Following the release of his Aotearoa Music Chart-topping solo album ANITYA, Tom Scott is taking his self untitled tour to Kirikiriroa Hamilton and Pōneke Wellington this May. The run begins at BNZ Theatre in Hamilton on Friday 1 May before heading to Meow Nui in Wellington on Friday 8 May.
And as if that wasn’t enough to digest, Scott is also releasing a companion b-side project this Friday titled Demos and Voice Memos, a collection of tracks that didn’t make the final cut of ANITYA. Expect selections from that release to feature in the live set, alongside material spanning more than a decade of work with Home Brew, Avantdale Bowling Club, @Peace and beyond.
ANITYA marked Scott’s first official solo album and debuted at number one on the Aotearoa Music Chart. Recorded with a cast of 30 musicians, beatmakers and vocalists alongside producer and engineer Ben Lawson, the album sees Scott lean into a more expansive sonic palette, blending progressive soul, dream-pop, jazz-leaning psychedelia and ambient R&B. The result is intimate, sometimes uncomfortable, and unmistakably personal.
Where earlier projects often looked outward, documenting working-class Auckland realities, social commentary and sharp-witted observation, ANITYA turns inward. The record dissects identity, accountability, family, trauma and the cost of ambition with the kind of lyrical precision Scott has built his reputation on. It’s raw without being reckless. Tender without losing bite.
Across an eighteen-year career, Scott has released nine albums, two of which debuted at number one on the New Zealand Top 40. He’s collected Album of the Year, Single of the Year and Best Hip Hop Album at the Aotearoa Music Awards, alongside the 2019 Taite Music Prize and multiple APRA Silver Scroll nominations. Few artists in Aotearoa’s modern music landscape have shaped hip hop, and its evolution into jazz and soul territories, quite like he has.
Live, that catalogue hits differently. There’s a looseness to his stage presence, jazz improvisation brushing up against pop hooks, poetry slipping into punchlines, that makes each performance feel slightly unrepeatable.
Tickets go on general sale Friday 6 March at 12pm local time via Live Nation.
Westpac Mastercard holders can access presale from Wednesday 4 March at 12pm until Friday 6 March at 12pm local time, with Preferred ticket access available from Friday 6 March at 12pm.
The Live Nation presale runs Thursday 5 March at 12pm until Friday 6 March at 12pm local time.
Two nights. Two cities. One of Aotearoa’s most incisive voices, currently in a chapter that feels both reflective and quietly transformative.
Tour Dates – May 2026
Friday 1 May – BNZ Theatre, Hamilton
Friday 8 May – Meow Nui, Wellington