About this Event
Coast Arcade Live at Whammy Bar with special guests
Fri 13 Feb
18+
8pm - 1155pm
COAST ARCADE ARE ONE OF NEW ZEALAND’S FASTEST-RISING GUITAR BANDS, BUILDING GLOBAL MOMENTUM THROUGH STRONG RECORDED OUTPUT, SUBSTANTIAL INTERNATIONAL RADIO SUPPORT, AND HIGH-DEMAND LIVE SHOWS ACROSS NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA. BLENDING SHARP GUITAR LINES, ANTHEMIC CHORUSES, AND A MODERN TAKE ON 90S ALT-ROCK, THE BAND ARE PART OF A NEW WAVE OF NEW ZEALAND ROCK CONNECTING WITH AUDIENCES WORLDWIDE.
FORMED WHILE STILL IN HIGH SCHOOL, COAST ARCADE HAVE GROWN INTO AN INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNISED RECORDING ACT WITH AN EXPANDING GLOBAL AUDIENCE. THEIR CATALOGUE HAS DRIVEN SUSTAINED GROWTH ACROSS MULTIPLE TERRITORIES, UNDERPINNED BY CONSISTENT AIRPLAY ON MAJOR INTERNATIONAL AND COLLEGE RADIO STATIONS AND STRONG LISTENER NUMBERS, PARTICULARLY FROM THE UNITED STATES. TO DATE, THE BAND HAVE SURPASSED 2M+ TOTAL STREAMS, INCLUDING 1M+ STREAMS FROM THEIR SELF-TITLED DEBUT ALBUM, ALONGSIDE 2M+ YOUTUBE VIEWS ACROSS THEIR MUSIC VIDEOS.
RADIO HAS PLAYED A CENTRAL ROLE IN THE PROJECT’S GROWTH. IN NEW ZEALAND, COAST ARCADE SECURED A-ROTATION ON RADIO HAURAKI, ALONGSIDE STRONG ONGOING SUPPORT FROM 95BFM, RADIO ONE, RADIO ACTIVE, RDU, AND STUDENT RADIO NATIONWIDE. INTERNATIONALLY, THEIR RELEASES HAVE RECEIVED AIRPLAY ON BBC RADIO 1, FOLLOWED BY ONGOING SUPPORT THROUGH BBC INTRODUCING, DOUBLE J (AUSTRALIA), AND AN EXTENSIVE NETWORK OF STATIONS ACROSS NORTH AMERICA, EUROPE, SOUTH AMERICA, AND ASIA. IN THE UNITED STATES, THE BAND HAVE RECEIVED CONSISTENT COLLEGE RADIO SUPPORT INCLUDING KVRX (UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS), KXSC (UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA), KSPC (CLAREMONT COLLEGES), AND WKNC (NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY), ALONGSIDE ADDITIONAL COLLEGE STATIONS NATIONWIDE.
THE BAND’S SELF-TITLED DEBUT ALBUM MARKED A DEFINING STEP IN THE PROJECT’S TRAJECTORY. IT DEBUTED AT NO. 3 ON THE
OFFICIAL NZ ALBUMS CHART FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE WEEKS, LATER RE-ENTERING AT NO. 17, AND ALSO REACHED NO. 21 ON THE OFFICIAL TOP 40 INTERNATIONAL ALBUMS CHART (NEW ZEALAND), DEMONSTRATING LONGEVITY AND CROSSOVER APPEAL BEYOND ITS INITIAL RELEASE WINDOW. THE ALBUM WAS DRIVEN BY GENUINE AUDIENCE DEMAND, WITH OVER 200 VINYL AND 200 CDS SOLD, A SIGNIFICANT PORTION SHIPPED INTERNATIONALLY.
BEYOND THE ALBUM, COAST ARCADE’S WIDER RUN OF SINGLES HAS DEMONSTRATED DEPTH AND CONSISTENCY ACROSS CHARTS AND RADIO. HIGHEST HEIGHTS REACHED NO. 2, TATTOO PEAKED AT NO. 11, AND SURF CLUB CHARTED AT NO. 17 ON THE OFFICIAL NZ HOT SINGLES CHART. SUBSEQUENT RELEASES INCLUDING BAITED, KIDS, CITY LIMITS, CYCLES, ACETONE, AND GREENER CONTINUED TO CHART AND RECEIVE WIDESPREAD INTERNATIONAL AIRPLAY, REINFORCING THE STRENGTH OF THE PROJECT BEYOND A SINGLE RELEASE CYCLE.
LIVE, COAST ARCADE ARE KNOWN FOR HIGH-ENERGY, GUITAR-FORWARD PERFORMANCES WITH STRONG CROWD ENGAGEMENT. THE BAND HAVE SHOWCASED AT BIGSOUND 2025 (AU) ACROSS MULTIPLE NIGHTS, APPEARED AT GOING GLOBAL 2025 (NZ), TOURED NATIONALLY WITH MULTIPLE SELL-OUTS, AND DELIVERED PACKED HEADLINE SHOWS IN AUSTRALIA. THEY HAVE SUPPORTED MAJOR INTERNATIONAL ACTS INCLUDING LIME CORDIALE, PEACH PIT, THE TERRYS, THE GROGANS, GRANDSON, THE BETHS, AND AMY SHARK, AND ARE REGULARS ON THE FESTIVAL CIRCUIT, HAVING PERFORMED AT FESTIVALS SUCH AS RHYTHM & VINES, SPRING CITY, WHITE OUT, OUSA O’WEEK, CANTERBURY TEA PARTY, AND LE CURRENTS.
WITH PROVEN AUDIENCE DEMAND, REPEAT ENGAGEMENT, AND GROWING GLOBAL RECOGNITION, COAST ARCADE ARE POSITIONED AS A LONG-TERM EXPORT FROM NEW ZEALAND’S MODERN ROCK SCENE.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Whammy Bar/Double Whammy/Public Bar, 183 Karangahape Road, Auckland, New Zealand
NZD 0.00
