The National’s Matt Berninger Announces NZ Solo Tour
Handsome Tours present Matt Berninger – the unmistakable frontman and lyricist of The National – who is making his New Zealand solo debut performing Auckland this May and June.
The tour marks Berninger’s highly anticipated return to the region – this time as soloist, offering audiences an intimate yet expansive live show celebrating his latest album Get Sunk (Concord Records, 2025) – a sweeping and soul-stirring record that finds him resurfacing with clarity, vulnerability and wry humour intact.
Best known for the contemplative narratives and gorgeous emotional candour that have defined The National’s catalogue, Berninger has long explored the fragile edges of identity and self-understanding. Released as a solo album, Get Sunk emerges as both reckoning and renewal – an inhale after submersion.
The album reflects on the constellation of people who shape us: parents, partners, siblings, old friends, strangers. Written following Berninger’s move from Los Angeles to Connecticut, the songs were inspired by new landscapes, shifting seasons and a rediscovered joy in creating.
Expect a setlist spanning new music from Get Sunk alongside selections from his 2020 solo debut Serpentine Prison and carefully chosen moments from The National’s beloved catalogue.
Handsome Tours present Matt Berninger, performing solo at Vivid LIVE Sydney, Open Season Brisbane and in intimate shows in Melbourne and Auckland this May and June.
Handsome Tours Present
MATT BERNINGER
Friday 5 June – Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland, NZ
