Completing a three-year odyssey of Southern Hemisphere visits, the legendary Gillian Welch and David Rawlings head south once again this February to fulfil a promise to visit all major centres in Australia and New Zealand.

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In 2027, that journey arrives in Aotearoa, with the Grammy Award-winning duo set to perform five shows across New Zealand, travelling from Auckland to Hamilton, New Plymouth, Wellington and Christchurch.

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Known for their distinctive blend of Appalachian, bluegrass, country, Americana and folk, Welch and Rawlings have built a remarkable body of work across a career spanning more than three decades. Their music draws deeply from traditional American songwriting while remaining timeless, intimate and unmistakably their own.

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The tour marks Gillian Welch and David Rawlings’ first-ever performances in the South Island, as well as their first shows in the rest of New Zealand in more than a decade.

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