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Spark Arena, known as Vector Arena until 2017, has been the busiest arena in New Zealand since its opening in 2007. Many local, regional and international artists have staged their performance at the venue, spanning a wide range of musical genre. Non-concert entertainment events are also included below and all events are arranged in a chronological order according to years. [1] [2]
Entertainment events at Vector Arena | ||
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Date | Artists | Events |
24 March | Rock Star Supernova [3] [4] [5] | — |
21 April | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Stadium Arcadium World Tour [6] [7] |
22 April | ||
10 June | P!nk | I'm Not Dead Tour [8] |
29 June | Guns N' Roses | Chinese Democracy Tour |
30 June | ||
26 July | Gwen Stefani | The Sweet Escape Tour [9] [10] [11] [12] |
11 August | Bob Dylan | Never Ending Tour 2007 [13] |
14 August | The Cure | 4 Play Tour [14] |
14 September | Snow Patrol | Eyes Open Tour [15] [16] [17] |
22 September | Steely Dan [18] [19] | — |
11 October | Linkin Park | Minutes to Midnight World Tour [20] |
12 October | ||
20 October | Powderfinger | Across the Great Divide Tour [21] [22] |
28 October | Crowded House [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] | — |
18 November | The Beach Boys | |
23 November | Justin Timberlake | FutureSex/LoveShow [28] [29] |
24 November | ||
26 November | ||
28 November | Lionel Richie [30] | — |
6 December | My Chemical Romance | The Black Parade World Tour [31] [32] [33] |
Entertainment events at Vector Arena | ||
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Date | Artists | Events |
4 January | The Summadayze Festival [34] [35] | — |
12 January | Kings of Leon | Because of the Times Tour [36] [37] [38] |
18 February | Rod Stewart | Rocks His Greatest Hits Tour [39] |
19 February | ||
28 February | The Chemical Brothers | — |
4 March | Santana | — |
22 March | The Smashing Pumpkins | — |
26 March | Duran Duran | — |
28 March | Split Enz | — |
29 March | ||
8 April | Matchbox 20 | — |
24 April | KoЯn | — |
30 April | James Blunt | — |
5 May | Foo Fighters | — |
6 May | ||
10 May | Westlife | Back Home Tour |
14 May | Elton John | Rocket Man: Greatest Hits Live |
16 June | Mary J. Blige | — |
20 August | Andrea Bocelli | — |
30 August | Panic! at the Disco | — |
9 September | Music as a Weapon Festival | — |
8 October | 2008 New Zealand Music Awards | — |
27 October | Rihanna | Good Girl Gone Bad Tour |
28 October | ||
30 October | Stevie Wonder | — |
8 November | Seether | — |
14 November | Def Leppard | — |
1 December | Kanye West | Glow in the Dark Tour |
3 December | John Mellencamp | — |
6 December | Alicia Keys | As I Am Tour |
8 December | Kylie Minogue | KylieX2008 |
9 December | ||
11 December | The Yellow Pages Homemade Jam | — |
14 December | Billy Joel | — |
16 December |
Entertainment events at Vector Arena | ||
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Date | Artists | Events |
10 January | The Summadayze Festival | — |
22 January | Leonard Cohen | 2008 - 2010 Tour |
17 February | Nine Inch Nails | Wave Goodbye Tour |
23 February | Fall Out Boys | — |
4 March | Eric Clapton | — |
18 March | Coldplay | Viva la Vida Tour |
19 March | ||
25 March | Kings of Leon | Only by the Night World Tour |
28 March (4 shows) | The Wiggles | — |
29 March | ||
31 March | Duffy | — |
16 May | The Pussycat Dolls | Doll Domination Tour |
13 June | Simon & Garfunkel | — |
14 June | ||
2 October | Il Divo | — |
8 October | 2009 New Zealand Music Awards | — |
13 October | The Black Eyed Peas | The E.N.D. World Tour |
19 October | The Samoa Relief Concert | — |
24 October | Johann Strauss Orchestra | — |
25 October | ||
7 November | Nickelback | Dark Horse Tour |
