Bryan Adams, Spark Arena Auckland, March 12 Let’s start with the bleeding obvious: this guy can belt out a song. Performing what he told the Auckland audience was his first ever indoor arena show in New Zealand, Bryan Adams’ voice…
The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Spark Arena Auckland, March 8 They were kick-ass, sharp, and bursting with energy. They were also rather brief. At one hour and fifteen minutes for the main set, and perhaps another fifteen or so for…
The Eagles have managed to divide opinion just a little bit. Simon is just a bit more full of praise for what Steve found to be a very slightly dull, in places at least, show. The Happy Mondays at the…
Don’t be fooled by the Happy Mondays. Behind a very carefully contrived image of slack and dissolute, behind album titles like Squirrel and G-Man Twenty Four Hour Party People Plastic Face Carnt Smile (White Out), behind the edifice of a…
Review by Simon, photographs by Megan Moss Towards the end of last night’s John Prine show at the Bruce Mason Theatre, Prine removed his acoustic guitar, lay it on the floor, and danced around it. He shimmied and swayed, his…
Simon and Steve saw the Eagles last night. Simon’s review can be found here; Crave! usually just runs one review per show, and saves the controversy for the podcast, but Steve felt he had to offer an alternative point of…
Photos by Steve. Review by Simon. First things first: the core of The Eagles have seen a few summers, but they can still sing, and still play. Don Henley told the audience they were about to hear two and a…
We’re nothing if not current here at Crave! With the echoes barely dying down at Spark Arena from Lily Allen’s show there last night, Simon and Steve have a chat about the concert, with a rather split verdict. Less division,…
Lily Allen presented a pared down show which put the spotlight absolutely on her. There was nowhere to hide. Not that she cared, for this confident and relaxed performer surely wanted no distractions. This concert was all about her songs,…
Florence + The Machine came to Auckland last night, and Crave! was fortunate enough to have Leah Victoria go along to cover, and shoot, the show for us. Thanks, Leah! It’s the last night of a blow out success world…