Sophie Ellis-Bextor is coming to New Zealand.
The English disco-pop icon will tour Aotearoa in February of next year, playing shows in Hamilton and Christchurch (see full dates below).
Tickets go on sale to the general public on Monday, November 24th at 1pm local time. The Live Nation pre-sale begins on Friday, November 21st at 12pm local time. Eligible Westpac New Zealand customers can access a pre-sale on Friday, November 21st at 12pm local time, as well as access exclusive preferred tickets on Monday, November 24th at 1pm local time. (Tickets are available exclusively to eligible customers using a Westpac New Zealand Mastercard at checkout. Find out more here.)
Following her Aotearoa visit, Ellis-Bextor will head to Australia for shows in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, and Perth in February.
She’s touring in support of her latest album Perimenopop, which features singles such as “Freedom of the Night”, “Relentless Love”, and “Vertigo”.
“Writing is like getting a massive dressing up box, pulling things out, being allowed to play and be silly,” she said in a recent interview with Rolling Stone AU/NZ. “It’s like accessing a muscle that feels quite a privilege really. Plus, for me, there’s such a magic in starting the day with nothing and finishing it with a new song. I’ve never got over the novelty of that.”
Ellis-Bextor’s beloved hit “Murder on the Dancefloor” has been enjoying an unlikely second youth, thanks to a starring role in the 2023 film Saltburn and, more recently, a dreamy and viral Royel Otis cover.
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It’s “cherries on top of cherries on top of cake,” as Ellis-Bextor put it.
“What I love about music, and I really do feel this, everybody who interacts with my music owns a piece of it… That has nothing to do with me, that’s your relationship with the song. So for all the people that have engaged with it doing a cover, and particularly the Royel Otis one, they’ve made it their own,” she told us.
Sophie Ellis-Bextor 2026 New Zealand Shows
Presented by Live Nation
Ticket information available here
Tuesday, February 3rd
Waikato Regional Theatre, Hamilton
Wednesday, February 4th
James Hay Theatre, Christchurch
