Review by Jeremy Elwood I’ll start with an admission – I’m a big Counting Crows fan. I’ve seen them three times before, so I went along to Spark Arena with both expectation and comparison to contend with. So let me…
You get one of two responses when you tell people you’re going to see The Proclaimers. There’s those who benevolently chuckle, pleased that those novelty twins who had the huge one-hit wonder I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) are still touring. And then…
Confession time – the first time I became fully cognisant of My Chemical Romance was seeing their name on a sign as I drove past Western Springs a few weeks ago. So the first thing I did after agreeing to…
Backstreet’s back—Backstreet Boys returned to Auckland’s Spark Arena last night on their DNA World Tour, and Crave! was there to shoot the show. No review, sadly, but we hope you enjoy the photos!
So good to see the big shows from the world’s best acts coming back to Aotearoa. Last night saw the return of Red Hot Chili Peppers, with Post Malone opening up for them, and Crave! was, of course, there to…
As Auckland’s live music scene comes back to life, so does Crave!’s coverage of the very best shows. And last night, it was the turn of Pixies, at Auckland’s Town Hall, with Auckland’s own Die! Die! Die! opening up the…
After a very long, very strange couple of years, live music is finally coming back, and Crave! is going to be there as your favourite artists return to the stage. Last night saw George Thorogood and The Destroyers play Auckland’s…
This was an unusual concert for me in that prior to this week, I did not know who Marlon Williams was. By time I left to go home, I know who he is, and I want to now delve back…
There was a certain inevitable familiarity about last night’s show at Auckland’s Town Hall. It was less than three weeks ago that Dave Dobbyn was on stage just down the road at Spark Arena for a solo show; last night…
“We’re The Beths, from Auckland, New Zealand,” announced Liz Stokes at least twice at last night’s Town Hall concert. It wasn’t entirely clear why she had to specify where her band are from; we’re not letting any foreigners into Aotearoa…