Breathe in, now breathe out New Zealand. The good times just keep on rollin’ in 2023, and this November LIMP BIZKIT, aka one of the most defining nu metal bands of all time, are bringing the Dad Vibes and all your classic faves to Auckland’s Spark Arena for a headline sideshow on Sunday 26 November with special guests HANABIE. en route to Good Things Festival in Australia.
A rare few can boast the staying power and permeating legacy of a band like LIMP BIZKIT. Forged in Florida in the mid 90s with a raucous fusion of rock, metal and hip hop, LIMP BIZKIT‘s staggering legacy cemented in 1997 via their innovative debut album Three Dollar Bill, Y’all, with their angsty odes and genre-blurring ultimately influencing the nu metal stampede that catapulted into the mainstream.
Now boasting six studio albums, including their #1 charting albums Significant Other (1999) and Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water (2000) as well as their most recent full length Still Sucks (2021), LIMP BIZKIT have also received three Grammy Award nominations, wins at the Billboard Music Awards and Kerrang! Awards, and an induction into MTV’s Total Request Live Hall of Fame in 2001. And with multiple platinum albums already under their belts and over 13 million monthly dedicated listeners on Spotify alone, LIMP BIZKIT‘s fanbase continues to explode globally, as do their monstrous live performances.
A band who can party like it’s 1999 multiple decades on, LIMP BIZKIT‘s palpitating array of rock, metal, rap and beyond is as potent as ever, inciting mosh pits and rock’n’roll rebellion in a way only frontman Fred Durst and co. truly can. From their generation-defining singles like Break Stuff, Rollin’ (Air Raid Vehicle) and Nookie to newer cuts that keep the party vibes ferociously pumping, it’s undeniable that LIMP BIZKIT as as electrifying now as they were when nu metal first reigned supreme.
Forming in 2015, Japanese metalcore outfit HANABIE. blend metal, hardcore, hip hop, electronica and J-pop with Harajuku-inspired aesthetics. Brandishing their secret weapons, pop, genre-less music and kawaii neo-Japanese style, HANABIE. also embrace tongue-in-cheek lyricism, as witnessed most recently on their 2023 album Reborn Superstar! as well as on their debut 2021 full length Girl’s Reform Manifest. Previously performing at Aftershock, Louder Than Life and Blue Ridge Rock Festival, HANABIE. are a breath of sharpened fresh air in the heavy realms, and a must-see in a live setting.
Ahead of appearing alongside Fall Out Boy, Devo, I Prevail, Bullet For My Valentine and many more at Good Things Festival in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane this December, come and witness one of the all-time greats with some electrifying up-and-comers heading to New Zealand on Sunday 26 November. Auckland, you know what time it is – do not sleep on this one-off show. GET YOUR TICKETS HERE
