Tour News - The Last Dinner Party come to NZ for the first time ever, with Sir Chloe - 22nd January 2026

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The Last Dinner Party have announced details of a huge headline tour that spans the UK and Europe, with a major run of Australia and New Zealand shows confirmed for January 2026. They play Spark Arena for one night only on Thursday 22 January in their New Zealand debut. The band have confirmed special guest Sir Chloe will join them on their Australia and New Zealand dates. 

The Last Dinner Party are also about to drop their new album From The Pyre, which includes their latest track ‘Second Best’. ‘Second Best’ is the push and pull of being obsessed with someone but knowing that they will ultimately betray you again, and allowing it to happen because you still love them. The bands guitarist and composer, Emily Roberts, shares “I wish I could go back and say to myself that I am worth more, and that no one needs to accept being second best. I hope that the song captures the pain, anger and despair I felt but most importantly the defiance and satisfaction I now have in being able to immortalise this person in a song and to look back on the situation with more maturity”. Stream ‘Second Best’ here.

The London five-piece headed into the studio early 2025 with Grammy Award winning producer Markus Dravs (Wolf Alice, Florence & The Machine, Bjork) to start work on the follow-up to their number 1 debut album, 2023’s Prelude to Ecstasy. From The Pyre is the sound of a band having a lot of fun rather than feeling any innate pressure to follow-up on what was an explosively successful debut record. It’s also the sound of a young band developing and maturing their songwriting together, as tight a unit as the endless months out on the road pay testament to.

With two BRIT Awards to their name (including Breakthrough Artist earlier this year), and having sold out virtually every show they played right across the globe (including three sold-out hometown shows at London’s Eventim Apollo), The Last Dinner Party’s arrival and subsequent worldwide success was one of the most thrilling introductions to a new British band in decades, and From The Pyre’s opening introduction suggests that unparalleled success story shows no signs of relenting.

Supporting The Last Dinner Party is Sir Chloe – the moniker of the musician and artist Dana Foote. She has been known to blend grungy guitar hooks, sharp pop instincts, and a distinctive, emotionally raw vocal style. Sir Chloe draws influence primarily from funeral dirges and early Gregorian chants, channeling artists like PJ Harvey, David Byrne, and Radiohead. Foote shirked her government name and adopted the moniker Sir Chloe in 2017. Her stage presence has been compared to the likes of a “disheveled businessman after a long day,” and a “drunk uncle.” Her debut EP Party Favors (2020) has garnered nearly a billion streams and multiple gold records. The music is taut and emotionally charged, sitting between mainstream ambition and experimental edge.

Tour Dates:

SPARK ARENA, AUCKLAND - THURSDAY 22nd JANUARY

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