Lloyd Cole Goes Electric For His New Zealand Tour in March 2026

Lloyd Cole announces a run of solo shows throughout New Zealand in March 2026, proudly presented by Plus1.
His elegant solo live performances in recent years have been predominantly acoustic, but for these concerts he has decided to go electric. The performance will run the gamut from his masterful debut with the Commotions, Rattlesnakes, right up to 2023’s acclaimed On Pain, and touching on all points in between.

Lloyd Cole’s New Zealand tour dates are:

•    Thursday 5 March – The Piano, Christchurch
•    Friday 6 March – Old St Pauls, Wellington
•    Sunday 8 March – Hutt Sounds festival Brewtown, Upper Hutt
•    Tues 10 March – The Globe, Palmerston North
•    Fri 13 March – Hollywood Avondale, Auckland

Plus1 48-hr ticket presale begins 9am Wednesday 17 October: Sign-up at Plus1.co.nz

Tickets are on general sale from 9am Friday 19 October, from Plus1.co.nz and via www.lloydcole.com/live

Says Cole: “In 1999, in retreat from mainstream ambivalence, the idea of becoming a troubadour was perversely alluring. Two acoustic guitars, a suitcase, and a round the world ticket. It took a while for me to become comfortable with it, but The Folksinger Show became my staple.

And then, somehow or other, twenty-five years were gone, and now I find myself approaching the end of my career, and wanting to be seen more as just a singer, who wrote a body of work, very little of which one would reasonably label ‘folk’. So I’m back with my Telecaster, my Princeton amp, and my solo show is now electric.”

In 2023 Lloyd Cole released On Pain, his twelfth album as a solo artist. He has released 17 studio albums including three with The Commotions [Rattlesnakes (84), Easy Pieces (’85), Mainstream (’87)] twelve solo albums [Lloyd Cole (’90), Don’t Get Weird On Me Babe (’91), Bad Vibes (’93), Love Story (95), Plastic Wood (’01), Music In A Foreign Language (’03), Anti Depressant (’06), Broken Record (’10), Standards (’13), 1D (’15), Guesswork (’19), On Pain (’23)],  one with The Negatives [The Negatives (2000)] and one with Hans Joachim Roedelius  [Selected Studies Vol. 1 (’13)].

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