Tomb Raider opens well. Alicia Vikander is Lara, a street-smart young woman with more energy and fire than money. She’s a bicycle courier, and a bloody good one — in one of the film’s most memorable sequences, she takes the…
New Zealanders have confirmed that absence does indeed make the heart grow fonder, with tickets to Celine Dion’s first Auckland shows in over two decades being snapped up swiftly by fans across the country! To meet unprecedented and overwhelming demand…
It’s very easy to be snarky about James Blunt, and many people are. He’s an easy target — a very posh Englishman, so posh he was, before he became a singer, a captain in the Household Cavalry, who sings pleasing…
Music to the fore this week, with Simon’s coverage of Grace Jones, Beck, and the rest of the Auckland City Limits festival, as well as our regular guest reviewer Debbie’s thoughts on the first of Bruno Mars’ four dates at…
Master of Satire and host of the global hit podcast ‘The Bugle’ ANDY ZALTZMANreturns to New Zealand in 2018 to (a) ask, (b) confront, (c) evade and (d) incorrectly respond to the biggest questions facing our very naughty planet. Zaltzman…
Tash Sultana returns to New Zealand hot on the heels of a stunning performance at Auckland City Limits and two previous sell-out tours of the country. The Australian artist plays her biggest headline shows here yet in July as part…
Portugal. The Man are continuing to take the world by storm, and Frontier Touring is thrilled to announce that the Alaskan juggernaut is set to perform a series of Groovin’ The Moo sideshows, playing headline shows along Australia’s East Coast…
Rory Graham, better known as RAG’N’BONE MAN — the instantly recognizable, powerhouse voice behind the worldwide hit single “Human,” 2017’s biggest breakthrough artist and the BRIT’s Critics’ Choice Award winner last November 2017 — announced his debut tour of New Zealand…
Simon and Steve have been busy this week. Following their recent meeting with Robbie Williams, Simon’s been to see him perform at Spark Arena, where just a few days later Steve caught up with Queen + Adam Lambert, and it’s…
Adam Lambert is a very brave man. Replacing Freddie Mercury in Queen is challenge such that only two men so far have attempted it; Paul Rodgers managed only a couple of years, but Lambert, who also clearly appreciates what a…