Author: Crave!

Kiwi rock battle of the Summer! Villainy vs Beastwars, with special guests City of Souls

Three of New Zealand’s mightiest rock acts will go head-to-head this December and January with a summer tour to end all summer tours. Catch Villainy, Beastwars and City of Souls at Waihi Beach Hotel on December 29; Coroglen Tavern on December 31 (New Year’s Eve) and Butlers Reef Oakura on January 2.  Tickets are…

Shihad rock Riwaka this New Year’s Eve

This summer, Aotearoa legends Shihad are set to usher in the year 2020 with a New Year’s Eve party at Cooks Reserve, Riwaka. Revered for their energetic and electrifying live shows, Shihad have been going strong for over three decades, earning their reputation…

Record-breaking, chart-topping Aussie star Tones And I announces NZ headline show!

She’s taken the world by storm with her smash hit ‘Dance Monkey’(currently #1 in New Zealand). Now, Aussie pop sensation Tones And I is about to hit Kiwi shores – announcing her own ALL AGES headline show at Mount Maunganui in January 2020.  As Tones And I fever…

Drax Project announce their biggest summer tour yet!

Drax Project are embarking on their biggest summer tour yet!  Presented by The Edge and Eccles Entertainment, the Drax Project Summer Tour 2019/2020 will kick off in Riwaka on Saturday, December 28, before winding its way through some of New Zealand’s hottest holiday spots and ending with a bang on Friday,…

Crave! episode 89: Joker, The Goldfinch, Postmodern Jukebox, and Steve’s interview with Steve Hackett

The film everyone’s talking about right now is Joker, and Steve and Simon are in agreement: it’s a quite remarkable film. Not, by any stretch, light entertainment, but it’s a compelling watch. The critics have been in agreement about The…

KOTA The Friend will bring his FOTO Tour to New Zealand in February 2020

Illusive Presents and Frontier Touring are thrilled to announce that Brooklyn-bred, Manhattan-based MC KOTA The Friend will bring his FOTO Tour to New Zealand in February 2020. The latest flamespitter in a long lineage of MCs, KOTA will perform his debut headline show in Auckland, in celebration of his…

Gladys Knight to return to New Zealand

Frontier Touring and Arena Touring are ecstatic to announce the return of the Empress of Soul, Gladys Knight, to New Zealand in February 2020. The seven-time Grammy Award winner boasts over 50 years of experience on stage and in songwriting, film and television, spanning pop,…