Six60 is offering fans a limited number of "Sixty60" priced tickets for their upcoming Auckland and Christchurch Six60 Saturdays tour.
The band put the $60.60 general admission tickets on sale on Thursday morning after Australian Sky News broadcaster Rowan Dean launched an attack on the use of te reo Māori on their tour poster.
A spokesperson for the band said on Thursday it was a "tongue-in-cheek" response to Dean's comments.
In response, fans flooded their social media in support of the group's use of te reo Māori in their music and their shows.
On Tuesday night, the band shared footage on Instagram of Dean's rant on his show which talked of a "big push to be more inclusive of the Māori, the Māori language, the so-called 'iwi' at the moment".
Dean said a lot of "new language" was coming in, before showing a poster he claimed was sent to him by pop group "Sixty Sixty...or whatever".
"It all in Māori, there's not a word of English anywhere in there."
"We got called out for putting Te Reo on our poster, saying it's against free speech," the band said on Wednesday as they shared the Sky News host's vitriol.
"Six60 is all about bringing people together, no matter the language."
Six60 will play Christchurch's Orangetheory Stadium on Saturday, December 10 and will play Auckland's Eden Park on Saturday, November 19.
The reduced-price tickets are now on sale on Ticketmaster and Ticketek websites, but the band's spokesperson said they were only a "limited number." The band's also reiterated its offer of free tickets to Dean to come experience one of their shows.
Ahead of the tour, Six60's Matiu Walters brutally dissed AM presenter William Waiirua's attempt at singing one of the band's hit songs.
When Waiirua tried singing 'Nobody Knows' to Walters, he was interrupted with Walters singing back to him, "Nobody wants to hear you sing like that."
While it was a joke, it didn't stop AM host Patrick Gower trying his hand at crooning back too, singing, "Actually, William, I want to hear you sing like that, so go back to Six60 and have another go."
