Handsome Tours Present The National’s Matt Berninger | Sydney & Auckland Solo Shows
Matt Berninger – the unmistakable frontman and lyricist of The National – will make his Australian and New Zealand solo debut performing at the Sydney Opera House on 28 May for Vivid LIVE and Auckland’s stunning Holy Trinity Cathedral on 5 June, presented by Handsome Tours.
The tour marks Berninger’s highly anticipated return to the region – this time as a soloist, offering audiences an intimate yet expansive live show celebrating his latest album Get Sunk (Concord Records, 2025) – a sweeping and soul-stirring record that finds him resurfacing with clarity, vulnerability and wry humour intact.
Best known for the contemplative narratives and gorgeous emotional candour that have defined The National’s catalogue, Berninger has long explored the fragile edges of identity and self-understanding. Released as a solo album, Get Sunk emerges as both reckoning and renewal — an inhale after submersion.
The album reflects on the constellation of people who shape us: parents, partners, siblings, old friends, strangers. Written following Berninger’s move from Los Angeles to Connecticut, the songs were inspired by new landscapes, shifting seasons and a rediscovered joy in creating.
Expect a setlist spanning Get Sunk alongside selections from his 2020 solo debut Serpentine Prison and carefully chosen moments from The National’s beloved catalogue.
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Handsome Tours Present
MATT BERNINGER
Thursday 28 May – Vivid LIVE: Sydney Opera House Concert Hall, Sydney
Friday 5 June – Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland
Artist Presale: Wednesday 11 March, 12noon (local)
Handsome Tours Presale: Thursday 12 March, 9am (local)
GP on sale: Monday 16 March, 9am (local)
