Darude's Sandstorm returning to New Zealand

Darude. Photo credit: File

Darude is bringing his legendary dance music classic 'Sandstorm' back to New Zealand for one night only in August.

The Finnish DJ and producer has announced a Christchurch date as part of his Endless Summer tour, which includes several summer performances in the northern hemisphere - as well as a few winter gigs in the southern.

"Who is ready to dance this summer?!" the jubilant musician captioned his post about the event, for the frosty Garden City.

Last year, Darude shocked fans by admitting he'd never actually experienced a sandstorm in real life.

He made the confession during a Reddit AMA, but claimed to have experienced a "dust devil" and one time very narrowly missed an actual sandstorm.

"No [I've never been in a sandstorm], but in a smaller one, dust devil, or whatever you want to call it," said Darude.

"And I've got a picture from a few years back, when I was landing in Arizona I believe it was, where I literally landed like few minutes a sandstorm blew through the airport area and you can see the edge on the pic. I tweeted something like 'I've arrived' with the pic."

Darude is set to play Christchurch's Empire on August 2.

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