Western Springs was engulfed in its evening by the time Grace Jones took to the stage. A big crowd was waiting for her, perhaps, like…
AUCKLAND CITY LIMITS: PART THREE – Into the Night
Category: Live music
AUCKLAND CITY LIMITS: PART TWO – Early evening
After hearing several New Zealand bands I wanted to find out about Tash Sultana, the 22 year old multi- instrumentalist from Melbourne who’s busked her way to worldwide attention. I wasn’t the only one with an interest. Tash was to…
AUCKLAND CITY LIMITS FESTIVAL, MARCH 3: PART ONE – The Afternoon
This review is mainly about the music on offer, but organisers will take a look at the way the festival was run, the size of the crowd, and of course, the return on their investment, to see what changes will…
DAVID DUCHOVNY, Auckland February 20 – great band, engaging frontman, but as for the singing…
Yes, he’s got the look. He’s lean, muscular, and has that laid back coolness he exudes on the screen. He just looks Hollywood. The cries of “take your shirt off”, and there are several of them, tell you the sex…
Crave! episode 55: Queen + Adam Lambert, Robbie Williams, Black Panther, Fifty Shades Freed, Hibiscus and Ruthless, Lady Bird
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…
Queen + Adam Lambert: They were, indeed, the champions
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…
ROBBIE WILLIAMS – Auckland February 14
Let’s start with the easy part: does Robbie Williams put on a good show? The answer is clearly yes. Williams has the jaunty swagger to command the big crowd in Auckland, be it with his big band, back up singers…
ROBBIE WILLIAMS – media conference, Auckland February 13
Two birthday cakes, apparently both vegan, one bearing a large “RW”, adorn the table where Robbie Williams is to give a media conference in Auckland on the day of his 44th birthday. For at least 20 minutes before he appears,…
Crave! episode 54: Foo Fighters; The Stranglers; Laneway 2018; Darkest Hour; I, Tonya
Steve and Simon both find themselves slight disappointed with largely impressive musical events this week, for very different reasons. Steve just couldn’t quite engage with Dave Grohl and Foo Fighters at Mount Smart Stadium, while Simon hugely enjoyed The Stranglers…
Foo Fighters at Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland: concert review and photo gallery
A Foo Fighters show is a difficult thing to pin down, much like the band itself. Originally a personal endeavour by Dave Grohl, late of the Nirvana drumkit, the Foo Fighters have become a six-man band, but, on the strength…