Jeremy Elwood Ah, the start of the summer concert season is finally here. Now if only someone would tell Auckland’s weather that. There’s an equal measure of shorts and black jeans packed into Spark Arena on an inclement Auckland evening…
Review by Enzo Giordani What does a Kraftwerk crowd look like? I was curious to know. My wife and I ran into a friend waiting for the doors to open. “So, you’re a Kraftwerk fan!” we asked. “I’ve never listened…
Following their spectacular performances this year across Europe, in Western Canada and at the recent PowerTrip Festival in California, iconic British band IRON MAIDEN will be bringing THE FUTURE PAST TOUR to New Zealand next year. This will be the first return to New…
Review by Enzo Giordani “Honey I’m home, I am so glad just to see y’all!” To me, Nashville Tennessee’s Larkin Poe, named after a distant relative who was a distant relative of Edgar Allan, are all about connection and home.…
Review by Enzo Giordani I want to deal with the elephant in the room here, right off that bat.In 1983, seven year-old me would have lost his freakin’ mind if you’d told him he was going to see the artist…
Synthony returned to Auckland’s Domain on Sunday—the show was supposed to go ahead on Saturday, but the rain was just a little too heavy, and so the show was postponed to Sunday. As a result, Crave! was unable to get…
Live Nation wishes to advise it will not be possible to proceed with tonight’s COUNTING CROWS performance at Wellington’s Michael Fowler Centre due to illness. Counting Crows and Live Nation share the disappointment of ticket holders at this late news…
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…