Lorde has made a surprise appearance on the Aotearoa Music Awards red carpet tonight after releasing a new music video this afternoon. Video / Carson Bluck
New tickets are set to be released for Lorde’s sold-out New Zealand shows next year.
In July, Lorde revealed she would perform two 2026 shows in her country of birth, playing at Auckland’s Spark Arena on February 11 and at Christchurch’s Wolfbrook Arena on February 13.
Those dates quickly sold out, but a limited number of new tickets will be released and go on sale tomorrow.
In an email sent today, Lorde said she was “very very excited for February” and told fans: “I hope you can be there. This show is sickness and I’m very excited to be back home.”
The new tickets will go on sale on Thursday, November 13, at 2pm local time, via Frontier Touring.
Lorde returns home for two concerts in February 2026. Photo / Getty Images
Yesterday, it was announced that US artist Kevin Abstract would also perform, appearing as a special guest at all of Lorde’s Australia and New Zealand shows next year.
Abstract is a rapper, singer and songwriter best known as the founder and leader of the hip-hop group Brockhampton. Abstract’s genre-defying music often explores themes of identity, queerness and personal growth, themes also investigated in recent Lorde releases.
Lorde is currently performing her Ultrasound World Tour internationally on a tour in support of her fourth studio album, Virgin, which was released in June.
