Australian Crawl Announces Second Christchurch Show

Due to popular demand, the legendary Australian Crawl has added a second Christchurch show to their 2027 New Zealand Tour. They will now play in the Garden City at James Hay Theatre on March 12 AND the new date of March 13.

Presented by The Sound, Australian Crawl is reuniting for the first time in 40 years and will kick off their New Zealand Tour in Auckland at the Powerstation on Friday, March 5, before heading to Wellington to play Meow Nui on Wednesday, March 10. They’ll wrap things up in Christchurch with back-to-back shows at James Hay Theatre on Friday, March 12 and Saturday, March 13

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The Powerstation, Auckland – Friday March 5 – Tickets
Meow Nui, Wellington – Wednesday March 10 – Tickets
James Hay Theatre, Christchurch – Friday March 12 – Tickets
James Hay Theatre, Christchurch – Saturday March 13 – Tickets

Famed for 80s hits like ‘Reckless (Don’t Be So…)’, ‘The Boys Light Up’, ‘Downhearted’ and ‘Errol’, This is the first time in 40 years that Australian Crawl members – James Reyne and John Watson – will share the stage, joined by Brett Kingman, Josh Owen, Andrew McIvor, Sean Johnson, Melinda Jackson and Nicole Kurta.

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Between 1978 and 1986, Australian Crawl managed to cram an entire cultural legacy into less than a decade, soundtracking beach towns, road trips and pub speakers with songs that still feel genetically encoded. In their short career, Australian Crawl delivered numerous chart hits and iconic songs.

Frontman James Reyne: “One can only shake one’s head at the sometimes wonderful inventions of folly in all its guises and forms for the trip was a blast; such fun and high spirits were had that upon return we decided we should perhaps give this thing a year, before we returned to our studies; just to see what happens. What a ride.”

Australian Crawl was founded in Melbourne in 1978. The band’s debut album THE BOYS LIGHT UP reached #4 in the Australian album charts. The following albums SIROCCO (1981) and SONS OF BEACHES (1982) both topped the charts, while the 1983 SEMANTICS EP spawned one of their biggest hits ‘Reckless’. Australian Crawl disbanded in early 1986. They were acknowledged in 1996 when they were inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame.

Don’t miss the chance to catch one of Australasia’s most iconic bands together again in New Zealand next March.

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