AUCKLAND (Thursday 21 May, 2026) – Live Nation today announced the New Zealand leg of Post Malone’s The BIG ASS World Tour, marking the global superstar’s largest headline shows in the region to date. Promoted by Live Nation, the stadium tour heads to Auckland’s Go Media Stadium on Wednesday 21 October. The announcement follows a landmark run for Post Malone across Australia and New Zealand.
POST MALONE PRESENTS
THE BIG ASS WORLD TOUR
NEW ZEALAND 2026
WITH SPECIAL GUEST DON TOLIVER
Sign Up for Artist Presale HERE
General Onsale Begins Thursday 28 May
Widely regarded as one of the defining artists of his generation, Post Malone continues to push the boundaries of modern hip-hop, pop and country, underpinned by a catalogue of diamond-certified hits and one of the most commercially successful live shows in contemporary music.
Joining Post Malone as special guest across The BIG ASS World Tour in New Zealand is multi-platinum, Grammy-nominated artist Don Toliver. Since the release of his breakout debut Heaven or Hell in 2020, Toliver has emerged as one of hip-hop’s most influential new voices, with all five studio albums landing in the Top 10 of the Billboard 200. His latest release, OCTANE (2026), debuted at No. 1 and currently stands as the highest-selling hip-hop album of the year.
TICKETS: Tickets will be available starting with an artist presale beginning Tuesday 26 May. The general onsale will begin on Thursday 28 May. Presale start and end times vary by market, check your local listings at postmalone.com
Eligible Westpac New Zealand customers with a Westpac New Zealand Mastercard have special access to presale tickets from Tuesday 26 May, 11am until Thursday 28 May, 11am. Westpac Mastercard cardholders also have access to exclusive preferred tickets from Thursday 28 May, 12pm. Westpac Mastercard is also bringing cardholders even closer to their passion for music by offering an incredible Priceless Experience, including first access into the Golden Circle to be one of the closest to Post Malone. Check out priceless.com/westpacnz for details.
Westfield members get exclusive access to reserved tickets starting Wednesday 27 May 11am. Become a Westfield member by downloading the app here.
The Live Nation presale starts on Wednesday 27 May at 11am (local) running until Thursday 28 May at 11am (local), or until allocation is exhausted. To purchase presale tickets, sign up now at livenation.co.nz/register.
VIP: The tour will also offer a variety of different VIP packages and experiences for fans to take their concert experience to the next level. Packages vary but include premium tickets, collectible Post Malone concert chair, access to the pre-show VIP lounge, exclusive VIP only gift item & more. VIP package contents vary based on the offer selected. For more information, visit vipnation.com.
Post Malone is proudly supported by the New Zealand Government’s Events Attraction Package.
“I’m thrilled that Post Malone’s world tour is coming to Mt Smart Stadium this October, supported by the Government’s Events Attraction Package. When world-renowned artists visit New Zealand, they generate significant economic benefits and create a real buzz and that’s why we invest in them,” Tourism and Hospitality Minister Louise Upston says.
The event is also supported by the Tataki Auckland Unlimited’s City Centre Package.
Annie Dundas, Director Destination Tātaki Auckland Unlimited says, “Auckland loves big live events, and it’s great that Auckland Council Events is helping bring Post Malone’s BIG ASS World Tour to the city as part of our partnership with Live Nation. This will be a huge night for fans and another great boost for Auckland’s hospitality and entertainment scene.”
THE BIG ASS WORLD TOUR
NEW ZEALAND 2026 DATE:
Weds, Oct 21 – Auckland, NZ – Go Media Stadium
General public tickets go on sale on Thursday 28 May at 12pm. All times are local.
For complete tour and ticket information, visit: livenation.co.nz.
ABOUT POST MALONE
A 9x diamond-certified global superstar, Dallas, TX artist POST MALONE regularly rewrites history, blurs boundaries, and incites internet-breaking conversation with every move.
Most recently, Post released his debut country album, F-1 Trillion which landed at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart. Ahead of the album, Post released “Guy For That” featuring Luke Combs, “Pour Me A Drink” featuring Blake Shelton and mega-smash “I Had Some Help” with Morgan Wallen. Upon release of “I Had Some Help” it landed at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, tallying “the highest weekly sales and streams since 2020” and remained at #1 for six consecutive weeks. The critically acclaimed F-1 Trillion, and collaborations with Beyoncé and Taylor Swift, earned Post 8 2025 GRAMMY® nominations. This past spring, Post headlined Coachella before hitting the road on his “Big Ass Stadium” tour, following his record-breaking F-1 Trillion Tour last fall. In 2026, he will headline Stagecoach Festival.
Post’s catalog features diamond certified hits including “rockstar” [feat. 21 Savage]”, “I Fall Apart”, “Psycho” [feat. Ty Dolla $ign], “White Iverson”, “Better Now”, “Congratulations” [feat. Quavo], “Circles” and “Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse),” which became the highest-certified single in RIAA history reaching double diamond. It became the first song to ever achieve this status, netting the biggest single of his generation. As the writer or co-writer of all of his songs, Post Malone is one of our generation’s literary geniuses.
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ABOUT DON TOLIVER
A formative voice in modern music, Houston-bred, multi-platinum, and GRAMMY-nominated artist Don Toliver has solidified his status by masterfully blending hip-hop with cinematic R&B to build all-engulfing sonic worlds. Following a string of narrative-driven landmarks including Heaven or Hell (2020), Life of a DON (2021), Love Sick (2023), and Hardstone Psycho (2024), Toliver continues his unstoppable 2026 run with his career-defining fifth studio album, OCTANE. The project exploded onto the charts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, moving over 162K units—his biggest opening week to date—while generating a staggering 423M first-week global streams and dominating the cultural zeitgeist with viral hits like “E85” and “Body.” Beyond the studio, Toliver continues to amplify his reach as a premier collaborator for film, contributing to the GRAMMY-nominated F1 soundtrack, the Academy Award-nominated Sinners, and most recently releasing “CREEPIN,” an original song for the SCREAM 7 soundtrack co-produced by Toliver himself alongside BNYX and 206DEREK. Currently, he is bringing this high-speed, cinematic world to life on his 31-city North American OCTANE Tour, marking his largest live production to date featuring special guests SahBabii, SoFaygo, and CHASE B. As Don says, “It’s not in the future, it’s not in the past, it’s right now,” and this latest chapter serves as the definitive soundtrack to that present-moment adventure.
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