GBH - legends of the UK punk scene whose logo is painted on the back of a thousand studded leather jackets make a welcome return to New Zealand. Don't miss your chance to see these pioneers of street punk!

7:30pm Wednesday 12 March 2025 at Valhalla.
Tickets $55 + booking fee through www.undertheradar.co.nz

Sticky Fingaz Tour Management is stoked to present for their first time in New Zealand

THE FLATLINERS (Canada)
NZ Tour February 2025

Thurs 27th Feb - Wellington, Valhalla, R18, Doors 8pm
w/ Departure Party, No Sector and Dimestore Skanks

After touring Australia with good friends Hot Water Music, The Flatliners will jump the ditch for three headlining shows in Aotearoa.

Since their inception in 2002, The Flatliners have consistently pushed the envelope in regards to their music and growth as a band, from the furious pace of the seminal ska punk album Destroy to Create that broke them to the world, to the musical growth of the critically acclaimed punk rock masterpiece Cavalcade - The Flatliners career is a testament to perseverance and dedication.

With a lineup that has never strayed from the original members who met as teenagers, the band has since logged countless miles on the road and amassed a dedicated legion of fans along the way through their high energy live shows, anthemic sing a longs and set-lists bursting with all your favourite songs.

Now approaching 23 + years of hammering out bombastic tunes everywhere from dive bars to festival stages to European concert halls, The Flatliners hold fast to the DIY punk-rock ethos that has been at the group’s core since the beginning.

Doors at 8pm

Deadboy Records proudly presents the return of the biggest NZHC show of the year back by popular demand across two weekends in Auckland and Wellington in February.

Headlining SUMMER OF HARDCORE in 2025 are New Zealand's very own hardcore / punk legends BLEEDERS.
Formed in 2002, the West Auckland legends need no introduction - in their debut year they released the seminal hard-core punk classic ‘A Bleeding Heart’ EP. This, followed by constant sold out shows all over the country, saw the band rewarded for their hard work and ever-growing success by signing a major record deal with Universal Music NZ in 2004.

New Zealand hardcore / metal powerhouse SAVING GRACE join the top card after returning to the stage with new vocalist Josh Bain and headlining SUMMER OF HARDCORE in 2024 before heading to Australia with metalcore legends BLEEDING THROUGH.
Saving Grace will celebrate 20 years as a band since their formation in 2005 which has seen the band release four studio albums and tour worldwide winning thousands of fans with their signature brand of metallic hardcore and sharing stages and festival bills with countless heroes of the genre including Parkway Drive, Hatebreed, As I Lay Dying, Darkest Hour, KoRn and many more.

Rounding out the triple header are Wellington's very own hardcore / thrash favorites BRAINWAVE who join BLEEDERS and SAVING GRACE across both weekends to bring their signature crossover sound and pit fury to the masses.
Having recently released the brand new single 'The Truth' BRAINWAVE have gone from strength to strength in recent years winning over hearts and minds since the release of their 2020 debut 'The Decline' and subsequent releases including last year's 2023 Summer Promo featuring the singles 'Burn' and 'Mouth of Gold'.

NZHC legends RICKY BOBBY will grace the stage at Valhalla for what is one of the most sought after hardcore punk reunions in Aotearoa. Having made waves across Aotearoa for most of the late 2000s as one of the country's most beloved acts they toured with the likes of TRAPPED UNDER ICE, CRUEL HAND, TERROR, BACKTRACK and BITTER END.

Wellington's STRESS GHETTO joins the bill to bring their infamous brand of chaotic hardcore powerviolence to the kids freshly back from their most recent USA tour with Scotland's ENDLESS SWARM.

Up and coming NZHC darlings SHUV-IT join the bill to bring their catchy style of hardcore punk to SUMMER OF HARDCORE after a busy year playing shows up and down the country to an overwhelming response winning the band numerous new fans off the back of their 2024 EP 'EXIST'. 

