Summer Concert organisers shift Iggy Pop and Joan Jett show to Spark Arena

Iggy Pop has added an Auckland show this summer, but won't be playing Whitianga.

By RNZ

A series of summer concerts involving punk pioneer Iggy Pop and America rocker Joan Jett and The Blackhearts have pulled a Whitianga concert from the schedule, adding an Auckland show instead.

The organisers said “in light of public feedback” of the scheduling of the Coromandel show on January 26, following Auckland Anniversary weekend, they decided to pivot.

“Greenstone Entertainment has listened to concert-goers and made the decision to move the Coromandel concert to Auckland’s Spark Arena ... ensuring a wider audience may enjoy this historic line-up of artists,” they wrote in a statement on Wednesday morning.

Iggy Pop performing with, from left; Josh Homme, Matt Helders and Matt Sweeney.

The Summer Concert tour will kick off at Taupō’s Amphitheatre on January 24 before playing Spark Arena on January 29 and wrapping up at Wānaka’s Three Parks Outdoor Arena on January 31.

Local band Zed will play the series with the visiting international rockers.

However, the change of plans means Australian act Hoodoo Gurus aren’t able to play the Auckland set.

Whitianga ticket holders can transfer to Taupō or Auckland, or receive a refund.

Pop, who started his career in the late 1960s fronting The Stooges, is famous for his songs “The Passenger”, “Lust for Life” and “Real Wild Child”.

Jett formed her band with the Blackhearts in 1979 and had worldwide smash hits with “I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll” and “I Hate Myself For Loving You”.

- RNZ