Global icon and singer-songwriter NIKI announces her biggest tour to date spanning 41 markets in North America, Europe, the UK, Asia (including Manila), Australia, and New Zealand. These dates, produced by Live Nation, will celebrate the release of her ambitious and sonically-expansive upcoming album Buzz out August 9, 2024 via 88rising. Fellow singer-songwriters Allison Ponthier and Amy Lee will join as support in North America and Europe, respectively.
Earlier this month, Buzz was announced alongside a lead single “Too Much Of A Good Thing” which ushered in this flirty, confessional, and deeply relatable new era for NIKI. Read more about the track in The New York Times and UPROXX, and watch the accompanying music video shot on 16mm film
NORTH AMERICA
- Sep 5, 2024 – Toronto ON – Budweiser Stage
- Sep 7, 2024 – Boston MA – MGM Music Hall at Fenway
- Sep 8, 2024 – Washington DC – The Anthem
- Sep 12, 2024 – Philadelphia PA – The Met
- Sep 13, 2024 – New York City NY – SummerStage in Central Park
- Sep 16, 2024 – Charlotte NC – Skyla Credit Union Amphitheatre
- Sep 17, 2024 – Atlanta GA – Coca-Cola Roxy
- Sep 19, 2024 – Houston TX – 713 Music Hall
- Sep 20, 2024 – Austin TX – Moody Amphitheater
- Sep 21, 2024 – Dallas TX – The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
- Sep 25, 2024 – Chicago IL – Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom
- Sep 27, 2024 – Minneapolis MN – The Armory
- Sep 29, 2024 – Denver CO – Fillmore Auditorium
- Oct 1, 2024 – Salt Lake City UT – The Union Event Center
- Oct 3, 2024 – Berkeley CA – The Greek Theatre *
- Oct 8, 2024 – Phoenix AZ – Arizona Financial Theatre
- Oct 10, 2024 – Las Vegas NV – The Chelsea at the Cosmopolitan
- Oct 11, 2024 – Los Angeles CA – The Greek Theatre
- Oct 14, 2024 – San Diego CA – Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre
- Oct 17, 2024 – Portland OR – Alaska Airlines’ Theater of the Clouds
- Oct 18, 2024 – Seattle WA – WAMU Theater at Lumen Field
- Oct 19, 2024 – Vancouver BC – Rogers Arena
- * Non-Live Nation Date
EUROPE
- Oct 27, 2024 – Brussels BE – La Madeleine
- Oct 29, 2024 – Cologne DE – Palladium
- Nov 1, 2024 – Paris FR – L’Olympia
- Nov 2, 2024 – Tilburg NL – Poppodium 013
- Nov 6, 2024 – Manchester UK – O2 Apollo Manchester
- Nov 7, 2024 – London UK – OVO Arena, Wembley
- Nov 10, 2024 – Dublin IE – 3Olympia Theatre
ASIA
- Feb 9, 2025 – Hong Kong
- Feb 11, 2025 – Manila
- Feb 12, 2025 – Manila
- Feb 14, 2025 – Jakarta
- Feb 15, 2025 – Jakarta
- Feb 18, 2025 – Singapore
- Feb 20, 2025 – Taipei
- Feb 22, 2025 – Bangkok
- Feb 25, 2025 – Kuala Lumpur
- Feb 26, 2025 – Kuala Lumpur
AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND
- Mar 5, 2025 – Perth AU
- Mar 7, 2025 – Brisbane AU
- Mar 9, 2025 – Sydney AU
- Mar 13, 2025 – Melbourne AU
- Mar 15, 2025 – Auckland NZ
What eventually became Buzz, the third studio album by singer-songwriter and globally-renowned star NIKI, started with an urgent quake from the innermost core of her being. What surfaced in its wake was a collection of warm, stirring folk-rock songs, which crackle and flare like a bonfire between close confidantes. “I went through an identity crisis,” says the 25-year-old of Buzz. “It took a lot of trial and error, and I just stumbled upon pieces of myself along the way. I named it Buzz because it feels like I’m on the precipice of something about to happen.”
For NIKI, things have been happening progressively since she was a high schooler in Jakarta, Indonesia. As a student at an international academy, she cut her teeth scribbling lovesick poems in English class and performed acoustic guitar covers of American pop songs on YouTube. With a six-string in hand, and her family and classmates cheering her on from the audience, Nicole Zefanya then staked her claim to global stardom as NIKI.
And claim it she has – with over three billion streams worldwide, sold out shows on multiple continents, massive sets at festivals across the globe, front row seats at Paris Fashion Week, four songs on a Marvel film’s soundtrack, and some of the most phenomenal, confessional songs being released in 2024, NIKI has already established a veteran’s resume before the age of 25.
On Buzz, her songwriting remains as intimate as ever. In her initial sketches of songs for Buzz, NIKI took cues from other lane-paving women with confessional, honest lyricism soundtracked by guitars. “Joni Mitchell is my songwriting north star,” she says — and uncompromising feminist luminaries like Stevie Nicks, Carly Simon and Liz Phair. To match the wandering spirit of Buzz, NIKI cultivated her own elastic approach to guitar.
To further harness this creative and personal sea change, NIKI began enlisting producers who had worked with her favorite contemporary singer-songwriters. She tapped Tyler Chester, who’d captured tracks with Madison Cunningham and Sara Bareilles; she also recruited Ethan Gruska, who counts Fiona Apple and Phoebe Bridgers as collaborators.
Buzz reverberates with the hard-earned wisdom of a young woman who charges dauntlessly towards her dreams — but can still spare a laugh if she stumbles.
