AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND, Monday July 25, 2022 – GRAMMY® nominated, multi-platinum selling band OneRepublic announce their return to New Zealand in 2023 for two shows in March 2023. The band will perform in Auckland on March 16, followed by Wellington on March 18. Special guest for OneRepublic’s New Zealand dates is hip-hop force Masked Wolf.
OneRepublic, fronted by the enigmatic Ryan Tedder, have provided some of the most memorable and successful pop hits of their generation, including chart and streaming smashes “Apologize”, “Stop and Stare”, “Rescue Me” and “Counting Stars”. The band has blasted back into global charts with their smash hit “I Ain’t Worried” which is featured in the blockbuster movie, Top Gun: Maverick. The video, directed by Isaac Rentz, includes stunning footage from the film. It has already chalked up more than 1.3 million streams in New Zealand.
Hailing from Australia, opening act Masked Wolf (aka, Harry Michael) is a passionate and powerful rapper and singer, having amassed over 2 billion streams and counting. Following the release of his hit songs "Speed Racer", "Night Rider" and "Water Walkin", he unveiled "Astronaut in the Ocean" which quickly incited millions of TikTok videos.
Live Nation pre-sale commences 11am on Wednesday, July 27, concluding at 11am on Friday, July 29.
General public tickets on sale Friday, July 29 at 12.00pm. For complete VIP, tour and ticket information, visit: livenation.co.nz
OneRepublic are riding high following the release of their 5th studio album Human. The album includes tracks which combined have over 2.5 billion global streams, “Run”, “Somebody To Love”, “Wanted”, “Didn’t I”, “Better Days” and “Rescue Me”, which has been certified RIAA Gold (US).
ONEREPUBLIC
NEW ZEALAND 2023
AUCKLAND, SPARK ARENA THURSDAY, MARCH 16
WELLINGTON, TSB ARENA SATURDAY, MARCH 18
PRE-SALE AND ON SALE TICKETING INFORMATION:
Live Nation pre-sale commences on Wednesday, July 27 at 11am, concluding at 11am on Friday, July 29.
General public tickets on sale Friday, July 29 at 12.00pm. For complete VIP, tour and ticket information, visit: livenation.co.nz
For complete tour, ticket and VIP Experience information, visit: livenation.co.nz
About OneRepublic
Grammy nominated OneRepublic, is comprised of singer/songwriter and lead vocalist Ryan Tedder, guitarists Zach Filkins and Drew Brown, keys Brian Willett, bassist and cellist Brent Kutzle, and drummer Eddie Fisher. The band released their debut set Dreaming Out Loud in 2007. The release included the 20mm selling smash single “Apologize,” which shattered digital sales and airplay records worldwide and received a Grammy nomination. The band’s sophomore album, 2009’s Waking Up, produced the hit singles “All the Right Moves,” “Secrets” and “Good Life.” The certified-platinum album Native followed in 2013, featuring the No.1 hit and 41 million selling single “Counting Stars.” OneRepublic released Oh My My, their fourth full-length album in 2016 and their latest album, Human, dropped on August 27, 2021. OneRepublic has amassed 35 billion global streams with 646 million of these streams coming from Australia. Album Naïve and single “Stop and Stare” have been certified Platinum by ARIA, “Rescue Me” is Double Platinum, “Something I Need” is 3 x Platinum with “Apologize” at 8 x Platinum and “Counting Stars” a massive 14 x Platinum.