The intimate shows are August 12 and 13 at Auckland's Mercury Theatre and August 19 and 20 at Wellington's Paramount Theatre. They will also perform 1pm matinee shows on August 13 and 20 with discounted tickets for children.
Tickets from Event Finda.
Red Hot Chili Peppers are back with their first new music in five years.
Dark Necessities is the first single from their upcoming 11th studio album The Getaway.
Amid heavy production, the song incorporates piano, including an intense opening few bars, Flea's trademark bass sound and the impressive guitar work of the band's newest member Josh Klinghoffer.
The album is produced by Danger Mouse and mixed by Nigel Godrich, who also worked on Radiohead's new album A Moon Shaped Pool, the surprise release that appeared this week.
Radiohead had earlier released two new singles - Burn the Witch and Daydreaming, with the video for the latter directed by Paul Thomas Anderson.
Grimes has released the video for the track California from her album Art Angels.
The video features Megan James from Purity Ring, HANA, model Eric Cheng, Born Gold and Mac Boucher.
Revisit a classic
Blood Sugar Sex Magik was Red Hot Chili Peppers' fifth studio album, but it was the one that saw their popularity skyrocket.
Released in 1991 and produced by Rick Rubin, the album features the massive hits Under The Bridge and Give It Away.
It topped the New Zealand charts and ensured a massive crowd turned up to see them play under flaming helmets at their 1992 Supertop gig.
BSSM is full of quality funk pop tracks, but it's especially worth checking out the gentle Breaking The Girl.
