Lloyd Cole announces a run of solo shows throughout New Zealand in March 2026, proudly presented by Plus1.

His elegant solo live performances in recent years have been predominantly acoustic, but for these concerts he has decided to go
electric. The performance will run the gamut from his masterful debut with the Commotions ‘Rattlesnakes’ right up to 2023’s acclaimed ‘On Pain’ touching on all points in between.

Lloyd Cole’s New Zealand tour dates:

• Thursday 5 March - The Piano, Christchurch
  
• Friday 6 March - Old St Pauls, Wellington
  
• Sunday 8 March - Hutt Sounds festival Brewtown,Upper Hutt
  
• Tues 10 March - The Globe, Palmerston North
  
• Fri 13 March - Hollywood Avondale, Auckland
  

Tickets available from Plus1.co.nz

Says Lloyd: “In 1999, in retreat from mainstream ambivalence, the idea of becoming a troubadour was perversely alluring. Two acoustic guitars, a suitcase, and a round the world ticket. It took a while for me to become comfortable with it, but The Folksinger Show became my staple. And then, somehow or other, twenty-five years were gone, and now I find myself approaching the end of my career, and wanting to be seen more as just a singer, who wrote a body of work, very little of which one would reasonably label ‘folk’. So I’m back with my Telecaster, my Princeton amp, and my solo show is now electric.”

Lloyd Cole has released 17 studio albums including three with The Commotions: ‘Rattlesnakes’ (84), ‘Easy Pieces’ (’85), Mainstream (’87); 12 solo albums [‘Lloyd Cole’ (’90), ‘Don’t Get Weird On Me Babe’ (’91), ‘Bad Vibes’ (’93), ‘Love Story’ (95), ‘Plastic Wood’ (’01), ‘Music In A Foreign Language’ (’03), ‘Anti Depressant’ (’06), ‘Broken Record’ (’10), ‘Standards’ (’13), ‘1D’ (’15), ‘Guesswork’ (’19), ‘On Pain’
(’23)], one with The Negatives [‘The Negatives (2000)] and one with Hans Joachim Roedelius [‘Selected Studies Vol. 1’ (’13)].