Welp, Pavement is back.

The band played the first of many 2010 reunion shows in Auckland, New Zealand on Monday, and they'll touch down for dates in Australia later this week. After crisscrossing most of the world, they'll finally make it to New York for a string of four shows from September 21 through 24.

That's still a long way off, but its half as long as when we snagged our tickets back in the fall! In the mean time, a handful of videos from the Auckland show have popped up on Youtube. Check them out after the break.

And, for fun, we've also included a New Zealand TV segment on Pavement from way back in 1993.

Vanity Fair has an analysis of the first night's set list. And the New Zealand Herald reviewed the concert.

"Shady Lane"/"Range Life"/"Unfair"/"Stop Breathin'"/"Gold Soundz"/"Cut Your Hair"/"Spit On A Stranger":

"Range Life":

"Cut Your Hair":

"Grounded":

"Here":

Pavement on New Zealand TV, 1993: