BANISHED MUSIC & STRANGE NEWS PRESENTS:

LUCY DACUS
New Zealand 2022

The one and only Lucy Dacus returns to Aotearoa this June with her band to play two very special shows: 

Saturday June 4th in Auckland at Hollywood Avondale
Sunday June 5th in Wellington at Meow (Tickets from Moshtix)

And now due to increased demand, two extra shows have been added!

Friday June 3rd at Hollywood Avondale
Monday June 6th - Meow, Wellington (All Ages Matinée show)

The Wellington show is a matinée, all ages show and falls on a public holiday.
Attendees 14 and under must be accompanied by an adult.

Recently labelled as “one of the best songwriters of her generation” by Rolling Stone, Lucy Dacus arrives in New Zealand on the back of her sold out UK / EU Tour.

Fans can expect to catch Dacus playing songs from her celebrated album Home Video (out now on Matador / Remote Control), which was featured in countless ‘best albums of 2021’ lists. The New York Times said “Lucy Dacus’s wrenching third studio album [Home Video] is as much an achievement of memoir as it is of songwriting”, while The Guardian called it “some of the year’s best musical storytelling .. her writing newly amplified by subtle hints of pop propulsion and grit that evoked how Elliott Smith expanded his sound” and Time Magazine enthused “the best lyrics aren’t just beautifully poetic or descriptive, but also conjure a whole universe that lies just beyond them and out of reach. . . Lucy Dacus is a master at this craft”.

Home Video was built on an interrogation of her coming-of-age years in Richmond, Virginia. Many songs start the way a memoir might - “In the summer of ’07 I was sure I’d go to heaven, but I was hedging my bets at VBS” - and all of them have the compassion, humor, and honesty of the best autobiographical writing. Most importantly and mysteriously, this album displays Lucy Dacus’s ability to use the personal as portal into the universal. “I can’t hide behind generalizations or fiction anymore,” Lucy says, though talking about these songs, she admits, makes her ache.

Lucy Dacus’ voice has a healer’s power to soothe and ground and reckon - New Zealand audiences are in for a very special treat.

Banished Music presale 9AM WEDNESDAY MARCH 23

Sign up to the Banished presale here

General tickets on sale 9AM FRIDAY MARCH 25

Please note the Auckland show is all ages, we recommend anyone under the age of 18 is accompanied by an adult. Anyone aged 14 and under must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian. 

This event will require proof of vaccination via the NZ Government 'My Vaccine Pass' system, or a Ministry of Health-certified exemption pass