Myles Smith has touched down in New Zealand.
The British “Stargazing” hitmaker is on a sold-out tour that wraps up tonight at Auckland’s Powerstation (May 15th).
While here, Smith sat down with Rolling Stone AU/NZ to chat about his TikTok breakthrough, upcoming tour with Ed Sheeran, and his newfound love for Lorde.
“Is Lorde from Australia?” he asked, before quickly correcting himself. “Oh — New Zealand, right. I’ve been singing [lyrics from Lorde’s latest single] ‘what was that’ for the last two weeks straight.”
He also gave a shoutout to some favourite Australian artists. “I just discovered Ziggy Alberts — he’s awesome. And Tash Sultana’s been on repeat,” he said.
Read the full interview here.
Auckland follows his sold-out shows in Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane.
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In Sydney, Smith stirred things up when his plans to busk in Pitt Street Mall ran into unexpected red tape. He had hoped to play a free pop-up street set, but the City of Sydney required him to get a busking license, provide ID, and queue with other performers from 7am to secure a slot — putting the brakes on the gig.
Still, he managed to play pop-up acoustic sets elsewhere — in Melbourne, outside the Sydney Opera House without any hiccups, and later in Brisbane.
Later that evening, 5SOS’s Luke Hemmings made a surprise appearance at Smith’s Sydney show. The duo closed out the night with an encore performance of “Stargazing” together.
Opening the sold-out Auckland gig is Aotearoa pop artist Will Swinton. Hailing from Auckland, Swinton was previously featured in our Up-And-Coming Aotearoa Artists series.
“With early comparisons to Sydney rapper The Kid LAROI and Canadian artist EKKSTACY, Will Swinton has already shown plenty of individual promise in just a handful of songs,” we wrote.
For tour tickets and more info, visit frontiertouring.com/mylessmith.
