rod Laver Arena, followed by Saturday, 16th May at Brisbane Entertainment Centre, then on to TikTok Entertainment Centre, Sydney on Monday 18th and Tuesday 19th May, RAC Arena, Perth on Friday 22nd May and concluding on Monday 25th May at Adelaide Entertainment Centre.

An Artist Presale for these new dates will run from Friday 27th March at 11am until Tuesday 31st March at 11am.

Mastercard cardholders have special access to presale tickets from Friday 27th March at 11am until Tuesday 31st March at 11am. Plus, Preferred ticket access to some of the best tickets is available from Tuesday 31st March at 12pm. Check out priceless.com/music for details.

My Live Nation members may also secure tickets first during the pre-sale beginning Monday 30 March at 12pm, concluding Tuesday 31 March at 11am. Register at livenation.com.au/register and livenation.co.nz/register.

General public tickets go on sale Tuesday 31 March at 12pm. All times are local.

For complete tour and ticket information, head to livenation.com.au and livenation.co.nz.