Some music really doesn’t age. The Come Together series of concerts is a wonderful showcase of some true classics, revitalised by a young, passionate and talented team of musicians and singers, and last night at Auckland’s Civic Theatre it was…
Next month Robin Smith will be performing Tubular Bells in its entirety to mark the 50th anniversary of this classic album’s release. Crave! caught up with Robin to talk about Mike Oldfield, music, and visiting New Zealand.
It’s a commonplace for artists visiting Aotearoa to tell audiences how much they love New Zealand. There’s a spectrum, from Stevie Nicks appearing not to realise that we’re not actually the same country as Australia at one end, and Ed…
Devilskin brought their We Rise tenth-anniversary tour to a close at Auckland’s Powerstation last night, and what a way to end the trip. The four-piece from Hamilton released We Rise, their debut album, in 2014, and have been celebrating the…
We don’t get many Tuareg bands here in Aotearoa, so Crave! was delighted to send photographer Rachel Matthews to the Powerstation recently to shoot Tinariwen, desert-blues pioneers from Mali, and opening act LEAO.
Today, three-time, GRAMMY® Award-winning hitmaker NE-YO announces the Australia and New Zealand leg of his globally successful Champagne & Roses Tour. He will be joined by very special guest Lloyd. The Champagne & Roses Tour kicks off on September 26 at Melbourne’s Rod Laver…
Review by Enzo Giordani; photos courtesy of Doug Peters I hate the term “dad rock”. As with dad jokes and dad bods, ‘dad’ tends to be a prefix for anything lovable but generally lame and uninspiring. I’m not a dad myself, however I might well be…
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!
A Harry Styles concert is about many things. It’s a shared experience, an opportunity to dress up in Harry-themed costumes, a chance to sing, or scream, along to a thoroughly eclectic mix of songs, it’s a chance to be with…
Ed Sheeran played a quite excellent show at Eden Park in Auckland last night. It just wasn’t quite the show he’d expected to play. It was, from the start, something a little different. The first time I saw Sheeran, at…