Live Nation and Secret Sounds have today announced that L.A. trio LANY are heading to New Zealand next year. Joined by special guest Sasha Alex Sloan, LANY will perform at Shed 10 in Auckland on Tuesday 31st May 2022.
This performance will be their biggest New Zealand show yet, with a number of new songs on their setlist. Fronted by songwriter, lyricist and producer Paul Klein, LANY’s breakthrough came with their 2017 self-titled debut, which built an international fanbase and led to sold out shows across the world, including New Zealand.
The heartbreak anthems on their 2018 follow-up Malibu Nights cracked the Billboard Album Chart and connected in a huge way across the globe, with their 2019 collaboration with Lauv, ‘Mean It’, and 2021 collaboration with Kelsea Ballerini ‘I Quit Drinking’ garnering further attention. The third studio album, mama’s boy debuted at #7 on the Billboard 200 and #1 on the Alternative Albums sales chart with more than 300 million streams to date, and single if this is the last time earning LANY their biggest radio hit to date.
The band’s fourth album ‘gg bb xx’ is a change of gear, towards what principal songwriter Klein calls micro-moments: those flashes we experience that come and go in the blink of an eye. Fleeting moments in love and life that it’d be easy to miss if we didn’t grab hold of them there and then.
‘gg bb xx’ finds LANY returning to their infectious pop sound, collaborating with an array of notable songwriters and producers including Andrew Goldstein (Maroon 5, Katy Perry, Lauv), John Ryan (Shawn Mendes, Charlie Puth, Harry Styles), David Hodges (Ed Sheeran, 5SOS, Blink 182), Tobias Jesso Jr. (Adele, Sia, HAIM), Dan Smyers of Dan + Shay and more.
Now with a social following of over 8.2 million people, LANY have played sold-out shows from L.A.’s Greek Theatre to London’s Brixton Academy. Their songs have been streamed over three billion times with more than 600 million video views to date. Just off a 30+ date tour of North America and UK, LANY are primed and ready to bring ‘gg bb xx’ to Kiwi fans.
Boston born songstress Sasha Alex Sloan will join LANY on tour, marking her first ever show in New Zealand. Sasha started writing songs at just 10 years old. She moved to L.A. at 19 after dropping out of college and began writing tracks for the likes of Camila Cabello as well as lending her vocals to Kygo's ‘This Town’ and ‘Falls’ for ODESZA. Sasha released her first EP sad girl in 2017. Within a year she surpassed 19 million Spotify streams, while averaging over 4 million monthly listeners and, fast forward to 2021, she is in the Top 500 most played artists on Spotify globally. Be sure to catch the unassuming phenomenon when she joins LANY in May.
Jump on tickets fast and get ready to catch LANY’s synth-sheened anthems of love and heartbreak when they hit our shores in 2022.
Tickets for all shows go on sale at 9am on Friday December 10.
Pre-sales tickets will be available through Live Nation, Secret Sounds and Spotify from 9am on Thursday December 9 until 8am Friday December 10.
For complete tour and ticket information, visit: livenation.co.nz.
SHED 10, AUCKLAND TUESDAY MAY 31, 2022
TICKETS ON SALE 9AM FRIDAY DECEMBER 10
Live Nation, Secret Sounds and Spotify pre-sale: 9am Thursday December 9 until 8am Friday December 10
For complete tour and ticket information, visit: thisislany.com & www.livenation.co.nz