Plus 1 announce two New Zealand shows for The Saints ’73 – ’78

“Rock music in the 70’s was changed by three bands—the Sex Pistols, the Ramones and the Saints” – Sir Bob Geldof.

The Saints ’73 – ’78 announce their New Zealand debut this spring, with concerts at The Powerstation in Auckland on 31 October and Meow Nui in Wellington on 1 November, before they head north to the UK and US.

Feel and Plus1 proudly present the band’s New Zealand tour, which follows their hugely successful Australian tour in 2024 where they played to crowds of 12,000 people across 12 shows.

The Saints ’73 -’78 carry on where the original band left off in 1978, performing the material from their three incendiary albums (I’m) Stranded (1977), Eternally Yours (1978) and Prehistoric Sounds (1978).

The band features founding Saints members, guitarist Ed Kuepper and drummer Ivor Hay, alongside honorary Saints: singer Mark Arm of Seattle rockers Mudhoney, former The Birthday Party / Bad Seeds guitarist Mick Harvey, and bassist Peter Oxley of Australia’s legendary Sunnyboys.

“This wasn’t a tribute to The Saints…it was something else. It was eight guys on stage reaching for magic, devoted to the moment and delivering one of the greatest final furlongs I’ve seen in four decades of watching live music.” – Sean Sennett, Time Off

“The towering impressions left by the nights proceedings? That Kuepper is a motherfucker of a guitar-player, his sound just as molten and unrelenting as back in the day.” – UNCUT

“This was no tribute band… no hackneyed cabaret act. This was a band on fire. From the first few bars of opening song, ‘This Perfect Day’, through to the last drops of the chaotic frenzy that is ‘Nights In Venice’, The Saints pummelled our senses with 20 songs of jaw-dropping intensity.” – Backseat Mafia

The Saints ’73 -’78 New Zealand dates

Friday October 31st – The Powerstation, Auckland

Saturday November 1st – Meow Nui, Wellington

*The Plus1 24-hour presale begins 9am Tuesday 25th February at plus1.co.nz
Tickets are on general sale at plus1.co.nz from 9am Wednesday 26th February.