Zara Larsson is in record-breaking mood.
The Swedish pop star recently completed her sold-out Midnight Sun Tour of Australia and New Zealand, concluding with a historic two-night stand at Auckland’s Spark Arena.
Larson welcomed 12,796 fans to her first show on Sunday, October 25, breaking the Spark Arena all-time record, according to Live Nation, which promoted the tour and operated the venue.
The next night, on October 26, it raised the bar again with 12,798 attendees. This amounts to 25,594 fans over two nights, another record for the country’s largest arena, which opened its doors to the public in 2007.
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Live Nation tour promoter Mike Ross comments, “Zara’s rapid rise is unparalleled and is a reflection of her talent, her warmth and her genuine connection with fans around the world.” “Breaking the all-time record at Spark Arena is a rare feat among the many legendary names who have played at the venue over the past 19 years – to do it twice on consecutive nights is incredible.”
Linkin Park previously set the record for selling 12,736 tickets for a show in March 2026.
“We are thrilled that Zara has broken the house record,” says Mark Gosling, GM of Spark Arena. “It’s great to see artists pushing the boundaries of what is possible in the arena, and Zara has set a figure that may be difficult to beat. Congratulations to Zara and her team from all of us at Spark Arena.”
Earlier, on Friday, 23 October, they played the biggest headline show of their career in front of approximately 18,000 fans at Sydney’s Afterpay Arena.
For her first headlining tour of Australia and New Zealand, Larson performed 10 shows in six cities, all of them sold out.
Larson got his break at just 10 years old when he won TalangSwedish version of got Talentin 2008. Four years later, she signed a record deal and began building a pop career that would earn her seven appearances on the Billboard Hot 100 with “Midnight Sun,” “Lush Life,” “Never Forget You” and others – and counting. She earned a Grammy nomination for “Midnight Sun” (for Best Dance Pop Recording) in February and received a Breakthrough Award. boardWomen in Music event at the Hollywood Palladium in April.
Earlier this month, The Trevor Project, the leading suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for LGBTQ+ youth, honored Larson with its 2026 Mental Health Champion of the Year award, celebrating her long-standing advocacy for LGBTQ+ people and her openness about mental health.