18 December | Green Day | 21st Century Breakdown World Tour |
19 December |
Entertainment events at Vector Arena | ||
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Date | Artists | Events |
2011 | ||
21 January | Kenny Rogers | — |
27 January | Joe Cocker | — |
26 February | Neil Diamond | — |
28 February | ||
1 March | ||
2 March | The Chemical Brothers | — |
26 March | Stone Temple Pilots | — |
5 April | Usher | OMG Tour |
18 April | Bruno Mars | The Doo-Wops & Hooligans Tour |
21 April | deadmau5 | — |
23 April (4 shows) | The Wiggles | — |
24 April | ||
30 April | Bob Dylan | Never Ending Tour 2011 |
3 May | Music as a Weapon Festival | — |
6 May | Johann Strauss Orchestra | — |
7 May | Katy Perry | The California Dreams Tour |
8 May | ||
25 August | Cirque du Soleil | Saltimbanco |
15 September | Joe | — |
29 September | The R&V Soundcheck Festival | — |
12 October | Def Leppard | Mirror Ball Tour |
29 October | Meat Loaf | Guilty Pleasure Tour |
3 November | 2011 New Zealand Music Awards | — |
4 November | Steely Dan | — |
10 November | Portishead | — |
3 December | Cold Chisel | — |
Entertainment events at Vector Arena | ||
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Date | Artists | Events |
31 January | Incubus | — |
18 February | Roger Waters | The Wall Live |
20 February | ||
22 February | ||
23 February | ||
25 February | The Game | — |
27 February | New Order | — |
2 March | Fatboy Slim | — |
16 March | Taylor Swift | Speak Now World Tour |
17 March | ||
18 March | ||
31 March | Evanescence | Evanescence Tour |
1 April | Yes | — |
5 April | Frankie Valli The 4 Seasons | — |
14 April | Reece Mastin | Australia and New Zealand Tour |
3 May | David Guetta | — |
28 May | Florence + The Machine | Ceremonials Tour |
7 June | Lady Gaga | Born This Way Ball Tour |
8 June | ||
10 June | ||
29 June | Flight of the Conchords | — |
30 June | ||
1 July | ||
28 July | Kimbra | — |
4 August | The Smashing Pumpkins | — |
12 August | Kenny Rogers | — |
17 August | Slash | Apocalyptic Love World Tour |
19 August | Jeff Dunham | Controlled Chaos |
15 September (5 shows) | The Wiggles | — |
16 September | ||
5 October | The R&V Soundcheck Festival | — |
23 October | Hot Chelle Rae | — |
1 November | 2012 New Zealand Music Awards | — |
2 November | Mumford & Sons | — |
3 November | The Black Keys | El Camino Tour |
6 November | Radiohead | — |
18 November | Emmylou Harris | — |
24 November | Nicki Minaj | Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded Tour |
30 November | Nickelback | Here and Now Tour |
15 December | Morrissey | — |
Entertainment events at Vector Arena | ||
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Date | Artists | Events |
5 February | Cirque du Soleil | Quidam [53] [54] [55] [56] [57] |
6 February | ||
7 February | ||
8 February | ||
9 February | ||
10 February | ||
11 February | ||
12 February | ||
13 February | ||
14 February | ||
24 February | ASAP Rocky [58] [59] [60] | — |
27 February | Simply Red | Big Love Tour [61] [62] |
5 March | Madonna | Rebel Heart Tour [63] [64] [65] [66] [67] |
6 March | ||
11 March | Sol3 Mio | 2016 Nationwide Tour [68] [69] [70] |
14 March | Jerron "Blind Boy" Paxton [71] | — |
19 March | Tom Jones | Tom Jones Live [72] [73] [74] [75] [76] [77] |
25 March | Mrs. Brown's Boys | Good Mourning Mrs. Brown [78] [79] |
26 March (2 shows) | ||
27 March | ||
18 April | Twenty One Pilots | Blurryface Tour [80] [81] [82] [83] |
28 April | Black Sabbath | The End Tour [84] [85] |
1 May | Iron Maiden | The Book of Souls World Tour [86] [87] [88] [89] [90] |
4 May | Rudimental [91] [92] [93] | — |
13 May | Ice Age Live [94] [95] [96] [97] | — |
14 May | ||
15 May | ||
15 July | Broods | Conscious Tour [98] [99] [100] [101] [102] |
21 July | The Cure | The Cure Tour 2016 [103] [104] [105] [101] |
22 July | Flume [106] [107] [108] [109] | — |
