John Maus NZ Tour 2026 | AUCKLAND

Schedule

Thu, 07 May, 2026 at 10:00 am

UTC+12:00

Location

Double Whammy | Auckland, AU

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BANISHED MUSIC & STRANGE NEWS PRESENT
JOHN MAUS ~ NEW ZEALAND TOUR 2026
WEDNESDAY 6 MAY - MEOW, WELLINGTON
THURSDAY 7 MAY - DOUBLE WHAMMY, AUCKLAND
Tickets from Banished Music
The musical career of John Maus has been riddled with iconic moments. Now, to celebrate the release of his brand new album Later Than You Think, the synth-tastic American songwriter with the unmistakable baritone is headed to New Zealand for two extraordinary shows next May. Brought to you by Banished Music and Strange News, Mr Maus is set to make good on a long-held promise.
In 2019, after a series of personal tragedies and the stresses of touring his high-intensity show left Maus feeling unable to perform here, he flew home urgently to recover, with shows here cancelled at short notice. Now, with five years of contemplation, retreat and recuperation, and time spent crafting his new record, John Maus is set to make his return.
Throughout his long career, Maus considered himself to have been “constantly fighting the status quo: the Mickey Mouse Club, Coca-Cola, and all the institutions that reduce culture to its lowest common denominator”. Then, in 2020, he was infamously photographed at the January 6 riots, and was himself promptly “cancelled”.
In hindsight, he says, he now knows he should have been a lot clearer about his ethos and political beliefs in the wake of it all. “I thought my legacy would speak for itself,” Maus told Stereogum in a recent interview. Stating he was only at the protest to shoot footage for a new documentary film alongside film-maker Alex Moyer, these days he realises he ought to have stated his position a lot more bluntly. “I should have been clearer that I’m absolutely against Trumpism,” he says. “It wasn’t as forthright a denunciation as it should have been.”
Powered by “genuine emotion and radical sincerity”, the new album includes I Hate Antichrist, a song Maus describes as a sort of sequel to Cop Killer, and features a secular Gregorian chant that embraces French philosopher Alain Badiou’s anti-xenophobic sentiment that “All the people who are here are from here”. From the death of ego and descent into madness, this is a party we’re all invited to.
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Double Whammy, 195B St Andrews Rd, Epsom, Auckland 1023, New Zealand, Auckland

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