The easy response to a concert like last night’s would be cynicism. Niall Horan, a very pretty one-time member of a boy band that didn’t win a television talent contest, played to an arena packed with girls and young women…
Steven Adler’s show at The Powerstation was always going to be a very odd thing. It’s not entirely unreasonable that the drummer from Guns N Roses, now somewhat estranged from the band that made his name and nearly destroyed him,…
As was quite amply evidenced by the disappointment that was Deadpool 2 recently, sequels rarely capture the magnificence of a splendid original. Imagine Dragons last played in New Zealand three years ago, in support of their second album, Smoke +…
Royal Blood played at Auckland’s Logan Campbell Centre last night, and Chris Zwaagdyk was there to shoot the show for Crave!
My sister, who is much taller, thinner, younger, hipper and more beautiful than am I* changed my life last night. I was offered reviewer tickets to an act I’d never heard of. As she is the fount of all things…
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…
We’ve had to wait, but it’s been worth it. Be sure to scroll down to Simon’s three part review of the weekend’s Auckland City Limits Festival. We’ve now been able to add official photos to our coverage. We’ve got photos…
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…
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…