Hoodoo Gurus Announce 'Back To The Stoneage' New Zealand Tour

Australia's Hoodoo Gurus are dialling it all the way back to the dawn of their world-conquering career, announcing a triple date tour of Aotearoa toasting the 40th anniversary of their 1984 debut album Stoneage Romeos. The veteran team of Dave Faulkner, Brad Shepherd, Richard Grossman and drummer Nik Rieth (who joined in 2015) will cap off a monstrous 47 date run of shows in the US and Oz before returning to our shores, headlining Wellington's new Meow Nui, Christchurch's James Hay Theatre, and Auckland's The Powerstation in April 2025.

Named after a short film by the Three Stooges and featuring standout singles 'My Girl' and 'I Want You Back', Stoneage Romeos was a pivotal release for Hoodoo Gurus — hitting the album charts in their homeland and New Zealand (plus Sweden!), scooping up Best Debut Album at the 1984 Countdown Awards, and now regarded as a bona fide classic of its era. For their forthcoming shows, Hoodoo Gurus will be playing Stoneage Romeos in its entirety, followed by a veritable lolly scramble of time-honoured favourites — 'What’s My Scene', 'Bittersweet', 'Like Wow - Wipeout', '1000 Miles Away' plus even more. Stoneage Romeos is out now in a special 40th anniversary edition, order the CD edition HERE (already sold out on vinyl LP) and get ready to sing along at the following dates, brought to you by Plus1...

"We can’t wait to get back to New Zealand. Stoneage Romeos was a pivotal album for us and many of its songs have remained live favourites ever since. It’ll be great to play some of those “less-travelled” songs from it on this tour - even though that means we’ll be playing longer sets to fit everything else in as well. Hah! To my mind that’s a win-win situation." - Dave Faulkner

UnderTheRadar proudly presents...

Hoodoo Gurus - Back To The Stoneage 2025 Tour

Thursday 3rd April - Meow Nui, Wellington
Friday 4 April - James Hay Theatre, Christchurch
Saturday 5 April - The Powerstation, Auckland

Tickets are on sale now at plus1.co.nz

Watch the classic animated clip for 'I Want You Back' from Stoneage Romeos...

Here's Hoodoo Guru's singalong hit 'My Girl', also from Stoneage Romeos...

Press release:

Our favourite Australians, Hoodoo Gurus, will rock across New Zealand in April for three concerts celebrating 40 years since their seminal debut album Stoneage Romeos.

Hoodoo Gurus’ New Zealand tour is hot on the heels of their massive 47-date tour across the United States and Australia packed with sold out audiences celebrating the anniversary and the Stoneage Romeos vinyl collector’s set.

Stoneage Romeos was the Gurus’ debut album and featured the hits Leilani, Tojo, My Girl and I Want You Back. It won Best Debut Album at the 1984 Countdown Awards, and has consistently appeared in the Top 10 on almost every ‘best ever’ Australian album lists.

The album, along with the band’s regular New Zealand tours from 1984 onwards firmly cemented their Kiwi fanbase. They were last in New Zealand in March 2023, wooing crowds as headliners of the Sounds Series festivals.

Back to the Stoneage 2025 tour will see the band play the Stoneage Romeos album in full followed by a selection of hit songs and fan favourites like What’s My Scene, Bittersweet, Like Wow – Wipeout, 1000 Miles Away, and many more!