SIX60

A critical and commercial sensation in their home country of New Zealand, Kiwi five piece

SIX60 continuously break records for ticket sales, chart-topping albums & singles and new innovative ways of getting their music to their fans. But outside of their antipodean environs, they were less well-known. That is, until a string of concerts last year changed the band’s trajectory on the global stage forever. The nationwide tour known as ‘SIX60 Saturdays’ culminated in the band playing to over 50,000 people at Auckland’s Eden Park Stadium - and they were the only band performing live to crowds anywhere in the world at the time.

During the earlier stages of the pandemic, New Zealand found itself for a time in the enviable position of almost zero cases of Covid-19 while the rest of the globe was in lockdown. This meant that Kiwi’s national band, SIX60, were now “The World's Biggest Live Act”, according to Billboard. Within days, the band were seen across news screens and papers throughout Europe, Asia, Africa and The Americas. They were featured on live TV, radio and press across the globe: BBC News highlighted that the shows are “just unimaginable right now - the rock band SIX60 are out every weekend playing to thousands of fans” in their extended segment on the band, ITV’s Good Morning Britain also featured the band, with then-presenter Piers Morgan citing them as “the hottest band in the world right now”. NME featured the band, interviewing Matiu for a feature which noted that the band are “currently the planet’s biggest touring band”, and CLASH Magazine reviewed the show - the only live music review on the planet at the time: “SIX60 are riding high and don’t look like they’ll be stopping any time soon”. In a lead interview in The Telegraph newspaper, the band’s show at Auckland’s Eden Park stadium was named ”the biggest gig since Covid began”. The show was the most-shared entertainment story in the world that week - despite taking place the same weekend as The Oscars.