L.A.B will be visiting Tauranga on a summer tour with Stan Walker and Aaradhna. Photo / Ian Cooper
L.A.B will be visiting Tauranga on a summer tour with Stan Walker and Aaradhna. Photo / Ian Cooper
L.A.B and Stan Walker will perform at Tauranga’s Wharepai Domain this December as part of their New Zealand and Australia summer tour.
The musicians will be joined by Aaradhna, Te Wehi and Corrella for the Tauranga show, which kicks off a three-stop tour.
L.A.B and Walker, with Aaradhna and TeWehi, will perform at the Gold Coast with Tiki Taane on January 3 and in Auckland with Nesian Mystik on January 31.
The three outdoor shows will be the perfect summer day out, a media release from the event’s promoters said, with a collection of acts representing Aotearoa summertime all in one place.
These shows will be L.A.B’s first headline shows since winning Te Manu Mātārae Award at the 2025 Aotearoa Music Awards, an award acknowledging an artist’s impact on the music landscape.
Their most recent album L.A.B VI included the hits Take It Away and Casanova.
Joel Shadbolt of L.A.B, right, and Stan Walker.
These will be their only headline shows in NZ and Australia this coming summer.
Tauranga will be a return home for L.A.B for the first time in more than two years, while their Auckland performance will be the first in Tāmaki Makaurau in more than four years.
Walker took home the Best Māori Artist and Mana Reo awards at the 2025 Aotearoa Music Awards. He is fresh off multiple visits to the United States and, with new music on the way, will bring his ever-expanding catalogue of hits to the stage.
Walker will perform with his longtime band, The Levites.
L.A.B and Walker will perform in Auckland with Nesian Mystik on January 31
Aaradhna announced her return with her acclaimed 2024 album Sweet Surrender, which earned her the Best Soul/RnB Artist at the Aotearoa Music Awards.
Bay of Plenty native Te Wehi will be the opening act at each show. He has had three number ones on the Aotearoa Hot Singles Chart with his unique blend of country-tinged reggae.
Tauranga will see Corrella on the line-up, bringing with them their high-energy brand of reggae/soul.
“These three shows see a line-up of the finest Māori/Pasifika artists in Aotearoa combine for a series of summer shows that aren’t to be missed,” the media release said.
