Peach Pit Announce Auckland Headline Show

One hopes that when Vancouver indie-pop stars Peach Pit visited Aotearoa for the first time last October, they were informed about Hunterville's infamous Peach Teats billboard. The group's recent visit to Melbourne / Naarm helped spark their fourth studio album Magpie, taking flight on 25th October via Colombia Records, and now they have announced a five date summer release tour of Australasia, wrapping up with a headline soirée at Tāmaki Makaurau's The Powerstation on 9th March. The four-piece of Neil Smith, Chris Vanderkooy, Peter Wilton and Mikey Pascuzzi have so far treated fans to tender new single 'Did You Love Somebody' and the exuberant title track from their forthcoming record (preorders available HERE) — hit play below and be sure to pounce on tickets when they go live, brought to you by Frontier Touring...

"I was struck by how magpies are seen as both good and bad omens. The album reflects those highs and lows, from heartbreak to new love." - Neil Smith

Peach Pit
with special guests to be announced
Sunday 9th March - Powerstation, Auckland (18+) 

Frontier member presale runs 24 hours from 11am, Thursday 26th September or until presale allocation exhausted via frontiertouring.com/peachpit
Tickets on sale from 11am, Monday 30th September via ticketmaster.co.nz

Press release:

With a new album on the horizon, winsome Vancouver indie outfit Peach Pit today announce their live return to Australia and New Zealand next February/March 2025 – The Magpie Tour. Presented by Frontier Touring, the Canadian four-piece will play five exclusive headline shows in Perth, Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney and Auckland.

With both their new album title – Magpie, due out October 25 via Colombia Records – and its lead single inspired by our favourite birds, Peach Pit are ready to return to our shores once again. Across 11 tracks on the band’s latest and fourth studio album, members Neil Smith (vocals), Chris Vanderkooy (guitar), Peter Wilton (bass) and Mikey Pascuzzi (drums) showcase a masterclass in expansive arrangement and deeply felt songwriting – a winning formula that only continues the incredible trajectory Peach Pit have been on since their star-making debut EP Sweet FA in 2016.

Magpie, the follow-up to 2022’s From 2 to 3 (which features fan favourites ‘Give Up Baby Go’ and ‘Up Granville’), didn’t come easily. Initially inspired by The Beatles’ Let It Be recording sessions, as seen in Peter Jackson’s Get Back documentary, Peach Pit hoped to adopt a similar spontaneous approach. “We wanted to go into the studio with a bunch of songs that we’d flesh out and write on the fly,” Smith explains. “We’d done that a bunch of times before for singles here and there, so we were like, ‘Let’s try making a record that way’.” But after a few studio sessions in their native Vancouver that ultimately proved fruitless, the band felt creatively stuck. “At a certain point, we were like, “Damn, this isn't really working for us,” Smith recalls. The band took a break in the process to head to Melbourne for their debut tour of Australia, where they found inspiration.

Don’t miss the captivating Peach Pit live on stage in February 2025. Tickets go on sale Monday 30 September 30 at 11am (local time) via frontiertouring.com/peachpit, with presales for Frontier Members starting Thursday 26 September at 11am (local time) – see website for full info.