Auckland City's metallic hardcore monsters DREDGE will play their first capital city appearance after debuting in 2024 and being added to a number of stacked bills and fests including FULL NOISE 2024, FOUNDATION FEST and HALLOWEEN HARDCORE.

Finally, Christchurch visceral hardcore act UTTERANCE will join the bill to open up the capital city event. 
Bringing a crushing cacophony of hardcore, sludge and doom, the band released their debut album 'The Fragile Line Between Strength And Arrogance' in 2021 followed by 2022's sophomore effort 'Too Far Into The Shit And Blood To Care'. 

Do not miss out on your opportunity to see the best of the best of Aotearoa's burgeoning hardcore scene under one roof.

Doors open 5PM sharp, merchandise and drink specials available.

Legendary American punks, Hot Water Music, are stoked to announce their long-awaited return to New Zealand, set for February 2025.

TUESDAY FEB 11 – VALHALLA, WELLINGTON
WEDNESDAY FEB 12 – DOUBLE WHAMMY! AUCKLAND
Tickets on sale now via www.undertheradar.co.nz

Its been 14 years since Hot Water Music last headlined a show Down Under, 2025’s return tour is especially significant as it marks the band’s 30th anniversary and release of their latest record VOWS. Over three decades and ten albums, Hot Water Music has solidified its position as an enduring pillar of punk rock. Since their formation in 1994, their pioneering sound has taken them from the sweaty clubs of Gainesville, Florida, to massive venues worldwide, captivating audiences with their big-hearted anthems, trusty chords, and signature scruffy vocals. Their music has not only soundtracked the lives of many but has also had a lasting influence on punk and hardcore music globally.

Grab ya mates and get ready to get sweaty as the much loved band aren’t in our backyard too often so grab your tickets now!

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Ingredients:
Kaishandao (CHN)
Bone Chapel
Ludus
Rizzo

Method:
Served on February 5, Waitangi Eve special
Valhalla, Doors open 8:30pm

$20 presales from UDR
$30 on the door

Ever yearn for the glory days of heavy riffs? When spirits were brave and the stakes were high? When bands were real bands, riffs were real riffs, and small, furry creatures from Alpha Centauri were real small, furry creatures from Alpha Centauri?

Saturday February 1st, Stadium Valhalla BRING BACK THE RIFF with a fatal four-way of heavy-hitting, smash-mouth brawlers...

Doomscroll (Auckland)
Providing the soundtrack to the end times. If the end is indeed nigh, we figure we may as well have some fun with it. Doomy, sludgy, stonery, metal... don't try to pigeonhole us type band.

Infinity Ritual (Taranaki)
Ngāmotu based 3 piece, emerging from underneath the Mountain Taranaki have a unique blend of stoner, doom and groove metal. The band's mantra is to play you heavy riffs that will make your skull implode.

Mammuthus
A hulking shadow of sound and intimidation upon the senses,
the aural equivalent of being trampled by a herd of ill-tempered woolly mammoths.

Sidewinder
A Wall of riff-heavy psych, with lashings of Delta blues, Sidewinder play a groove laden brand of bluesy desert rock with a grungy, southern rock twist.

Don't miss out on this donnybrook lineup - tickets available from undertheradar.

HERESIARCH - Returning for their first NZ show since 2019, off the back of their new album Edifice. Violent NZ black/death metal entertwined with doom and martial elements

DECIMATION HAMMER - Feral, grinding Wellington black/death metal

INSIDIOUS RETCH - Wellington grindcore injected with death metal influences

Doors at 8:30 pm | $20 Doorsales

The Royal Variety Show is returning to Valhalla in Wellington on Saturday 11th January 2025!!!
Punk, Rock, Rap , Metal and Stars in their eyes!

Mordz
Screenburnt
The Bravo Uniform Mikes
Queen Sheba
Joshy E
The Flash Harrys
Dirty Mike
And celebrity guest appearance
Mj Woodstock Johnstone (Squeem)

Tickets
Presale $17 (plus booking fee)
from under the radar
Door $25