Tour News - Bic Runga announces new album 'Red Sunset' and NZ and Australia tour - 21st January 2026
New Zealand music icon Bic Runga announces the release date of her much-anticipated new album, Red Sunset, and an Aotearoa New Zealand and Australia national tour.
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Red Sunset will be released on Friday, February 13th.
Recorded in Paris during the winter of 2025, the album is now available for pre-order and is Bic’s first collection of all-original material since 2011’s Belle, marking a radiant new chapter for one of Aotearoa’s most beloved artists.
The album’s lead single and title track ‘Red Sunset’ is out now. A powerful torch song of longing and desire, it evokes the tumultuous emotions of being the one left behind. The song and album are co-produced by Bic Runga and Kody Nielson.
This new single follows previously released tracks: ‘Like Summertime’; a nostalgic yet forward-looking anthem that fondly recalls carefree days with childhood friends, harnessing those memories to imagine a better future.
‘Paris in the Rain’; a cinematic soundscape inspired by the image of Paris, beautiful, yet flooding. Written on the last night of a winter trip, the song came to life watching torrential rain on the Louvre Pyramid. Its distinctive sound was captured on an historic 1807 French Pleyel piano.
The Red Sunset Tour kicks off at Black Barn in Hawkes Bay on Saturday March 7th, before heading to new venues in Hamilton and Auckland: the Waikato Regional Theatre on Saturday March 21st and the NZICC Theatre, Auckland on Friday March 27th. Bic will return home to Christchurch to play the Isaac Theatre Royal on Sunday March 29th, followed by a very special show with the NZSO at the Michael Fowler Centre in Wellington on Thursday April 2nd.
The tour then heads to Australia to play the Northcote Theatre in Melbourne on Thursday, April 9; the Princess Theatre, Brisbane on Saturday April 11th; Sydney’s City Recital Hall on Sunday April 12th; Canberra Theatre in Canberra on Tuesday, April 14th; with the final show at Freo.Social, Fremantle on Thursday April 16th.
The tour will see her performing songs from the new album alongside beloved classics from her celebrated catalogue — from “Drive” and “Sway” to “Beautiful Collision” and beyond.
Tickets and further information at livenation.co.nz