28 July | Macklemore & Ryan Lewis | This Unruly Mess I've Made Tour [110] [111] [112] [113] [114] |
4 August | Disney On Ice [115] [116] [117] | — |
5 August | ||
6 August | ||
7 August | ||
13 August | Selena Gomez | Revival Tour [118] [119] [120] [121] [122] |
10 September | Pentatonix | 2016 World Tour [123] [124] |
1 October | Ellie Goulding | Delirium World Tour [125] |
19 October | Michael McIntyre | Happy & Glorious New Zealand Tour [126] |
26 October | Slipknot | The Gray Chapter Tour [127] [128] [129] |
1 November | André Rieu | 2016 Arena Tour[ citation needed ] |
17 November | 2016 New Zealand Music Awards | — |
26 November | TLC | Return of TLC Tour |
2 December | Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals | Call It What It Is Tour [130] [131] [132] |
Entertainment events at Vector Arena | ||
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Date | Artists | Events |
29 January | Money $hot | Round Under Tour |
2 February | Panic! at the Disco | Death Of A Bachelor Tour [133] |
25 March | Twenty One Pilots | Emotional Roadshow World Tour [134] |
Entertainment events at Spark Arena | ||
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Date | Artists | Events |
19 April | Spark Arena Name change | Launch Party |
30 July | Little Mix | The Glory Days Tour [135] |
16 August | G-Dragon | Act III, M.O.T.T.E World Tour [136] |
2 September | Ariana Grande | Dangerous Woman Tour [137] |
3 November | Drake | Boy Meets World Tour [138] |
4 November | ||
5 November | KFC Edgefest 2017 | — |
16 November | 2017 New Zealand Music Awards | — |
25 November | Shawn Mendes | Illuminate World Tour [139] |
29 November | The Weeknd | Starboy: Legend of the Fall Tour [140] |
1 December | J. Cole | 4 Your Eyez Only World Tour [141] |
2 December | Harry Styles | Harry Styles: Live on Tour [142] |
Entertainment events at Spark Arena | ||
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Date | Artists | Events |
6 January | New Zealand Breakers vs Perth Wildcats | National Basketball League (Australia) |
9 January | FOMO | FOMO Festival |
12 January | Anderson Paak | |
26 January | Slash with Myles Kennedy And The Conspirators | Living The Dream |
27 January | New Zealand Breakers vs Brisbane Bullets | National Basketball League (Australia) |
30 January | Florence and the Machine | High as Hope Tour |
5 April | Boyzone | Thank You & Goodnight Tour |
13 April | Various | You Are Us - Aroha Nui |
24 April | Billie Eilish | When We All Fall Asleep Tour |
13 September | Troye Sivan | The Bloom Tour |
9 November | Shawn Mendes | Shawn Mendes: The Tour |
14 November | 2019 New Zealand Music Awards | — |
20 December | Liam Gallagher | Why Me? Why Not. |
Entertainment events at Spark Arena | ||
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Date | Artists | Events |
6 November | The Rock 2000 | — |
15 November | 2020 Aotearoa Music Awards | — |
Entertainment events at Spark Arena | ||
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Date | Artists | Events |
8-10 September | Billie Eilish | Happier Than Ever, The World Tour |
2 and 3 November | Dua Lipa | Future Nostalgia Tour |
Entertainment events at Spark Arena | ||
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Date | Artists | Events |
15 March | Morgan Wallen with (HARDY) | One Night At A Time World Tour [143] |
21 April | The 1975 | At Their Very Best Concert tour |
Entertainment events at Spark Arena | ||
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Date | Artists | Events |
23 March | $uicideboy$ | Grey Day Tour |
29 February | Queens of the Stone Age | The End is Nero Tour |
2 March | Blink-182 | World Tour 2023/2024 |
26 July | Jerry Seinfeld | |
26 July | Tenacious D | The Spicy Meatball Tour |
16 September | Iron Maiden | The Future Past Tour |
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