Saint Etienne bring their farewell Australia and New Zealand tour to Wellington after announcing that their 2025 album, International, would be their final studio release. The trio—Bob Stanley, Pete Wiggs and vocalist Sarah Cracknell—will draw on a catalogue spanning more than three decades, including “Only Love Can Break Your Heart”, “Spring”, “Nothing Can Stop Us”, “You’re In A Bad Way”, “He’s On the Phone” and “Wood Cabin”.

Stanley and Wiggs formed the group in 1990; Cracknell joined in 1991. Their early work includes the Mercury Prize-nominated Foxbase Alpha, followed by So Tough, and the group became the first band broadcast live from Glastonbury in 1994.