Category: Announcements

The Mick Fleetwood Blues Band announce The Miltones as support in Auckland and Wellington

THE MICK FLEETWOOD BLUES BAND feat. RICK VITO ANNOUNCE THE MILTONES  AS SUPPORT IN AUCKLAND AND WELLINGTON The countdown is on for the Grammy nominated MICK FLEETWOOD BLUES BAND, featuring RICK VITO, performing two New Zealand shows in Auckland at the ASB Theatre on 31st March and Wellington’s Opera House on 1st April, following their Bluesfest debut in…

Steel Panther are coming to Auckland!

Steel Panther

Lock up your Sisters, your Mothers and probably your Grandmothers! The United States’ most balls-out, pedal to the metal rock act, Steel Panther, are today announcing their June 2016 Australasian Tour. They are cumming coming to New Zealand and Australia to…

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis coming to Auckland and Christchurch!

Grammy-Award winning superstars MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS will bring their show-stopping THIS UNRULY MESS I’VE MADE world tour presented by Spark Thanks to New Zealand this July for their biggest tour yet! The duo behind 2015’s smash hit ‘Downtown’ will…

Iron Maiden world tour starts — brand new tour content revealed!

Last Thursday, British heavy metal legends IRON MAIDEN kicked off The Book Of Souls World Tour 2016 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The first of 69 dates currently announced in 36 countries around the world! There is now some fantastic new…

Twenty One Pilots announce Auckland show

In the wake of their wildly successful 2015 headline tour, American alt-pop duo TWENTY ONE PILOTS will return to Auckland for their biggest New Zealand headline show yet. Twenty One Pilots have grown astronomically since the release of their self-titled LP and…

THE TAITE MUSIC PRIZE: UNVEILING THE FINALISTS

Independent Music NZ is very pleased to announce that the finalists for the Taite Music Prize 2016 have now been confirmed. Named after the late Dylan Taite, one of the countrys most highly respected music journalists, this will be the seventh year for…

Death Cab for Cutie announce support acts

Washington alt-rockers Death Cab for Cutiereturn to New Zealand this week to play Wellington’s Opera House on Saturday 20 February and Auckland’s St James on Tuesday 23 February. Exciting Wellington act Mermaidens will be the opening act for the Wellington date and Lontalius will play…

Villainy announce Dead Sight NZ tour

Auckland Alt-rock band Villainy are hitting the road this March and April for seven headline concerts around New Zealand and an appearance at Homegrown. 2015 was a massive year for Villainy with the release of their second album Dead Sight(which debuted at #4 on…