Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Returning For Two NZ Shows

They're coming back! 

Grammy-winning hip-hop duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, widely known for their gay rights anthem Same Love,are returning to NZ for two shows, playing Auckland's Vector Arena on July 28, and Christchurch's Horncastle Arena on July 30.

They've just released a song dubbed "so bad it would make Tupac cry" so let's hope Macklemore and Ryan Lewis don't play it when they return to New Zealand in July.

The Seattle-based duo recently released a song called Spoons - about spooning in bed - that was slated as one of the worst songs ever recorded.

Thankfully, they didn't includeSpoons on this month's new album This Unruly Mess I've Made, but their second album - the follow-up to 2012 chart buster Heist - hasn't been well received.

TimeOut reviewer Chris Schulz said album cut Brad Pitt's Cousinwas "so bad it may make you wish you'd never been born with ears" in a review that gave it two-and-a-half stars.

Tickets for the shows go on sale on March 11. A Spark pre-sale starts on March 8, and a My Live Nation pre-sale on March 10.

- NZ Herald